Night Witches Racing Events, Store Discounts and Enchanted Tanks for Halloween & Fourth Anniversary Events

For Halloween, Gaijin Entertainment is celebrating the fourth anniversary of War Thunder’s launch with prizes, events, discounts and competitions.

Halloween specials are running from October 28th through November 2nd. Pilots and tankers can take part in special racing events; pilots can take the helm of the infamous soviet night bomber, the Polikarpov Po-2 of the ‘Night Witches’ squadron, as they race for first place, evading opponent turret fire. Similarly, fans of ground forces can race to the Sepulchre in an enchanted M18 Hellcat tank, operating without a commander or crew. Successful racers are rewarded with a Witches’ Cauldron, yielding unique decorative items such as pumpkins and witches hats that you can adorn your vehicle with, as well as boosters that improve earnings.

Festivities will include discounts of up to 50% on vehicles, premium accounts, modifications and other in-game items. Players can look forward to new events, promotions and discounts every day culminating in a great two-day celebration of War Thunder’s fourth anniversary on November 1st and 2nd. No fan of War Thunder should miss this!

For more details on the War Thunder Halloween events and approaching 4th anniversary celebrations be sure to visit the news page here.

Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm gets one final polish as the team jumps headlong into development work on Southern Storm! Version 2.0.11 is availble and it brings tons of improvements to this masterpiece! Among all now is possible to turn Radio Messages on/off, new and improved Red Storm maps, and Radio Intercept Icon is ready and functional!

Other improvements featured are the following:

• New Intel panels from our custom Origins build and the scenarios we used at this year’s Origins Game Fair to do the Army Staff Training Exercises.
• Many AI enhancements and bug fixes for pathing, attacking, and grouping of AI led forces.
• A major boost to game speed from code optimization work. Should really be seen in larger scenarios.
• Several UI fixes and improvements to better show information.

But the list is very long so be sure to check the whole changelog here.

Get more information about the game on its official product page.

You can download the update from here.

RORTOS, the Italian leader in the development of flight simulators, announced today “Blue Angels: Ready, Break!” has launched for Windows 10 on the PC. Rortos successfully launched its mobile flight simulator Blue Angels: Aerobatic Sim for ioS and Android platforms in July, and an Xbox version of the game is currently in development.

The flight simulator for PC includes new features since the mobile version was released including enhanced graphics, compatibility with the joystick, Hotas, Flight Yoke and Pedals for an even more immersive and realistic experience.

“We are excited to introduce “Blue Angels: Ready, Break!” to our fans, gamers, and flight simulator enthusiasts,” , said Roberto Simonetto, CEO of RORTOS. “Players will find BLUE ANGELS: READY, BREAK!” delivers the perfect flight simulation experience for PC. With the addition of the keyboard, joystick and pedals, gamers can expect an exhilarating Blue Angels flight ahead.”

The game is now available for $9.99 at the Windows store.

We are happy to announce that Drive on Moscow is out on PC and Steam!

The second Shenandoah hit to be ported to PC, Drive on Moscow follows its predecessor Battle of the Bulge’s approach to wargaming: it represents the campaign for Moscow in a deep yet extremely immediate, fast paced and fun way!

You will lead the Wehrmacht or the Red Army in several different scenarios or in a campaign featuring the whole road to Moscow. Face an extremely competent AI and remember that you won’t fight only against the enemy army: it’ll be a race against time, for russian winter is unforgiving. See the gameplay changes dramatically thanks to the game’s weather system and dynamic map!

Even though the AI is excellent, the game truly shines in multiplayer. It was designed with multiplayer in mind, and we have implemented our new Tournament System into it. We at Slitherine believe that e-sports have a place in the world of wargames, and we intend to organize tournaments and leagues like we’ve done recently for other titles! Challenge players from any other platform thanks to its smooth crossplatform system.

What are you waiting for?

Source: TechPowerUp!

NVIDIA today released its latest GeForce Drivers. Version 375.70 WHQL Game Ready drivers come just in time for the week’s big AAA game releases, “Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare,” the hotly anticipated “Dishonored 2,” and “Titanfall 2.” These include driver optimization, SLI support (provided the game engine supports multi-GPU), and GeForce Experience optimal settings. The drivers also include optimization for “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition” and “Obduction VR.”

You can download the new GeForce 375.70 WHQL drivers from GeForce Experience and GeForce.com.

Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD today released Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.10.3, the month’s third release of the drivers. Version 16.10.3 addresses a “Titanfall 2″ intermittent game crash affecting AMD Graphics CoreNext GPUs (which is all of the GPUs under the current driver support branch). The rest of its feature-set appear to be consistent with the older Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.10.2 drivers.

You can download the Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.10.3 drivers here.

“Screw It, Let’s Go to Space” Trailer Unleashed

World gone mad? Screw it, let’s go to space! Directed by Peter Berg, follow a crew of gamers – including Michael Phelps and Danny McBride – as they escape the frustrations of Earth and launch into intense dogfights, zero-G combat and classic boots-on-the-ground action across the solar system in this epic new installment in the Call of Duty franchise.

Pre-order now and get the Terminal Multiplayer Bonus Map and the ‘Zombies in Spaceland’ Pack on Day 1. Get Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® Remastered in select editions of Infinite Warfare. Learn more at the official Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare website.

“The vastness of Russia devours us” – Gerd von Rundstedt

Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear, the adaptation of the famous tabletop wargame, is finally available on Steam!

Since its original release in 2012, the game has seen major updates and expansions, including a full implementation of the classic board game action system and a high resolution 2D maps and counters mode to complement the default 3D mode for the full board game experience.

Today Steam players will be pleased to find this masterpiece available integrating all the improvements made so far! In addition, existing owners will be pleased to find a new update to bring them up to the same level as the Steam release!
Ghost Divisions and Storms of Steel have been updated in the same way and you will find these great additions now available as DLCs which add a great deal of new content and gameplay to the original!

The cold embrace of Mother Russia is waiting for you!

In addition, we’ve released a new v1.42 update for our existing customers to bring you up to the same level as the Steam release. That is available here.

Source: PC Gamer

The latest update to Battlefield 1 fixes a number of freeze and crash issues, clears up a button problem with Xbox One controllers on the PC, takes care of some graphical issues, and also eliminates a problem that would occasionally cause the game to crash upon exit. The full patch notes are posted on the Battlefield forums.

Discover the renowned British cruiser in mixed reality VR, then put her to the test in-game

World of Warships fans and historical enthusiasts alike can jump into the HMS Belfast VR Experience, then set sail with the historic British cruiser in-game.

HMS Belfast, the largest preserved warship in Europe, played an important role in the Battle of the North Cape in 1943, assisting in the destruction of one of the last big-gun German warships: Scharnhorst. At the time, HMS Belfast was the most advanced light cruiser in the world, and she will soon arrive in World of Warships as a Tier VII Premium ship, as part of the Royal Navy line.

With the help of World of Warships historians Richard “The Challenger” Cutland and Nicholas “The Chieftain” Moran, you can discover just what HMS Belfast is made of in the new 360-degree video, which teleports you to the real ship on the River Thames in London, mixing in battle visualizations using the highly detailed 3D ship models from World of Warships.

“HMS Belfast is a famed vessel that inspired us to create an unprecedented VR experience that deepens the historical connection to the World of Warships in-game experience,” said Alex Bobko, Head of Marketing Special Projects at Wargaming. “We just couldn’t pass up such deep access to this noteworthy ship. Visiting her in London allowed us develop groundbreaking content for our viewers, inviting them to jump into a mixed reality VR experience on the real ship, and then get hands-on experience with her in-game.”

Wargaming would like to thank the Imperial War Museum for the opportunity to create the VR experience inside HMS Belfast, and discover what life was like at sea for the crew from 1938 to 1963.

The HMS Belfast VR Experience is viewable for free on any Virtual Reality headset, as well as any mobile or desktop device.

For the latest game information, visit the official World of Warships website.