Category: Game Releases

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Epic Games Online Services Delayed

Announced back in December of 2018, Online Services is a collection of free and cross platform game engine agnostic services for multiplayer games, as battle tested in Fortnite.  Services such as achievements, player inventory, matchmaking and voice communications will be made available completely free.  The roll-out is over time, with the ticketing and game analytics services currently being live, with the remaining coming at some point in the future. 

Unfortunately there has been a bit of a delay:

As a result of our current prioritizations, several roadmap items are being delayed. Most notably, we are rescheduling the release of the Player Reports and Player Data Storage services. To provide more detail, we are moving the roadmap to a Trello board, which you can bookmark and revisit at your convenience.

It’s not all bad news though, there is one major new change that should be happily received.

We’re also working to open up the identity and social services we built for Fortnite to support cross-play in partner games without requiring the use of Epic accounts or other Epic dependencies.

This should make the use of Epic’s Online Services a great deal more appealling to many developers… once they finally arrive.  If you are interested in signing for the SDK click here.  To learn more, watch the video embedded below.

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Now Available on Steam – Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest, 5% off!

Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest is Now Available on Steam and is 5% off!*

A tactical, turn-based RPG from the makers of Legend of Grimrock games. Every action, every turn counts as you control your party of heroes through challenging, handcrafted missions in the ancient, mist-clad Menhir Forest.

*Offer ends May 22 at 10AM Pacific Time

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Daily Deal – War Child FC Sports Sale – Up to 80% off

Today’s Deal: Save up to 80% on sports games during the War Child Football Club Sports Sale!*
War Child Football Club is harnessing the power of football to help children in conflict areas to develop the life-skills and principles of communication, confidence, leadership, tolerance and respect, believing that all children deserve the freedom to play.

Each game that is part of the War Child FC Sports Sale is donating a % of developer proceeds to War Child UK to raise vital funds for children whose lives have been torn apart by war.

Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!

*Offer ends May 20, 2019 at 11:00pm Pacific Time.

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Terraforming Mars is available to beta test on iOS [Updated]

By Joe Robinson 15 May 2019

Update: We’ve spoken to Asmodee directly – the Android keys are already all gone and there’s no plans to additional keys – sorry Google folks! We also got some information on the minimum requirements, just in case you were wondering. The beta requires devices with iOS 10, Android 5.0 or newer.

Original Story: Our lord and saviour Asmodee Digital have been on form recently with their digital adaptations of popular boardgames, although if we’re being honest they’ve been slower than we’d like with bringing some of those to mobile platforms.

Two recent ones that we’ve had our eye on are Scythe and Terraforming Mars – both of which are currently available on PC. Terraforming Mars was a bit rough and ready when it first launched on desktop, but in the months since Asmodee Digital have really put work into bringing it up to snuff. So much so that it now sits proudly as one of our sister website’s favourite board games on PC.

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Today we have even more good news – you can beta test the game’s mobile version on iOS and Android! Here’s a breakdown of the main features:

  • 1 to 5 players
  • Learn the game with the Tutorials and the rules integrated to the game, available at any time from the menu
  • Play against AI opponents in Local Games, race alone against time in Solo Challenge, or experience Online Games with other players from around the world
  • All official variants available: Draft Mode, Corporate Era and Solo Challenge
  • Cross-platform multiplayer: iOS and Android users can play together during the mobile beta test. When the game will be officially released, they will also be able to play with Steam (Windows) users.
  • Available in 6 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish!

All you have to do is go here and login (or sign-up) with your Asmodee Digital account and then opt-in to the beta on your chosen platform. Both phones and tablets are supported, according to the info on the portal, but we don’t have any information on minimum requirements.

For our list of the best board games on mobile, go here.

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Midweek Madness – Farming Simulator 19, 20% Off

Save 20% on Farming Simulator 19 during this week’s Midweek Madness*!

The best-selling franchise takes a giant leap forward with a complete overhaul of the graphics engine, offering the most striking and immersive visuals and effects, along with the deepest and most complete farming experience ever.

Plus, save big on Farming Simulator 17 and Farming Simulator 15!

*Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time

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Here’s a trailer about Wizards. Wizards Uniting.

By Joe Robinson 14 May 2019

I have found memories of the Harry Potter books & films, and given we largely missed out on the Pokemon GO thing I thought I’d make a concerted effort to keep a closer eye on Niantic’s latest AR spectacle, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.

We were hoping today’s press blast would reveal something a bit more concrete – a release date perhaps, or even some live game footage… but no, it’s just another hype trailer.

Can’t really do much with that, other than re-post it for your enjoyment:

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It’s worth noting the game is available for pre-registration on Google Play and the Samsung Galaxy store though, If you’re into that kind of thing.

Hopefully the next press blast will be more revealing.