Weekly gaming digest – issue No. 5

Two million copies sold? Not so bad for the game that is still in the "beta" testing, is it so?

Internet sensation Minecraft I have not even left the test mode, but I sold out enough to be enough to cause envy of any developer. In development since May 2009, a kind of interactive experiment of the notch Marcus Person continues to bring huge profits. On the official website Minecraft It is stated that more than 28 percent of users have already bought a game. In total, more than 7 million people were registered on the site.

If for some incredible reasons you still have not managed to evaluate this ingenious project-now, perhaps, the time is the time. No further than last week, notch released version 1.5 with the achievement system, statistics and weather effects.

Sales of Xbox360 made a significant contribution to Microsoft’s income

Microsoft issued a financial report on a fiscal quarter, which ended on December 31 and the numbers are really impressive. Surpassing the most daring forecasts of analysts with Wall Street, General income Microsoft exceed the amount of 19.95 billion dollars of which 6.63 billion are net profit.

Mikromyagkikh owes such financial successes last year’s triumphal success Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and his Next-Gen controller with peripheral grip- Kinect. Also contributed to the contributions of the Xbox Live subscribers, which, by the way, grew by 30 percent.

A couple of zeros in total were brought success Microsoft on the exchange and … the notorious Microsoft Office, which still remains the most popular from standard software programs.

The most interesting thing is that the report has not a word about Windows Phone 7, mobile operating system developed by the company. So! It looks like the first steps Microsoft In the mobile field, companies are bringing not too inspiring income. However, the steps are the first, true?

People spend too much time playing Monster Hunter Tri

Of course, the charm of the Monster Hunter Games series has never succumbed to doubt, however, the fact that the new part with the players simply does not give in to explanation.

April 20 last year came out Monster Hunter Tri on WII. And, imagine, during this time the players spent on the game 6, 313, 120 hours! And, which surprises even more, on average one player accounts for 90 hours and 25 minutes. Honestly, I have never inspired the games of this series, but I must admit that the numbers are really amazing.

On the other hand, as it seems to me, fans Monster Hunter will not hurt to breathe fresh air. At least a little bit.

The future

Driver will rush through San Francisco on August 30

Last year Ubisoft Already announced the abolition of a huge number of projects and postponing the handful of large projects. So, one of these postponed was Driver: San Francisco.

this week Ubisoft announced that Driver: San Francisco will go on sale on August 30. Back in 2006 Ubisoft Bathy of the franchise Atari And San Francisco will turn out to be their first experience with the franchise. The game developed Ubisoft Reflections, It will come out at once on a few platforms – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC And Mac. It was also announced the development of the publication for WII, but in connection with the dismissal in Reflections last year, this is hardly possible to.

The game will include more than 100 licensed https://casperspinscasino.co.uk/ vehicles, each of which can be pulled in the trash. The game will also include supernatural elements – Tanner’s protagonist is in a coma and, since all the events in the game are unfolding in his imagination, it will not be difficult to explain to its various superpowers. The main, but, as promised, not the only superpower of Tanner will be the opportunity to stop the time at the right player and jump to another car. How all this will look, we will find out at the end of this summer.

The first addition to Portal 2 is already this summer

This week marketing director Valve Dag Lombardi said that recently released Portal 2 will receive the first loaded addition to this summer. Today, the developer spoke about the details of the new DLC, The most important of which is perhaps the one that DLC It will be absolutely free.

First DLC To Portal 2 will include new tests, both for a single company and for a cooperative. Also, the addition will add to Portal 2 Record table available for Xbox360, PlayStation 3, PC and Mac versions of the game.

I also note that free DLC for consoles is quite unusual for Valve. Add-ons to their last projects Left 4 Dead And Left 4 Dead 2 were free on PC, but the owners of the Xbox360 had to pay as many as $ 7.

More than 250 colleges were received by Cryengine 3

In one of the previous issues, we have already talked about the proposal of developers Crytek, in which they proposed to provide universities for free of their own engine Cryengine3. As it turned out, this proposal liked more than 250 colleges requesting the engine. “We are absolutely delighted with the great interest that universities from around the world have shown in our engine,” says Karl Jones, business development director Crytek.

The young scientific community will use the engine in every possible way to satisfy its creative research: be it a scientific project, layouts for buildings or shooting a film – Cryengine 3 covers a huge range of possibilities. Evni Yerly developer says: “Thousands of students around the world gained access to the same amazing technology that the best developers are used to create their games. With our student Cryengine 3 SDK We want them to show us their vision of the projects of the future and carry out their own breakthroughs in the gaming industry. We prepare them to replace ourselves, as the next generation of developers ".

Unreal 3 will inhale new forces at Star Wars

Lucasarts officially announced the signing of a long -term agreement with Epic Games about the use of the famous technology that fuel GEARS of WAR.

A new agreement gives Lucasarts The right to use the engine Unreal Engine 3 everywhere, on all platforms, including PC, mobile phones and smartphones, consoles of the current and next generations. Does this mean that soon we will see a new game in the universe Star Wars, In addition to all showing beauty Unreal Engine 3? If this is true, then we are looking forward to.

Need for Speed: The Run will roll out on the shelves on November 15

Remember how fans Need for Speed They were angry at Electronic Arts, Seeing the next boring and unfinished Need for Speed On the shelves? Remember how you cursed developers for the new face of the franchise and the annual exit of the new game?

Electronics decided to go further. This week Electronic Arts announced Need for Speed: The Run, The release date of which is scheduled for November 15 on Xbox 360, PS3, PC, WII and 3DS.
The Run events will cover the so-called “intelligent” races when the player can cross half of the country: from San Francisco to New York. Developers from EA Black Box We decided to use the illustrious engine in my game Frostbite 2 (Recall that it is also used in Battlefield 3) and a convenient Autolog online reaching system. In any case, for the graphic and multiplayer component, we can no longer worry.

Despite the fact that the last two Need for Speed developed by completely different people (Slightly Mad and Criterion), Vancouver Studio Black Box I have been working with a franchise more than once. Let, among the projects Black Box There was one of the most hated players NFS: Prostreet, but NFS: Carbon and NFS: Hot Pursuit 2 were adopted by the public surprisingly warm.

This is not the first time that the two games in the Neeed for Speed ​​universe come out in one year. Last year, Free-to-Play Game was released Need for Speed ​​World, And a few months later Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. In 2009, EA released Need for Speed: Shift And Need for Speed: Nitro, Let on different platforms.

Easter patrol

If you played the first Resident Evil (where is there …), of course, you remember the quote g.ABOUT.A.T.: “Jill, you almost turned into a sandwich!" So, in Dead Riding, In the shopping center you can find a shop called “Sandwich from Jill’s Sandwiches). In general, this hint even looks natural, given that both games developed Capcom.

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The released games

Mortal Kombat

Obsoldes today: Oddly enough, Eaglehawker!

I looked at the screen. And I could not tear myself away. I did not pay attention to any friends, or to hot air, or on the bought food that lay nearby. In the eyes – gloating. In the ears – gloating. On the heart – gloating. The form of expression is another miserable friend that I cut into pieces. There was no end to the end, I wanted to scream with pleasure, but while in the company of friends you need to somehow restrain myself. This indescribable energy. This is an infinite spiritual wealth that erases the whole material world under the root. Mortal Kombat new generation, Sab-Ziro, Shan-Tsung with torn guts. And not a single positive character. No stupid nonsense about morality and good. Only evil, cruelty. And fun. I gave the release of accumulated energy.

The new embodiment of the most famous fighting in history fell on the shelves. Mortal Kombat -The most brutal, most fatal project of the 90s. Could we, fans, after almost thirteen years of absence (Whatever you say, but exchanges of the slap in mk vs. DC Universe can not be called a full -fledged deadly battle) to feed any hopes for the revival of the series?

It turned out yes. The reincarnation of the old MK was not just successful – Netherrealm Studios Created perhaps the most amazing and juicy fighting game over the past few years. An abundance of various game modes, a rich and interesting story and, of course, magnificent battles. The developers managed not only to transfer the deadly battle to Unreal Engine 3. They managed to create Mortal Kombat Dreams;Mortal Kombat, which players wanted to see him for many years.

This is a rare negative expression that gives you MK … for which you are not ashamed of friends, but only vice versa, pleasant and insulting for the fact that you could not tear your head to your awkward friend before ..

At all, Mortal Kombat 2011 This is not the game that you need to talk about a lot. It is enough to play it once in it. It is enough to kill once in it. It is enough to hear the phrase once in it “Get Over Here!". And no reviews will be needed.

Video of the week

Alas, but the most disappointing video of the week was the trailer for the long -awaited Star Wars: The Old Republic. I don’t know what Bioware thinks about there, but at the moment their brainchild looks very, very unsightly. Alas.

For fans Star Wars, Coming soon Star Wars: The Old Republic is perhaps the most significant project of all that were associated with the famous Lucas universe. In the new trailer, we were able to look at the Sith Warrior warrior in action, as well as several ways for its development. During pumping you your character, you will take the path of choice between two charming classes: secretive Sith Magor (SITH MARAUDER) and indestructible Sith Jaggerth (SITH JUGGERNAUT).

Sith’s class looks really attractive: it turned out that the dark side has not only cookies, but also tempting opportunities, like power suffocation. And of course, laser swords look charming as before.

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