I love my job!
The guys from Relic and THQ came down yesterday for some face time with the Games for Windows marketing team, and thanks to Heidi, I got to sit in on it as well. For those of you who don't know, Dawn of War is the RTS adaptation of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 tabletop miniatures game.
Dawn of War II is set to come out early next year, so the Relic guys came to show us the current build. I started playing Warhammer 40K when I was 14, so I could barely contain my excitement as they loaded the game...
The game looks awesome - the graphics, sound and animations really bring the miniatures of the 40K world to life. When I was playing 40K back in the 80's, this is how I always imagined the battles would look. I was also excited to find out that they took building out of the campaign mode! The last thing I want to do in the grim darkness of the far future is build a freakin barracks. I don't want to build barracks, I want to blow them up!
Thanks to the guys at Relic and THQ - your presentation was the highlight of my week!
Mmmm...Curry
India-based Games2Win has just launched Game Curry, a new search engine just for flash games. It's still in beta (or as their site declares, "still cooking!"), but if you want to get your mind off of work while still looking like you're doing work, check 'em out.
The Rebel Alliance
PCGA President Randy Stude had some stern comments this week in regards to Lucasarts refusing to release Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on PCs. Lucasarts has stated that they would not be able to accommodate the endless variety of PC setups, while still maintaining their desired gaming experience.
Mr. Stude fired back:
"In the last several years there have been at least 100 million PCs sold that have the capabilities or better of an Xbox 360. It's ridiculous to say that there's not enough audience for that game potentially and that it falls into this enthusiast extreme category when ported over to the PC. That's an uneducated response."...my personal opinion is if they're making games for the Wii, Xbox and PS3 they're scaling their experience to meet all three of those platforms. They're good on the Wii, better on the Xbox 360 and the best on the PS3. There's no argument that they could give not to be able to support good better and best on the PC."
I'd like to tip my hat to Mr. Stude, thanks for standing up for us!
Oldies but Goodies
I'm jazzed about Fallout 3, but it just keeps getting better - GoG has just went into open beta. This site is full of classic PC titles for bargain prices, like Fallout 1 and 2 for $6 each - less than the price of a cup of coffee. In Seattle, anyway.
ROM of the Dead
World of Warcraft players were treated to a preview of the upcoming expansion Wrath of the Lich King in the form of a zombie plague. I'm sure it's a direct result of my post about Quarantine...that's right folks, I'm just that influential. All week long players have been fighting zombies, eating brains and infecting their hapless raid mates. While a significant portion of the player base has expressed some irritation over the change, I for one think it's brilliant - it was quite literally the first time I actually thought "maybe I should play that game after all!"
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