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Early Access version of DayZ surpasses one million in sales
Marek Spanel, the CEO of Bohemia Interactive, has announced that the standalone version of Dean Hall’s DayZ has already sold one million copies:
Thank you! – Four weeks after the release, #DayZ just passed one million sales. http://t.co/kFeszP2oI7
— Maruk (@maruksp) January 13, 2014
The standalone version of DayZ was originally released in an “alpha” state in December through Steam’s Early Access program. With its sales success, Hall and Bohemia will have plenty of cash to play with as they add features and tweak the still-early-in-development game. But we might be in for a bit of a wait, Bohemia has said that the “beta” version of DayZ is still a year away.
Outlast coming to PS4 next month as PS Plus freebie
Outlast, Red Barrels’ creepy asylum-set horror game from last year, will soon make the jump from the PC to the PS4. According to a post on the developer’s Facebook page, Outlast is almost ready to be released and we can stop saying “soon” and start saying “sometime in February” instead:
Outlast will be free in February for all PlayStation Plus users (PS4 only). #OUTLAST #PS4 #PSPLUS
As you can see, after it’s released, the game will also be included as one of the free downloads offered through PlayStation Plus. Regular pricing for players who don’t subscribe to Plus wasn’t announced.
Call of Duty: Ghosts Onslaught DLC Pack to be available on XBL Store on January 28
Activision and Infinity Ward have announced that the first map pack for Call of Duty: Ghosts, Onslaught, will be available to download from the Xbox Live Store (for both the Xbox 360 and Xbox One) on January 28.
The coolest map is clearly “Fog,” a love letter to the horror films of yesteryear. Players will even be able to become Halloween‘s Michael Myers and deliver the killing blow with a bloody axe. Players will also be able to frag their friends in the California boardwalk of “BayView,” the war-torn Mexican village of “Containment,” and the aging Florida space launch facility of “Ignition.”
Onslaught will also include a new weapon, a dual-purpose Assault Rifle/Sniper Rifle known as the Maverick, and “Nightfall,” a new chapter in humans vs aliens Extinction saga. In “Nightfall,” players will guide a small strike team to a snowy Alaskan base in search of the origins of the alien invasion (and to battle the biggest boss Infinity Ward has ever created).
Once again, Onslaught will be available to download through the Xbox Live Store on January 28 with a release on other platforms to follow. The DLC pack has been priced at $14.99 individually and will also be included as part of the $49.99 Season Pass.
More details about all of Onslaught’s maps can be found after the break. (more…)
Daily Scoop: January 13, 2014 – More digital deals
Well, that was a lovely weekend, wasn’t it? The weather was perfect, the days are getting slightly longer, and the gaming is absolutely exquisite. We played so many games this weekend that my head is spinning. And Anthony Amato has gotten addicted to a neat Lego program that is sort of like Autocad but for Legos, which is mind blowing. All in all, a brilliant time! I hope you also were able to play lots of games, and that one of those games was Torchlight II, and that you then bought the game. If that’s the case, you should leave me a comment so we can be Steam friends and play together!
Speaking of digital games on the cheap, Amazon has Ace Patrol Pack for $5.99, Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons for $7.99, and How to Survive for $7.49, among others.
The Humble Store has a new deal as well – Nidhogg is on sale for $11.99 – and there are also some digital deals at Steam. Today’s deal is Surgeon Simulator on sale for $3.39. Scoop ’em up!
And, of course, I’ve got some t-shirts for you: (more…)
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Crossed Purposes’ Best of 2013 podcast is up, featuring Warp Zoned’s Nicole Kline
There’s a brand new episode of No Avatars Allowed up over at Crossed Purposes, featuring yours truly! Ian Riley, Josh Wise, and I discuss the best, the worst, and the weirdest moments in gaming in 2013. It’s a long one, but worth a listen, especially the ones that we can’t quite come to an agreement on!
Check out the episode here!
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SimCity Offline Mode will be included in next update
Even though EA claims that SimCity included as “always-online” requirement because it was developed as an MMO, the publisher plans to cut the online cord with the next update. According to a post on the official SimCity blog, when Update 10 is made available to players, it will add the ability to play offline in a new “Single Player Mode.”
Patrick Buechner, the General Manager of Maxis, had this to say about Single Player Mode:
Yes, Offline is coming as a free download with Update 10 to all SimCity players. When we launch it, all of your previously downloaded content will be available to you anytime, anywhere, without the need for an internet connection. We are in the late phases of wrapping up its development and while we want to get it into your hands as soon as possible, our priority is to make sure that it’s as polished as possible before we release it. So, until then… testing, testing and more testing. As one of the final steps, we’re putting Offline into the hands of some of our most hardcore players, the DevTesters. This group of volunteers is going to put Offline through its paces before we release it.
EA and Maxis plan to reveal more details about SimCity’s offline mode soon.
Weekly Warp-Up: PlayStation Now… or Later Edition
No, that’s not a typo. Welcome to the Weekly Warp-Up, your weekly wrap-up of the biggest and the best articles posted at Warp Zoned this week…
Now that all the blogs and news sites have handed out their year-end awards, it’s time for the game industry organizations to wave their magic wands and declare what was great in 2013. Three major groups announced their nominees this week including the Independent Games Festival, the Game Developers Choice Awards, and the Writers Guild. If you haven’t played The Last of Us, Gone Home, Tearaway, or Grand Theft Auto V yet, these groups really think you should.
The annual CES expo was also held this week in Las Vegas and we got our first glimpse at Sony’s streaming service, PlayStation Now, as well as the WWE Network.
There’s more news to be bad from the week that was after the break. (more…)
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Daily Scoop: January 10, 2014 – Torchlight II weekend
Steam is offering Torchlight II free-to-play this weekend until Sunday at 1PM PST. On top of that, it’s on sale for just $4.99, or get a four-pack for $14.99 – that’s 75% off! We’ve been playing this game a lot lately, and I can assure you that this is a pretty great deal.
There’s also a sale going on at GOG.com that’s just called Adventures NOW! The sale includes Tales of Monkey Island for $5.24, Sam and Max: The Devil’s Playhouse for $5.24, and Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures for $2.99.
And now, time for shirts! (more…)
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