PC Gaming Roundup - January 28, 2009

We're starting the morning early with a few tidbits, but look for more to hit this space throughout the day.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Multiplayer Beta
Last night Valve announced that the multiplayer beta of Relic Entertainment's real-time strategy game, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, is now open for all gamers via Steam. As stated by the website, the beta allows players to command of the Space Marines, Orks, Eldar, or Tyranids and face off against your friends on 5 unique multiplayer maps.

BattleForge Ships March 24
This morning Electronic Arts announced that its fantasy-based real-time strategy PC game BattleForge is heading to retail shops on March 24. However, to get an early taste, gamers can head here and register for the BattleForge Upen Beta. The company also said that pre-order customers will receive four exclusive units, one from each faction: Fire, Frost, Nature and Shadow. These units will feature exclusive card artwork and in-game animation. They will also be leveled-up, giving player's a head start as they prepare for battle online.

Warrior Epic Heads to Europe
GOA (Orange's Games Unit) signed a deal to exclusively publish, distribute, and operate True Games / Possibly Space's upcoming MMORPG, Warrior Epic. GOA was responsible for launching EA Mythic's MMORPG Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning last September in Europe. Warrior Epic is an online, action role-playing game set in an original fantasy world.

NeoSteam Heading to Europe Too
Gamigo AG's "innovative" steampunk free-to-play MMORPG NeoSteam is heading to Europe thanks to a deal signed between the company and Korean publisher HanbitSoft. Currently European players can head to the official website and register for the upcoming beta test; "tens of thousands" of American players have already joined the open beta program. As stated on the official website, NeoSteam was created with a "cute, 3D comic look," transporting gamers into a world quite different from our own. "Complete quests, harness the power of NeoSteam, learn battle skills, find new friends, and battle against other players!"

UFO: Afterlight v1.7 Patch Released
Two years after its original release, ALTAR Games is still spouting out patches for its squad-based strategy game, UFO: Afterlight. The 1.7 update includes an application called Localization Pack Manager, used to change the game's language. The patch also addresses the add-on duplication bug, offers a way to fix the corrupted ground textures problem, removes some shader restrictions, and more.

Weekend Events the Norm in Cronous
Lizard Interactive's popular MMORPG Cronous will hold various events every weekend starting February. According to the company, these events are planned and activated by GMs and varies from increased EXP, item drops, summoning boss monsters near town, giving out buffs and more. GMs will also receive opinions and ideas from players on how to improve weekend events.

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  • Tindytim
    So is this some new daily thing to add buffer between the apple articles?

    I'm glad I was informed about "EA's Crosswords for Dummies", I can tell it's going to push my new shiny new rig to the limits. I hear the pencil marking on the paper use advanced parralax mapping to give it that realistic, "Writing on grandma's table" look.
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  • oldmangamer
    For me, more gaming news is always better than less gaming news. In view of the gutting of staff at many sites (see Gamespot) and the fanboy posing at others (see...well, you know), an additional place for reliable gaming data is quite welcome.

    Gerry
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  • Master Exon
    Is this the second or third of these?

    Don't let them stop.
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  • StupidRabbit
    noo waayy... Design the CITIES XL Collector's Edition?? i hope toms realizes that second take is irreplaceable, and with this kind of "gaming news", they might as well stop wasting time with these roundups and just post pictures of flying monkeys. toms games is gone so lets focus on hardware.. oor bring back second taakee!!!
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  • rta
    I appreciate this page. Please keep the news coming!

    Don't like it? The web has ALLLLLLL sorts of other hyperlinks you can click on.
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  • Eggrenade
    Yes, please make these regular. Complements the hardware part very well, though we still need to go elsewhere for game reviews.
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  • Tindytim
    What the hell, when I read this article, there were only 3 games listed. And only the first 3.
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  • StupidRabbit
    We're starting the morning early with a few tidbits, but look for more to hit this space throughout the day.

    oooh.. well i guess in that case its a little better
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