PC Gaming Roundup - February 12, 2009

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It's your daily dose of PC Gaming goodness, packed with the thrills and spills that makes this industry so exciting (meaning I need sleep). Today we have a plethora of meaty tidbits including word on Dragon Age: Origins and a video from Singularity.

Paradox Launches Mesmer Games
Paradox Interactive announced that it's "value priced" branch is now officially open for business. Called Mezmer Games, the new label will focus on helping independent developers "reach a large audience through digital distribution and alternative channels." Titles published under the Mezmer Games -ranging from action to strategy to adventure- will cost between $9.99 - $19.99. “Our intention is to be a platform for great games that traditional publishers do not want to invest their time and money in," said Fredrik Wester, Executive Vice President of Paradox Interactive. "By exclusively releasing the products digitally, we’ll be able to deliver many niche and developing titles to an audience that would otherwise be unable to purchase the products.”
BioWare Reveals All Six Dragon Age Origin Stories

The famed developer let it all hang out today, uncovering the details on all six Origin Stories featured in the upcoming dark fantasy game Dragon Age: Origins. According to BioWAre, each Origin Story boasts several hours of unique gameplay, offering multiple beginnings - a first in a BioWare game. Each Origin Story starts the player off with a unique series of locations, characters, and events that "establish their motivations and lay the groundwork for the adventure to come." Players begin as one of the following characters: Dalish Elf, City Elf, Dwarf Commoner, Dwarf Noble, Mage, and Human Noble.

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6 Comments Comment from the forums
  • crockdaddy
    Glad to see regular updates. But still no second take? = lame
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  • _horse
    Titan online looks cool. Maybe Ill try and get in... Maybe not.
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  • jerreece
    That Singularity Video is quite odd....

    Titan Online: Granted gameplay isn't all about graphics, but the screenshots they have (the very few) are pretty old-school to say the least.

    I'm thinking you could play that on a single core CPU without an issue, just based on those images.
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  • 4c1dr41n
    I also miss Second Takes, I allways watched them. Won't we see them anymore? I mean, have they hit the ground along with the game reviews?
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  • lumpy
    No more second take.Toms just keeps the crap(builders marathons?)and dumps what we want.So sad.
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  • dieseldre2k
    bring back second take! this is just a useless list of upcoming titles, which i can search up myself. i miss the actual discussion of the state of the video game market =(
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