Rilasciata Combat Mission: Red Thunder v1.03 Patch

E' stata rilasciata la nuova patch per Combat Mission: Red Thunder.

Può essere scaricata qui:

http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=337&Itemid=581

Rilasciato To End All Wars

Il gioco è disponibile sugli shops Matrix e Ageod.

http://www.matrixgames.com/products/533/details/Ageod's.To.End.All.Wars

Rilasciato Men of War: Assault Squad 2

Per quanto il titolo sia godibile che senso ha spremere un'idea che non ha margini di miglioramento se non minimi e che non giustificano un titolo tutto nuovo?

Rilasciati Piercing Fortress Europa e Mark H. Walker's Lock 'n Load: Heroes of Stalingrad rilasciati

Rilasciati da Matrix due wargame 2d classici Piercing Fortress Europa e Mark H. Walker's Lock 'n Load: Heroes of Stalingrad. Lock 'n Load mi interessa poco, farò un pensierino per Piercing Fortress Europa, ma prima aspetto di avere infor più precise su com'è.

http://www.matrixgames.com/products/467/details/Piercing.Fortress.Europa
http://www.matrixgames.com/products/349/details/Mark.H..Walker's.Lock.'n.Load:.Heroes.of.Stalingrad

Histwar Napoleon in prevendita

Histwar Napoleon è in pre-vendita dal 21 Novembre e in uscita il 3 dicembre.

http://www.histwargames.com/boutique/en/

Ci sono varie versioni di acquisto, comunque il prezzo varia dai 50 euro ai 290 (purtroppo per il momento sembra possibile pagare solo tramite bonifico bancario).

La domanda è "ne vale la pena"? Ho già avuto modo di parlare del gioco varie volte sul Blog e la mia personalissima conclusione è "non si sa". Ad oggi, a parte la grafica, che è migliorata tantissimo, non ho la più pallida idea se il gameplay funzionerà in modo decente\sarà migliorato oppure lo stato dell'arte è ancora Histwar1 al suo attuale livello, vale a dire ancora pieno di bachi: non c'è ancora il livello brigata\divisione e far passare un ponte sembra ancora un'impresa titanica. Non esiste una gestione sensata dei corrieri e l'ultima introdotta crea solo una massa di messaggi di feedback ingestibile.

Quindi non posso che dire a chi si fa attirare dalla grafica: aspettate e leggete i posts degli utenti che lo usano e guardate cosa dicono. Il gioco è costoso non vale i soldi per il livello attuale di Histwar 1.

Pandora: First Contact Trailer

Trailer per Pandora: First Contact, strategico spaziale in uscita per la Matrix:

Conflict of Heroes Series scontato e annuncio di Storms of Stell

Sul sito Matrix trovate scontata la serie Conflict of Heroes:

http://www.matrixgames.com/news/1280/The.Conflict.of.Heroes.Series.on.Sale.!

Nel frattempo è stato anche dato l'annuncio della nuova espansione del gioco: Storms of Steel.

http://www.matrixgames.com/news/1282/Conflict.of.Heroes:.Storms.of.Steel.Announced!

Annunciato Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham

Nuova DLC in vista per Crusader Kings 2; Sons of Abraham implementerà più complesse meccaniche riguardo la religione e il suo impatto sulla politica (sia per i cristiani che per gli islamici). La data di rilascio è per metà novembre.

http://www.crusaderkings.com/

Qui trovate qualche screenshot:

http://www.wargamer.fr/crusader-kings-ii-sons-of-abraham-screenshots/

Rilasciato Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm

Il tanto atteso seguito di Flashpoint Germany è stato rilasciato oggi; sono davvero tentato di prenderlo subito.

Ecco la pagina del gioco:

http://matrixgames.com/products/471/details/Flashpoint.Campaigns:.Red.Storm

Air Conflicts: Vietnam rilasciato su Steam

Oggi è stato rilasciato Air Conflicts: Vietnam su Steam, il seguito di Air Conflicts: Secret Wars e Pacific Wars. Ricordo che non si tratta di un simulatore di volo ma di un arcade evoluto.

Qui trovate un video di gameplay di oggi:

Ageod American Civil War 2 rilasciato

E' stato dato l'annuncio del rilascio ufficiale di Ageod American Civil War 2:

http://www.ageod.co.uk/products/500/details/CivilWarII

• Setting: the game covers all of the USA, from the Eastern seaboard to the Rockies, from 1861 to 1865. Mexico and the Northern Caribbean are also in
• Game map is divided into more than 3,000 regions, with a variety of terrain, climates and development level.
• Scenarios: 2 tutorial and 5 main scenarios from Shiloh all the way up to the Grand Campaign.
• Historical leaders: Over 400 historical leaders each rated on their abilities and over 1,000 different types of units from sharpshooters to cavalry and artillery and even Ironclads!
• Production: Control your nations spending on the military without worrying about micro managing the economy.
• Regional Decision Cards: The game has an innovative card system that lets you trigger events such as Indian raids and partisans attacks, which used wisely can affect the flow of a campaign.
• Detailed game model includes features such as Weather, Attrition, Supply and Fog of War
• Historical Event are triggered throughout the game giving the player crucial decision points. These cover anything from local uprising to foreign intervention.
• Battlefield Tactics allow the player to make decisions that can turn the tide of battle.
• Sieges and Naval warfare are all covered in detail in the game.
• Chain of Command allows units to be organized in to brigades, division, corps and armies and leaders put in command of them.
• Navigable rivers which played a crucial role during the Civil War are represented.
• 
  
• Scenario list
• Two Tutorials scenarios
• 1861 First Manassas (Battle of Bull Run)
• 1862 Shiloh
• 1862 Sibley (New Mexico Campaign)
• 1861-1865 Our Hearts were Touched with Fire April 1861 scenario (THE multi-theater Grand Campaign)
• 1861-1865 The Blue and the Gray July 1861 scenario (accelerated start campaign)

Rome 2 un gioco uscito incompleto?

Il gioco è uscito da un giorno e i commenti degli utenti sono devastanti. Chiariamoci nessun gioco esce perfetto e c'è sempre un'aliquota di scontenti per problemi relativi alle configurazioni delle loro macchine. Ma su metacritic il 50% esatto dei giocatori ha dato voti da 0 a 5, per un gioco da 60 euro (non di nicchia) è incredibile. Problemi grafici, di AI, di pesantezza sembrano comuni. Chiaramente è probabile che con il tempo i problemi saranno risolti, ma per allora il gioco uscirà scontato a 25 euro, e quindi chi ha pagato prezzo pieno, se ha avuto la sfortuna di incappare in questi problemi, sarà rimasto fregato.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/total-war-rome-ii/user-reviews

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/09/total-war-rome-ii-review-a-total-mess/

Total War Rome 2 piano delle prime DLC

Annunciato il piano delle prime DLC post-release:

http://www.rtsguru.com/game/494/article/6485/Total-War-Rome-II-Post-Release-Plans-First-Paid-DLC-Announced.html

With the September 3rd release of Total War: Rome II getting ever-closer, the team at The Creative Assembly has been presumably putting the finishing touches on the game. Now, we are getting a peek at the post-launch plans, including the announcement of more free DLC coming along with the first paid DLC.

So what can we expect? Today, the Seleucid Empire was announced as a free DLC pack to be released sometime in October. That's in addition to release DLC, and the preorder DLC that have already been announced. Historically, the Seleucid Empire was established following the death of Alexander the Great, dividing that conqueror's empire in two.

The game's first paid DLC was also announced, with Culture packs on the way. The first, The Nomadic Tribes Culture pack will feature the Royal Scythians, Roxolani, and Massagetae and will go on sale in October as well.

Rilasciato Europa Universalis IV

Il 13 Agosto è stato rilasciato Europa Universalis IV assieme ad un video di rilascio (idiota).

Space Hulk - Pre-Order Trailer

Non mi sembra nulla di straordinario, ma agli appassionati può piacere.

Due nuove releases

Tra ieri e oggi sono stati rilasciati:

Wargame Airland Battle (ma che era in beta già da un po')

Rising Storm, l'espansione della guerra del Pacifico per Red Orchestra 2

A proposito di quest'ultimo, queste sono le features:

2 New Factions - The United States of America and Japanese
6 New Maps
Guadal Canal
Hanto
Iwo Jima
Kwajalein
Peleliu
Saipan
19 New Weapons
Allied Weapons
Springfield M1903A1
M1911A1
M1 Carbine
M12 Trench Gun
M1 Garand
M1903 Sniper
Thompson M1928A1
M2-2 Flamethrower
M1919A6 LMG
M1918A2 BAR
M1917 HMG
Axis Weapons
Arisaka Type 38
Arisaka Type 99
Nambu Type 14
Nambu Type 100
Type 99 Sniper
Type 96 LMG
Type 99 LMG
Type 92 HMG
Type 89 Grenade Discharger
Katana


New Features such as:
Booby Traps - Japanese players can plant grenades as booby traps into loose soil or gravel. Americans can defuse booby traps
Banzai Charges - Increased damage mitigation for the player who is Banzai charging and increased suppression for Americans who are within close proximity
Suicide Kills - Players using grenades to suicide attack the Americans now get credit when their grenade explodes after they die


General
Added ability for Server Admins to set how or if players can spawn with enemy weapons (Off, Hero Only [default], and Hero and Veteran)
Added points to Squad Leaders who have their artillery markers used
Added points to Squad Leaders who have players spawn on them
Added point restore for TK's that are forgiven
Foliage can no longer be completely disabled
Added Auto Select option to the spawn menu which will first try and spawn the player on their squad leader, and if that is not possible randomly choose between open spawn areas
Fixed issue where player view would would sometimes shift when diving to prone in a trench
Fixed an issue where players could get stuck between crouched and prone stances
Fixed an issue where server balance could be set incorrectly which resulted in bad player or bot spawns
Fixed issue where all players on your team would yell spawn message. Now only the player will yell the spawn message. Also added several messages that were in game but never being played (Roughly a 60% increase. We were amazed to find a hidden gem here...)
Fixed spectators taking up a player slot. As a result unlocking additional roles.
Fixed several additional spectator bugs (such as free roam not being properly enabled)
Fixed mouse sensitivity being too high on ultra wide aspect ratios
Fixed a texture stretching issue with explosive weapons
Altered bandage animation which should cause less head clipping (with walls)
Various crash and stability fixes
Closed several settings that were being used as exploits
Fixed bugs with map voting that would sometimes cause the wrong map to win
Fixed players not getting momentum from being shot in multiplayer
Improved map loading times
Disabled ability to turn foliage off in settings
Fixed players that were killed when prone popping up in the air
Fixed the Lockdown text showing as Overtime if the Overtime had been active at any point during the match


Tank
Fixed tank crewmen not spawning, also resolved several related issues that kicked crew out of the tank
Added ability for tank crew to spawn into an active tank with a bot role available to take over
Tank commanders now spawn in the commander cuppola position with the hatch open on the initial spawn


Weapon
The kill message now shows the distance you were killed from (configurable by server admins)
Added interruptible single bullet reloads
Fixed several infinite ammo exploits
Fixed pistol full message error for not "+1" reloads
Fixed several conditions that would cause a melee strike to fail to register as a hit
Fixed an issue where players could not pick up weapons over low collision
Fixed grenades being auto thrown if the user pulled the pin and tried to crawl
Fixed players being able to pick up grenades and ammo even when they had reached the max limit
Fixed a condition where picking up grenades could cause the ammo count to display incorrectly in the HUD
Fixed weapons sticking around in between rounds in Countdown
Fixed machine gun barrel change animation not playing correctly on chest high cover
Fixed accuracy displaying as over 100% in stats menu
Fixed penetrating shots that hit boosting accuracy stat
Fixed an issue where scrolling the mouse wheel while deploying would cause the change weapon widget to show up (forcing a weapon swap when attempting to fire)
Fixed player "leveling up" binocs
Fixed command menu being stuck open if the player died on a fixed MG
Fixed an issue where the game was not properly giving players sway when the sway amount was small
Melee attacks (or any indirect attacks) should no longer boost or take away from accuracy
Weapons (like binocs) that do not use ammo no longer show an ammo counter
Fixed timing of shell eject on bolt-action rifles
Fixed “speed bolting” rifles
Fixed a case where machine guns could fail to reload in classic
Fixed issue where players firing full auto weapons would cause the game to stutter
Weapons no longer drop when the player has been TK’d
Weapons now play sounds when they hit the ground
Increased bullet impact and suppression sounds


Map
Fixed several bad machine gun emplacements in RO 2 maps
Fixed a case of meshes not resetting between rounds
Added Satchel Charge pickups to: Fallen Fighters, Commissars House, Red October Factory, Pavlov’s House, Mamayev Kurgan
RO2 maps have been optimized to have less relevancy checks against static meshes on servers
Added sounds to destructibles on all RO2 maps
Added 30% more reinforcements to all RO2 maps
All RO2 maps have had Classic Mode reinforcements and respawn times changed from the defaults and vary between levels


AI
Added greater situational awareness (and choices) for AI
Added ability for AI to use grenades
AI will now make better tactical decision
Fixed many cases of AI getting stuck
Fixed AI not playing aggressively as attackers


Single Player
Split Red Orchestra 2 Single Player into its own install and launcher
Fixed several issues which would stop players from properly progressing in Single Player
Fixed several single player achievements which were not being properly awarded


UI
Added new hint system with player controlled settings (All, New, and Off)
Fixed issue where the players weapon selection was not remembered as new players join the server
Fixed issue where the players selected role was not remembered as new players joined the server
Fixed artillery markers not properly clearing between rounds
Fixed Artillery marker moving
Removed ability for players to “auto run” by using chat
Fixed issue where "space bar" would count as an “enter” stroke in some menus
Fixed bug where admin chat would display in the center of the screen and not properly clear away
Fixed issue where scoreboard would disappear at the end of the round
Fixed player spawn selection menu instantly closing
Fixed a dialog box only saying “OK” when the player had been kicked from a server
Fixed a cause of the "This role is taken" message being displayed incorrectly
Fixed Commanders Tactical View showing the wrong order he gave
Fixed Commander’s minimap icons such a enemy spotted appearing in HUD once minimap closed
Fixed several minor UI bug
Fixed a case where both teams could be awarded victory
Fixed Web Admin Map cycle issue (when the same map was in the cycle twice)

Video di gameplay con Battle for Normandy e piano rilascio moduli

Ecco un bel video di gameplay e inoltre il piano di rilascio dei moduli della serie per questo e il prossimo anno, così come descritto sul forum:

Our schedule is a bit flexible, but as of now for 2013:

Normandy 2.01 patch
Normandy 1.12 patch
Italy 1.02 patch
Something Nice
CMBN Market Garden
CMEF 1 (1944-1945, starting with Bagration)
CMSF 2 (introduces v3.0)

For 2014:

CM Bulge
CMEF 2 (1943-1944, starting with Kursk)

Various Packs sprinkled in here and there along the way. But it's too difficult to say what and when specifically.

We have no plans on doing a North Africa game at the moment, but I wouldn't rule it happening.

Rilasciata la DLC Grand Campaign ’42-43 West per Panzer Corps

E' stata rilasciata la nuova DLC per Panzer Corps; ecco la news:

http://www.matrixgames.com/news/985/Panzer.Corps.Grand.Campaign.'44.West.Arrives.at.the.Front!

Rilasciato Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition

E' stata rilasciata dalla Paradox la versione Enhanced di Sword of the Stars II.

Ecco la news

Paradox Interactive released today Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition, which contains Lords of Winter and the first expansion End of Flesh. The Enhanced Edition comes packed with all the previous DLCs as well, such as the new avatars, new combat music, alternate voices, skins, and new badges for your warships.

Players must customize and amass their fleets, explore the galaxy, research new alient technologies, and expand your empire. Combat is waged through a mixture of real-time skirmishes and classic turn-based strategy.

Also in the Enhanced Edition is a new playable Faction: the Loa, a race of Artificial Intelligence that were once slaves now return to seek revenge. Loa ships can shape-shift into new ships for any purpose needed. Being a hardy and tough race, they can colonize on any rocky planet as well.

The full feature list in Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition include:
Play as the Loa, with over 120 new ship sections and their own unique drive system – the Neutrino Pulse Gate
Over 25 additional technologies, including a new Cybernetic Tech Tree
10 new weapons and attacks to use in battle
New ship sections for the original six Factions, including 2 new Leviathan class vessels
2 new Independent Races to encounter, study and incorporate into your empire
New Random Encounters, a new Grand Menace, and new Star Maps
New Evacuation Mission, and Supplemental Mission system allowing players to focus on the Target or the Fleet
All Race DLCs: Suul’ka, Liir, Morrigi, Hiver, SolForce, Zuul and Tarka

Commander - The Great War rilasciato

Neanche faccio in tempo a scrivere un post con i nuovi screenshots che il gioco esce; comunque trovate l'annuncio sul sito Matrix:

http://www.matrixgames.com/news/979/Commander.-.The.Great.War.Now.Available!

Comunque io rimango legato a giochi dalle stile più classico, mi sembra un wargame sullo stile Panzer Corps, bello ma più per novizi che per appassionati di Monster games