PC

Ubisoft Drops Always-Online DRM for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood

Ubisoft garnered quite a bit of hate from PC gamers last year when all
their new releases came with a new Digital Rights Management system that
prevented you from playing your game if you didn’t have a constant
internet connection. The reason this caused so much controversy is
because this system applied even if you were playing a game that was
exclusively single player. There were occasions where the DRM servers
went down and nobody was able to play any of Ubisoft’s PC games that
used the system, including the PC versions of Splinter Cell: Conviction and Assassin’s Creed 2.

Even though last month Ubisoft scaled back some of its DRM on last year’s games, there were still some initial worries that Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
would be using this same DRM system. Ubisoft has confirmed that the
game’s Single Player campaign would be playable offline, although it
would require an initial login process.

Dead Space 2 “Severed” Trailer

The day that Dead Space 2 launched, players were told that will be a DLC pack of single-player mission in the near future.  Well the future is March first, when Dead Space 2: Severed becomes available for the surprisingly reasonable price of seven dollars.  You won’t be continuing the story of Isaac Clarke, Dead Space 2’s main protagonist, but rather, you’ll play as Gabe Weller who was one of the characters from Dead Space Extraction (Which was only available on Wii and PS3).

Dragon Age 2(PC) Hands On Preview

Despite a misleading advertising campaign, the original Dragon Age was a huge critical and commercial success. PC Gamers especially enjoyed it as it was a return to the style of old school Balder’s Gate gameplay that Bioware was originally known for. The sequel comes out next month and looks to be dynamically different from the first game.  In anticipation of the game’s release I played through the new demo not once, but twice.

Midweek Sales February 22nd

Frankly, I don’t understand how someone can possibly own Half Life Two, and not own the downloadable Episode 2, but if you fit that category, you’re in luck, because Steampowered.com is selling Ep 2 for 80% off.  That makes it two bucks, and needless to say, it’s a must buy if you already have Half Life 2 and Episode One, not to mention an excuse to grab the lot of them if you haven’t played this franchise yet.

Can’t Wait For Bulletstorm? Try These Games

Epic’s new hyperviolent shooter Bulletstorm is built around the idea of the Creative Kill, and players are dying for the chance to mutilate some space mutants in this game.  The only problem is that it doesn’t come out for HOURS!  How will gamers fill the time until those midnight launch parties?  Below is a list of currently-available shooters that allow you to gruesomely murder enemies with as much ingenuity as you can muster

Bulletstorm DLC Already Announced

It’s noon the day the game came out, and EA has just sent out a press release detailing the first Bulletstorm DLC pack.  Most players still probably haven’t had time to pick up their pre-orders for this, and will return home from Gamestop to discover that they’re already expected to shovel out a few bucks for some bonus levels.  This is pretty much the same thing that happened with Dead Space 2 on launch day last month, and it marks a very annoying trend for the industry.

Cities in Motion Review

The simulation genre is a bit of an odd one.
The genre is most well known for games like The Sims, SimCity, and as well as the more niche titles like RailWorks and Farm Simulator. Cities in Motion (CIM), the newest simulation game, features a transport management simulator. Developed by Colossal Order and published by Paradox Interactive, CIM has you taking control of transport systems of various famous European cities (such as Amsterdam and Berlin) and managing them from the 1920’s to the present day, all in the name of profit.