Posted by: Mike Stedman at May 11, 2009 8:51:39 AM
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Eidos Montreal announced Thief 4, which will team up with Deus Ex 3 in order to convince us of Eidos' domination of all things formerly Looking Glass. While I love the Thief series, it is not as close to my heart as Deus Ex is, and so I am quite hopeful for its success, even though decreased difficulty and atmosphere is likely and an unavoidable fact of our current gaming climate. Speaking of Origin and friends, Ultima Online is getting expanded. I bet a lot of other MMOs wish their playerbase were as hardcore and dedicated as the UO crew.
It's worth pointing out that we've heard more about Duke Nukem Forever in the last five days than we have during its entire period of development, and this continues on to giving us actual game footage(NSFW), albeit as part of an animator's demo reel. You may also be interested in some screenshots dredged up (also NSFW) by a French games blog.
In indie news, some things you may want to check out include Today I Die, an updated version of Valve-endorsed Team Fortress parody Gang Garrison 2, and a mirror of the Cactus GDC talk, in case you missed it the first time. Altitude has also been getting some really favorable coverage, and I've been playing it off and on for a few months now. Under Siege is starting to make headway on the PS3. Make sure to also check out the Cockpit Compo games in case you disobeyed me last week. I will not tolerate your dissent at this critical juncture.
I played UO for four years. Much longer than the 6 months I played of WoW (where most of that time was spent NOT playing WoW). I'd go back to UO if they created a "classic" server (I'm talking the Second Age or Rennaissance expansions) where the old play mechanics were restored but the new areas from the new expansions were available. I'd pay for that. I have no clue what this new expansion will have to offer and I don't care to look.
The Duke gameplay footage looked cool enough. I'd probably play through it, I'm sure some of those scenes would have made me laugh but I can't say that I'm really sad. I'll just buy that Matt Hazard game instead.
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