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The risk of permadeath is what makes Diablo III's Hardcore mode so thrilling, even knowing one single lag spike or server hiccup could spell your doom. Some babies, however, have been big babies and refused to accept this, rolling back their baby account to recover their baby characters. No more! With the release of patch 1.0.7 today, Hardcore characters are excluded from rollbacks.
Sure, you've saved alien races, conquered medieval Europe, and vanquished the Nazis a dozen times over, but do you have the real-time strategy chops to defend a summer camp from the horrors lurking in the woods? Twofold Secret today launched a demo of Camp Keepalive, an RTS inspired by 1980s horror movies.
Don't worry! The world was almost out of jump-scare games for people to create YouTube videos of themselves playing and shrieking at, not just yet. Slender: The Arrival, Parsec and Blue Isle's official expanded remake of the most famous Slender 'em up, has now opened pre-orders with a 50% discount and instant beta access as bonuses. Godspeed, bad Let's Players everywhere.
Ten months after its smash-hit Kickstarter ended, inXile Entertainment has shown off the first proper footage of the crowdfunded Wasteland 2. The trailer packs a whopping fifteen minutes of post-apocalyptic RPG fun, narrated by dev director Chris Keenan, looking a fine follow-up to the 1998 classic.
Origin seems to have few fans fighting in its corner, but surely everyone can be glad that the Mac is being taken more seriously as a gaming platform. Electronic Arts today launched the Mac client for its digital distribution platform with 45 Mac titles from EA and other publishers, some of which are automatically given to users who own the Windows edition.
Playing real-time strategy games competitively online can be downright terrifying, so StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm hopes to ease players in gently. A new video shows off the redesigned multiplayer menu system and various helper systems intended to stop you from swearing off multiplayer forever after two placement matches, not to mention the options and goals for people who already know their micro from their macro and can run through builds in their sleep.
Disney Infinity will be getting a Cars playset, complete with track-building tools for the Toy Box.
FarmVille is set to be an animated television series, produced by Brett Ratner.
The joys of asynchronous turn-based naval warfare are coming to PC, Mac, iOS and Android with cross-platform play in Leviathan: Warships. Ever-pleasant PC publisher Paradox Interactive today announced the game by Pieces Interactive, which puts you and your chums in charge of a customisable flotilla to duke it out on the high seas in co-op and competitive multiplayer.
"Star Wars Pinball." It's pinball. But with Star Wars. And it will be available on pretty much every video gaming device imaginable later this month.
