Sun 17 Jun 2012
Civ II’s perpetual war, Max Payne’s quarantined cheaters
Posted by Nintendo Project under Nintendo News, Opposable Thumbs, Week in gaming
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In the lull after E3 week, we cleared out some impressions of Xcom, Gears of War Judgment, and a bunch of games that use the Wii U's tablet GamePad in some interesting ways. We also heard why Crytek's CEO thinks his two-year-old CryEngine is easily the equal of Epic's much-hyped Unreal Engine 4, heard about a game of Civilization II that's been going on for a decade, and examined Rockstar's interesting idea to quarantine Max Payne 3 cheaters to play with each other.Â
- Decade-long Civ II game mired in 1700 years of nuclear war
Starvation, devastation reign in an epic, apocalyptic simulation. - Rockstar condemns Max Payne 3 cheaters to play only against each other
"Cheaters Pool" quarantines problem players. - Valve's Source engine to power upcoming animated film
If all goes right, the movie (titled Deep) may also be released on Steam. - Apple, Congressmen support Microsoft in battle to prevent Xbox ban
Motorola's hope to ban Xbox also offends Nokia, Intel, Cisco, and Activision. - Crytek CEO quietly confident after Unreal Engine 4 reveal
Exec sees CryEngine 3 as competitive with Epic's latest. - How useful is the Wii U's tablet-equipped GamePad?
Seven E3 demos show the best and worst of two-screen gaming. - Real-money auctions launch in Diablo III
Top equipment already selling for over $200. - Everything old is new again in XCom: Enemy Unknown
Firaxis pumps up old gameplay with modern presentation. - Blizzard getting ready to ban Diablo III cheaters
Modified clients will lead to permanent bans "in the near future." - Cost concerns almost scuttled Wii U's tablet controller
Drive to lower price may have also prevented multitouch capability.