Hitler to unleash dinosaur army on Steam with Dino D-Day, Dino D-Day PC News

World War II's been done to death, but not World War II with dinosaurs. What if Hitler had an army of raptors at his command? It's one of those historical quandaries that keep us up at night. Well, those curious won't have to wonder much longer, as developer 800 North Productions has just revealed plans to release Dino D-Day via Steam on March 1.

Originally announced in 2009, Dino D-Day is a Half-Life 2 mod being released as a standalone product. The story begins in 1942, when the Axis powers first succeed in creating their dinosaur army and release it upon the Allies.

Above: An old-timey trailer for Dino D-Day, which will be coming out on March 1, 2011

Above: You can see more ridiculous Dino D-Day screenshots here

The multiplayer game allows Axis players to choose between three different classes of soldiers and three classes of dinosaurs: the stealth-focused Raptor, the 20mm machine gun-equipped Desmatosuchus, and the melee-focused Dilophosaur. Meanwhile, the allies have six human classes to pick from.

800 North Productions, the developers of the game, haven't revealed any price info to go along with the announced release date.

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New Homefront developer diary focuses on multiplayer, promises 'epic vehicular warfare', Homefront PC News

Homefront is one of themost interesting-looking FPS war gamesin the 2011 release docket, both in the singleplayer and multiplayer departments. Recently, THQ released the game'sfirst developer diary, which focused on the story, and today it has released another behind-the-scenes video to show off the game's multiplayer experience:

To avoid becoming 'yet another' online shooter, with the same mechanics of every other, Homefront will introduce features such as the ability to move between maps during one skirmish.

And then there's the most important feature of the game: vehicles. The development team likes to say it's"epic vehicular warfare,"which sounds totally cool to us. Get some friends together and start shooting helicopters at tanks, and tanks at Humvees, and no one can say that ain't a good time. Well, not literally"shooting helicopters at tanks,"like out of a big helicopter gun. But that would be cool too.

In related news, THQ CEO Brian Farrell told investors last night that the publisher will reduce its focus on licensed kid's games, and direct more attention toward its original IPs, which includes Homefront.

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69 million 'team actions' will unlock the classic Operation Hastings map in Bad Company 2 Vietnam, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC News

DICE has put a little something extra into the new Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam add-on, but you'll only be able to get it if everyone else wants it as much as you. The"Operations Hastings"map, which has been revived from the classic Battlefield: Vietnam from 2004, is hidden in the new DLC pack, but won't be available until 69 million online"team actions"are recorded. That's a lot of actions.

Check out the map's trailer below:

Team actions include the following:

• Resupply
• Revive
• Heal
• Spot
• Repair

Even if you don't buy the expansion pack, you're still helping out by playing, as actions in the main game will be counted in addition to those recorded on the Vietnam DLC maps.

So... 69 million is a really big number, though we can't say we know how many team actions are recorded on an average day - we imagine it's not trivial. But why not put in some extra effort? Go kill yourself repeatedly and have a friend revive you until the map is unlocked. That seems like a good use of your time!

The Vietnam expansion is out December 18 for $15 on PC, and December 21 for the same price on PSN and 1200 Microsoft Points on the Xbox 360.

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Everquest II to get its own Cataclysm after WoW test case?, EverQuest II PC News

Unless you've been living under a particularly heavy rock for a while, you should know that players of World of Warcraft are anticipating a

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Mysterious Deus Ex website surfaces with augmentations and a hidden hacking game, Deus Ex: Human Revolution PC News

If you’re not familiar with the Deus Ex series, it was all about augmentations, high-tech body modifications that allowed you to tweak your character to perfection. In the new Deus Ex game developed by Eidos, Sarif Industries is the leading manufacturer of these body augmentations.

Interestingly enough an official website for the fictional futuristic tech company has surfaced. Head towww.sarifindustries.com, and you’ll be able to browse through a bunch of the upgrades you’ll be able to modify your character with in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Keep clicking around, and you’ll also get to sample a hidden hacking game.

Above: Head towww.sarifindustries.comto see the official website for the fictional mega corporation from Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Above: You can check out choice augmentations offered by Sarif Industries

Above: Keep clicking around and a mysterious hacking mini-game will appear. Collect all the folders by bypassing securities and you'll unlock data pods with schematics for gear from the game

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BBC prepares to investigate the addictive properties of videogames, PC PC News

Panorama, a BBC investigative television show, is preparing to turn its lens towards videogames and the gamers who are hopelessly addicted to them. Titled‘Addicted to Games?,’ the episode will feature“youngsters who’ve dropped out of school and university to play games for anything up to 21 hours a day.” Reporter Raphael Rowe will also be meeting with“leading experts calling for more independent research into this controversial subject,” and just might score himself the scoop of the century when he“reveals the hidden psychological devices in games that are designed to keep us coming back for more.” We wonder if it has anything to do with them being fun?

Above: Investigating the"addictive psychological devices in games"(aka graphics and sound)

We’d hate to judge‘Addicted to Games?’ before we’ve seen it, but the episode’s official description reeks of the selective viewing and fear mongering we’re now accustomed to anytime the games industry finds itself in the spotlight of the mainstream media. It’ll be interesting to see if Panorama reporters will investigate the addictive properties of games based on popular BBC shows, like Top Gear and Doctor Who for the iPhone. Oh wait, we guess they’ll only be looking at good games.

‘Addicted to Games?’ is scheduled to air on Monday, December 6 on BBC One. It’s an especially fitting date for the show to air, just one day before the worldwide release of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.

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Christopher Nolan confirms Inception game... DUNNNNN, PC PC News

Christopher Nolan has confirmed that a game set in the world of Inception is being developed. The film, which premiered in July, has earned over $800,000,000 worldwide, making it the third highest-grossing film of 2010 thus far.

"I always imagined Inception to be a world where a lot of other stories could take place," said Nolan to Inside Movies, adding,"At the moment, the only direction we're channeling that is by developing a videogame set in the world."

Nolan didn't reveal any further details, except that the game is"a longer-term proposition"and that videogames are a medium he"wants to explore."DUNNNNNNNN.

We're always nervous about movie games, but it's a bit different when a director like Nolan is the one doing the talking. It seems unlikely that he'd toss Inception into the gears of a B-grade licened game cash machine. But even so, creating a game based on Inception's free-form meta-meta-meta-meta-(meta?) dream worlds will be challenging.

How would you like to see the game handled? An open-dreamworld action RPG? An MMO in limbo? 

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