We will ignore the fact that the PC versions of High Moon Studios‘ recent action game Transformers: War for Cybertron won’t have access to the recently released DLC for the console versions (new maps and new Transformers to play with). The game itself is arguably the best Transformers game for the PC in a long time and we will just leave it at that.

That being said, players of the PC version will have access to this weekend’s double XP multiplayer event. From 9 pm Eastern time on Friday to 3 am Eastern time on Monday you will be able to rack up the experience points in the game much faster than normal. Even without the DLC. Which we don’t care about. Really.

[Via email press release]

Transformers: War for Cyberton gets double XP multiplayer weekend originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The PC processor and graphics chip maker AMD is in a bit of a pickle. It makes processors that are second to Intel in terms of market share and while its ATI division has been making progress on its biggest rival Nvidia in terms of performance Nvidia’s graphic chips are still the market leader for PC gaming. Now AMD has announced a new marketing program that’s aimed specifically at PC gamers.

The marketing program is called Gaming Evolved and according to AMD’s web site, the program is all about one thing, “Gamers Come First”. The site adds, “We will listen carefully to gamers, create solutions and technologies that closely align to their wants and needs, and fulfill our “Gamers Come First!” mandate to the PC gamers of the world.” The site also says AMD will listen to game developers as well, saying, “We will deliver the technical support and guidance needed to adopt new technologies like Direct X 11, and provide the indispensible business support that game developers need to help make their games a commercial success”.” Big Download plans to contact AMD to get more concrete info on what its new Gaming Evolved program will mean to the PC games industry.

AMD announces Gaming Evolved PC gaming marketing program originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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…with a new service called Everquest II Extended – a free-to-play version that will run alongside their subscription servers.

Extended is not a replacement to the live subscription service and while the game content is the same, access and restrictions are different between the two. Extended is a gameplay option targeted towards certain players who are willing to play within a limited feature-set service with additional content purchase and upgrade options, rather than pay for the full service via a standard monthly subscription. The live $15 EQII subscription service is unrestricted full access to the game world for those accounts in good standing, a valuable service, just as it has always been. The EverQuest II Extended service has restrictions based on your membership level. Limited access to the EQII Extended world and certain content is free, while other content, access, and items are available only for purchase.

Definitely seems to be a bandwagon effect happening.

It looks like we will be waiting a bit longer for the official launch of Mytheon. The free-to-play multiplayer action-RPG from developer Petroglyph and publisher UTV True Games was supposed to launch on July 13. However the publisher announced that the launch had been delayed to an unnamed date.

Now the game’s official message boards has word from True Games’s community manager that because of feedback from players in the game’s open beta period the game’s release has been delayed until some time in the “”Q3/Q4 2010″ time period (a previous message that said the game’s launch was being delayed until early September was later refuted). People who purchased the $129.95 Champions pack for the game will be getting some extra stuff because of the delay including “an extra 5% off Coin purchases, exclusive stones and gear at the launch of Mytheon.”

Update on Mytheon launch date originally appeared on Big Download Blog on Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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