We haven’t seen a shipping announcement for retail yet but NA players can grab Storm of Zehir from Direct2Drive right now.

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The Left 4 Dead demo goes public today, for the PC and Xbox 360. The demo concludes on November 18, when Left 4 Dead will be made available at retail outlets across North America and worldwide via Steam.

Download Demo here: store.steampowered.com

About the Game:

Available: November 18th, 2008

From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.

Set in the immediate aftermath of the zombie apocalypse, L4D’s survival co-op mode lets you blast a path through the infected in four unique “movies,” guiding your survivors across the rooftops of an abandoned metropolis, through rural ghost towns and pitch-black forests in your quest to escape a devastated Ground Zero crawling with infected enemies. Each “movie” is comprised of five large maps, and can be played by one to four human players, with an emphasis on team-based strategy and objectives.

New technology dubbed “the AI Director” is used to generate a unique gameplay experience every time you play. The Director tailors the frequency and ferocity of the zombie attacks to your performance, putting you in the middle of a fast-paced, but not overwhelming, Hollywood horror movie.

Left 4 Dead will be released worldwide on PC and Xbox 360 this November.

• Addictive single player, co-op, and multiplayer action gameplay from the makers of Counter-Strike and Half-Life
• Versus Mode lets you compete four-on-four with friends, playing as a human trying to get rescued, or as a zombie boss monster that will stop at nothing to destroy them.
• An advanced AI director dynamically creates intense and unique experiences every time the game is played
• 20 maps, 10 weapons and unlimited possibilities in four sprawling “movies”
• Matchmaking, stats, rankings, and awards system drive collaborative play
• Designer’s Commentary allows gamers to go “behind the scenes” of the game
• Powered by Source and Steam

Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zephir  Erweiterungs Pack  -  Deutsches Benutzer Handbuch  gibt es bereits online zum download

• NWN2: Storm of Zephir - Deutsches Benutzer Handbuch 

Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zephir  Expansion Pack  -  english user manual is online for download 

• NWN2: Storm of Zephir - User Manual English 

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Game Reviews - Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway Review by Chris Park

 Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway finally gets it right.  What right, exactly?  The story.  Gearbox’s third entry into their innovative (I’m being serious here) tactical WW II shooter tells a gripping, emotionally resonant narrative that really might conjure tears from the more sensitive.  There’s a weird trade-off that comes with this, though.  For all the improvements in storytelling, the tactical gameplay that was so prominent in the first two games is significantly downplayed.  The game attempts to find a compromise between straight shooter and authentic squad-based tactics, but the results are somewhat mixed.  Still, Hell’s Highway is by far my favorite out of the three and almost all of that is attributed to its excellent and heart-wrenching tale of Matt Baker’s road through the hellish fires of war.

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Clocking in at around 10 hours, Hell’s Highway provides tons of drama but brings with it some new gameplay elements that don’t mesh with the series philosophy.  Admittedly as a straight shooter, Hell’s Highway is competent - and sometimes great - in this regard.  Most of my problems stemmed from how Hell’s Highway was drifting toward something more shooter-centric, because that wasn’t what the series was always about.  Seeing Hell’s Highway as just another, well, game, it’s a well-built shooter with some interesting squad mechanics that are useful from time to time.  Now that Baker’s story is reaching the tail-end of the war, it’ll be interesting to see how the dramatic shift in setting will affect the next game.  Until then, any fan of the series should pick up Hell’s Highway without hesitation, even if the gameplay won’t play out as expected

Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway on 2404.

Ein Mord in der virtuellen Welt beschäftigt die japanische Justiz. Eine Frau hat ihren Online-Ehemann umgebracht, weil er die Scheidung eingereicht hatte. Nun droht ihr der reale Knast.

Die japanische Justiz ermittelt gegen eine 43-jährige Frau, die den Avatar eines Mitspielers in einer Computerspielwelt ermordet hat. Weil sie sich dabei mit den Account-Daten ihres Opfers eingelogt hat, wurde sie wegen illegalen Zugangs zu einem Server und der Manipulation elektronischer Daten verhaftet. Bei einem Schuldspruch muss sie mit bis zu fünf Jahren Haft und einer Geldstrafe rechnen.
Der Online-Partner der Klavierlehrerin, ein 33-jähriger Büroangestellter, ging zur Polizei, als er merkte, dass sein Avatar tot war. Die Behörden leiteten Ermittlungen ein und nahmen die Frau in der südjapanischen Ortschaft Miyazaki fest. Danach wurde sie 1.000 Kilometer weit in das Gefängnis von Sapporo gebracht, wo der Kläger lebt.

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Blizzon continues to generate Diablo III previews, with this one coming from GamingExcellence:

The ways in which monsters die is even impressive. Instead of a standard death animation, monsters can die in several ways. For example, there are “critical deaths” that monsters suffer after scoring a critical hit, which results in said monster exploded in a brilliant blood shower. There are also skill driven deaths. This way shown briefly at WWI, where the witch doctor’s locust swarm would actually eat the flesh off of enemies. This wizard showcased this even further at BlizzCon, as her disintegrate ability does exactly what you think it would - it completely disintegrates enemies most extravagantly. So far, the game feels just like the good old Diablo we all know and love, and will no doubt get even better as the months pass.

Links:

• Blizzard
• diii.net

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King’s Bounty: The Legend Patch 1.6.5

This patch is for use with the English version of King’s Bounty: The Legend released on September 23 by Atari.
It’s highly recommended to delete all the mods before installing the patch.

The King’s Bounty: The Legend Website now offers a new patch for to update the English edition of King’s Bounty: The Legend to version 1.6.5.

The patch along with a complete list of changes is available from this page, and the 9.22 MB download is mirrored on AtomicGamer, FileFront, and Gamer’s Hell.