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Fallout 3: New Vegas: Old World Blues DLC coming July 19th!

Salute Claudia. Stick July 19th in your diary if you’re a Fallout New Vegas fan, because the third DLC pack is soon being released on LIVE, Steam and PSN.

 

“The residents of the Mojave have long assumed the trackless wastes of the ‘Big Empty’ are a no-man’s-land, a desolate stretch where no living thing can survive. In Old World Blues, you discover that is far from the truth…”

 

Sounds good to me. Behold screenies! Click for higher res.

 

 

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Skyrim preorders will come with a hardcopy world map! Nice!

Regurgitatum from Bethesda (and one that pleases me muchly- I have a soft spot for these funky little maps. Nice to get more than a flimsy booklet saying ‘dont put your cd in the dishwasher’):

Making real maps of our fantasy worlds is an Elder Scrolls tradition.

 

As Todd Howard said all the way back in a Morrowind blog post, “There’s something about having a physical object in your hands that feels like it’s part of this other world, that you are that person in the game, finding your way among the hills.”

 

With that in mind, today we are announcing that anyone who preorders Skyrim will automatically receive a premium quality world map with their copy as a no-extra-cost-to-you bonus.

 

To guarantee your copy of your premium quality world map, simply preorder today.

 

Go on – it’s what the dragons would want.

Bigpoint as popular as twitter with 200 millionth user!

Regurgitatum: Bigpoint Surpasses 200 Million Gamers Worldwide!

 

Bigpoint (www.bigpoint.com), the global market leader in browser-based online games, today announced that it has surpassed 200 million registered users worldwide, doubling from 100 million users in less than 18 months. The rapid growth rate sets a new record for the company, which ranks among the top gaming networks in the world.

“This is another major milestone that our company has achieved in a short period of time,” explains Heiko Hubertz, founder and Co-CEO of Bigpoint.com. “It shows that members of our community recognize our commitment to delivering high-quality games and online experiences, and we want to celebrate that.”

Unlike traditional game developers – and many start-up social gaming companies – Bigpoint has built and perfected a global distribution network that includes over 1000 media partners who promote the company’s games. To account for such widespread distribution, which requires its titles to be localized into 25 languages, Bigpoint has integrated over 180 payment solutions. The company processes over one billion transactions every day.

Bigpoint’s browser-based game portfolio includes titles for every segment in the market, including hardcore, core, and casual games. Popular titles like Seafight (http://www.seafight.com/), Farmerama (http://www.farmerama.com/), and Battlestar Galactica Online (http://www.battlestar-galactica.bigpoint.com/), which alone garnered more than two million registrations in just three months, exemplify the company’s strategy of developing and distributing games for diverse groups of gamers.

Upcoming titles like The Mummy Online (http://www.themummy.bigpoint.com/), Drakensang Online (http://www.drakensang-online.com/), and RamaCity (http://www.ramacity.com/), are also expected to attract legions of new fans thanks to high-end graphics and compelling gameplay.

 

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