Three different sets will be 80pts each on the XBOX Live Marketplace. See the link here. Of course, you Vista players will probably be without luck. Thanks DNAgent.
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Coming soon: new Shadowrun gamerpics. Hints at future DLC?
Published by August 26th, 2007 in content and XBOX 360. 0 CommentsNo Tags
Amazon has a sweet deal on Shadowrun right now. It’s just $29.99 for either the 360 version or Vista version of this game. Check it out in the Hushed Casking gaming store at Amazon.
Shadowrun update #3 released. Some gametype changes.
Published by August 21st, 2007 in Games for Windows - Live, content and XBOX 360. 2 CommentsThis weekend the third update to Shadowrun was release for XBOX 360 and Windows Vista. The changes are as follows:
Title Update 3 Contains:
Gameplay
Dwarves can no longer be unawared with the katana or Artifact.
Elves’ regeneration ability has been tweaked:
Increased time before Elf begins to heal by a quarter second.
Increased essence cost of healing by ~15%.
Audio
Enemy footstep audio will now be easier to hear in Live games.
Bots
Bot difficulty will scale with players’ average Trueskill in Public Match games.
UI
Added “Advanced Settings” screen when setting up a Private Game, which contains the following options:
Max players - Ability to determine the maximum number of players that can join the game
Preferences - Ability to use the preferences of all players to determine the map rotation
Handicapping - Ability to turn Karma on or off
Fixed “stop” functionality for when a game-start countdown has begun in the lobby.
Improved messaging for when your party is split or rejoined due to team balance.
Improved messaging about Artifact clearing bodies in Attrition.
Network
Improved server reliability.
Dedicated Server
Improved voting reliability.
Improved network reliability.
Improved error messaging.
General
Local Match games can now be played without a profile.
Fixed numerous crashes.
Fixed numerous exploits and glitches.
Improved Vista multi-monitor functionality.
Final Boss wins MLG Chicago Shadowrun tournament. Watch the video.
Published by August 20th, 2007 in LAN, community and MLG. 2 CommentsMajor League Gaming headed to Chicago and Final Boss won the first major Shadowrun LAN competition this past weekend. Registration sold out for the Shadowrun event in less than a minute. Only 16 teams were allowed to attend. The tournament took place over the course of two days with mainly Attrition gametypes being played.
Final Boss is comprised of two of the world’s best HALO 2 players in Walshy and OGRE 2. They are joined by OneEye and tournament MVP and former FASA developer eXt. The skill level of Final Boss is already beyond that of the nearest competition. While Shadowrun is a lot like a game of baseball in which any team can win, the pace at which team work and strategy evolves will determine who will shine at MLG. This team will single-handedly affect the culture of Shadowrun gameplay.
Go here to watch a replay of the championship finals with Final Boss versus PURE
Find more coverage of the MLG event at Gameriot.com.
Results from the tournament:
Shadowrun Pros:
Shoot to Kill
Pure
Everest
Secret Weapon
Shadowrun Semi-Pros:
Phaze 1
Cooked Gamers
Broken Mindset
TsK
Stuff we all get…if you loved them hard enough
Published by August 9th, 2007 in FASA, beta and community. 0 CommentsThe folks at FASA know how to run a beta test. It was by far the best beta experience any of us have had. The beta program was organized and the beta community was full of responsible and mature people. It kind of spoiled me. And so did FASA:
Hey Gnome. Eat it!
BTW: I’ll post a pick of the autographed screenshot later.
No TagsTop 10 reasons why Shadowrun Vista is dying
Published by August 9th, 2007 in Vista and community. 1 CommentI’ll do some research and report on Shadowrun Vista’s numbers in a later post, but for now have a look at Surestryke’s list of “Top 10 reasons Vista players are leaving.” Regardless of how all of your KBM fanboys feel, this list is pretty funny:
10:) PC gamers already play other FPS games online FOR FREE. Imagine that!
9:) If we wanted to play a *** with horns under a tree with a sword we’d have stayed in WoW.
8.) If we wanted to see flying elves with blades we’d watch Peter Pan.
7:) Vista OS requirements = new hardware upgrades
6:) SR game requirements = even more hardware upgrades
5:) If we wanted to listen to whiney, punk pre-pub emos we’d hang out with our kids more.
4.) Visual C++ Library crashes FTW!
3.) End of every match chanting: “I got a new achievement.. d000d whos on Vista?”
2.) Quickcast disadvantage
1.) Being asked for friendship a dozen times per hour just so someone can TK and res you.
MLG adding online 6-v-6 Shadowrun tournament
Published by August 8th, 2007 in community and MLG. 1 Comment
MLG is hosting several Shadowrun tournaments. Currently they are hosting a popular 4-v-4 tournament which will wrap up next week. According to their website, they are going to host an online 6-v-6 in late August. The culture of Shadowrun will greatly change with the 6-v-6 tournaments.
Of course, a lot of eyes are on MLG with their Shadowrun LAN events. They are dishing out thousands of dollars and “pro status” to many teams that win at their events.
Sources:
http://tournaments.mlgpro.com/
http://mlgpro.com/
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