Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Painkiller Hell & Damnation fires off 'Full Metal Rocket' DLC]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/03/painkiller-hell-and-damnation-fires-off-full-metal-rocket-dlc/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/03/painkiller-hell-and-damnation-fires-off-full-metal-rocket-dlc/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/03/painkiller-hell-and-damnation-fires-off-full-metal-rocket-dlc/#commentsPainkiller HD gets Full Metal Rocket DLC pack The latest DLC for Painkiller Hell & Damnation is now available for purchase on Steam. The $4 Full Metal Rocket DLC bolsters the multiplayer side with five additional maps - three classic Painkiller maps in Meatless, Blink and Mines; two new locales called Town and Prison - and a pair of skins, plus a new weapon and two new enemies: the Executioner and the Beast.

Painkiller Hell & Damnation is the HD remake of the original Painkiller, which launched for the PC in 2004. Console ports for Painkiller HD are currently in the works, while ports for Mac and Linux are expected to drop this spring.

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The next game from developer The Farm 51 and publisher Nordic Games is Deadfall Adventures, a first-person shooter/puzzler with a definite Indiana Jones air about it. The game, due July 30 on Xbox 360 and PC, is set in 1938 and stars an intrepid explorer called James Lee Quatermain who's escorting a (probably beautiful) US agent called Jennifer Goodwin. Their mission is to travel to an Egyptian temple and retrieve an ancient treasure, The Heart of Atlantis, ahead of the Nazis or Russians. All that's missing is the whip.

Still, it's not like Deadfall Adventures is the first or anything, and Nordic Games isn't shy about its cinematic inspirations and aspirations.

"Deadfall Adventures marries the ethos of the Saturday morning matinee with the summer blockbuster to create an original adventure which will grip players from start to finish," said Nordic managing director Klemens Kreuzer. "We're putting players into the heart of the action, just as they'd dreamed as children, staring at their heroes on the silver screen."

The Farm 51 and Nordic teamed up on Painkiller: Hell and Damnation last year, clearly a relationship both parties enjoyed. Whether or not they can build on that to help Deadfall Adventures do justice to its summer blockbuster billing - well, we'll wait and see.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>deadfall-adventuresmicrosoftnordic-gamespcrelease-datethe-farm-51xboxFri, 01 Mar 2013 10:20:00 EST<![CDATA[Painkiller Hell and Damnation delayed until April on consoles]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/09/painkiller-hell-and-damnation-delayed-until-april-on-consoles/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/09/painkiller-hell-and-damnation-delayed-until-april-on-consoles/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/09/painkiller-hell-and-damnation-delayed-until-april-on-consoles/#comments Painkiller Hell and Damnation emerge April on consolesPainkiller: Hell and Damnation was released on PC back in October, but Xbox 360 and PS3 owners are doomed to wait. Originally set for January 22, The Farm 51's remake of the original game will now be released on April 5. It'll be sold in both a "standard" edition for $29.99/29.99/24.99, and a "collector's" edition for $10 more.

"We have been working around the clock to bring the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game in line with the quality and standard of the PC game," Nordic Games Production and Business Development Manager Reinhard Pollice said in the announcement. "There has been a slight delay so that the console communities can enjoy the fiendishly ghoulish experience that we know they want and deserve."

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>delaysmicrosoftnordic-gamespainkiller-hell-and-damnationplaystationps3the-farm-51xboxWed, 09 Jan 2013 14:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Painkiller remake hits PC on October 31, consoles January 2013]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/09/painkiller-remake-hits-pc-on-october-31-consoles-january-2013/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/09/painkiller-remake-hits-pc-on-october-31-consoles-january-2013/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/09/painkiller-remake-hits-pc-on-october-31-consoles-january-2013/#comments Painkiller remake hits PC on October 31, consoles January 2013Painkiller: Hell and Damnation is set to smite up Halloween when it's unleashed October 31 on PC. Publisher Nordic Games also scribbled in a demonicon to us that those interested in the PS3 and Xbox 360 editions have to damn well wait until January 22, 2013.

Nordic describes the version being released this month as "totally uncut," and that same uncut version arrives in three months' time for Xbox 360 and PS3. A cut version also releases on January 22, perhaps to satiate German regulators who didn't give the uncut version a rating, effectively prohibiting its sale in the country.

Hell and Damnation is a remake of the 2004 shooter from Polish studio People Can Fly, now of Bulletstorm fame. People Can Fly's compatriots The Farm 51 are handling the remake, offering a new story that throws Daniel into purgatory once more, forced to fight through to Hell and back all over again. Curiously, the original Painkiller (and subsequent games in the series) received 18+ ratings in Germany, so we wonder what The Farm 51 added to its remake's uncut version to push regulators over the edge.

The PC version comes in Standard and Collector's editions priced at $19.99 and $29.99 respectively, with the latter including plenty of hellish swag. Shell out the extra $10 and you'll get stickers, postcards, a behind-the-scenes artbook, a making-of DVD, a ten-track soundtrack, and some in-game goodies too. The PS3 and 360 versions cost $29.99

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Publisher Nordic Games and developer The Farm 51 are remaking the original Painkiller game (by People Can Fly) as Painkiller: Hell & Damnation, a title that seems more like a warning than anything else. If you're not scared off by that, you can sign up for a PC beta here.

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