Oct 31, 2013

Ace of the month — Gregory «Pappy» Boyington

War Thunder - DiscorderlyChaos

Special 30% discount for F4U-1a Corsair from October 31 15:00 GMT (8:00 PDT) to November 1 15:00 GMT (8:00 PDT)

Colonel Gregory «Pappy» Boyington

In the blue skies overhead Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, the combined roar of twenty four 2000 horsepower radial engines dragged the attention of every Japanese pilot on the ground. The fighter pilots of the Imperial Japanese Navy looked up into the skies to see two dozen US Marine Corps Corsairs circling their airfield – a clear challenge to come up and fight. As the first Zeroes thundered down the dusty runway before retracting their wheels and turning to climb up to face their foes, Major Greg ‘Pappy’ Boyington dropped the wing of his fighter to lead his notorious ‘Black Sheep’ squadron down to attack.

Gregory Boyington was born on December 4th 1912 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. After his parents divorced, he grew up in the logging town of St.Maries, Idaho with his mother and step-father, who for his entire childhood he believed to be his biological father. In 1919, aviation showman Clyde «Upside-down Pang» Pangborn visited the area and Boyington took his first flight in a Curtiss Jenny biplane at the age of six. The experience stayed with him for his formative years. In 1926 Boyington’s family moved to Tacoma, Washington. As a High School student, two talents emerged. First, the short, stocky Boyington found a flair for wrestling, a sport which would continue to be a part of his life for decades. Second, Boyington was academically brighter than many of his peers. His mother realized this and worked at a telephone exchange to raise the money to send him to college.

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Oct 31, 2013

Killing Floor Patch 1055

Killing Floor - [TW]Yoshiro

We just pushed live a required update for Killing Floor clients and servers. This brings the build number to 1055. The changelog is as follows:

General

Fixed achievement unlock issues for 'Single-Load Doom Bombardier' and 'Claw Master'
Fixed weapon favorite-ing not working when connected to a dedicated server
Changed DLC icon on the main menu to 'Us vs. Them' to match the steam overlay
Server Browser should now sort by ping by default

FrightYard

Fixed players getting trapped in trader room
Fixed several blocking volume exploits
Minor tweaks and improvements

Modding

Added the cheat 'KillZed' back in

Servers

'KFO' maps now forcibly load the correct GameInfo. This means it's no longer required to change the ?game= commandline. Also, it's now possible to map cycle between KFO and standard KF maps.

Known Issue

The favorites list is different between KFO and KF maps. This will likely be addressed in the event rollback.

Oct 31, 2013

Killing Floor Patch 1055

Killing Floor - [TW]Yoshiro

We just pushed live a required update for Killing Floor clients and servers. This brings the build number to 1055. The changelog is as follows:

General

Fixed achievement unlock issues for 'Single-Load Doom Bombardier' and 'Claw Master'
Fixed weapon favorite-ing not working when connected to a dedicated server
Changed DLC icon on the main menu to 'Us vs. Them' to match the steam overlay
Server Browser should now sort by ping by default

FrightYard

Fixed players getting trapped in trader room
Fixed several blocking volume exploits
Minor tweaks and improvements

Modding

Added the cheat 'KillZed' back in

Servers

'KFO' maps now forcibly load the correct GameInfo. This means it's no longer required to change the ?game= commandline. Also, it's now possible to map cycle between KFO and standard KF maps.

Known Issue

The favorites list is different between KFO and KF maps. This will likely be addressed in the event rollback.

Oct 31, 2013

Patch Notes Version 2.2.12.1226 - October 30th, 2013

Smashmuck Champions - Deleeted

Content:

- New Champion! The PAX fan designed champion has entered the arena! Kovax is here!
- New Champion! Xavilla uses laterns and totems to smite her foes.
- New Outfits. Geisha Ninjette, Kimono Killer Ninjette, and Atomic Mainframe.
- New Weapons. Jade Sword (Ninjette), Razor Fan (Ninjette), Electro Coil (Mainframe).
- New Map and mode size! Brutal Boneyard is a new Destroyer 3v3 map now available for play!
- New Destroyers can be found inside Brutal Boneyard!
- New Ninjette bundle! Get everything you need for the ninja in one bundle!
- New account upgrades replacing the older ones. User's who already purchased older upgrades will keep them.
- New post match screen that breaks down each award, highlights, and unlocks. Also shows each player who won a bonus.
- Controller support! The XBOX 360 is now natively supported. Other controllers should work as well, you might just need to rebind some of the controls.

Changes:

- Melee attacking will now always attack in the direction of your targeter, but will stop if the target is facing away from the moving direction. "Always On" targeters can be turned off in the interface options.
- Melee attacks now hit all targets inside the melee cone.
- Each action can now have a maximum of 2 key bindings.
- Due to the binding changes, your settings will most likely be reset when you first start up the game.
- AI now understands the concept of "passing" carriable objects.
- Multiple AI improvements and changes.
- Lobby invites no longer require the user to know the password.
- Removed the character outline that shows up when behind objects.

New Champ Rotation (increased to 8 champions):

- Brutus
- Blitz
- Ace
- Kunak
- Dr. Jennifer
- Melody
- Oddilus
- Z-314

Balance:

- Brutus' Sweep cast duration reduced to 0.15.
- Flame Spout casting time reduced to 0.
- Satellite Blast casting time reduced to 0.1, and damage increased to 150.
- Wing Blitz initial range decreased to 14, and secondary range to 8.
- Whirlwind's cooldown increased to 8, Damage increased to 270, and range increased to 8.
- Toss damage increased to 270.
- Darkbolts damage increased to 150.
- Blade Flurry damage increased to 280.
- Shell Shock damage increased to 230.
- Bunker Buster damage increased to 240.
- Mine Cone damage increased to 100.
- Turbo duration decreased to 3.
- Scathe base damage reduced to 105, physical resist to 32%, movement speed to 200, and energy regen to 31.
- Dr. Jennifer base damage increased to 100.

Fixes:

- Rejoining a match should function like you would expect it.
- Members being shown in an alliance but actually aren't in the alliance is fixed.
- Events with the same name will properly show the selected event, not the first in the list.
- Most UTF8 characters are now supported in the chat.
- Projectiles getting stuck in their starting position shouldn't happen anymore.
- "Play 25 games" and similar highlights are working again.
- Nexi's attack speed is now correct with 10 blood charges.
- Alliance level progress bar works again, and shows the correct numbers.
- Minions in Gauntlet will no longer get stuck in spawn.
- Resetting default settings will only reset the current option tab.
- Auto-Detect will properly select your monitors highest resolution.
- Updated Prowl and Stealth descriptions.
- Players should no longer get kicked for ping timeouts if you have a bad connection.
- Users with slower connections should see much better overall latency.
- Daily challenge stats will correctly update when a new daily challenge begins.
- Current Win/Loss streak is properly named.
- The matchmaker will show the proper amount of players in queue.
- Inventory will show proper numbers for titles, badges, and logos.
- Allow Invites option now works properly.
- Performance increases.
- More netcode improvements.
- Many minor fixes.

Oct 31, 2013

Campaign Episode 1 'Survive' now available

Arma 3 - Nelios

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSoEqmqCknU
To reinforce the launch of the Survive campaign episode, Bohemia Interactive has released a brand new trailer for Arma 3. The first campaign episode – which introduces the conflict between the NATO, CSAT, and AAF factions – is now available as an automatic update on Steam.
In Arma 3’s campaign, players take on the role of Ben Kerry, a soldier who is a part of the NATO peacekeeping operation in the Mediterranean. Five years after the bloody civil war in the Republic of Altis & Stratis came to an end, NATO has started to withdraw its forces from the region - unknowingly creating the conditions for a Mediterranean flashpoint. Kerry's unit, 'Task Force Aegis' - together with a clandestine group of UKSF operators - is soon caught up in a situation beyond their control, and trapped in a fight for survival.

Besides new playable content, the first campaign episode also provides extra building blocks for Arma 3 content creators. These come in the form of new weapons, animations, 3D objects, and scripted modules. More free content, including new vehicles, is expected to be released together with the next campaign episodes. The exact release dates of the second (Adapt) and third (Win) campaign episodes will be announced later.

Oct 31, 2013

Campaign Episode 1 'Survive' now available

Arma 3 - Nelios