System Shock 2 Enhanced Edition Announced And In Development

In celebration of System Shock 2‘s 20th anniversary, Nightdive Studios, which is currently working on a remake of the original System Shock, has announced that it’s also working on an enhanced edition of its sequel.

“You asked for it and we are working on it,” the developer said in an announcement on Twitter. The reveal doesn’t share much more than this, but Nightdive Studios’ enhanced edition of the first System Shock should give us a good idea of what to expect, with contemporary enhancements such as 4K support, an improved control scheme, and an adjustable field of view all featured in the 2015 re-release.

System Shock 2 has gone on to become a cult classic since its original release back in 1999. A first-person survival horror set aboard a starship in the year 2114, it tasked players with dealing with an infectious outbreak that was more than meets the eye. Ken Levine, who went on to create Bioshock, was the game’s lead designer.

With a remake of System Shock on the horizon, not to mention a full sequel in the shape of System Shock 3, the legacy of SHODAN continues to live on 20 years later.

The Best VPN Services for 2019

Find out which VPN service is right for you, and whether you need to pay for the service, with this guide. 

A virtual private network, or VPN, is the best tool to protect your personal information when online. The question is: which VPN is best for you? We have compared the best VPNs (both paid and free) in the UK to give you an answer.

A VPN is essentially a connection method used to boost the security and privacy of private and public networks, like the internet. VPNs are becoming more and more popular, as an increasing amount of our everyday life now takes place on the web.

Best VPN Deal This Week

Continue reading…

GRID 2 Has Been Delisted From Digital Storefronts

GRID 2, the 2013 sequel to Race Driver: GRID, is no longer available on digital storefronts across PC, PS3 or Xbox 360.

The game has been removed from sale, and while the reasons for this aren’t clear, odds are that rights to cars, tracks, or music may have expired. Race Driver: GRID was similarly delisted in January 2017.

If you visit the game’s Steam page, you’re greeted with the following message: “at the request of the publisher, GRID 2 is no longer available for sale on Steam.” The game is also no longer available to purchase digitally on either Xbox 360 or PS3, although no reason is listed on either store.

It’s a shame, because GRID 2 was a great racer. As Shaun McInnis said in his 8.5/10 review back in 2013, “this is a game that wants you to experience the thrill of breakneck street racing, and gives you all the tools necessary to do just that.”

If you’ve purchased GRID 2 at an earlier point, it remains available to download onto your account and play.

GRID is being rebooted later this year with a new series entry, which will release on PC, PS4 and Xbox One on October 11. The third game in the series, GRID Autosport, is also getting ported to Switch.

IGEA: Australian Ratings Guidelines Around Drug Use Are ‘Nonsensical’

Australia’s Interactive Games and Entertainment Association has spoken on DayZ’s classification drama down under, stating that the ratings guideline forbidding the use of “illicit or proscribed drugs” in a way that could be interpreted as an incentive or reward is “not representative of what a reasonable Australian would see as a reason to effectively ban a piece of creative content.”

The Australian Classification Board recently determined Bohemia Interactive’s DayZ (which has been playable as a standalone game since 2013) would be refused classification due to “illicit or proscribed drug use related to incentives or rewards,” a video game rating hurdle that has persisted in Australia despite the major reforms of 2013. The RC rating came after an unsuccessful application to rate the retail console version due out later this year. DayZ was already available digitally in Australia, rated MA15+ by the automated International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) classification tool used by the Australian Classification Board to ensure the tens of thousands of digital games released each year have some kind of classification advice.

Continue reading…