Nadeo's multiplayer first-person shooter ShootMania Storm won't be releasing this week as previously intended. Instead, the PC game's launch will now happen on April 10, 2013, Ubisoft announced today. I was wondering why things had seemed so quiet.
In the mean time, however, Storm players can look forward the open beta starting on February 12. "For a living, online multiplayer title like this the work is never done, but these extra few weeks will allow us to polish the game further and release it to the level of quality we think our players deserve," said Nadeo Live managing director Anne Bondel-Jouin.
9:30 AM on 02.22.2013 // Jim SterlingUbisoft, famous among PC gamers for obnoxious DRM tactics and shoddy ports, has claimed it wishes to improve its relationship with the computer gaming community. Of course, now it's trying to push its own Origin-like service,... more 3:00 PM on 02.11.2013 // Jim Sterling
Jimquisition's had it wrong all this time. Videogame companies exist to make money, so it was foolish to ever suggest their anti-consumer policies are awful, reckless, and deserving of criticism.
That was all sarcasm, just then. more 1:00 PM on 12.21.2012 // Jim SterlingDuring his Reddit AMA, Irrational Games saucepot Ken Levine promised concerned PC gamers that BioShock Infinite would not repeat the mistakes of the past, claiming it'll be "right at home" on computers. Most crucially, Infini... more 10:10 PM on 12.19.2012 // Max ScovilleHey guys, in spite of this being the second-to-last Destructoid Show of 2012, there's still news. And it's all crappy news. Gross!
Okay, so there was this big crapstorm over The War Z, and as a result, it's no longer ava... more 11:00 AM on 12.19.2012 // Jim SterlingA Reddit AMA thread can do wonders for somebody's publicity, as companies and personalities engage directly with one of the largest online communities. However, Maxis didn't quite get what it wanted from the system,... more 5:00 PM on 09.25.2012 // Alasdair DuncanWe already know that Ubisoft's upcoming Far Cry 3 has a pretty rubbish release date, but if you're not put off by waiting until December and you're wanting to pick up the PC version, here's some system specifications from Ubi... more 8:01 AM on 09.18.2012 // Jim SterlingGamers in Russia and Ukraine are unhappy with their purchase of Borderlands 2 at the moment, because they got a version of the game they never expected or asked for. Any version bought in the Commonwealth of Independent State... more 8:30 AM on 09.05.2012 // Jim SterlingUbisoft claims to have officially discontinued use of its controversial (and crappy) DRM measures. A spokesperson told Rock, Paper, Shotgun that it implemented the policy in June as a direct result of fan ... more 8:30 PM on 08.22.2012 // Max ScovilleIn honor of the 350th episode of The Destructoid Show, we didn't do anything out of the ordinary. We just talked about the news. Luckily, the news was interesting today.
Remember those Grand Theft Auto V screens from Mon... more 9:00 AM on 08.22.2012 // Jim SterlingUbisoft, the worst PC publisher on the planet, is now claiming that it suffers a 93-95% piracy rate on the platform. As a response, CEO Yves Guillemot promises it will jump into the free-to-play market.
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