Ratloop Asia, a US based Independent game studio, and Reverb Publishing have today revealed that Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken, the gun-blazing, 2D platform action gem that was released a year ago on the PlayStation Network, will be coming home to roost on PC on Wednesday, October 15^{th. (more…)}

The modification called Battlefield Colour tweaker, which was first released on the 3rd of October, 2012, seems to get players banned. It allows you to edit the Battlefield 3 game files by tweaking the colour and lighting settings for each map. The app seems to adjust colors and lights for each individual map. DICE-developer Gustav Halling warns that it will get players banned when the app is installed and used.

Although the creator reports: “Warning! Unlike all of our other tools, BF3 Colour Tweaker could potentially conflict with PunkBuster. Use it at your own risk.” It still seems lots of players do not read this and get banned in-game.

Microsoft will launch its streaming Xbox Music service on October 26th, a new report suggests. Multiple sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans have confirmed the new service will launch at the same time as Windows 8. We’re told that subscriptions, like the current Zune Music Pass offering, will be available alongside a free streaming service supported by ads — similar to Spotify. The service will be available on Windows Phone, Windows 8, and Xbox 360.

A key part of the service is Microsoft’s SkyDrive integration that will allow users to store music and playlists in a cloud collection — available across multiple devices. Although Microsoft has plans to to offer Xbox Music across multiple platforms, including iOS and Android, apps will not be immediately available we’re told. Microsoft is also planning to launch an Xbox dashboard update to support Xbox Music on its console. The software maker will also update its Music and Video apps for Windows 8 to fully support Xbox Music, around the time of the Windows 8 launch on October 26th.

Xbox Music has been in the works for some time. Earlier this year, several reports suggested that the service would offer iTunes-style downloading and online storage features, as well as Spotify-style streaming.

Source: The Verge

Valve has released another update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. This is mainly a bug fix release that takes care of some matchmaking and map bugs. This update also puts Extended competitive match warmup period to 90 seconds.

Checkout the full list below:

Matchmaking
-Added a vote to continue playing competitive match with bots after a human player abandons the match, unanimous agreement of remaining human players is required to continue playing with bots.
-Reduced time required for confirming match when searching for competitive players and servers.
-Improved overall search times in competitive queue mode.
-Added a client message when the wamup period ends.
-Extended competitive match warmup period to 90 seconds.
-Message of the day will automatically dismiss itself when competitive match starts.
-Added an explanation to competitive cooldown timer for clients.
-Added a condition to apply competitive cooldown to players who have disconnected from the match.
-Implemented scaling cooldown periods for repeat incidences.

Vertigo
-Rearranged props below the boost-up ladder to prevent players jumping onto the ladder without boosting
-Clipped off various tiny ledges
-Made small props protruding from walls non-solid
-Fixed visible nodraw in ceiling hole

Misc
-Fixed a long standing bug where you could lose mouse input when you got to the team select screen.
-Fixed a bug where the color correction during freeze time did not account for the players also being invulnerable during the new warmup – this fixed the CC gap at the start.
-Fixed some bugs relating to the warmup notification not reliably showing for late joiners.
-The chat now displays when the warmup has ended, just like when it is in progress.

Re-Volt, the classic radio control car racing game released by Acclaim Entertainment in 1999 on the PlayStation, PC, Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast, is now available on the App Store, Brighton-based developer Big Bit has announced. (more…)

Painkiller: Hell & Damnation, a remake of the classic Painkiller released back in 2004, will be available on the PC, the PlayStation 3, and the Xbox 360, on October 31st, Nordic Games has just announced. The game will not be released in Germany due to problems with securing an age rating. (more…)

Carmageddon, the popular violent vehicular combat 1997 PC video game which was recently made available for purchase on GoG.com, is also launching on mobile devices, starting next week on the App Store, and around late 2012/early 2013 on the Android market, Stainless Games has revealed. (more…)

Sega and Arkedo ((Nervous Brickdown, Big Bang Mini) have just revealed that their crazy action-adventure platformer Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit is now available to download on the PC via Steam. (more…)

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and his studio Mistwalker Corporation  have just announced that Blade Guardian, a real-time tower-defense strategy game, is now available for purchase on the App Store. (more…)

Paradox Interactive has announced that War of the Roses, a gritty medieval third-person team-based melee combat game set in 15th century England, has officially launched on Steam and other digital distribution platforms. (more…)

Fatshark today announced that the upcoming free co-op DLC for Krater, the acclaimed retro-flavored post-apocalyptic top down RPG, will launch on Steam on October 23nd. (more…)

Another update has been released last night for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The update includes two maps (de_vertigo and ar_monastery), a wide range of fixes, and an overhaul of the matchmaking for the Classic Competitive mode.

[ NEW FEATURES AND CONTENT ]

-Replaced Competitive mode “Join in Progress” matchmaking system with “Queued” matchmaking.
-Searching for a Competitive game, either from “Find a Game” or “Play with Friends,” will enter the player/s ( between 1 and 5 ) into a waiting queue. Once 10 compatible players are found then the game will begin.
-Players that disconnect from a match can reconnect to it from the main menu or abandon it. Abandoning a game will result in a cooldown period during which no new competitive match can be joined.
-Note: Elo will be recalibrated for the new matchmaking system over the coming weeks.
-New maps:
-de_vertigo is now available for Classic Casual and Classic Competitive.
-ar_monastery is now available for Arms Race.

[ MINOR FIXES ]

-Weapon changes:
-Reduced p90 kill award from 300% of default to 200%.
-Reduced other SMG kill awards from 300% of default to 200%.
-Increased Bizon kill award from default to 200%.
-Reduced all shotguns’ price by 300.
-Guns are now considered “reloaded” at the point during the reload animation in which they visually appear to be reloaded – this allows you to switch away from a gun after the new magazine has been entered without having to wait until the whole reload animation has finished * the weapon refire delay after starting a reload is not affected.
-Fixed HUD not showing during demo playback.
-Changes to Matchmaking Lobby
-Removed global Join Button and added Join Buttons for individual friends in the Invite Friends section.
-Join state is now visible when you browse the friends list.
-Removed global Steam Profile button and added ability to click on any avatar image to see Steam Profile.
-Removed global Invite Button and added Invite Buttons for individual friends in the Invite Friends section.
-Added new feature section to the main menu
-Fixed issue that caused doors and other “pusher” entities to move at the wrong speed when the tick rate was > 64 Hz.
-Fixed post-process blur effect getting enabled (and left on) during demo playback if the player invoked the buy menu.
-Fixed MOTD on OSX.
-Fixed scoreboard getting stuck in toggle mode after halftime sometimes.
-Fixed ability to connect to community servers using server browser from in*game pause menu.
-Fixed exploit where models could be subsituted via a hardware performance setting.
-Fixed memory corruption related to bots cleaning up their occupied nav areas.
-Fixed spectator glow materials not being precached.
-Resolved several minor bugs to clean up console spew on launch and map load.
-Fixed a crash associated with targetIDs and the sv_competitive_official_5v5 convar.
-Votes that match or exceed the number needed to succeed now end the vote early instead of waiting for the timer to expire.
-The radar now displays when a player or bomb is above and below you.
-Reduced the aim punch that happens when shot in arms and legs as well as in the chest/stomach when wearing chest armor.
-Slightly increased the velocity boost grenades get when thrown by moving players.
-Fixed in-game voice chat not working with some microphones on OSX.
-Added convars mp_teamname_t and mp_teamname_ct that allow overriding team names on the scoreboard.
-Fixed grenade bounce being significantly reduced when tossed at the ground at most angles.
-Fixed not being able to vote when spectating/observing or when the scoreboard was up.
-Changes to warmup period:
-Players now respawn in the warmup period.
-Warmup periods now only end when the warmup time expires.
-Warmup period no longer allows friendly fire.
-The community server browser warning pop*up can now be dismissed and told to never show again.
-There is now a visual and audible change in place of the silence on planted c4 when its about to explode.
-Fixed the medals on the main menu showing the wrong categories.
-The Buy Previous hotkey in the buy menu now only buys things that you purchased in the previous round.
-Fixed an exploit that let players infinitely spawn golden knives.
-Fixed a case where if all players on both teams had the same clan team name the were considered on the same team.
-Fixed a crash on startup when launching a game by joining a game server from Steam.

Hellfire Games have just announce through the Playstation Blog that Home Tycoon, a free-to-play 3D city-building game that lets you build your own city from the ground up, then explore it with your own avatar, will launch on PSN tomorrow, October 3rd. (more…)

Prince of Persia and The Last Express creator Jordan Mechner’s remake of his ’80′s side-scrolling beat-’em-up Karateka is slated for a 14th November release on XBLA, according to Xbox.com. (more…)

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced that a Limited Edition of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will be on February 19, 2013 on the PS3 and the Xbox 360. (more…)

A Valley Without Wind, a very interesting indie platformer which we reviewed a couple of months ago is getting a sequel, Arcen Games, has just revealed. (more…)