The Modders Keeping Madden ’08 Alive
In 1984 the Baltimore Marching Colts (an NFL marching band) were abandoned by their team. In the middle of the night (literally) the then-Baltimore Colts moved to Indianapolis. Their fans and the Marching Colts were stunned. Team-less, the band continued to practice and play at events, hoping football would someday return to their city.
In 2007, EA Sports decided to discontinue Madden on computers, leaving PC gamers without a modern football title. But, like the Marching Colts, the Madden PC community played on.
Thanks to the dedicated (and slightly obsessed) Football Idiot modding community, there's been an updated mod of Madden 08 every year on computers during the 11-year hiatus.
Darksiders 3: 2 DLC Packs Announced
THQ Nordic announced two new pieces of DLC for Darksiders 3 on Twitter this morning.
Titled The Crucible and Keepers of the Void, the DLC packs will feature new puzzles, weapons, and armor, according to THQ Nordic. Neither The Crucible nor Keepers of the Void has a price or a release date, with THQ only stating that both will be available some time after Darksiders 3 is released.
THQ Nordic revealed back in July that Darksiders 3 would be getting two DLC packs, but it didn't announce the packs' names or any details about them. Today, the publisher reiterated its original announcement that both packs will be included as part of the $90 USD Darksiders Blades & Whip Edition, the $150 USD Collector's Edition, and the $400 USD Apocalypse Edition.
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BlizzCon Merch Store May Have Revealed New Diablo Title
Blizzard has revealed its BlizzCon 2018 merchandise and a few of the items bear the name "Diablo Reign of Terror," which may indicate a potential leak of the title of a new game in the Diablo franchise.
The BlizzCon 2018 sale, in which purchases are only available to ticket and virtual ticket holders until October 18, has three items, a poster and two shirts, that have the "Diablo Reign of Terror" moniker and raise the question of what that new title could mean.
Blizzard has already revealed that BlizzCon 2018, which begins on Friday, November 2, will feature a panel called Diablo: What's Next and it has teased some big news as the description reads, "Join the Diablo team as they discuss of what's in store for the heroes of Sanctuary."
Fortnite Is Getting an ATV with a Plow
Epic Games is bringing another vehicle to Fortnite in the form of the Quadcrasher, an ATV with a snowplow mounted on the front of it.
Much like Fortnite's ATKs (golf carts), the Quadcrasher will have a boost ability but, as the ATV's plow would indicate, boosting will be useful for more than just going faster. It'll also be able to ram right through other players' structures.
"Charge the boost to crash through structures or get some air!" reads Epics description of the Quadcrasher.
EA ‘Exploring’ Command & Conquer Remasters
Electronic Arts is considering remastering the original Command & Conquer PC games for the series' 25th anniversary, which arrives September 2020.
"As most of you may know, we recently announced Command & Conquer: Rivals, a mobile game set in the Command & Conquer universe," Electronic Arts producer Jim Vessella posted on Reddit yesterday. "Following the reveal of Rivals, we heard you loud and clear: the Command & Conquer community also wants to see the franchise return to PC. And as a fan of C&C for over 20 years, I couldn’t agree more.
"With that in mind we’ve been exploring some exciting ideas regarding remastering the classic PC games, and already have the ball rolling on our first effort to celebrate the upcoming 25th Year Anniversary."
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Dev Sets Up Senua’s Scholarship Fund for Mental Health
Ninja Theory, the developer of such titles as Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, has teamed up with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust and its charity Head to Toe to launch Senua's Scholarship to help students improve their mental health and lead successful lives.
Ninja Theory, who was recently purchased by Microsoft, spent three years working with "staff and students from CPFT's Recovery College East to gain an understanding of mental health as the lead character Senua has experiences of psychosis."
Announced on NHS and CPFT's website, the students awarded Senua's Scholarship will "be supported by the college team to develop their training skills and work towards training qualification."
Diablo III Is Reportedly Getting Cross-Play
It seems Diablo III will join the growing list of games to support cross-platform multiplayer.
In an interview with Business Insider Australia, a Blizzard Entertainment representative said the studio is "actively working with partners at Sony and Microsoft to enable cross-console play with 'Diablo 3' on Switch."
Although PC was not explicitly mentioned, and no targeted release date was announced, the representative assures fans, "it's a question of when, not if."
Recently, Sony announced it would finally allow cross-play for Fortnite players on PlayStation 4 and, following the announcement, a number of developers voiced their support for cross-play.
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