The newest Experimental Update for DayZ (180.2MB) saw some massive server improvements; however, it should be noted that, at the time of this writing, zombies were still completely removed from the update. This may, or may not, have an impact on server stability and people’s personal framerates. Branch Update Features (0.56.127666): [Animal] Fox added [Animation] […]
Without much ado, here are some recent news snippets, announcements, and releases you should give a look. War Thunder – Victory Day Update Gaijin Entertainment has launched the “Weapons of Victory” update for War Thunder, their WWII MMO. If you’re part of the nine million player base currently involved in War Thunder, or if you’re […]
If you’ve been checking SimHQ regularly then you’ll be familiar with our coverage of ArmA 3 Marksmen. Now that the long awaited DLC is finally out, it’s time to take a practical look at all the hype. First, I’ll take a look at the free features, and then we’ll examine the paid features of the […]
Slitherine Group, the popular tabletop and video game creators, known for their wargames, have announced today that Order of Battle: Pacific will be coming to PC and Steam on April 30th, 2015. Set during the always popular, and always dramatic, World War II era, Order of Battle: Pacific “features playable campaigns for both the US-led Allies and […]
Bohemia Interactive has released the second part of their Developer Diaries which aims to give a bit more background information on their Marksmen DLC for ArmA3. Check out our look at the first diary right here. The newest diary takes a look at the new showcase scenarios, training courses, firing drills, virtual garage, the new End […]
Thanks to some industrious DayZ community members, we now have a better look at what update 0.55 will be bringing to the table. Early today, Brian Hicks tweeted: Quarterly Status Report will go live with 0.55 Stable, just a matter of grinding out the rough spots. — Brian Hicks (@Hicks_206 So, you can also expect […]
Yesterday, Bohemia Interactive released the first of a two-part developer diary detailing more information on their upcoming Marksmen DLC for ArmA 3. In this first episode, Jay Crowe (Creative Director), Joris-Jan van ‘t Land (Project Lead), and Petr Kolar (Encoding Lead) explored the DLC’s new weapons and platform features with regard to their development and […]
Bohemia Interactive’s ever popular ArmA series is poised to expand its current incarnation, ArmA 3, with the upcoming Marksmen DLC, hopefully sometime this April. Anyone who has played the games knows that Bohemia puts a lot of care and attention into their projects with constant “free” updates. I say free in quotes because although the […]
The DayZ team released update 0.54.126645 today which brings with it a handful of new items and mechanics to sink your teeth into. Apart from the usual crashing issues here and there that come with a new update, there are also reports of players losing all their weapon attachments upon logging in, so keep that in […]
Ah, mods. Who doesn’t love them? Sure, it can be annoying trying to install a giant mod with nothing but a poorly translated readme to guide you, but with the advent of Steam’s ever expanding Workshop, modding your favorite game is easier than ever. Arma III may be almost a year and a half old, […]
If you’re like me, when Battlefield Hardline was initially revealed, you were probably skeptical and a bit worried about the franchise’s future. My worry only increased as Visceral Games began to push their mantra of “Speed, Story, and Strategy,” which sounds like an empty slogan that some executive created to make the slaughter of a […]
If you ask me, the tablet PC was created for one purpose and one purpose only: mobile wargaming. Steve Jobs may not have realised it when he and his team were rolling out the first iPad, but what he was creating was the most convenient, compelling and easy to use platform for mobile wargaming that […]
