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Why Robin Makes Batman Better Laurel D. Austin does some great work. Employed for years at Splash Damage, the team behind Brink, she’s recently joined Blizzard, where she’s working as a concept artist. Living the dream.
Every year the Writers Guild of America awards a special Outstanding Achievement in Video Game Writing award to the team responsible for the most memorable interactive entertainment script. Which of these five titles will walk away a winner on February 19?
The game may’ve met with a lukewarm reception when it hit last year, but the one thing that Splash Damage’s Brink had going for it was an amazing art style. Laurens Corijn, an artist at the British dev studio, brought that look into the real world by modding a standard Nerf Stampede into an amazing replica of the FPS’s Gerun assault rifle.
Brink will be free to play on Steam this weekend commencing 10AM PST today through to 10AM PST on Monday. Those who play the game during this period will also be able to purchase the game at 75% off.
Starting today, Steam is celebrating id and Bethesda’s Quakecon with deals on their games. Sales will change daily from now until August 8. Today’s deals include discounted games, free-to-play Brink, and in-game specials for TF2.
The developers at Splash Damage and Bethesda have confirmed that the first DLC for Brink will be free, as promised. Well, free for two weeks. Titled “Agents of Change”, the add-on is set to release in early July. [Bethesda Blog]
Bethesda announced this morning that a group of hackers have grabbed data from some of their users, including “email addresses and/or passwords”. If you frequent Bethesda’s sites, like their forums or the Brink statistics site, change your password. [BethBlog]
