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You may remember a few months ago that developer Paleo Entertainment released Merchants of Brooklyn, a CryEngine 2 based first person action game. You may also remember that the developer first released an older alpha version of the game to the public before admitting their mistake and making the final version available on Steam.

Now comes word that the multiplayer componant for the game, Drug Wars, has been made available as a free update visSteam. The team-based mode combines elements of Capture The Flag and Base Defense as teams try to secure all the “drugs” on the map during the match. There is support for up to 32 players along with updated weapons and four vehicles. The new update also includes a number of bug fixes for the original game.

Go to Source: http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/06/17/free-multiplayer-mode-for-merchants-of-brooklyn-released/

In late April Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate was made available for download as an official expansion to the popular fantasy RPG. However, many gamers were not happy that publisher Atari put in a limit to installs of the expansion (just three in fact). Now it looks like Atari has actually listened to consumers.

According to a note on the Ossian Studios web site (the developer of the expansion pack) Atari has now removed the install limit which means gamers can install the expansion as many times as they want on as many PCs as they want. The one-time online activation for the expansion is still in place, however.

Go to Source: http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/06/17/recent-neverwinter-nights-2-expansion-does-away-with-install-lim/

Earlier this year rumors hit the Internet that Sega had decided to put two game projects based on the Aliens movie franchise on hold in favor of a new Aliens Vs Predator title. Now comes word that both games are still in production but question remain about one of them.

Kotaku reports that Gearbox Software is still working on their FPS Aliens: Colonial Marines. However the title, which was first announced three years ago, won’t be released in 2009. Meanwhile while our sister site Joystiq is reporting that the other Aliens title, under the code name Aliens RPG, is still in development according to Sega questions remain as to whether the game’s announced developer, Obsidian Entertainment, is still working on the project.

Go to Source: http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/06/15/other-sega-aliens-games-still-alive-in-some-form/

On Monday it was revealed that Simon Jeffery, the long time president of Sega of America, had decided to leave the company in order to join the iPhone game publishing company ngmoco. Now Gameindustry.biz is reporting that Jeffrey’s replacement has already been named.

According to their story Mike Hayes, previously the chief operating officer of Sega Europe, has now been named as the new president for Sega of America. Hayes gets named to his new post as Sega preps up a number of game titles for the next 12 months including Alpha Protocol and Aliens Vs Predator for the PC platform.

Go to Source: http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/06/16/new-sega-of-america-head-man-named/

Even though we have mentioned that the idea of a standard awards set-up for E3 is like giving a movie after showing a two minute trailer, a group of both mainstream and gaming enthusiast media have once again gathered to give their picks for the 2009 edition of the show.

The biggest award for “Best In Show” has three games slated for the PC in the list (Mass Effect 2, Modern Warfare 2 and Splinter Cell: Conviction). In the specific Best PC Game category the nods went to DC Universe Online, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic and Supreme Commander 2. Check out the web site for all of the categories and nominated games; the winners will be announced a week from today.

Go to Source: http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/06/16/e3-2009-game-critics-awards-reveals-their-best-of-e3-2009-nomin/