October was a big month for PC gamers because, unlike previous months where Blizzard and Maxis have owned the charts, there were several high profile PC-centric games releasing, including Fallout 3, Far Cry 2, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, and Crysis: Warhead.
WorthPlaying reports: "Kyler Mallory has invited you as Nancy Drew to her wedding at Castle Malloy in Ireland. When Nancy arrives, the groom is missing! Did he get cold feet or has the banshee rumored to haunt the castle taken him to the Otherworld? Find Kyler's fiancé before her wedding is ruined and he's lost forever!"
One of the greatest race sims of all time, NASCAR Racing 2003, is in danger. Sierra has decided that it's time to put the game out to pasture officially by shutting down the servers that host the game's online lobbies. A dedicated group of simmers led by Xtreme Online Motorsports are asking racers to attend their "Not the last lap" event. Starting at 12:00 EST on August 15 of this year they're asking racers to show up online for some racing action in the hopes of encouraging Sierra to keep things alive a little longer.
DiezelPower has released a new update for their arena-based zombie shooter Nation Red, now available on Steam. To celebrate the new content release, Nation Red has been given a 30% discount putting the game at $7; an extremely good price for the fully loaded, often updated game.
DiezelPower has released a new update for it's gritty arena-based zombie shooter Nation Red, now available on Steam. The update brings Steam Leaderboards and Achievements (23 in all) to the game, along with 13 new player perks.
1C Company has announeced games, which will be presented at GamesCom in August 2009.
Developer The Farm 51 has released a new patch for it's alternate history WWI FPS NecroVisioN, now available for download.
Strategy Informer has posted the 1.2 patch for NecroVisioN.
Last month, Necrovision received the dubious honour of being the first game in 2009 to be banned by the Australian Classification Board. However, it seems the vampire-infested World War I shooter has joined the likes of Fallout 3, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, and Dark Sector--games that were initially refused classification down under, only to be reclassified after content changes were made.