Deus Ex: The Fall comes to the PC

You asked for this: Deus Ex: The Fall came out in 2013, the first game in the Deus Ex franchise for mobile and tablet devices, initially on iOS and then earlier this year for Android - and now I'm pleased to announce that it will also be available on the PC platform via Steam digital download from March 25th.

The game is a side-story set in the same world as Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and it picks up from the end of my tie-in novel Icarus Effect; The Fall tells the story of Ben Saxon, a former British SAS Mercenary who underwent physical augmentation and is now seeking the truth behind the drug conspiracy. Betrayed by his private military employers, the Tyrants, not only is his own life at risk, but time is running out for all augmented humans...

This new version of Deus Ex: The Fall has been optimized for the PC, with no in-game purchase options, Steam achievements and trading cards, adjusted AI, revised tutorial, full keyboard and mouse control optimisation, gamepad support and a bunch of other tech tweaks.

Deus Ex: The Fall will cost $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99 on Steam, and if you pre-order or buy it for a limited time after launch you'll also get a free Steam copy of the classic Deus Ex - Game of the Year Edition. To visit the Steam site, click Here.

Minimum System Requirements:
    OS: Windows XP SP2
    Processor: 2GHz dual core
    Memory: 2 GB RAM
    Graphics: DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card
    DirectX: Version 9.0c
    Hard Drive: 4 GB available space
    Sound Card: Integrated audio interface

Recommended System Requirements:
    OS: Windows 7 SP 1
    Processor: Quad Core 2.66GHz CPU Intel or AMD
    Memory: 4 GB RAM
    Graphics: GeForce 500 Series or Radeon 7000 Series, 1 GB Graphics memory
    DirectX: Version 9.0c
    Hard Drive: 4 GB available space
    Sound Card: Integrated audio interface

3000!

This week I passed the 3000 follower mark over on Twitter, officially certified by the Geek Institute of Weights and Measures as 6 Milliwheatons, also known as MMM in Roman numerals (which coincidentally is the nice, pleased noise I made when I saw it).

So: I would like to say a big thank you to everybody out there who has supported my work and maintained an interest in the things I write. You guys and girls are a swell bunch, and as a token of my gratitude, I'd like to offer some prizes.

From the time this post goes live until Midnight GMT on Saturday 22nd February, I am running a competition to give away three prizes - winners get to choose from either some Horus Heresy stuff, Star Trek stuff or a mixed bag of science-fiction stuff. Each pack will contain a couple of books and/or audio dramas by me (to be determined), which I will sign and personalise at the winner's request.

To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is follow me on Twitter and post this message:

"Follow author @jmswallow & RT this link to win signed stuff! http://jamesswallow.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/3000.html #jim3k"

Don't forget to include the hashtag #jim3k so I can track the entries.

One entry per person, please. Entry is open to all countries. Winners will be decided by random draw next week and contacted by direct message on Twitter.

Giant Monsters & Freedom Fighters

My new releases for February are both now out and available for folks to read and listen to; on digital devices and Kindle, you can find my short story "The Turn of The Card" appearing in the giant monsters anthology Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters; and on shiny disc or download, my audio drama The Hard Road is on sale as part of Volume 7 of Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles.

Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters is available Here. Dead-tree editions should be on sale in late March/early April.

Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles Volume 7 is available Here.

Incoming! [February 2014]

This is February's 'Coming Soon' update on my future projects and events:

Animex 2014 - I'll be talking about games writing as part of the Animex International Festival of Animation and Computer Games at the University of Teeside. February 10th & 11th.

Warhammer 40,000: Maree Noir - French language edition of my Warhammer 40,000 novel Black Tide, from Black Library France. February 21st.

Blake's 7 The Liberator Chronicles Volume 7: The Hard Road - Part of Big Finish's upcoming Blake's 7 audio box-set series, from Big Finish Prouductions. February.

Warhammer 40,000: Schwarze Flut - German language edition of my Warhammer 40,000 novel Black Tide, from Black Library Germany. March 6th.

"The Turn of The Card" - Hardcover and paperback edition of the Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters anthology from Ragnarok Publishing, featuring my short story inspired by the Colossal Kaiju Combat gameworld. March.

The Horus Heresy: The Scripts Volume 2 - Hardcover compilation of Horus Heresy audio drama scripts from Black Library, featuring my scripts for Sword of Truth and Burden of Duty. TBC.

'Deus Ex 4' - A new chapter in the Deus Ex videogame series, for next-generation consoles and PCs, from Square Enix. TBC.

Animex International Festival of Animation and Computer Games

Next week, five days of fascinating discussions, presentations, workshops and screenings on animation, art, comics and videogames are taking place at Teeside University up in Middlesborough.

"Animex is the largest festival dedicated to animation and computer games in the UK. For one week every February, speakers and representatives from the global animation and games community converge on Teesside to educate, inspire and entertain a diverse audience made up of students, professionals and enthusiasts from across the UK and Europe."

I've been asked to come along to the festival to take part in a panel about writing for videogames as part of the events Animex Game stream; I'll be appearing with my friend and colleague Rhianna Pratchett of Tomb Raider and Mirror's Edge fame, and we will "discuss the joys and challenges of script writing for games and answer your burning questions on the subject."

We're running the panel from 3.00pm to 4.00pm on Monday 10th February (in the OL1 Europa Building) and again on Tuesday 11th February (in the OL7 Europa Building).

For more information about Animex 2014, click Here.

For the complete Animex Game schedule, click Here.

Omega Squad versus Death Guard?

I found this great Hungarian Star Wars vs Horus Heresy book commercial featuring my novel The Flight of the Eisenstein and m'colleague Karen Traviss's first Republic Commando book Hard Contact...

 

Actually, I reckon Niner and Nathaniel Garro would get on okay...