Act of War: Direct Action Steam news

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• Review score91% positive
• Total reviews612
• Release dateMar 12, 2008
• DeveloperEugen Systems
• PublisherTHQ Nordic

Genres: Action

Company pages: Developer: Eugen SystemsPublisher: THQ Nordic

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Act of War: Direct Action Steam news

Act of War: Direct Action news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• THQ Nordic s parent company apologises for disastrous 8chan AMA - 4 March 2019

  If you believe (incorrectly) that there’s no such thing as bad publicity, you may be impressed that people are still talking about publisher THQ Nordic GmbH. Their ‘Ask Me Anything’ Q&A session on 8chan – an infamous image-board permanently delisted from Google for hosting suspected child porn – got people chattering. Unfortunately it’s the kind of chatter that has brought parent company THQ Nordic AB out of the woodwork to publicly apologise for the incident to “group employees, partners and consumers”, although it’s a predictably rote and half-hearted statement. (more…)

• THQ Nordic held a Q&A with 8chan, a website de-listed from Google for hosting suspected child porn - 26 February 2019

  “We’re doing an 8chan AMA and we have no idea why,” announced THQ Nordic on their Twitter account earlier this evening. If you’re not aware, 8chan is an imageboard website which has been de-listed from Google search results for hosting “suspected child abuse content,” and which is associated with Swatting and Gamergate. THQ Nordic’s marketing director has since apologised and claimed ignorance, but both are hard to believe. (more…)

• THQ Nordic buy Alone In The Dark and Act Of War series, might consider sequels - 19 September 2018

  Continuing to hoover up every neglected video game series that’s remembered half-fondly, THQ Nordic today announced they’re buying the rights to horror series Alone In The Dark and Eugen’s real-time strategy ’em up Act Of War. These two had been owned by The Creature Wearing The Skin Of Atari – who largely seem poor carers for old series, while The Creature Wearing The Skin Of THQ are actually quite decent. THQ Nordic haven’t formally confirmed new sequels in either series, to be clear, but they do say they’ll think about it. (more…)

• AoW: DA updated and relaunched! - 1 June 2015

  http://i.imgur.com/yJ9hEyE.jpg Dear Act of War: Direct Action Fans, We are pleased to announce that we have updated and relaunched AOW: DA! With this update we have been able to expand compatibility, so the game now runs on modern operating systems including Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Additionally, we have made sure that the digital version of the game is now at parity with the last disc released version making this the most up-to-date version of Act of War: Direct Action ever available digitally. The game has been updated to version 1.06.3. Please note, although we do not anticipate any issues with Saved Games at this time, you should as a precaution backup your Saved Games before updating the game. We suggest creating a backup of the entire AOW Saved Game directory (listed below). Saved games, for most players, can be found at the following location on your computer: For 32-bit WIndow…

• AoW: DA updated and relaunched! - 1 June 2015

  http://i.imgur.com/yJ9hEyE.jpg Dear Act of War: Direct Action Fans, We are pleased to announce that we have updated and relaunched AOW: DA! With this update we have been able to expand compatibility, so the game now runs on modern operating systems including Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Additionally, we have made sure that the digital version of the game is now at parity with the last disc released version making this the most up-to-date version of Act of War: Direct Action ever available digitally. The game has been updated to version 1.06.3. Please note, although we do not anticipate any issues with Saved Games at this time, you should as a precaution backup your Saved Games before updating the game. We suggest creating a backup of the entire AOW Saved Game directory (listed below). Saved games, for most players, can be found at the following location on your computer: For 32-bit WIndow…

• New Update for Increased Compatibility Coming Soon - Backup your Saved Games Now! - 26 May 2015

  Dear Act of War: Direct Action Fans, We are pleased to announce we will soon (next 24-48 hours) be releasing an update to this game that we believe will increase compatibility on more modern Operating Systems. Please note, although we do not anticipate any issues with Saved Games at this time, you should as a precaution backup your Saved Games before updating the game. We strongly urge all players to backup their saved games, now, in anticipation of this update. We suggest creating a backup of the entire AOW Saved Game directory (listed below). Saved games, for most players, can be found at the following location on your computer: For 32-bit WIndows: c:\program files\steam\steamapps\common\Act of War Direct Action\AOW For 64-bit Windows: c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\Act of War Direct Action\AOW Cheers, Atari

• New Update for Increased Compatibility Coming Soon - Backup your Saved Games Now! - 26 May 2015

  Dear Act of War: Direct Action Fans, We are pleased to announce we will soon (next 24-48 hours) be releasing an update to this game that we believe will increase compatibility on more modern Operating Systems. Please note, although we do not anticipate any issues with Saved Games at this time, you should as a precaution backup your Saved Games before updating the game. We strongly urge all players to backup their saved games, now, in anticipation of this update. We suggest creating a backup of the entire AOW Saved Game directory (listed below). Saved games, for most players, can be found at the following location on your computer: For 32-bit WIndows: c:\program files\steam\steamapps\common\Act of War Direct Action\AOW For 64-bit Windows: c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\Act of War Direct Action\AOW Cheers, Atari

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