Portal 2 Authoring Tools beta out now

Valve has opened up the beta of the Portal 2 Authoring Tools for everyone to get their hands on.

The beta tools are available as a free download for owners of the PC version of Portal 2 and can be accessed through the 'Tools' tab in Steam. 

FIFA 12: First details

The first FIFA 12 details are starting to sneak out, via the French version of Official PlayStation Magazine.

Here are your bullet points:

FIFA 12 introduces the 'Impact Engine' which properly tracks and formulates contact between players, including their hips, knees etc.

World of Warcraft Patch 4.1: Guild Challenges, streamlined Dungeon Finder and more

Blizzard have deployed patch 4.1 and a few respective hotfixes for World of Warcraft.

The latest patch features a new level 85 Stranglethorn quest line, updated dungeons, all-new gear, rare mounts, pets, and some odd-sounding tweaks like this: “Gag Order now applies to Pummel and Heroic Throw”.

New Max Payne 3 screens !

Rockstar are pushing the Max Payne hype machine into the next gear, firing out some new screen shots to wow us all. These new images really do tell a new story for the third game in the series, giving the impression that it will follow Max from his days as a NYC detective to a change of career and fashion style philosophy in São Paulo.

PSN Offline Due to External Intrusion

Hacker group Anonymous said today they are not claiming responsibility for this particular outage, however. 

The statement in full from Senior Director of Corporate Communications Patrick Seybold can be read below: 

Fable 3 is coming to Steam, is available to pre-order now

When Fable 3 hits PC on May 20, it won’t just be confined to Microsoft’s Games for Windows Live service. It will also be available to buy through Steam. The game will be available to buy digitally on both platforms, and will come with different bonuses. Given that Microsoft own Lionhead, the appearance of a game on any service other than Games for Windows Live is an interesting shift.