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Tiny Explorers coming to mobile and tablet
Alternative Software let us know that Tiny Explorers, developed by RedBee is coming soon. Tiny Explorers is a super brand new free to play game, designed for smartphones and tablets created especially for youngsters Tiny Explores allows youngsters to play in an...
Trackmania open beta starts this friday
Today, Ubisoft announced that TrackMania Turbo goes into open beta from March 18 at 1pm UK time to March 21 at 1pm UK time on new-gen consoles. TrackMania Turbo will be released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and on Windows on March 24, 2016. TrackMania Turbo is...
Crytek Unveils brand new CRYENGINE V
As the 2016 Game Developers Conference gets underway, Crytek has announced the arrival ofCryengine V – the most accessible, powerful, and feature-filled version of their all-in-one development solution to date. Cryengine V launches today with a “Pay What You Want”...
Paradox and Obsidian Announce Tyranny
Obsidian Entertainment and Paradox Interactive today announced Tyranny, a brand-new role-playing game (RPG) coming to Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs. Tyranny, designed and developed by the studio behind award-winning titles such as Pillars of Eternity, Fallout: New...
Days of War relaunches Kickstarter campaign
Days of War lowers pricing, increases rewards, announces stretch goals, and shows new gameplay, in a new Kickstarter Campaign with the goal of releasing on Steam Early Access in August. Driven Arts, the studio behind Days of War, thinks the WWII revival goes far...
Werewolves Within Revealed
Today, Ubisoft revealed Werewolves Within, a game of social deduction that brings the fun of game night with friends to virtual reality. As one of the first multiplayer VR games created, Werewolves Within captures the essence and competitive spirit of playing live...
Sony announces Playstation VR for October 2016
Sony Computer Entertainment today announced that PlayStation VR (PS VR), a virtual reality system that takes the PlayStation 4 system to the next level of immersion, will launch this October, 2016 in Japan, North America, Europe and Asia. The product will get a retail...
Ark Survival Evolved Mod Launches as Free Standalone Title
Studio Wildcard, the dev team that created the smash hit ARK: Survival Evolved (PC, Xbox One, PS4), is taking dinosaur survival mayhem into the new era of eSports. Available now on Steam Early Access and in-development for consoles, ARK: Survival of the Fittest is a...
PS4 Remote play coming to PC and Mac
Sony is currently working on a new Update for the Playstation 4 (3.50 codename Mushashi), that will include a couple of new and interesting additions to the system. Apart from a Friend online notification and User scheduled events this update will also include...
Blast Evil Throughout The Galaxy in Stardust Galaxy Warriors
Finland-based cooperative Dreamloop Games/Vasara Entertainment’s Stardust Galaxy Warriors has launched on Steam to positive reviews. The side-scrolling, atmospheric bullethell/shoot-’em-up launched recently and has claimed user accolades via Steam reviews for its...
The Technomancer new trailer
Experience the distinctive, sci-fi world of Spiders’ epic RPG, The Technomancer. The game takes place on a dystopian Mars, hundreds of years after the first human colonies set foot on its red plains. Today’s trailer showcases a few of The Technomancer's unique...
Insurgency Sandstorm coming for consoles and PC
Completely rebuilt from the ground up in Unreal Engine 4, Insurgency: Sandstorm is coming to consoles and PC in a new partnership between Focus Home Interactive and developer New World Interactive. With Insurgency: Sandstorm, New World Interactive expands and enhances...
SourceBans++ 1.5.4.7 released
One of the community members on the Alliedmods forums has created a new ‘fork’ of the Sourcebans package. This forked version of SourceBans 1.5 is a modified / updated version of the original SourceBans Public Release Version 1.4.11. It adds cool features and corrects...
Girls und Panzer Theme for World of Tanks on PS4
Wargaming today announced the release of the World of Tanks - Girls und Panzer Theme for PlayStation 4 users. This unique, downloadable theme customizes your PS4 background with the awesome artwork from World of Tanks’ collaboration with the hit anime show. The...
Beat Da Beat to Release on Steam March 11
Indie developer-publisher, Nekki is pleased to announce that smash hit rhythm based shoot-em-up, Beat Da Beat, will release on Steam for PC on March 11. In Beat Da Beat, two frantic genres are combined ("Bullet Hell" and "Rhythm Game") resulting in a unique gaming...
Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel blasts its way into Europe
Marvelous Europe announces today that the thrilling 2D anime fighter developed by EXAMU, Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel, will hit PlayStation 3 and 4 in Europe and Australia on 7th April, 2016! Fans of the genre won’t have to wait much longer to unleash...
Pixel Piracy hits Consoles today
505 Games is happy to let us know that Pixel Piracy, the Steam indie hit, is now available on Xbox One and PS4. Players lead the life of a pirate captain in this fun, swashbuckling RPG adventure game developed by Quadro Delta and presented by Re-Logic, the creators of...
The Town Light arriving on Xbox One soon
LKA.it, an independent developer based in Florence, Italy, is announcing today that their first game, The Town of Light, will be released on Xbox One, the all in one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, during calendar year 2016. The Town of Light is a...
Streetfighter V releases on PC and PS4
Capcom today announced the release of Street Fighter V exclusively for the PS4 and Windows PC. Through a strategic partnership between Sony and Capcom, the latest game offers cross-platform play that unites Street Fighter fans into a unified player base for the first...
Hitman GO coming to Steam and PlayStation
Puzzle strategy game Hitman: Go will be coming to PC and PlayStation on 23rd February, confirmed by Square Enix. Announced in February 2014, the game was released for iOS on 17 April 2014 and for Android on 4 June 2014. Microsoft Windows and Windows Phone versions...
Humor Meets Horror In Pigsodus
Indie game developer Psilocybe Games is proud to announce details about Pigsodus, the studios debut game on PC and Mac, featuring the brave adventures of Horace Oinkstein, a pig with a plan. Pigsodus is a unique side-scrolling, story-driven RPG, in which you play the...
New Reallusion iClone Character Creator 1.4
Reallusion launches iClone Character Creator 1.4. iClone users now can make use of Character Creator to design stylized 3D characters and create infinite character morph possibilities. Base characters or derivative morphs work with iClone, Autodesk, Unity, Unreal and...
The First Six Minutes of The Walking Dead: Michonne
The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries stars the iconic, blade-wielding character from Robert Kirkman's best-selling comic books, portrayed in-game by award-winning actress Samira Wiley (Orange is the New Black). Haunted by her past, and coping with...
One Upon Light coming to Steam
Rising Star Games, a video game publisher renown for bringing unique and diverse games to players everywhere, announced today that One Upon Light will be coming to PC and Mac via Steam and selected digital retailers. Winner of the IGF China “Best Game” Award 2013 and...