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Activision announces titles for Apple TV
As you may have seen earlier today, Apple announced on stage at the Apple special event that Guitar Hero Live is coming to Apple TV this autumn. In addition to Guitar Hero Live, Skylanders SuperChargers and Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Evolved are also coming to Apple...
Star Wars: Uprising launched
Kabam, in collaboration with Disney and Lucasfilm, today announced the launch of Star Wars: Uprising, the first mobile role-playing game that takes place between Star Wars™: Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, following the death of the Emperor. The...
Create Super Mario Bros Levels and Share them
Flying Piranha Plants? Bill Blasters that shoot helpful coins instead of dangerous Bullet Bills? A level full of 20-Goomba-high stacks, dozens of trampolines and Hammer Bros. flying in Koopa Clown Cars? Mamma mia! While all this sounds like some kind of amazing...
First native Apple Watch game Timecrest revealed
Sneaky Crab, one of the world’s first Apple Watch gaming start-ups, has revealed Timecrest, a free-to-play gamebook experience played out over real time. The game features multiple endings and non-linear storytelling, brought to life with the latest Apple Watch...
Rampage Knights – cooperative beat em up
Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration which you can play alone or with a friend online. It is a mix of games like Binding of Isaac and Golden Axe, boosted by a thrilling classic melee combat...
Mayan Death Robots to Invade Earth on November 20th
There are only so many times you can listen to those crazy Mayan predictions without crying wolf, but the credible folks at Sileni Studios in Belgium promise this one’s real: Mayan Death Robots is duelling its way onto PC via Steam this coming November 20th. In Mayan...
Football Manager 2015 All new Squad
Sega and Sports Interactive are proud to present football fans across the world with an opportunity to lead their favourite team to glory with the latest release in the multi-million selling, international smash hit Football Manager series. Due for release from...
Recreated ZX Spectrum
The Recreated ZX Spectrum, the only authorised full-size recreation of the 5-million selling 1980s personal computer, launches today. Built to the same dimensions and featuring the same 40 rubber keys, the recreated device mimics the look and feel of the original...
New AppleTV will put its focus on games
As we all know, Apple has been very active in the games business since the release of their first iPhone back in 2007. Now Apple is expected to make games a primary selling point of its new Apple TV product, which is scheduled to be announced on Wednesday in San...
Pay What You Want for updated Lockdown Protocol
Independent game developer FRACTiLE Games released an update to their 2.5D shooter game Lockdown Protocol and announced that the game has gone Pay What You Want on itch.io. This update fixes a major issue with Intel HD Graphics, adds one more single player level and...
PS4 update 3.00 details
PlayStation 4 system software version 3.00, (codenamed “Kenshin”) arrives very soon for players worldwide, bringing with it a host of brand new features. Alongside community requested updates such as increased cloud storage (10x as much!), 3.00 will offer new...
Where Angels Cry: Tears of the Fallen Collectors Edition
Cateia Games announces Where Angels Cry: Tears of the Fallen Collector's Edition, an engaging puzzle-adventure game! Can you stop the obsessed inquisitor and his reign of terror? You have a new assignment! Dive back to 13th century medieval Europe as Vatican's best...
Castle Crashers Remastered Coming to Xbox One
The Behemoth is excited to announce Castle Crashers Remastered for Xbox One, which will release on September 9, 2015. Castle Crashers Remastered will release in North America on launch day with other countries to follow as ratings are approved. Hack, slash, and smash...
Kingdom Hearts III to include Big Hero 6
Square Enix and Disney Interactive announced that the beloved characters and world of Walt Disney Animation Studios film Big Hero 6 will make their debut in the ever expanding narrative of Kingdom hearts III. The much-anticipated addition to the Kingdom hearts...
Bloody Aliens free version on iOS
Crywolf Digital has released a free version of ‘Bloody Aliens’, a game for iPhone and iPad. The game now includes a brand new upgrade system, new weapons, updated gameplay, Gamecenter and much more. Bloody Aliens is a cartoon style, over the top arcade game set in a...
Vote to Play Coming to PS Plus
Sony has just announed a brand new feature coming to the Playstation network for PS Plus owners. This enables PlayStation Plus members to vote on one of several PlayStation 4 games for the upcoming month’s Instant Game Collection. The game with the most votes will...
Dungeon League out now in Early Access
Dungeon League, a dungeon crawling party game, from developer, Achebit, and publisher, Surprise Attack Games, is out now in Early Access for PC, Mac and Linux via Steam and the Humble Store. A full release of the game for PC, Mac, Linux and consoles is planned for...
Bethesda Announces the Fallout Anthology
Bethesda is pleased to announce Fallout Anthology, the definitive PC collection from the award-winning Fallout series, will be released on 2 October, 2015 for £39.99/€49.99/AU$99.95. Fallout Anthology features five critically-acclaimed games and official add-ons in a...
Endless Legend Shadows expansion
Critically-acclaimed indie developer Amplitude Studios announced today the next expansion for its award winning 4X strategy game Endless Legend. Due this summer on PC, Endless Legend Shadows integrates a highly requested and anticipated feature with a new the...
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 Developer Commentary Reveal
Previously available only for press and members of the industry, the first-ever Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 presentation has been made public. Narrated by Jess Lebow, a Lead Narrative Designer at CI Games, it provides an extended look into the next big step for the Warsaw,...
COD Black Ops 3 Multiplayer beta for pre orders
Activision is pleased to announce that the Call of Duty: Black Ops III Multiplayer Beta, which is coming to PlayStation 4 on August 19, will now also be open to Xbox One and PC users from 26th August - 30th August. Beta access will give fans the chance to test and...
Half a Year with Dying Light whats next?
To celebrate half a year of Dying Light after Dying Light’s release, Techland compiled a video of all the major content updates and add-ons they have released since launch day. The video also teases the next big addition to its zombie-infested world, which the company...
Ready Your Axes… The Dwarves Are Coming
The game for everyone who needs more beer, beards and battle in their lives. The Dwarves is a tactical RPG with an innovative combat system, based on the bestselling fantasy novel of the same name. The game is currently in development for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and...
Singstar announces update coming soon
Since the release of the new Singstar client for PS3 and PS4, back in October 2014, it has been kind of quiet concerning updates and new songs for the game. Today however, the team has announced that they are still working around the clock to bring more songs and...