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Hand of Fate Coming to consoles
Hand of Fate, the Kickstarter-funded title from Defiant Development that seamlessly blends RPG, rogue-like and action-adventure elements with board and collectible card game features, will launch on Xbox One in January 2015 in addition to the previously announced PC...
Seven Deadly Weapons in Saints Row Gat out of Hell
Deep Silver Volition knows all too well the Seven Deadly Sins: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy and Pride. For Johnny Gat in Deep Silver Volition's Saints Row®: Gat out of Hell standalone expansion, the seven deadly weapons represent a means to devilish fun...
Sony announces Powers TV Series
Sony has announced Powers: A PlayStation Original Series. Which is coming this winter, free for PlayStation Plus members. Powers, an edgy dramatic series, follows the lives of two homicide detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, who are assigned to investigate...
Battlefield 4 Premium Edition
Get ready to own more and be more with the Battlefield 4 Premium Edition. Packed with content, the Battlefield 4 Premium Edition includes an intense single-player campaign as well as the award-winning multiplayer experience found in Battlefield 4 that lets players...
Plex coming to Xbox One
Plex today announced the release of Plex for both Xbox One and Xbox 360, its first TV app available on both Xbox gaming platforms, with an updated design that makes it easy to browse and enjoy personal media on the big-screen. The new design, which puts media artwork...
Microsoft shows RoomAlive
Microsoft's research division has put up a new prototype called RoomAlive, which turns a living room into an interactive augmented reality space. The project brings the user off the couch to interact with the environment it renders on the furniture and other surfaces....
Styx: Master of Shadows Launch Trailer
Styx: Master of Shadows marks a unique entry into 2014’s global gaming catalogue, with a very short and very… green antagonist, and hardcore stealth gameplay designed to reward player skill and strategy. Its new mechanics bring the stealth genre not only back to its...
Vita update adds themes
A new PlayStation Vita update (3.30), available today, will add support for desktop themes. Vita firmware v3.30 will let you customise your Vita's background wallpaper, application items and background music. This update also brings improvements to the Trophies and...
Rise of the Triad 1.5
Rise of the Triad version 1.5 arrives today, bringing with it Steam Workshop integration, which means more great maps like this remake of Doom E1M1 and this remake of Hollywood Holocaust and all this Goldeneye goodness. Players can create maps, share maps, and tell...
Civilization: Beyond Earth Trailer
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award-winning Civilization series. Set in the future, global events have destabilized the world leading to a collapse of modern society, a new world order and an uncertain future for...
G-Pack launches on Kickstarter
PiixL, a London-based hardware start-up, has today released its highly anticipated, top-performance gaming machine on Kickstarter: G-Pack. G-Pack’s innovative slim design enables it to mount invisibly to the back of any TV via its VESA Flat Display Mounting Interface....
The Walking Dead release date
Telltale's The Walking Dead games will be released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 24th October, 2014. Telltale announced that both in-store and digital copies of each season will be available on the same date. Both seasons contain five individual episodes, while...
Driveclub – Just Drive
Driveclub, the brand new racing game for Playstation 4 will launch as a special version for PS Plus owners on October 8, 2014. Driveclub PlayStation Plus Edition gives you a taste of a real next generation racing game, loaded with 11 tracks and 10 beautifully crafted...
Falling Skies: The Game Launches
Little Orbit, a worldwide video game publisher, today announced that the game based on the popular TNT sci-fi drama, Falling Skies, has launched and is now available at retail on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and via digital download on WiiU, Steam, PSN and Xbox Live....
World of Tanks Racing Mode Goes Live
Wargaming today announced the all new game mode for World of Tanks, Tank Rally, is now live. Players around the world will be able to race in a free custom- built M24 Chaffee Sport on a modified version of the Port map through October 12th. The new race mode pits...
SourceMod 1.6.2 and Metamod:Source 1.10.3 Released
A littlebit late, but better late then never.... SourceMod 1.6.2 and Metamod:Source 1.10.3, the number one server administration tools for Source Engine games like Counter-Strike: Source, GO, TF2, Left4Dead and others has been released. They both primarily contain...
F1 2014 Gameplay
Today Codemasters has released a new gameplay video for F1 2014, showing how the game captures all the action of this year’s incredible season as its draws towards one of its most exciting conclusions in years. The new video captures the intense competition that only...
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor Trailer
In celebration of the launch of Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE) and Monolith Productions have released the official Shadow of Mordor - Launch Trailer. The trailer dives into the story behind the award-winning action game...
Project Blackout is coming
International developer Zepetto, today revealed its unique avatar system destined to make FPS, Project Blackout stand out amongst ordinary free-to-play first person shooters. Project Blackout is the frenetic, fast-paced game that will test gamers’ skills with intense...
Assassin’s Creed: Unity
Today, Ubisoft is pleased to announce the launch of a unique online experience, Project Widow, ahead of the launch of the videogame, Assassin’s Creed Unity. Offering a 360 degree street level view, the online interactive guided tour will immerse visitors in Assassin’s...
Alien: Isolation Survivor mode
SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON – September 17th, 2014 – SEGA® of America, Inc., SEGA® Europe, Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products today officially announced Alien: Isolation™’s Survivor Mode, and a supporting series of five challenging and terrifying Survivor...
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is Now Available on Steam! The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery game that focuses entirely on exploration and discovery. It contains no combat or explosions of any kind. If our game leaves any scars, we...
Far Cry 4 PS bundles revealed
Sadistic dictator. Psychopath. Best dressed man in Kyrat. These are just a few traits on Pagan Min’s lengthy resume as the self-appointed King of Kyrat. In the newest Far Cry 4 trailer, meet again Far Cry 4′s charismatic antagonist and take a glimpse into the depths...
PS4 update 1.70 released
Sony has today launched the highly anticipated update for the Playstation 4, version 1.70. This version brings a couple of new features, including ShareFactory, Automatic pre-download, USB export function for gameplay recordings and more. Support for iDEAL (NL) and...