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Don’t Starve Review
Klei Entertainment the studio behind Shank, and Mark of the Ninja, has a reputation for fun and addictive games. Their latest effort is Don't Starve, a Tim Burton-like survival simulation that started off as a little known Google Chrome game, but managed to gain...
Rise of the Triad coming to Steam, GOG.com and Green Man Gaming this Summer
Interceptor Entertainment and Apogee Software today announced that Rise of the Triad - the reboot of the classic shooter, first released in 1994 as shareware, will be simultaneously making its way to Steam, GOG.com and Green Man Gaming, this Summer. In Rise of the...
505 Games announces How to Survive
505 Games, a global publisher of video games, today announced How to Survive, a new IP coming to the Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network and Windows PC via Steam. How to Survive takes players on a remote archipelago off the coast of Colombia in the aftermath of an...
The Last of Us, digital pre-order, DLC Season Pass available tomorrow
The Last of Us arrives exclusively on the PS3 on June 14th but you can now pre-order the full digital edition of the game in PAL regions starting tomorrow on PlayStation Store, Naughty Dog announced via the Playstation blog. The developer also revealed that there...
Daedalic’s The Night of the Rabbit released
Hamburg-based indie studio Daedalic Entertainment have just announced that The Night of the Rabbit, (previously known as The Rabbit’s Apprentice), an adventure game created by Matthias Kempke and was in development for over a year, is now available for download on...
The Humble Indie Bundle 8 is live
Humble Indie Bundle, the acclaimed series of game bundles that are sold and distributed online at a pay what you want model, have just revealed the Humble Indie Bundle 8 featuring seven splendid games available on Windows, Mac, and Linux. The base offer of the Humble...
Endless Space: Disharmony Expansion Pack announced
Iceberg Interactive announced today Endless Space: Disharmony, the first full Expansion Pack for the popular 4X game Endless Space, coming to Steam this summer for $9.99. Endless Space: Disharmony brings a new faction called The Harmony, a new targeting system, a...
Free-to-play AscendAon released
2 point 1 Studio based in Brisbane have send us word announcing that AscendAon, a First-Person Adventure game that will immerse players into a frozen wasteland is now available and free to download. In the game you use your trusty Grapple Gun and Rock Climbing Rope to...
Camel 101 announces Black Talons
Indie developer Camel 101 have today announced that they are developing Black Talons, a real time tactics game set in a sci-fi universe, for Windows, Mac and Linux systems. In the game you play as a mercenary commander trying to prevail in a ravaged star system. You...
Mojang’s Scrolls enters Open Beta on June 3rd
Mojang has announced that their collectible card/tactical RPG hybrid Scrolls will be hitting open beta on the 3rd June for PC and Mac OS. Following the same model as Minecraft, gamers can get in on the action by pre-purchasing Scrolls for €15.00. In Scrolls you use...
Gunpoint available for pre-order on Steam
Gunpoint, a stealth game where you play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data, is now available for pre-purchase on Steam for 8,99€. In Gunpoint you break into high security buildings by using...
Monaco: What’s Yours is Mine Review
We first heard of Monaco in 2010 when the game became the big winner at the Twelfth Annual Independent Games Festival Awards snapping two awards the Seumas McNally Grand Prize and the Excellence In Design award. Monaco: What's Yours is Mine is a game about pulling off...
Joe Danger rides onto Steam later this year
Hello Games, the UK based indie start-up, have just announced that the beloved motorbike stuntman Joe Danger will bring both his games, Joe Danger and Joe Danger 2: The Movie, onto PCs via Steam. The games will include Big Picture Mode and Steamworks support and will...
Arcen Games’ Skyward Collapse now available for PC/Mac
Arcen Games, best known for AI War: Fleet Command, and A Valley Without Wind, have just announced that its turn-based strategy god game Skyward Collapse is out now for Windows PC and Mac OS X on Steam, GamersGate, Green Man Gaming and the Arcen Store. In Skyward...
Jagged Alliance: Flashback reaches Kickstarter goal
It was a tough battle until the very last hours but Full Control's Jagged Alliance: Flashback managed to reach its Kickstarter funding goal of $350,000 ( raising $368,614 in total from 7,167backers ). The campaign began on April 23, following an announcement of the...
EA announces Need for Speed Rivals
Electronic Arts today announced Need for Speed Rivals, an action/racing game created by EA’s newest studio Ghost Games, and powered by the Frostbite 3 game engine. Ghost Games also announced today the long-awaited return of Ferrari to the Need for Speed franchise. For...
Cult classic RPG series Wizardry arrives on GOG.com
Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge, Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant, and Wizardry 8, games, three acclaimed RPGs which have appeared on many "all-time best" lists and have received numerous distinctions, are now available for download on GOG.com. The...
Warner Bros. announces Dying Light
Warner Bros. today announced Dying Light, a first-person, action survival horror game with a day-night cycle set in a vast open world under development by Techland. At daytime, you will traverse an expansive urban environment overrun by a vicious outbreak, searching...
Telltale Games’ Poker Night 2 available on iOS
Poker Night 2 is now available for download on the App Store for $4.99 developer Telltale game's has announced. In the game you take the fifth seat at the table and you are joined by an all-star cast that includes star Claptrap from Borderlands, Brock Samson from The...
Grand Theft Auto V Special Edition and Collector’s Edition detailed
Rockstar Games today revealed the full details of the Special Edition and Collector’s Edition of Grand Theft Auto V– which will be available for worldwide pre-order starting today from participating retailers. As an additional bonus, those who pre-order any edition of...
Deep Silver reveals DLC plans and confirms Season Pass for Metro: Last Light
Deep Silver today announced that 4A Games will be supporting the critically acclaimed Metro: Last Light with a series of original single player content packs throughout the summer which can be purchased at a discount with the Season Pass, now available on Steam, Xbox...
Battlefield 4 dated, pre-order bonus unveiled
DICE has send over a press release announcing that the highly-anticipated action blockbuster Battlefield 4 will be available on the the Xbox 360, the PS3 and the PC on November 1st 2013. Battlefield 4 will also be available on the next-generation hardware systems, the...
Early gameplay footage for Might and Delight’s ‘Shelter’ released
Might and Delight, creators of the acclaimed retro styled platformer Pid, today reveal more details of their new game project Shelter, and released some early gameplay footage for you to see. “We have been dying to show a lot more of Shelter and couldn’t keep things...
Scourge: Outbreak coming to XBLA this Summer
UFO Interactive Games, in partnership with Tragnarion Studios today announced the upcoming worldwide release of Scourge: Outbreak on XBLA on July 3, 2013. The game marks the Xbox debut of a massively overhauled and vastly improved version of The Scourge Project:...