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Fuse demo lands on May 7
Electronic Arts has unveiled that a playable demo of Fuse will be available via Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network on May 7th, allowing players to play online cooperatively with up to four players, or in a 2-player split-screen. In the demo, players will...
Ripstone announces Men’s Room Mayhem
Indie publisher Ripstone have today confirmed their latest up-coming game Men’s Room Mayhem, a frantic line drawing game that will be available in the coming weeks on PS Vita, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Android devices. In Men’s Room Mayhem you’re hired as the...
Papo & Yo creators announce Silent Enemy
Minority Media, the studio behind Papo and Yo, released a teaser video today that gives viewers insight into their next game titled Silent Enemy. According to the video, the game is inspired by the development team's experiences with being bullied when they were...
Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol announced, lands on iOS May 9
2K and Firaxis Games, the critically acclaimed studio responsible for the award-winning XCOM: Enemy Unknown and the Sid Meier's Civilization series, have just announced Sid Meier's Ace Patrol, an original mobile title coming to iOS on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Conceived,...
Anomaly 2 release date
Anomaly 2 is set for release May 15th according to a recent trailer from developer 11 bit studios. The trailer also reveals that you can pre-order the game through the official website. Pre-orders cost $13.49, a 10 percent discount off its $14.99 launch price. You'll...
Call of Duty: Ghosts announced, coming November 5th
The franchise that has defined a generation of gaming aims to raise the bar with the all-new Call of Duty: Ghosts. Published by Activision Publishing, Inc., and developed by Infinity Ward, the studio that created the original Call of Duty and Call of Duty: Modern...
Nuclear Dawn, Shattered Horizon and more on The Indie Jam 2 bundle
Indie Jam 2 presents 9 top PC games, including 4 Mac-compatible titles and 8 Steam keys,that are given to you for a tiny price. The games in the bundle are worth over $140/$155, but you can purchase them for as low as £3.94/$5 (dependent on conversion rates). Indie...
Minecraft soon to be available on disc via retail
For the first time since its launch back in 2009, Minecraft, the multi-record breaking phenomenon will be available to buy in-store on disc exclusively for Xbox 360 on June 28th. Boxed copies will come with a free 48-hour subscription to Xbox Live Gold. The disc...
Killer is Dead coming to EU this August
Kadokawa Games have shared a new trailer for Killer is Dead, introducing more of the game's female characters and revealing an August EU release date for their stylish hack-and-slash title. Killer is Dead takes place in a not-so-distant future similar to (but not the...
Tier2games announces Artifiact: Red-X
Los Angeles based game developer Tier2games announced Artifiact: Red-X, a new hybrid real time empire-style builder with turn based squad tactical combat for the PC, named after the rare element that drives the ongoing lust for planetary conquest. "The vision of...
Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter enters Open Beta
Perfect World Entertainment Inc. and Cryptic Studios officially announced that their MMORPG Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter, is now officially in Open Beta, free to download and play. "After four successful Beta Weekends and many months of internal Alpha tests, we...
Terraria EU PSN release date set
Terraria, Re-Logic’s popular side-scrolling, action-adventure sandbox game, originally released on PC in 2011 has a final EU PlayStation Network release date, May 15th that is, publisher 505 Games has announced. The console port was developed by Engine Software and...
The Unreal Indie Bundle launches on Steam
Epic Games, Inc. sent over a press release announcing that they have worked with numerous indie developers to put together the very first Unreal Indie Bundle, giving gamers seven acclaimed, Unreal Engine 3-powered indie games for the price of one. For one week the...
Watch_Dogs release date, new trailer
Ubisoft has announced that its highly anticipated title Watch_Dogs will hit store shelves on November 22, 2013 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, the WiiU and Windows PC, as well as at the launch of PlayStation4. The game is also planned for other next generation consoles....
Ludum Dare 26 Preview
Ludum Dare the recurring competition where you’re encouraged to make a game from scratch in 48 hours, happened again this weekend. The latest competition was the 26th and was held from the 26th of April until the 29th and the theme these talented developers had to...
Techland announces Hellraid
Techland officially announced Hellraid, a first-person co-op slasher that offers two games in one: a single-player, story-driven campaign of hack & slash action; and unique, co-operative multiplayer that pits four players against the denizens of hell – and each...
Star Command hitting iOS this Thursday
War Balloon Games' Star Command has an official release date. The mobile space sim will be available on the iPhone, the iPad and the iPod Touch, on May 2nd for £1.99 / $2.99 . That's more than 15 months past the initial release date given on its Kickstarter campaign....
Dust 514 coming May 14th
CCP Games today announced that on May 14, 2013 Dust 514 will officially become available for anyone with a PlayStation 3. “Reaching this point has required many years, hundreds of CCP employees, and the engagement of millions of players who contributed fantastic...
Indie Royale presents the Lunar Bundle
Indie Royale has just revealed the Lunar Bundle featuring the recently released Pid & Cargo Commander, Telltale's Back to the Future: The Game and last month's newly released Dungeon Hearts. There are also 3, so far unannounced, bonus games. The 3 games that are...
Fourth Painkiller Hell & Damnation DLC available on Steam today
Nordic Games and The Farm 51 announced today that Full Metal Rocket, the fourth DLC from Painkiller Hell & Damnation which focuses on the multiplayer elements of the game, is available to download from Steam today. Full Metal Rocket features three new hellish...
Hidden Path Entertainment announces that Defense Grid 2 is on its way
Hidden Path Entertainment informed today that it has raised the funds needed to make Defense Grid 2. On July 10, 2012 Hidden Path launched its Kickstarter Campaign to fund new content for its highly acclaimed tower defense game, Defense Grid – The Awakening, and...
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified coming August 23
2K and 2K Marin, makers of BioShock 2, announced today that The Bureau: XCOM Declassified will be released on August 20, 2013 in North America and August 23, 2013 internationally on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC. “We’re thrilled about 2K Marin’s refined...
Insurgency joins Steam Early Access
New World Interactive today announced that Insurgency, a commercial version of the popular free-to-play Source mod Insurgency released five years ago, has joined Steam's Early Access store allowing players to purchase and immediately begin playing the game which is...
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition coming this June
Bethesda Softworks announced this morning that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition, which includes all the game's downloadable content, will launch for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 on June 4 and 7 in North America and Europe, respectively. The bundle includes the...