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Tecmo Koei announces Unreal Engine 3 powered Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z
Tecmo Koei Games, best known for the Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden, Tecmo Bowl, and Fatal Frame series today announced an agreement with Epic to license the award-winning Unreal Engine 3 technology for the development of Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, a bold new take on the...
Dice reveals Battlefield 4 with 17-minute gameplay trailer
At GDC Dice unveiled Battlefield 4, powered by Frostbite 3, with a 17-minute gameplay trailer. The demo begins as the player – Recker – opens his eyes to discover that he is trapped in a rapidly sinking car with three of his squad mates. The demo then jumps back in...
The Mighty Bundle from Indie Royale is live
The Mighty Bundle from Indie Royale, a package that includes 6 super strong games which are are together valued at over $50, can now be purchased at the current mininum of $4.01. The games included in The Mighty Bundle are Waveform; Avadon: The Black Fortress,...
Knights of Pen & Paper +1 Edition announced
Paradox Interactive and Behold Studios announced today that they will be bringing the acclaimed mobile meta-RPG Knights of Pen & Paper to the PC, Mac, and Linux platforms in a new version of the game called Knights of Pen & Paper +1 Edition which will include...
Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien Review
The Bit. Trip games were developed by Californian outfit Gaijin Games for the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo 3DS, and the PC and were also ported on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Each game revolves around the adventures of a character named "Commander Video", and features...
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flags gameplay trailer and collector’s editions revealed
Ubisoft has released a new video for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flags, the next chapter in the Assassin's Creed series in the works at Ubisoft Montreal with support from Ubisoft studios in Annecy, Bucharest, Kiev, Quebec, Singapore and Sofia, and also announced...
Klei’s ‘Don’t Starve’ launches April 24th on Steam
Mark of the Ninja and Shank developer Klei Entertainment announced that its "uncompromising wilderness survival game" Don't Starve will launch for Windows via Steam on April 24th. Currently available in beta form, Don’t Starve lets you play as Wilson, an intrepid...
Primal Carnage: Genesis announced for PlayStation 4, PC
Primal Carnage: Genesis, a story driven, episodic single player adventure that takes place in a world where dinosaurs have been brought back to life, was revealed at GDC2013 by developer Lukewarm Media. Powered by the Unreal Engine 4 Primal Carnage: Genesis will let...
Warner Bros. Announces Infinite Crisis
Warner Bros. Interactive and DC Entertainment today announced Infinite Crisis, a multiplayer online battle arena game developed by Turbine, the award winning studio behind free-to-play online games including The Lord of the Rings Online. Infinite Crisis is a...
XCOM: Enemy Unknown coming to iOS this Summer
2K and Firaxis Games announced today that the Game of the Year award-winning strategy title XCOM: Enemy Unknown is coming to iOS devices. The game brings the full XCOM: Enemy Unknown experience from consoles and PC to iOS, giving gamers the ability to defend the human...
Double Fine Adventure unveiled as Broken Age
Double Fine Adventure, Tim Tim Schafer's record-setting Kickstarter adventure game was revealed as "Broken Age" at a PAX East panel. The website for the game is now live, offering art and plot information which was until today available only to privileged Kickstarter...
More details about Interwave’s Dark Matter emerge
It's been some months since we last talked to Interwave about Dark Matter, the studio's upcoming 2.5D survival horror game, but today the developer has sent us word that their game has assumed a shape that could be called final, and wanted to share some key gameplay...
Release date announced for indie favourite Thomas Was Alone
Indie developer Mike Bithell and Curve Studios today confirmed the details of the release of “Thomas Was Alone” on PS3 and PS Vita. The game will launch in the UK on the PS Store 24 on April 2013. Thomas Was Alone is a platformer where the goal is simple – get all the...
Terraria coming to consoles next week
Terraria, Re-Logic’s popular side-scrolling, action-adventure sandbox game, originally released on PC in 2011will be available for download for the Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network next week , publisher 505 Games has announced. Xbox 360 players worldwide will...
Might & Magic X: Legacy officially announced
A few days ago, Ubisoft teased Might & Magic X for PAX East and now the publisher has made it officially ny announcing the game. Developed by Limbic Entertainment, a team of devoted Might & Magic fans, Might & Magic X Legacy promises to bring a new chapter...
Vlambeer’s Luftrausers coming to PS3, PSVita
Dutch indie studio Vlambeer ( Ridiculous Fishing, Super Crate Box) and publisher Devolver Digital ( Hotline Miami, Serious Sam 3) announced today that the fast-paced and exceptionally stylish Luftrausers will be launching on the PS3 and PSVita this Spring. Luftrausers...
2K and Firaxis Games announce Haunted Hollow coming to iOS this Spring
2K and Firaxis Games, the studio responsible for the award-winning XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Sid Meier's Civilization series, today announced their latest mobile title, Haunted Hollow, which will be available for iOS devices worldwide this Spring. Haunted Hollow is a...
Tomb Raider Review
Unless you were living in a cave for the past 20 years there is a chance that you might never heard of Lara Croft, the beautiful, intelligent, and athletic English archaeologist-adventuress, and the Tomb raider franchise, which since its release in 1996 has sold...
Daedalic announces Blackguards, their first turn-based RPG
After releasing a bunch of acclaimed adventure games, ( The Whispered World, Deponia, The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav), the developers at Daedalic Entertainment are now off to new frontiers with Blackguards, the studio's first turn based RPG. In the game we will take...
Arcade racer Pressure launches March 26
TopWare Interactive announced today that the arcade combat racer Pressure will be released in stores on March 26th for PC and on Steam. To celebrate the launch TopWare released a brand new trailer which gives us a look at the game's steam punk universe, where drivers...
Prison Architect released on Steam
Prison Architect, Introversion's top down construction and management simulation where the player takes control of the running and building of a maximum security prison, is now available on Steam as part of Valve's "Early Access" program, which allows players to...
BattleBlock Theater release date set
Indie developer The Behemoth has announced that Battleblock Theater, their first game since Castle Crashers, originally scheduled to come out in 2010, is launching on Xbox Live Arcade on the 3rd April 2013. The game is a co-operative/competitive platformer about...
The Swapper coming to Steam this Spring
Facepalm Games, a two-man studio based in Helsinki, Finland, have just announced that The Swapper, an atmospheric, 2D puzzle-platformer whose numerous accolades include IndieCade's Special Recognition Award, and selection for the PAX10 2012, will be coming to Steam...
Steel Wool Games unveils Flyhunter
Steel Wool Games, a California based studio which was founded by Sequoia Blankenship, Andrew Dayton, Jonathan Hoffman, Joshua Qualtieri and Jason Topolski, all of whom are Pixar Animation artists, have officially unveiled their first effort in gaming titled Flyhunter....