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PlayStation 4 announced, first games revealed
At its media event tonight, Sony officially announced the PlayStation 4. Andrew House, president of Sony Computer Entertainment, introduced Mark Cerny as the lead system architect. Cerny called the console"supercharged" PC, with an X86 CPU and 8GB of GDDR-5 memory, 8...
Another World 20th Anniversary Edition comes up on Mac App Store
Building on the success of the iPhone and iPad re-mastered version of the game, Dotemu and BulkyPix have announced that Another World 20th Anniversary, a game widely respected and remembered as one of the greatest and most unusual titles of its era, is now available...
Square Enix unveils Murdered: Soul Suspect
Square Enix has today officially announced Murdered: Soul Suspect, an investigation game where you must hunt every lead in order to bring the person who murdered you to justice and has also released the first teaser trailer for the game, showing a 30-second movie...
Heavy Gear Assault officially announced
MekTek Studios, best known for its work on MechWarrior 4, and Stompy Bot Productions are developing a free-to-play AAA mech dueling game for the PC titled Heavy Gear Assault. The title promises to balance the long range battles that mecha titles are known for with the...
Daedalic Entertainment announces The Night of the Rabbit
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 is in development for over a year, will be released this spring for both...
Hotline Miami coming to PS3 and PS Vita this Spring
Independent developer Dennaton Games and publisher Devolver Digital have announced that the award-winning Hotline Miami, a game that combines the aesthetics of Vice City, the violence you’ll find in Tarantino directed films, the top down view of Alien Breed, retro...
Bridge Project coming to Steam
Bridge Project, a bridge-building simulation created by the North-German development studio Caipirinha Games in cooperation with Halycon Media, will arrive via Steam this March for PC and Mac, bitComposer announced. The game adapts the engaging game concept of its...
CS:GO Favorites list online
As you all might know we have dedicated gameservers up and running on our European based datacenter for Counter-Strike: GO and Nuclear Dawn. Today we have updated both our CS:GO servers and enhanced them with a new Steam Workshop maplist and added back an end of...
Iridium Studios announces There Came an Echo, launches Kickstarter
Iridium Studios, the developer behind the critically acclaimed Sequence, has announced its second title, There Came an Echo, a voice-controlled squad-based strategy game starring Wil Wheaton. To ensure an exceptional level of quality, Iridium has gone out to its fans...
Sony announces free-to-play MOBA Deathmatch Village
Developer Bloober Team has announced on the official PlayStation Blog their new redneck-themed MOBA, Deathmatch Village, which will feature three-on-three arcade action and crossplatform functionality with the Vita. The game promises "dozens of weapons, items and...
A Valley Without Wind 2 released on Steam
Arcen Games has just announced that A Valley Without Wind 2, a complete re-imagining of A Valley Without Wind featuring new enemies, new procedural generation methods, a new citybuilding game that ties everything together, and tons of other improvements is now...
God of War: Ascension single player demo lands on February 26
Sony has announced that the God of War: Ascension official single-player demo is coming February 26. If you choose to participate in God of War: Ascension's Rise of the Warriors social game, you’ll be able to unlock access to the demo a few days earlier on the 20th...
Bungie unveils Destiny
Halo franchise architects at Bungie have finally pulled the curtains back on their next project: Destiny. Part of a 10-year publishing deal with Activision, Destiny is a first person shooter coming on PS3, X360 and “future-generation technology”, where players create...
Dollar Dash to hit XBLA and PC on March 6
Kalypso Media today announced that Dollar Dash, the frenetic top down multiplayergame, will arrive on Wednesday 6th March on Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 for 800 Microsoft Points and Windows PC for £7.99/€9.99. A PlayStation Network version will launch soon...
Arma 2: Complete Collection now available
The award-winning independent Czech developer Bohemia Interactive have today announced that Arma2: Complete Collection, one complete package that includes Arma 2 along with every DLC released so far is now available for purchase. "Built upon over 10 years’ experience,...
Impire now available on PC
Paradox Interactive has announced that Impire, the dungeon strategy game developed by Cyanide Studio Montreal, is now available on Windows PC via all major digital distributors for $19.99. The main protagonist in Impire is Bjal-Abaddon, a demon imp who’s out to regain...
Steam for Linux Now Available
Feb 14, 2013–Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the release of its Steam for Linux client. In celebration of the release, over 50 Linux titles...
Nexon announces Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Online game publisher Nexon has announced that it will be launching a massively multiplayer shooter in 2014 based on Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. According to the publisher, Stand Alone Complex will be "developed as a first person shooter game featuring...
The Valentine’s Bundle 2.0 from Indie Royale is live
Indie Royale has just launched The Valentine's Bundle 2.0 featuring 6 games valued together at over $65. Leading this Indie Gaming love-in is the latest installment in Croteam's phenomenally popular series: Serious Sam 3: BFE. Also included are the Collector's Edition...
Rebellion unveils Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army
Rebellion today unveiled Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army, a horrifying new stand-alone game in their award-winning series, launching on Steam for PC on February 28th. Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley also announced that the game will also feature co-op for up to four...
System Shock 2 landing on GOG.com tomorrow
System Shock 2, one of the best shooters of the 90’s, will land tomorrow on GOG.com, Night Dive Studios, the new holder of the System Shock 2 digital distribution rights has announced. In addition to the soundtrack, the GOG.com version of the game will have concept...
Tribes: Ascend Game of The Year Edition announced
Hi-Rez Studios today announced that a “Game of the Year Edition” (GotY) of Tribes: Ascend will be released on February 15th, 2013 as a single-purchase digital download for the PC. Game of The Year Edition includes weapon and perk DLC from all ten previous expansions...
Team17’s classic Superfrog coming to PS3, PSVita
Team17 today unveiled their plans to re-release Superfrog HD later this year, 20 years since it was originally released on the Amiga in 1993 and received much critical acclaim. Superfrog HD will feature all new graphics and will be making an appearance on PlayStation...
ShootMania Storm open beta begins
Ubisoft has announced the start of the open beta test for ShootMania Storm, the online multiplayer first-person shooter developed by Nadeo. The Open Beta gives access to most of the game modes (except Heroes, Royal Exp and Elite Exp), servers and maps but some...