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IGF 2013 finalists announced
The Independent Games Festival has announce the finalists for its 15th annual awards, which divide into seven categories that recognize achievements in art, audio, storytelling and more. The categories and nominees include: Excellence In Visual Art Incredipede...
Kentucky Route Zero released
Kentucky Route Zero, Cardboard Computers' adventure game that leads 2013 IGF awards with four nominations, including nods for Excellence in Visual Art, Excellence in Narrative (a first-ever category), Excellence in Audio, and the Seumas McNally grand prize, is now...
Ambient Studios announces Death Inc.
Ambient Studios, an indie developer whose members have worked on projects like LittleBigPlanet, Fable and Burnout, have today announced their first project, Death Inc., a streamlined strategy game where you guide Grim T. Livingstone, a freelance reaper, through 1660's...
Mutant Mudds 2 announced
Renegade Kid is working on Mutant Mudds 2 according to a tweet from Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham. There's no official confirmation yet as to which platforms the game will appear on, though the 3DS would surely be on the list due to the first game being such a...
Fieldrunners 2 launching on PC this Wednesday
The sequel to the hit iOS tower defence game Fieldrunners is launching on the PC via Steam on Wednesday, January 9th, developer Subatomic Studioshave has announced. According to Subatomic Studioshave Fieldrunners 2 introduces more levels, more weapons, more enemies,...
Steam Holiday Sale: Day 16
The 16th day of the Steam Holiday Sale which brings amazing deals on thousands of games and software titles is now live. In addition to the duration discounts, there are Daily Deals, Flash Sales, and “Community Choice” voting. A new Vote starts every 12 hours and...
Defiance PC Beta launches on January 18th
Defiance, the upcoming online open world shooter, from Trion Worlds, is now inviting PC players to sign up for the very first beta event which kicks off on January 18th. The beta event is scheduled to start 8:00 AM PST on January 18th and will run through the weekend,...
Elite: Dangerous hits funding target of £1.25M
Frontier Developments has announced that its Kickstarter campaign for Elite: Dangerous, the next game in the Elite series scheduled to be available in March 2014 for PC, has reached its funding target of £1.25M attracting over 24,000 backers. “Thank you to everyone...
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3, PS3, Xbox 360 release date
Namco Bandai have today announced that Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 will be available throughout Europe and Australasia on March 8, 2013 for the PlayStation 3and the Xbox 360. Based on the hit Naruto Shippuden animated series, Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 will...
Steam Holiday Sale: Day 15
The 15th day of the Steam Holiday Sale which brings amazing deals on thousands of games and software titles is now live. In addition to the duration discounts, there are Daily Deals, Flash Sales, and “Community Choice” voting. A new Vote starts every 12 hours and...
Galcon 2 new trailer released
Phil Hassey, best know for creating Galcon, the multiplayer real-time strategy game first released in 1995, has just send us word that a new trailer for Galcon 2, the free to play sequel that seeks funding via Kickstarter, showing off the game's Galaxy Map feature has...
Retro City Rampage Xbox 360 Version Released
Indie developer VBlank Entertainment Inc. have just announced that Retro City Rampage, a parody of retro games and pop culture, that was previously release on PC (through Steam and GOG.com), PS3 and PS Vita is now available for download on the Xbox 360. Retro City...
Steam Holiday Sale: Day 14
The 14th day of the Steam Holiday Sale which brings amazing deals on thousands of games and software titles is now live. In addition to the duration discounts, there are Daily Deals, Flash Sales, and “Community Choice” voting. A new Vote starts every 12 hours and...
Warner Bros. Interactive announces LEGO Legends of Chima
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and The LEGO Group today announced the LEGO Legends of Chima videogames, a fantasy adventure set in land inhabited by different magical animal tribes and tells the classic story of good and evil, friendship and familyscheduled to...
The most anticipated indie games of 2013
2012 has been a great year for indie video games. From survival horror to puzzle platformers, there was a little bit of everything to satisfy all types of gamers. Klei Entertainment gave us Mark of the Ninja their best effort to date, a game that rewards the cunning...
Steam Holiday Sale: Day 11
The eleventh day of the Steam Holiday Sale which brings amazing deals on thousands of games and software titles is now live. In addition to the duration discounts, there are Daily Deals, Flash Sales, and “Community Choice” voting. A new Vote starts every 12 hours and...
Football Manager 2013 Review
Everyone agrees that Football Manager is the ultimate sport management simulation game of our era. Sega have an experience of almost 20 years in that field and it is safe to say that they know more about football that FIFA itself. Each version of FM adds a new feature...
Steam Holiday Sale: Day 9
The ninth day of the Steam Holiday Sale which brings amazing deals on thousands of games and software titles is now live. In addition to the duration discounts, there are Daily Deals, Flash Sales, and “Community Choice” voting. A new Vote starts every 12 hours and...
Edge of Twilight PS3, Xbox 360 release date announced
JDJC & Fuzzyeyes Limited revealed today that “Edge of Twilight,” the steampunk action/adventure game will be available on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles in the summer of 2013. The Edge of Twilight series is a multiplatform, diverse-genre series of...
Steam Holiday Sale: Day 8
The eighth day of the Steam Holiday Sale which brings amazing deals on thousands of games and software titles is now live. In addition to the duration discounts, there are Daily Deals, Flash Sales, and “Community Choice” voting. A new Vote starts every 12 hours and...
Dead Space 3 PS3, Xbox 360 demo dated
Visceral Games have just announced that a downloadable demo for Dead Space 3, the upcoming survival horror third-person shooter, will be available on Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network starting on January 22. Exclusively for Xbox 360, gamers who want a...
Steam Holiday Sale: Day 7
The Steam Holiday Sale continues with next round of Daily Deals and ongoing Flash Sales. In addition to the duration discounts, there are Daily Deals, Flash Sales, and “Community Choice” voting. Today's Daily Deals Include: ARMA II: Combined Operations Natural...
Pid Review
Might and Delight is a small video game studio was formed in early 2010. The core team has worked for various high-profile titles such as Mirror’s Edge, Battlefield, and Killzone, but most notably together on Capcom’s “Bionic Commando: Rearmed. Their first effort as a...
Steam Holiday Sale: Day 6
The Steam Holiday Sale continues with next round of Daily Deals and ongoing Flash Sales. In addition to the duration discounts, there are Daily Deals, Flash Sales, and “Community Choice” voting. Today's Daily Deals Include: Batman Franchise Magic: The Gathering...