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Dreampainters announces Mater Obscura: A Sine Requie Tale
Dreampainters, the Italian team behind indie horror gem Anna, have just revealed their upcoming project, an RPG featuring many quests titled Mater Obscura: A Sine Requie Tale. The game's protagonists are Marcello Cappanera and Anna Maida and the game takes place in...
Steam opens for Brazil
November 6, 2012 -- Valve and UOL BoaCompra recently announced an agreement that today brings Steam gamers payment options in Brazilian Reais starting with Boleto. In addition, the coming months will bring more local payment methods to Steam provided by BoaCompra...
Steam for Linux beta now available
Nov 6, 2012--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 launch of a limited access beta for its new Steam for Linux client. The Steam for Linux...
Chaos on Deponia launches on PC today
Daedalic Entertainment have just announced that Chaos on Deponia, the sequel to Deponia, an award winning point and click adventure is now available for download on PC and Mac. Once again the game’s protagonist is Rufus, a man part of the lowest social class, doomed...
Battlefield 1942 now free on Origin
Electronic Arts have announced that Origin users can download a free PC copy of Battlefield 1942, in celebration of the ten year anniversary of the Battlefield series and Battlefield 3 Premium surpassing 2 million members worldwide since its debut in June. In...
Karateka remake launches on the XBLA tomorrow
Prince of Persia and The Last Express creator Jordan Mechner’s remake of his ’80′s side-scrolling beat-’em-up Karateka is coming to the Xbox via XBLA, tomorrow, Wednesday 7th for 800 Microsoft Points , developer Liquid Entertainment has revealed. In Karateka the...
Worms Revolution Mars Pack DLC arrives this Wednesday
Team17 have just announced that Worms Revolution Mars Pack, the second downloadable content pack for Worms Revolution, will be available to download on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, and the PC this Wednesday, November 7th. The Worms Revolution Mars Pack DLC...
Skyrim Dragonborn DLC coming December 4th
Bethesda has officially unveiled the next expansion pack for Skyrim called Dragonborn set to arrive on thr Xbox Live on December 4th. Not much have been revealed for the time being for the Dragonborn DLC apart from what the voice in the trailer describes. "He was once...
Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers release date announced
bitComposer Games have today announced the release date for Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers. The eagerly anticipated sequel to the multi platform hit Air Conflicts: Secret Wars will be released on Friday 7th December 2012 for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Air Conflicts:...
Army of TWO The Devil’s Cartel release date announced
Today Visceral Games, an Electronic Arts studio, has announced that the The Devil’s Cartel, the next installment in the Army of TWO franchise, will launch in Europe on March 29th 2013 and in North America on March 26, on the PS3 and Xbox 360. Powered by the Frostbite...
Jagex unveils Ace of Spades
Indie developer Jagex, the team behind the leading free-to-play browser MMO RuneScape.com, have unveiled that their previously unannounced innovative shooter, Ace of Spades, which has already gathered a loyal underground following during its prototype phase of 2.5...
Sine Mora coming to PC on November 9th
Publisher Kalypso Media Digital and developers Digital Reality and Grasshopper Manufacture have just made it known that their acclaimed console shooter, Sine Mora, will arrive to Windows PC via Steam and other digital portals on 9th November. Sine Mora is a horizontal...
Miner Wars 2081 coming next month
Indie developer Keen Software House has just revealed that Miner Wars 2081, their action-survival space-shooter simulation-game, is scheduled for release in about a month from now. As someone can easily guess Miner Wars 2081 takes place in the year 2081, 10 years...
Frozen Hearth launches on November 29th
Aussie indie studio Epiphany Games and publisher Immanitas Entertainment have revealed that Frozen Hearth, an action packed title that mixes RPG, action RTS and traditional RTS, will be released on PC on November 29th. Frozen Hearth takes place on the planet Amorra...
Borderlands Legends released
2K Games and Gearbox Software today announced that Borderlands Legends, an all-new action packed Borderlands experience designed specifically for mobile devices, is available now for download on iOS devices. Like the original Borderlands and Borderlands 2, Borderlands...
Indie platformer Pid now available
Indie developer Might and Delight and D3Publisher have today announced that their puzzle-platformer game Pid is now available for download on the Xbox 360 and the PC.Pid is a platform In Pid you will have to help a young schoolboy find his way home after he got...
Zone of the Enders HD Collection hits Europe next month
Konami has just announced that they will release the accaimed mecha Zone of the Enders HD Collection created by Hideo Kojima in Europe on November 30th for the PS3 and the Xbox 360. Zone of the Enders HD Collection will include fan favorites Zone of the Enders and the...
Okami HD launches today on the EU PSN
Capcom have announced that critically acclaimed Ōkami HD a remastered version of the action-adventure video game that was released to much critical acclaim on the Playstation 2 back in 2007 is now available as a digital download in Europe via the PlayStation Network....
Natural Selection 2 released
Natural Selection 2, the sequel to the popular Half-life mod, Natural Selection which was the most popular independent Half-life mod played by over 300,000 players, is now available on Steam, developer Unknown Worlds has announced. Natural Selection 2 is a online-only...
Dishonored Review
Arkane Studios, which gave us the ambitious but problematic Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and also helped in the development of the expeptional Bioshock 2, is a very ballsy developer as in an era filled modern-day blockbusters releases an old school single player...
Rockstar Games announces Grand Theft Auto V, coming Spring 2013
Rockstar Games, have officially announced that Grand Theft Auto V, the fifteenth game in the series overall, is expected to launch worldwide during spring 2013 on the PlayStation 3and the Xbox 360. Developed by series creator Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto V...
Dead Island Riptide release date announced
Deep Silver today unveiled Dead Island Riptide, the next chapter in the multi-million selling Dead Island franchise as well as providing details for the exclusive pre-order editions of the game. Now available for pre-order are two different editions of Dead Island...
Lego The Lord of the Rings release date announced
Warner Bros. Interactive and TT Games have just announce that Lego The Lord of the Rings, will be available in stores in the UK on Friday November 23rd. In Lego The Lord of the Rings gamers of of all ages can assume the role of their favourite Fellowship members in...
Guns of Icarus Online released on Steam
Muse Games, the New York City based indie developer, have today announced that Guns of Icarus Online, their steampunk-themed turret defence game, is now available for download on the PC via Steam. Guns of Icarus Online is a co-operative airship combat game which...