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Planetside 2 release date announced
Sci-fi MMO FPS Planetside 2 launches on 20th November 2012, Sony Online Entertainment has announced. The title launches on that date free to play for all, and brings to an end the closed beta and character wipes players have become accustomed to. Just like the first...
CD Projekt RED unveils Cyberpunk 2077
CD Projekt RED, the Witcher 2 developer, at a press conference held in Warsaw, Poland, have officially announced Cyberpunk 2077, an ambitious RPG for mature audiences set in the corrupt and tech-advanced world of Night City, a location from the original Cyberpunk...
The Walking Dead episode 3 released on iOS
The third episode in The Walking Dead series, titled Long Road Ahead is now available to iOS devices as a universal app next week for $4.99 individually or as part of the Multi-Pack bundle, for $14.99 saving you 25% from the price of purchasing each episode...
BioShock Infinite Collector’s Editions revealed
Two special editions of BioShock Infinite have been unveiled by Irrational Games boss Ken Levine. The Ultimate Songbird Edition is the most extravagant and includes a nine-and-a-half-inch statue of the game's iconic avian enemy. There is also the Premium Edition which...
Sega brings Viking: Battle For Asgard to PC
Sega have today announced that the PC version of Viking: Battle For Asgard, a game originally developed by The Creative Assembly for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2008 is available now for Windows PC. The PC enhancement was performed by Hardlight Studios, a...
Incredipede coming October 25th
Indie developers Colin and Sarah Northway have announced that their second game titled Incredipede, a physics-based platformer featuring artwork by Thomas Shahan will launch on October 25th to Windows, Mac, and Linux users. In Incredipede you control Quozzle, a little...
Red Barrels announces Outlast
Red Barrels, a Canadian independent game studio founded by industry veterans from some of the biggest game franchises in history, including Prince of Persia, Assassin’s Creed, Splinter Cell, and Uncharted, have today announced their first title as survival-horror game...
Steam Greenlight adds software category
Steam Greenlight has been updated today, adding the ability for developers to post non-gaming software for consideration by the Community. Software in Steam Greenlight will work just like games, where Valve is looking to the community to provide data on what they...
2 Dawn Games’ Ravaged released
2Dawn Games have just revealed that Ravaged, a multiplayer vehicular FPS set upon a post-apocalyptic earth devastated by natural disasters, is now available for purchase on Windows PC. Also released today is a free playable demo compatible with the retail version,...
Klei ‘s Mark of the Ninja now available on Steam
Klei Entertainment's Xbox Live download hit Mark of the Ninja is now live on Steam. The PC version includes custom keyboard and mouse PC controls in addition to gamepad support. Mark of the Ninja is considered to be Klei's most highly-regarded game to date holding a...
Carmageddon released on the App Store, free for the first 24 hours
Carmageddon, the popular violent vehicular combat 1997 PC video game which was recently made available for purchase on GoG.com, is now availanle for download on the App Store, Stainless Games has revealed. A game about mowing down innocent race cars and getting points...
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare released on Steam
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, the skill based first person slasher with huge focus on objectives is now available for purchase on Steam, developer Torn Banner Studios announced. Powered by the Unreal Engine 3, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare controls like a FPS, but instead...
Deadly Premonition: Director’s Cut coming to PS3 in 2013
Rising Star Games Inc have today announced that they will release a Director’s Cut edition of their cult phenomenon hit, Deadly Premonition that was released in 2010 to much critical acclaim. Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut will be released in the US and Europe in...
The Indie Royal Fall Bundle is now live
The Indie Royal game bundle which brings a great catch of indie games at a fraction of their original price have just announced that the Fall Bundle, led by hit RPG To the Moon, along with the graphically gorgeous Oil Rush and critically acclaimed adventure Blackwell...
Sony adds Paypal and Ideal support to SEN
Sony updated their Sony Entertainment Network yesterday with something that a lot of gamers and media enthousiasts in the Netherlands will appreciate. No more need to get a PSN card in the stores, as of now you can use Paypal or Ideal to pay for your SEN credits....
Trillian Astra 5.3 adds in-game chat support
The number one all in one chat messenger for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and a lot of other devices has just entered a new beta 5.3 which adds some very cool new features like in-game chat. the new in-game plugin exposes an overlay that works inside of full screen...
Steam Greenlight adds 21 new games
Valve have just announced the second set of titles proceeding to worldwide distribution opportunities through Steam Greenlight. This second wave of titles was originally targeted to include at least 10 titles, but given the number and quality of games submitted, and...
Pendulo Studios announces Hidden Runaway
For the 10th anniversary of their acclaimed PC adventure game Runaway: a Road Adventure, Pendulo Studios, in association with BulkyPix, have today announced that Hidden Runaway, a brand-new episode starring Brian and Gina will launch on the App Store on October 18th....
TopWare Interactive announces Pressure
TopWare Interactive today announced it will publish developer Chasing Carrots’ Pressure, a new arcade racer which offers a mix of shooting and top-down racing in a colorful Steampunk setting. In Pressure gamers take control of an upgradable buggy that runs on steam...
Free-to-play Happy Wars now available on the XBLA
Toylogic Inc. have today announced that Happy Wars, an action-packed free-to-play multiplayer experience offering a colorful comic-book art style, and accessible class-based combat is now available on the XBLA. “With Happy Wars, we saw an opportunity to introduce the...
Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken released on the PC
Ratloop Asia, a US based Independent game studio, and Reverb Publishing have today announced that Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken, the gun-blazing, 2D platform action gem that was released a year ago on the PlayStation Network is now available for purchase on the PC....
Another CS:GO update released
Valve and Hidden Path have again pushed another update for CS:GO on Steam. This is mainly a bug fix update that takes care of general scaleform crashes, a better spectator UI and lots more. As always you can find the full changelog below: Release notes for 10/11/2012...
Arena Wars 2 released on Steam
Arena Wars 2, the successor of the award-winning MMO Arena Wars series first launched in 2004 that combines RTS fights with RPG elements, is now available for purchase on the PC via Steam developer ExDream GmbH has announced. Powered by the Delta Engine, Arena Wars is...
2012 IndieCade announces award winners
IndieCade - the international festival that wants to highlight the industry's best indie titles - has recently announced the winners from this year's selection. The winners were chosen by a panel of industry luminaries including: Kellee Santiago, Co-founder and former...