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Of Orcs and Men now available on Steam

Of Orcs and Men now available on Steam

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Cyanide Studios have just announced that their fantasy RPG Of Orcs and Men is now available for download on the PC via Steam.   Of Orcs and Men is set in a medieval fantasy world where gamers take the role of an elite...

Jet Set Radio HD Review

Jet Set Radio HD Review

Jet Set Radio was an acclaimed video game for the Dreamcast, developed by Smilebit and published by Sega back in, 2000 praised for its pioneering art style spearheading the use of cel-shaded graphics in video games. 12 years after its launch a HD version of the game...

Viking: Battle for Asgard landing on Steam next week

Viking: Battle for Asgard landing on Steam next week

Viking: Battle for Asgard the action adventure/hack and slash game developed by The Creative Assembly and published by Sega which was released on consoles in 2008, will launch next week on Steam the developer tweeted. Viking: Battle for Asgard throws you into an...

Swing Swing Submarine announces Tetrobot and Co

Swing Swing Submarine announces Tetrobot and Co

Swing Swing Submarine have today announced their new puzzle game "Tetrobot and Co.", a sequel to their acclaimed 2D indie puzzle platformer Blocks That Matter, planned to be released on Windows, Mac, Linux and touch devices in early 2013. "The concept of Tetrobot and...

PC demo for WRC 3 now available

PC demo for WRC 3 now available

The PC demo of WRC 3 FIA World Rally Championship is now available Mileston revealed through the game’s facebook fanpage. Gamers who want a glimpse of the game can dowlnload the demo from here. The 1.2 GB demo gives gamers the chance to race as Sébastien Loeb through...

Worms Revolution released on Steam

Worms Revolution released on Steam

Worms Revolution, the latest game in the classic artillery and turn-based strategy series is now available for purchase on Steam, developer Team 17 has just announced. Worms Revolution has been developed from the ground up and features a completely new game-engine....

Joe Danger 2: The Movie released on the EU PSN

Joe Danger 2: The Movie released on the EU PSN

Joe Danger 2: The Movie, the popular platformer-racer is now available for purchase on the EU PSN, developer Hello Games has just announced. Writing on the EU PS Blog, Sean Murray – Managing Director of Hello Games said: “With 10 hours of extra content, featuring ‘Joe...

Legendary designer Chris Roberts announces Star Citizen

Legendary designer Chris Roberts announces Star Citizen

Chris Roberts, the creator of famed Wing Commander and Privateer franchises, announced his return in gaming with Star Citizen, a new title that according to his say will change the way people perceive games for the PC and will breathe new life into space combat games....

Natural Selection 2 launching October 31st

Natural Selection 2 launching October 31st

Natural Selection 2, the sequel to the popular Half-life mod, Natural Selection, was the most popular independent Half-life mod that was played by over 300,000 players, will launch on October 31st, developer Unknown Worlds has announced. Natural Selection 2 is a...

CS Compound GC Extended Edition released

CS Compound GC Extended Edition released

Our very own Jeroen aka Xanthi has recreated the map cs_compound for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Counter-Terrorists: Inside this remote industrial compound, terrorists hold three captives: scientists with critical information on America's secret weapons program....

iOS hit Nihilumbra coming to PC

iOS hit Nihilumbra coming to PC

Nihilumbra, the acclaimed iOS puzzle platformer where players must modify the environment using different elements to navigate the levels and avoid hazards, is coming to PC and Mac via Steam's Greenlight, indie developer Beautifun Games has announced. The PC/Mac...

Retro City Rampage out today

Retro City Rampage out today

Indie developer VBlank Entertainment Inc. have just announced that Retro City Rampage, a parody of retro games and pop culture, will be available today for download on PC (through Steam and GOG.com), PS3 and PS Vita. Retro City Rampage is a title inspired by...

Divinity Anthology Collector’s Edition announced

Divinity Anthology Collector’s Edition announced

Larian Studios have just revealed their plans to celebrates the 10th Anniversary of their acclaimed Divinity single-player fantasy RPG series with a limited release of the Divinity Anthology Collector’s Edition which includes Divine Divinity, Beyond Divinity and...

Hotline Miami coming on October 23rd

Hotline Miami coming on October 23rd

Dennaton Games and publisher Devolver Digital have just revealed that their ’80s inspired top-down shooter Hotline Miami will be release on the PC via Get Games on October 23rd. Hotline Miami takes place in an 1980s underground Miami where bizarre messages on your...

Guardians of Middle-earth release date announced

Guardians of Middle-earth release date announced

Warner Bros. Interactive and Monolith Productions have just revealed that their upcoming multiplayer online battle arena fantasy video game Guardians of Middle-earth, is set to arrive on the PlayStation 3 via the PSN on December 4th and on retail stores on December...

Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile DLC release date announced

Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile DLC release date announced

Croteam have just announced that Jewel of the Nile, the explosive new expansion that contains three new campaign missions set within the story of Serious Sam 3: BFE, is due to be available for PC on October 16th, 2012. Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile follows our...

2D survival/platformer Deadlight hits Steam on October 25th

2D survival/platformer Deadlight hits Steam on October 25th

Deadlight the sidescrolling survival horror cinematic platformer that was released as an XBLA exclusive title this summer, will launch on the PC via Steam on October 25th, developer Tequila Works has announced. According to Tequila Works the PC version of Deadlight...

ISOTX announces Iron Grip: Sky Corsair

ISOTX announces Iron Grip: Sky Corsair

ISOTX, the developer behind the award-winning Iron Grip Series, have just announced that Iron Grip: Sky Corsair, an action packed game of airship combat promising to deliver ultra-detailed visuals, will be released on the iPad later this year. Iron Grip: Sky Corsair...

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken coming to PC on October 15th

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken coming to PC on October 15th

Ratloop Asia, a US based Independent game studio, and Reverb Publishing have today revealed that Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken, the gun-blazing, 2D platform action gem that was released a year ago on the PlayStation Network, will be coming home to roost on PC on...

Battlefield 3 Mod bans players

Battlefield 3 Mod bans players

The modification called Battlefield Colour tweaker, which was first released on the 3rd of October, 2012, seems to get players banned. It allows you to edit the Battlefield 3 game files by tweaking the colour and lighting settings for each map. The app seems to adjust...

Xbox Music launching in October

Xbox Music launching in October

Microsoft will launch its streaming Xbox Music service on October 26th, a new report suggests. Multiple sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have confirmed the new service will launch at the same time as Windows 8. We're told that subscriptions, like the current...

Counter-Strike: GO update released

Counter-Strike: GO update released

Valve has released another update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. This is mainly a bug fix release that takes care of some matchmaking and map bugs. This update also puts Extended competitive match warmup period to 90 seconds. Checkout the full list below:...