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Fire & Water Booster Pack Coming to Orcs Must die! 2
Robot Entertainment today announced that Fire & Water, the first booster pack for Orcs Must Die! 2, featuring three brand new levels and three new Endless Mode conversions that can be played in single-player or with a friend in co-op, will be available on Steam...
Free-to-play adventure game The Tower released on Desura
Narrow Monolith, an independent gaming studio based in the UK, have today announced that their dungeon crawler game, The Tower, is now available for gamers to download via Desura for free. According to Narrow Monolith The Tower, inspired by the Myst series and...
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PC demo for indie platformer Stained released
RealAxis Software, an indie game developer from Bangalore, India, have today announced that a public PC demo for their side-scrolling, platforming and combat action game, Stained, is now available. In Stained the player starts as a creature dressed in black robes,...
Free-to-play MMO XBLA battler Happy Wars coming this autumn
Toylogic have today announced that their upcoming free-to play multiplayer action title, Happy Wars, will be available on the Xbox Live Arcade this autumn. Happy Wars offers three player classes (warrior, mage and cleric) and gamers will be able to take on their...
The second episode of The Walking Dead coming to iOS next week
The second episode in The Walking Dead series, titled Starved for Help, which launched on June 27 for XBLA and on June 29 for PS3 and PC, is coming to iOS devices as a universal app next week for $4.99 individually or as part of the Multi-Pack bundle, for $14.99...
Survival horror game I Am Alive coming to the PC on September 13th
Ubisoft have today announced that I Am Alive, a post-apocalyptic action-adventure game, that was previously available on the PSN and XBLA, will be made available on September, 13 2012 for Windows PC. I Am Alive takes place one year after America has gone through a...
Borderlands 2 gets official free-to-play 16-bit retro demake
Borderlands 2 may be released on September 21st 2012, but that hasn't stopped 2K Games and Gearbox Software from releasing a 16-bit original game that showcases the franchise’s key elements in ‘1989 style titled The Border Lands. “The Border Lands is a 16-bit lo-fi...
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes release date set
Publisher Focus Home Interactive and Frogwares, an independent development studio located in Ukraine , have today revealed that their upcoming open world investigation game, The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, will arive on September 20th in Europe and September 25th in...
CS:GO update released
It seems that Valve and Hidden Path are doing their best to listen to the community feedback on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The latest update fixes a lot of small bugs and adjusts some minor things like the Smoke Grenade that would be more usefull now. The...
Tiny & Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers Review
Black Pants Game Studio is a small indie developer which as you can easily guess by the name they prefer to create games with a sense of humor. Their first attempt in gaming is titled Tiny & Big: Grandpa's Leftovers and it is which is a 3D puzzle/ platforming...
Monochrome indie platformer Closure coming to Steam
Closure, a puzzle-based platformer which focuses on the use of light and took the grand-prize at the DICE 2012 Indie Game Challenge is coming to Steam for PC and Mac on 7th September. Developed by Tyler Glaiel and Jon Schubbe, with music by Chris Rhyne, Closure is an...
Gravity Bone sequel Thirty Flights of Loving released
Blendo Games has released the first-person short story Thirty Flights of Loving, a sequel to its acclaimed freeware title Gravity Bone, is it's out on both Steam and Blendo Games' site. Previously available as a reward for those who pledged more than $30 to the Idle...
Defenders of the Last Colony now available
Indie developer Knitted Pixels have today announced that their first game, a Twin Stick Shooter with RTS or Tower Defense elements, named Defenders of the Last Colony is available for purchase at KP’s website as well as some digital distribution platforms like (Desura...
Open-world zombie survival game State of Decay revealed
Undead Labs, a Seattle, Washington-based game development studio, has officially announced State of Decay, an open world survival game set in the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse. In State of Decay everything develops in real-time and is affected by your actions,...
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive now available
Valve has just announced that the next version of Counter-Strike, called Global Offensive is now available on Steam. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) will expand upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched 12 years ago. CS: GO...
2D horror platformer Grimind unveiled
Pawel Mogila, a student at the Jagiellonian University, has unveiled the first ever gameplay trailer for Grimind, a 2D adventure platformer inspired by Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Super Meat Boy and Limbo. Grimind is a game that blends scary atmosphere with physics, as...
The Splatters are coming to Steam
SpikySnail Games, have today announced that The Splatters, an original arcade-style puzzler which debuted on Xbox Live Arcade earlier this year, is currently in development for PC and Mac, and will be available on Steam as soon as the game is ready for release. “As...
War of the Human Tanks release date announced
Independent game localization company Fruitbat Factory have today announced that their tactical simulation game War of the Human Tanks, a well known Japanese title that has been localized for English speaking audiences, will be available to the public on September...
Plants vs. Zombies sequel coming in late Spring 2013
PopCap Games, a division of EA, have today announced that a sequel to Plants vs. Zombies, one of the world’s most popular and well received video games, is expected to launch by late spring 2013. As is the case with sequels the new installment in the franchise will...
Frozen Synapse: Collector’s Edition announced
Publisher Merge Games has today revealed that a retail collectors edition of Frozen Synapse, the multi-award-winning indie strategy game developed by Mode7, will be available to PC/Mac gamers on September 7th 2012. Included in the Collector’s Edition for PC/Mac are –...
Worms Collection coming soon to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3
Mastertronic and developer Team 17, have today announced that Worms Collection, the definitive gathering of everyone’s favourite garden-dwelling grenadiers, will hit retail on August 31st for the Xbox 360 and September 7th for the Playstation 3. Worms Collection...
Mutant Mudds invading the PC on August 30th
Mutant Mudds, the acclaimed retro platformer developed and published by Renegade Kid for the Nintendo 3DS, will now give PC gamers the chance to try it out as today the developer revealed that the game will arrive to PC via GOG, Desura and Gamersgate on August 30th....
Amanita’s Machinarium coming to EU PSN next month
Machinarium the classic point ‘n’ click adventure from indie developer Amanita Design, which has won 26 awards globally, is coming to European PSN next month, Sony has announced. In Machinarium gamers take on the role of a robot who has been exiled to the scrap heap....