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They Bleed Pixels moving from XBLIG to PC
Independent game developer Spooky Squid Games has just announced announced that their acclaimed gothic platforming beat'em up, They Bleed Pixels, will soon make the jump from XBLIG to PC via Steam. They Bleed Pixels, which features a distinct visual style that blends...
The Secret World released on Steam
Indie developer and publisher of online games, Funcom, have today announced that their massively multiplayer online role-playing game The Secret World that hit retail last month is now also available for download via Steam. The Secret World is set in a real,...
Papo & Yo is now available for pre-order on PSN
Minority Media, an independent game development studio based in Montreal, Quebec have today announced that puzzle-platformer Papo & Yo is now available for pre-order via the PlayStation Network for $14.99. Papo & Yo follows the adventures of Quico, a boy who...
Steam expands beyond games
Aug 8, 2012 -- Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the first set of Software titles are heading to Steam,...
Indie puzzle adventure Unmechanical released on GOG.com
Indie developers Talawa Games and Teotl Studios, both based in Sweden, have today announced that their 2.5D puzzle adventure game Unmechanical is now available to PC gamers via GOG.com. Powered by the Unreal Engine 3 Unmechanical begins with a twist of fate as you’re...
Grid 2 officially announced
Codemasters have today officially announced that Grid 2, the sequel to the BAFTA-award winning, Race Driver: Grid, is in production at Codemasters Racing Studios and will be released sometime in 2013. “GRID’s back and we’re going to make street, track and road racing...
Sacred Citadel, a prologue to Sacred 3, coming in 2013
Southend Interactive and publisher Deep Silver have officially announced Sacred Citadel, the next entry in the Sacred series that will serve as a prologue to Sacred 3, which is being developed at Keen Games. Unlike the original Sacred games, Citadel is a multiplayer...
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive launches August 21
Valve has just announced that the next version of Counter-Strike called Global Offensive will be released on August 21, 2012. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) will expand upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched 12 years ago....
Sir, You Are Being Hunted first trailer released
Big Robot have today released the first teaser trailer for their upcoming title, Sir, You Are Being Hunted, a survival shooter game described by the developer as the British indie S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Sir, You Are Being Hunted, a spin-off from Big Robot’s other project,...
Ashton Eaton’s Decathlon 2012 released on the App Store
Elite Systems, one of Europe’s most long established developers and publishers, has today announced that Ashton Eaton's Decathlon 2012, a sports game based on the original ZX Spectrum Daley Thompson's Decathlon from 1984, is now available for download as a universal...
Double Fine brings Iron Brigade to PC on August 13th
Iron Brigade, Double Fine's hybrid of tower defense and third person shooter that was released as a downloadable XBLA title on the Xbox 360 on November 2011, is finally finding its way to PC via Steam on August 13th. Originally called Trenched, Iron Brigade takes...
Deponia is now available on Steam
German developer and publisher Daedalic Entertainment have today announced that Deponia, an adventure game that comes from the team behind The Whispered World, is now available to PC gamers via Steam. Described by Daedalic Entertainment as “a fast-paced comedy of...
Interview: Shadow Remnants, Kickstarter funded turn-based tactical RPG
Shorebound Studios is a small indie studio based in Atlanta, GA, who are working hard on their first project titled Shadow Remnants, a turn-based tactical role-playing game for the PC that aims to reignite the excitement that these games brought us. In Shadow Remnants...
Lost Astronaut’s Empire in the Sky alpha demo released
Lost Astronaut, an indie developer founded in 2008, have just revealed that an alpha demo for their 1960s-1980s retro cartoon inspired game Empire in the Sky is now available for PC gamers to download. In Empire in the Sky gamers travel the universe in a fully...
Planetside 2 Steam release confirmed
Along with the news that the beta of Planetside 2, the sequel to the popular MMO FPS that first appeared in 2003, began this morning, Sony Online Entertainment has also confirmed that the game will launch on Steam. Just like the first PlanetSide, PlanetSide 2, powered...
Wizorb breaks onto the App Store
Tribute Games, an indie studio led by the designer of Ubisoft’s Scott Pilgrim videogame, have announced that their block-breaking fantasy game,Wizorb, after a successful launch on PS3, PS Vita and Steam, is now available for download on iOS devices. Wizorb is a brick...
Death Rally is now available on Steam
Remedy, creators of the Max Payne series and AlanWake, announced today that their classic top down vehicular combat game from 1996, Death Rally, is now available to PC gamers via Steam. In Death Rally you must win races, in order to gather more money and buy upgrades...
Justice League: Earth’s Final Defense is now available on the App Store
CJ E&M have today announced the launch of Justice League: Earth’s Final Defense, a classic beat-em-up action RPG featuring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and the Flash, on iOS devices. Each hero in Justice League: Earth’s Final Defens has six active...
Anno 2070 add-on Deep Ocean to be released October 4
Today, Ubisoft and Related Designs announced that Anno 2070 Deep Ocean, the add-on to Anno 2070, one of Ubisoft’s best-selling franchises and an award-winning strategy brand, will be released on October 4th, 2012. Anno 2070 is a video game with city-building and...
Rise of the Triad returns to PC this year
Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment announced the rebirth of the cult-classic first-person shooter, “Rise of the Triad” that was first released on the PC on February 17, 1995. The game will be powered by the Unreal Engine 3 and will include a full...
Skyrim’s Dawnguard DLC now on Steam
The first DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim titled Dawnguard, that came out on 26 June 2012 for Xbox 360 because of its 30-day exclusivity agreement, is now available to PC gamers via Steam. Bethesda has announced that PS3 users will have to wait a bit longer to...
Casual 2D RTS Drip Drip coming on August 14th
Indie developer Imminent Games have announced that the PC version of their casual 2D gane with RTS inspired point and click controls, Drip Drip will be released date of August 14th. Drip Drip is a game that features beautiful hand drawn cartoon style visuals and...
Classic top-down shooter Alien Breed released on the App Store
Team17 Digital Limited have today announced that Alien Breed, the classic top-down shooter that was released in 1991 for the Commodore Amiga and later in 1993 by MicroLeague for MS-DOS, is now available for download on iOS devices. The original survival-horror game,...
Headup Games announces The Inner World
Publisher Headup Games (Super Meat Boy, The Binding of Isaac, Terraria, Limbo) and indie developer Studio Fizbin have today announced that they are developing a new animated point-and-click-adventure game titled The Inner World. According to the press release “The...