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New Heavy Gear game announced
Canadian developer StompyBot has announced that the studio would be co-producing a new title in the Heavy Gear mech franchise in partnership with Dread Pod 9. The original Heavy Gear game, which was based on the card game saw light in 1997, and its sequel, Heavy Gear...
Practical Problems, a TF2 film
A dedicated user that got into a foot accident, had some free time and decided to create a TF2 video with the Source Filmmaker. 130 hours in the Filmmaker tool and a bit of Hammer later, here it is. The Source Filmmaker (SFM) is the movie-making tool built and used by...
Awesomenauts has landed on Steam
Awesomenauts, the sidescrolling Multiplayer Online Battle Arena game that was released to much critical acclaim on the PSN and XBLA last May, is now available on the PC via Steam, developer Ronimo Games has announced. Awesomenauts is a 2D action real-time strategy...
Speedrunner HD coming to Steam
DoubleDutch Games, a small Dutch indie game development team founded in 2010, have revealed that Speedrunner HD, a game that started as a successful flash-based browser game, having currently been played well over 8 million times and released on XBLIG in the summer of...
Mission Improbable 3
It has been pretty quiet concerning Source engine based mods these days, but the much anticipated Part 3 of the popular Mission Improbable mod was released last Sunday. Part 3 features new HD graphics and a whole bunch of brand new content. With the first map being...
Stardock’s The Political Machine 2012 released
Stardock, the developer behind Sins of a Solar Empire and the acclaimed Galactic Civilizations series, have today announced that The Political Machine 2012 the strategy game in which players take on the role of campaign manager for a US Presidential candidate is now...
Free-to-play shooter Bullet Run is now available for PC
Sony Online Entertainment have announced that Bullet Run, a new free-to-play first-person shooter that promises to combine the elements of the FPS genre with unique levels of immersion and character progression is now available for PC. Developed by ACONY Games, Bullet...
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Xbox 360, PS3 demo released
A demo for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is now available to download from Xbox Live Arcade while PS3 users will be able to grab the demo from the PlayStation Network when the store updates, developer High Noon Studios has just announced. The demo gives fans the...
Miner Wars 2081 reaches Alpha stage, demo released
Indie developer Keen Software House have today announced that their six-axis space shooter Miner Wars 2081 has reached the Apha stage, and to celebrate the news they released a new public demo for download featuring the game's first playable mission - Russian Assault....
Dark Computer Entertainment announces release date for retro arcade rescue game Vektropolis
Dark Computer Entertainment, an indie developer based in Leeds, have announced that Vektropolis, a retro arcade style rescue game that takes full advantage of modern computing capabilities to enhance the experience, is scheduled to launch on the 21st of December on...
Dear Esther developer unveils Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
The developer behind the critical acclaimed experimental first-person game Dear Esther, known as thechineseroom, have just revealed that they are currently working on a new title called Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. According to thechineseroom Everybody's Gone to...
Zig Zag Zombie released on the App Store
Part Time Evil, a small studio whose members have worked in projects like MechAssault 2, Fracture, Darksiders 1 and 2, Blacksite: Area 51, Boomblox, Night at the Museum, and UFC Undisputed, have today revealed that Zig Zag Zombie, an addictive physics puzzler game is...
Headup Games and Silent Dreams announce Holy Avatar vs. Maidens of the Dead
Headup Games and indie studio Silent Dreams, the teams behind the popular Grotesque Tactics franchise (Grotesque Tactics: Premium Edition and Grotesque Tactics 2: Dungeons & Donuts), have today revealed that they will release a spin-off of the popular...
Galaxy on Fire 2 Full HD is coming out for Windows PC
The award winning space simulation Galaxy on Fire 2 is being released in full-HD quality for Windows PC in mid August 2012 and for the first time also with a German language edition, via retail and Steam, indie developer Fishlabs Entertainment has announced. In Galaxy...
Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack invades Steam on August 15th
Indie developer DrinkBox Studios announced today that Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack, one of the hit launch titles on the PlayStation Vita is through its final PC testing phase and set for an August 15th release on the PC via Steam. Tales from Space: Mutant...
Bethesda releases first gameplay trailer for Dishonored
Bethesda have released the first gameplay trailer for Dishinored, their upcoming supernatural assassin action game developed by Arkane Studios. The video is titled "Daring Escapes' and showcases Corvo, the game's protagonist infiltrating the Boyle Mansion, with the...
Namco Bandai’s Inversion is now available on Steam
Namco Bandai have today announced that their gravity-defying third-person shooter, Inversion, released on the PS3 and the Xbox 360 on July 13th, is from today available to PC gamers via Steam. Inversion features a single-player campaign and various competitive...
Battlefield 3: Aftermath DLC details revealed
DICE has revealed new details about Battlefield 3’s Aftermath downloadable content. The DLC will bring four new maps, a new game mode, as well as new assignments, achievements and dog tags. According to the game’s official site, Aftermath is set in a post-earthquake...
Orcs Must Die! 2 demo is now available
To celebrate the final three days until the release of Orcs Must Die! 2 Robot Entertainment gives players the chance to get an early access on on Orcs Must Die! 2 as they can now download the demo on the game's Steam page and experience two of the game’s early levels...
Quantum Conundrum Review
Kim Swift is considered to be one of the most creative indie game developer of our era. She designed Valve’s highly original Portal game and won Game of the Year and Innovation awards in 2007 at the Game Developers Choice awards. Swift also worked on Left 4 Dead and...
Paradox Interactive unveils Impire, a new PC strategy game developed by Cyanide Studios
Cyanide Studios, the French developer best known for its sport management sims (Pro Cycling Manager, Horse Racing Manager and Pro Rugby Manager) and the Game of Thrones RPG are developing a new strategy game titled Impire Paradox Interactive revealed at the Paradox On...
Borderlands 2 is now available for pre-purchase on Steam
2K Games and Gearbox Software have today announced that Borderlands 2, the sequel to the multi-million unit selling breakout hit, Borderlands, is now available for pre-order on Steam. Borderlands 2 will feature all-new characters; skills; imaginative, diverse new...
Rising Star Games announces free four-part game series Carrier Command: Recruits
Rising Star Games, Inc. today announced the availability of the first episode of Carrier Command: Recruits, a free four-part episodic series of mini-games that act as a prequel to Carrier Command: Gaea Mission. Carrier Command: Recruits takes place right before the...
Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 demo is available for download on the Xbox 360 and the PC
Konami have today announced the release of a free demo for PES 2013 which is available for download starting today on Xbox 360 via Xbox Live and Windows PC via www.konami-pes2013.com. The demo for the PS3 will be available on July 31st via PlayStation Network. PES...