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Orcs Must Die! 2 is now available for pre-order on Steam

Orcs Must Die! 2 is now available for pre-order on Steam

Orcs Must Die! 2, the second installment in the popular action-strategy game that challenges players and their friends to team up and defend a world constantly under siege, is now available for pre-order on Steam, Robot Entertainment has just announced. Orcs Must Die!...

Steam and Source going Linux

Steam and Source going Linux

It seems that Valve has just launched a new Linux blog where a brand new team at Valve is working on bringing Steam and the Source engine to the Linux platform. For some time, Gabe Newell has been interested in the possibility of moving Steam and the Source game...

Awesomenauts landing on Steam within a month

Awesomenauts landing on Steam within a month

Awesomenauts, the sidescrolling Multiplayer Online Battle Arena game that was released to much critical acclaim on the PSN and XBLA last May, will arrive to the PC via Steam sometime within a month, developer Ronimo Games has announced. "Ever since we've shown the...

Unmechanical arrives to PC on August 8th

Unmechanical arrives to PC on August 8th

Indie developers Talawa Games and Teotl Studios, both based in Sweden, have today announced that their new puzzle adventure game Unmechanical,will be released in August 8th 2012 for PC. Unmechanical, a game that started as student project, is an award-winning 2.5D...

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure HD announced

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure HD announced

Capcom have today announced that JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure HD Ver, a remastered version of the original title launched in arcades in 1998, will be available to purchase from PlayStation Network on August 21st and XBLA one day later, on the 22nd. JoJo’s Bizarre...

White Paper Games announces Ether

White Paper Games announces Ether

White Paper Games, a small game development studio based in Manchester, UK, have revealed their debut title, Ether, a first person explorative game, featuring narrative-driven puzzle challenges and strange mysteries. Powered by the Unreal engine Ether is set in an...

Deadpool video game announced

Deadpool video game announced

Activision has announced at the San Diego Comic-Con that comic book star Deadpool will be starring in his own video game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnMD3-082oQ&feature=youtu.be&rel=0&w=600&h=361 Not much have been revealed for the time being apart...

Yesterday Review

Yesterday Review

Yesterday, created by Spanish indie Studio Pendulo, the team behind the Runaway trilogy and The Next Big Thing is an original and dark thriller that although its shorter than someone would expect it repays the gamer with its solid puzzles and nice visuals. Pendulo was...

Dexter The Game 2 announced for iOS, Android, and PC

Dexter The Game 2 announced for iOS, Android, and PC

Ecko|Code and Showtime Networks have officially announced at this year's Comic Con , Dexter The Game 2, the sequel to 2010's Dexter The Game. Dexter The Game 2, promises to be a whole better experience than the first game. As someone can easily guess the game puts...

Codemasters announces  F1 Race Stars

Codemasters announces F1 Race Stars

Codemasters have today revealed an all-new addition to its acclaimed Formula 1 gaming portfolio is F1 Race Stars, a fast and fun arcade racing game with a range of power-ups for players to collect and deploy, aimed for all ages....

First Game of Thrones: Seven Kingdoms trailer released

First Game of Thrones: Seven Kingdoms trailer released

Bigpoint, a global leader in online video games best known for Battlestar Galactica Online and Drakensang Online, today revealed the first gameplay teaser of its upcoming free-to-play fantasy massively multiplayer online role playing game, Game of Thrones Seven...

Nuclear Dawn update 6.5

Nuclear Dawn update 6.5

The InterWave team has just released update 6.5 for Nuclear Dawn, the FPS/RTS game created on the Source engine. This update brings another new map from the community to the game, called Gate which is based around Germany and fixes a bunch of bugs plus adds a very...

Steam Summer Sale

Steam Summer Sale

The annual Steam Summer Sale starts today and lasts through Monday, July 23rd, 2012. Gamers will find amazing deals on thousands of games. The Summer Sale will again feature more than straight discounts, offering Daily Deals, Flash Sales, and “Community Choice” Sale....

Ubisoft announces Spartacus Legends

Ubisoft announces Spartacus Legends

Ubisoft have today announced Spartacus Legends, a fighting game based on popular characters from the international hit series, Spartacus, produced and distributed by Starz Entertainment. In Spartacus Legends gamers will be able to train inside the ludus and...

A Valley Without Wind Review

A Valley Without Wind Review

Arcen Games entered the PC indie scene in 2009 with their cult classic AI War: Fleet Command. They continued with The Zenith Remnant, the first full expansion for AI War; Tidalis, an innovative block-based puzzle with casual appeal and hardcore depth; and Children of...

Quantum Conundrum released on XBLA and PSN

Quantum Conundrum released on XBLA and PSN

Square Enix have today announced that Quantum Conundrum, the newest game from PORTAL co-creator Kim Swift and developer Airtight Games, is from today available for consoles across Europe. In Quantum Conundrum, players take on the role of a young boy drooped to his...

Source Filmmaker now open beta

Source Filmmaker now open beta

July 10, 2012 - Valve, creator 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 open beta release of Source Filmmaker (SFM), for free,...