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Wulverblade launches on Steam Greenlight
Wulverblade is a visceral, cinematic, side scrolling beat-em-up, bringing a modern twist to the classic gameplay style of the 1990’s arcade scene. There’s no hand holding in Wulverblade, it’s straight into the action, old-school style. Wulverblade skips the starter...
Chronicle of Ruin launches its Kickstarter Campaign
Dusty Games has launched the Kickstarter campaign for Chronicle of Ruin, a real-time tactical RPG for PC, Mac, and Linux, inspired by Ogre Battle, Final Fantasy VI, and Final Fantasy Tactics. A homage to those timeless classics, Chronicle of Ruin combines the...
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada Unveils Trailer
Battlefeet Gothic: Armada, the space real time strategy game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe disembarks tomorrow on PC. The team is unveiling its Launch Trailer today, that is as spectacular in content as it is in realisation. Hang on to a diabolical flying-cam...
Star of Heroes launches as free to play RPG
Loygame, an online platform providing free browser games, is thrilled to announce their open beta for its new strategy RPG, Star of Heroes, begins at 7 a.m. GMT. on April 20, 2016. Players are welcome to be a part of the open beta testing at soh.loygame.com. Star of...
SpeedRunners Leaves Early Access Today
SpeedRunners leaves Steam Early Access today after three years of development. The game is a 4 player competitive platformer with grappling hooks, power-ups, and interactive environments. Run, jump, swing around, fire rockets, grapple onto people to knock them off...
Armello Coming to Xbox One in Q3 2016
Armello, the IGF nominated fantasy digital board game brought to life by League of Geeks, will arrive on Xbox One in Q3 2016. The Xbox One release will see all the benefits of almost twelve months of updates, as well as battle system improvements, all-new cards and...
Adventure Game Demetrios goes onto Steam
Indie French developer COWCAT today announced the upcoming release on Steam of their Point & Click adventure video game "Demetrios - The BIG cynical adventure". Inspired by classics such as the Broken Sword and Runaway series, this new Point & Click adventure...
COD Black Ops 3 Eclipse DLC now available
Eclipse, the Highly-Anticipated Second DLC Pack from Treyarch, Features Four Multiplayer Maps, Including the Re-imagining of Call of Duty: World at War Classic, Banzai and the Next Thrilling Chapter in the Origins Zombies Storyline. Call of Duty: Black Ops III...
GameConnect now available on Apple News
As of today we are officially approved by Apple for the Apple News app. This means you can easily stay up to date on the latest news in the beautiful Apple News Feed format, automatically. You can subscribe to our Apple News channel over here. News collects all the...
My Night Job turns players into monster hunters
My Night Job is an action arcade game, offering a very special side job: inspired by monster movies from the 1980's, My Night Job's hero Reggie takes a stand against monsters and zombies in old-school 2D side-scrolling fashion. Players accepting the position of a...
Battle Splash first trailer
Dranya Studio, an independent video game studio from Hanoi, Vietnam, is releasing its first announcement trailer of the first game: Battle Splash, a third-person shooter filled with actions and water splashes. Battle Splash features fast-paced and action-packed water...
Eliosi’s Hunt Greenlit in just 9 days
Eliosi's Hunt was approved in Greenlight after only 9 days in the campaign. This challenging sci-fi game is inspired by Crash Bandicoot and Metal Slug, combining shooting and platforming. The game's campaign was aided by Jam Nerd Festival, an event which took place in...
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander coming to PC and Mac
Only one year after their highly successful KickStarter campaign raised $187,706 for their ambitious retro-styled sci-fi game, Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander, Toronto based Massive Damage is set to launch their game on Steam Early Access for PC and Mac. Halcyon 6:...
Worst Case Z coming to Steam
Burian Media Enterprises is releasing the survival horror game "Worst Case Z". It will be available on Steam from April 15th. Worst Case Z is a First Person Action Adventure, in which the player takes on the role of a security worker in a nuclear power plant. After a...
No Thing launches
Imagine an alternative version of reality. The year is 1994 and it is the future. Monday morning. You wake up as a simple office clerk working for a totalitarian regime. You get to your office at 7:30 a.m. like any other morning, ready to do exactly the same job as...
Eliosi’s Hunt Greenlight Campaign is live
TDZ Games' challenging shooter/platformer is live on Steam Greenlight. Eliosi's Hunt will be released on August 23rd for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. The game intends to change the players' perspectives on indie games made by small teams, aiming for stunning visuals and...
Update brings faster download speeds to PS4
According to a whole bunch of users on Reddit it looks like the new 3.50 update for PS4 also speeds up downloads to the console. A lot of users report download speeds that are 3-4x as fast as before. We also did a test ourselves and it seems indeed that downloading a...
PS4 System update 3.50 launched
The new update for Playstation 4, Version 3.50 is now available for everyone worldwide. This new version adds a bunch of cool new features to the Playstation, including Remote Play for PC/Mac. A couple of the new features can be found below: Appear Offline On your...
Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds on Steam
Dingo Games just released Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds on Steam. After a successful Greenlight campaign the game is now available on Steam for Windows and Mac. In Tasty Planet: In Back for Seconds players control a ball of goo with the ability to eat anything...
Singstar gets new tracks this week – March 2016
After a couple of weeks with no updates, Singstar, the karaoke game for the Playstation, is getting a new update with a whole bunch of new tracks this week. There will also be three new song packs and a couple of songs with a special discount. The team also explains...
Professional Farmer 2017 now on Steam
Produced by VIS Games and published by simulation specialist UIG Entertainment, Professional Farmer 2017 is now available via Steam and features the latest and greatest in farming simulations. Poised to impress with its many exciting features, it includes tractors and...
Yakuza 0 is coming to Europe in 2017
Sega is delighted to announce that the long-awaited Yakuza 0 is coming to Europe in Early 2017. Available for PlayStation 4 both physically and digitally, Yakuza 0 is the origins story of Kazuma Kiryu and details his ascension into the ranks of the Yakuza – the name...
Day of the Tentacle launches on PS4
It’s been 23 years since Day of the Tentacle first hit store shelves, but today Dr Fred’s Mutant Purple Tentacle is once again poised to take on the world! Double Fine Productions, in collaboration with Lucasfilm, is pleased to announce that Day of the Tentacle...
Sonic games coming to AppleTV
Sega is excited to announce that Sonic fans will now be able to play some of their favourite Sonic the Hedgehog titles on Apple TV for the very first time. Starting today, Sonic 1 is compatible with the Apple TV, followed on Thursday 24th with Sonic 2, and finally,...