The developer behind Stategoria, Amber Games, has surprised closed beta testers by allowing them to add as much gold and diamonds to their account as they like for free. The gold and diamonds usually cost real-world money, since this is a free-to-play game and their revenue source has to come from somewhere, but during the test they are encouraged to add as much loot to their account as they want....
Read More »The Simpsons: Tapped Out is getting a Halloween-themed update featuring content from Treehouse of Horrors. According to EA, “EA worked directly with The Simpsons’ award winning writers, producers and animators to integrate distinctive content between the TV show and game. As part of the update, game players will collect artifacts that help them unlock a trivia question about the episod...
Read More »The Collectors have returned for the latest DLC addition to Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode in Mass Effect 3: Retaliation. The Mass Effect 3: Retaliation DLC is free until October 9th, and by “free” I mean you don’t have to pay for the DLC but you do have to have an XBox Live Gold account, a Playstation Network account, or an Origin account. And if you have an Origin accou...
Read More »Players have been given a glimpse into the unique relationship between an orc and a goblin in the latest Of Orcs and Men trailer. Developer Focus Home Interactive decided that the best way to show off these characters is through the buddy film genre, which relies mostly on hijinks and miscommunication for its hilarity. Arkail the Orc is a big, hulking character that likes to take a direct approach...
Read More »MonkeyPaw Games, the developer behind Tomba! announced that it would be available today on the Playstation Network in Europe. Tomba! will be in the classics section on Playstation Network and will also be available for download on the Playstation Vita. "Tomba! is a title that completely fits the mold of MonkeyPaw Games: unique, retro, fun gameplay and a rare find. It’s being sold at pri...
Read More »Developer Hellfire Games has just launched Home Tycoon, a free-to-play exclusive for Playstation Home. If you’ve ever wondered what exactly Playstation Home is for, you are not alone. I don’t get any part of it, but then again, I never really got The Sims. Sure, I played The Sims, but it made me feel empty and sad. I was at the top of my Sim career, with all of the Simoleons my little ...
Read More »Developer Studio Evil announced that Syder Arcade is getting an update to improve the balance of the game. Amongst the changes are an improvement to control customization and joypad support, redesigned spawn and life systems, improved levels, and new enemies. A lot of these changes were implemented to make the game more accessible at lower difficulty settings, but if you want to go all Dark Souls ...
Read More »Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee is being brought to current gen consoles with an HD release. The game, originally released in 1997, will be coming to XBLA, Playstation Network, Playstation Vita, with a PC version coming out later. Apologies to PC gamers for this kind of thing happening once again, but at least you have Steam. As a lowly console player I get to see advertisements on my dashboard, whi...
Read More »Worms Revolution can now be pre-ordered through the Playstation Store. You, yes you, can own a copy starring everybody’s favorite invertebrates. There’s an obvious joke that could be made about a spineless hero, but I feel as though Duke Nukem has had to go through a lot, so I’ll take the high road. I will say that it takes an especially stupid team of people to render a few miso...
Read More »Trion Worlds announced that End of Nations will be localized in Russian. This is a wonderful day for any Russian fans of End of Nations, of which apparently there are many: “The tremendous interest we have seen from the Russian End of Nations community during Beta testing has demonstrated that there’s a huge passion for massive scale military strategy gaming in Eastern Europe,” s...
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