Southern Michigan has become home a rather robust boom in the independent developer market with local power house S2 Games. S2 Games has doubled their workforce over the past due in large part to successful arena based multiplayer game Heroes of Newerth. In addition to the workforce expansion at S2 Games of Kalamazoo, users of Heroes of Newerth also expanded around the same fifty percent margin du...
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Heavy Water announced the Kickstarter campaign for Axis Game Factory, a toolkit which will allow gamers to create and share their own games. There are products similar to this in terms of giving players models and physics to play with, such as Minecraft and Garry’s Mod, but they are a bit more involved if you are trying to create a game without a lot of game design knowledge. Axis Game Factory wil...
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DragonSaga Sea: The holidays may be over but don’t fret since there is a rebirth going on (insert Jesus joke here). I haven’t played this game before but apparently it is massive, gamers around Asian have been playing the closed beta and they have said it is very good. I am going to tell you the actual facts then near the end I will give my opinions then round it off. The open beta will be free to...
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Delve Under the Sea With A New Puzzle Game Developed by Artifex Mundi and published by G5 Entertainment, Abyss: the Wraiths of Eden is a new hidden object/puzzle title released today. The game is currently available for $2.99 on iPhone and for $4.99 on iPad, Mac, Google Play, Kindle Fire, and Nook until January 13th. After this introductory period, the price will be raised to $4.99 and $6.99. ...
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Check out these 4 new exclusive screenshots of Wargame: AirLand Battle that reveal a few of the game’s new units in the middle of what seems to be exercise maneuvers. For commanders of Wargame, this is a juicy opportunity to gather intel concerning the new forces that are about to join the battlefield and to prepare for the conflict that will rage on very soon. According to sources , these u...
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On January 15 “MMO of the Year” awards and their main sponsor GameGenetics, the leading distributor of free-to-play online games, revealed the 2013 nominees for 2013. The award is one of the most prestigious and influential in the popular MMO genre. “The nominees represent the best in massively multiplayer games. I’m looking forward to January 15, 2013, when voting finally ...
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Today MMOTM announced the launch of its games portal website with the premier title Call of Gods. The website promises to become the new preeminent destination for on-line gamers to play top level MMO games. “[MMOTM] is built by gamers for gamers. Only join MMOTM if you want to play the best browser based video games, view helpful gaming videos and guides while making a living for yourself!” Call ...
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Heavy Water gaming development studios has launched their own open world-building toolset on the very popular Kickstarter called Axis Game Factory. With this gamers can create, build, share, and then play their very own games as well as make Machinima animations. Providing players the opportunity to play with AAA-quality resources such as assets, themes, characters, NPC’s, enemies, cameras, ...
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17-BIT announced that Skulls of the Shogun will be released on January 30th. Additionally, the game will be released on multiple platforms simultaneously, including the Xbox 360, PC, Windows Phone, and Microsoft Surface. I wish this was the standard in the industry for how titles are released. It will be 1200 Microsoft Points for the Xbox 360, $14.99 in the Windows Store for the PC/tablet, and $6....
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MechWarrior fans listen up! Get ready because True BattleTech game play is back and bigger than ever in 2013 as the highly anticipated online strategy title MechWarrior Tactics launched its Founder’s Program today (www.mwtactics.com/founders). With three unique packages available now for purchase, fans of this beloved franchise will gain immediate access to the Closed Beta, help shape the game’s d...
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