Strategic War in Europe has updated to version 1.04 to improve gameplay and fix bugs. That’s good. I’m glad people haven’t gotten into the habit of increasing the number on their product without making any actual changes in a dishonest attempt to get money, but that’s probably because Apple has a patent on that business model. I believe they call it “iBusiness,”...
Read More »If you're looking to step into the fray of X-Com:Enemy Unknown early and own a PC, look no further. On the 24th September, 2K Games announced that a free, playable demo of X-Com:Enemy Unknown will be available to all Steam users. The short demo for X-Com:Enemy Unknown will guide players through the first two tutorial levels of the campaign. Throughout they will learn the ba...
Read More »Beginning on the 5th November is Alt-Minds, the much anticipated convergence of the worlds of TV, video games and the internet. Created on different platforms in a totally unique way, paranormal thriller Alt-Minds offers a modern way to play interactive fiction, Alt-Minds is a mystery game for PCs/Macs and tablets, it combines reality and fiction in a totally unique way and was conceived and overs...
Read More »The closed beta launch of Ascension: Arenas of War has been announced by Ludorum Studios. It will be the first title from the studio, and it has been in development since October 2011. It looks as though it will be released this year (as in, in the next three months) for the PC. Looks like Mac users are out of luck again. Oh well. You could always console yourself by counting down the days until t...
Read More »A third set of free DLC for Wargame European Escalation is available on Steam. This new DLC is entitled “Commander,” most likely because “Commando” was taken. It offers a new game mode called, “Economy,” which allows us to play in either single player or multiplayer mode, where victory comes in the form of either saving command points or spending them to replace...
Read More »Many years ago, sixteen if we're counting, I stumbled upon Resident Evil for the original PlayStation. It was quite possibly the scariest game ever created. Brave souls would play Resident Evil alone, in the dark, & with the sound turned all the way up. Having a friend over did not dampen this fright, instead it left both of you shaking in your seats. What made Resident Evil so scar...
Read More »By now, World of Warcraft fans should be rolling up anthropomorphic Pandas that swing sticks in the new Mists of Pandaria expansion. The new expansion from Blizzard Entertainment might not press the hard reset button, but it does provide a ton of new content and new areas to explore. Along with the release comes – with no surprise – a collector's edition for Mists of P...
Read More »Dogfight 1942, City Interactive's aerial combat video game will be made available for Steam users today. Dogfight 1942 brings to Steam it's exhilarating console-like experience, whilst aiming to bring the aerial combat genre to a whole new level. What Dogfight 1942 does, is it brings the pick-up-and-play simplicity of an arcade game, and combines it with the depth and production value ty...
Read More »Funcom, the publisher behind The Secret World has announce that Joel Bylos will be taking on the role of Game Director. He’ll be collaborating with Creative Director Ragnar Tornquist to expand the post-launch content of The Secret World. “Being given the opportunity to lead the game into a bold, new future is definitely a dream come true for me,” says Joel Bylos, Game Director on...
Read More »A long, long time ago. In a game generation far away…There were classic games your Parents might remember. I'm not talking about Mario as that is still available. I'm talking about a well-respected Real Time Strategy game Carrier Command on the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and other machines released in 1988. If you remember this Vector-based game, then...
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