The beloved Sam & Max series is now 25 years old, and to commemorate that, there is going to be a sale. If you remember the release of the game, you’re old too. I don’t remember it because I wasn’t born yet, but I want to make it clear that if you do remember it you’re not too far away from getting those sweet senior discounts I hear are so popular. I’m looking fo...
Read More »After years of faithful game service, Steam is taking a more customer-oriented approach with its launch of the Steam Greenlight program. Designed to give customers a say in which games are released through the digital distribution software, what publisher wouldn’t want to take advantage of the opportunity and submit their game on the list of candidates for customers to choose from? Re...
Read More »The Splatters is being developed for PC and Mac and will be available for purchase via Steam. The development team is looking to create a new version tailored to both the PC audience and PC capabilities. The game was a smashing (or splattering?) success on Xbox Live Arcade and garnered numerous awards. I believe the words “splatterific” and “splattastic” were thrown around. No release date has bee...
Read More »Paradox Interactive has announced in a recent trailer that War of the Roses can be pre-ordered. Players who pre-order the game will have access to an exclusive set of in-game armor and weapons as well as the soundtrack to the game. They’ll also have access to an exclusive honey badger crest, because gamers like to beat memes to death. A meme is no longer cool when you can buy it, when your grandmo...
Read More »Defend your hobgoblins with wacky weapons and engineering in the physics-puzzle game Rigonauts! There are very few games that challenge players with simulation rules these days. Most of the games on the console are content with throwing challenges at us where we point and shoot at Russians; and mobile games vary in challenges from turn-based combat to impressing your kittens. But simulation games ...
Read More »Those already looking forward to Sleeping Dogs on the PC have even more bones to get their mouths slobbering over as a pack of extra content has just been announced for the upcoming PC release of the game. Gamers can look forward to an all new level of immersion with the launch day ‘High-Resolution Texture Pack’ which hopes to bring gamers one step-closer to the already beautiful criminal underwor...
Read More »If gamers have been looking for an action packed, Conan the Barbarian inspired love letter to retro classics like Golden Axe and modern gems like Castle Crashers then it is probably time you met the all new hack and slash side scroller, Sacred Citadel. Sacred Citadel and its developers Southend Interactive hope to bring the blast from the past 2D coop adventure back into the palms of the fans that...
Read More »Pilot your own giant robot in the Real Time Strategy game AirMech! Anyone notice that our library of games for this generation lack robots? Isn’t there like some kind of geek-law, next to the 5th commandment that ‘thou shall only consume Cheetos’ which dictates ‘thou shall drive giant robots into explosions and bullets, and thou shall smile with glee’? Maybe we’...
Read More »Apogee Software, the folks that brought us Duke Nukem™ and Wolfenstein 3-D™, and Interceptor Entertainment stunned everyone with their announcement about the remake of their classic FPS Rise of the Triad. Not only will Rise of Triad include a full single-player campaign and multiplayer experience, but it will also feature some improvements in gameplay which will make it better and more enjoyable t...
Read More »The Political Machine 2012 is the next edition of its popular political strategy game developed by Stardock for the PC platform. If you think you can do better than the president, then this is your chance! You can play as political powerhouses including Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, and Newt Gingrich, or create your own from scratch. [divider] Since this is the 2012 edition, ...
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