When the original Prototype came out a few years ago, it brought one of the most bloodiest games out on gaming platforms to date. The game was featured around a guy named Alex Mercer and was a researcher for project Blacklight. When he found out the bad things that were happening with his research, he decides to go out on his own to try to stop the threat. However, things go wrong and now he’s a walking mutant bent on destroying the the corporation and government that made him this way.Read More
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Steam: Big Picture Goes Public Beta
Posted on September 10, 2012 by Jason Bassett
You know that thing that Valve has been tinkering with? They call it Big Picture and it has just went into Beta. What is Big Picture? Big Picture is just a small step in a big trend as Valve comes into the console race. Think of Big Picture as the software or Operating System to the hardware. While Valve has finally confirmed that they are indeed in the hardware race, Big Picture will let your TV get a lot more than just playing your Xbox.
As an example, let’s say you have a small multimedia PC that you use for games on Steam. Now, let’s say you take that PC and plug it into your TV via HDMI. Launch Steam and then launch Big Picture and you will then have the console experience right within Steam and right in a PC ready controller.
Want more information on Steam’s Big Picture? Head over to http://store.steampowered.com/bigpicture/
Alternatively, you can watch the video below!
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Escape Goat makes a break for browsers, Steam Greenlight
Posted on August 31, 2012 by Jeff Wade
It might be a little early for starting the weekend, but MagicalTimeBean’s puzzle platformer Escape Goat is temporarily available to play in full on the game’s website.
Escape Goat started life as an Xbox Live Indie Game, before making it to the PC and included in June’s Indie Royale bundle. Now ported to HTML 5 and running in a browser, the charmingly retro game stars a goat imprissioned for witchcraft, and he’ll have to do plenty of double jumping and ramming to get through all of the dungeons puzzles. Read More
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Torchlight 2 Releases on September 20
Posted on August 31, 2012 by Jeff Wade
This year’s other long awaited hack and slash sequel finally has a release date, as devolpers Runic Games took to their fourms to announce a September 2o release date for Torchlight II.
The date sees the game just beating out the Fall Equinox to make the team’s oft projected Summer 2012 release frame. And after a long devolpment process, the wait to actually get your hands on it will be pretty short, arrive in just three weeks from now.
Fans of loots and drops will have a busy week has the follow-up releases two days after Borderlands 2, ensuring
The team plans a fuller and more complete reveal and announcement latter today to coincide with the kick off of PAX Prime, where it’ll be playable on the show floor..
Torchlight II will hit PCs for $19.99, with Runic promising work on a Mac port will start after the PC version ships. No definitive plans on any console version at this point, but considering the succsees of the first game on XBLA, it shouldn’t be ruled out.
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The Walking Dead: Episode 3 Haunts PS3 Today
Posted on August 28, 2012 by Seung Lee
If you’re a fan of The Walking Dead (games, comics, TV show, etc.), then you might be ecstatic to hear that the latest installment of the point-and-click adventure game will be available on the PS3 through the PlayStation Store, starting today. Xbox 360, PC, and Mac users will have to wait until tomorrow, August 29 to immerse themselves in the zombie-infested world.
Episode 3 will cost $4.99 on the PSN, and 400 MS Points on XBLM. PC and Mac users can purchase the game off of various online marketplaces, such as Steam, or through Telltale Games’s Season Pass. International release info has yet to be released, but the company is working on it. If you think you might be interested in The Walking Dead games, but want honest opinions on how good they are, check out our review on the first episode here, and the second episode here. You might also want to visit The Walking Dead games’ official site here.
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Watch Other People Play DOTA 2 Today
Posted on August 21, 2012 by Seung Lee
Anyone who uses Steam can now download and install a free app for DOTA 2 that allows for spectating other players. How does it work, you may ask? Well, you can watch a match from a player’s perspective, or from a directed view.You can check out any recent or live matches, along with all of the future matches at The International tournament. Is this app mandatory in order to continue playing DOTA 2? Nope, but it’ll be added into the game when it officially releases.
I’m personally not a big fan of DOTA, but I know there’s a lot of people out there who do. If you’re wondering how you can improve your skills, then you may wanna check out a match or two from some pros.
DOTA 2 is set to release sometime this year on Steam, with a free-to-play business model. Check out the game’s official website here.
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Steam Weekend Sale – Alan Wake Franchise & Sniper Elite V2
Posted on August 18, 2012 by Les Major
If you’re not suffering from overspending during the Steam Summer Sale this year, Valve has another weekly batch of weekend saving. Alan Wake, Alan Wake American Nightmare, and Sniper Elite V2 are on sale until the new daily sale goes up on Monday.
As of 1pm EST, Supreme Commander was added as Saturdays daily sale as well, going for only $3.74 USD at 75% off. For more details on the weekend sales games and pricing, read more.
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Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack Now On Steam
Posted on August 18, 2012 by Les Major
Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack launched earlier this year for the PS Vita and now has made it’s way to Steam this week! To celebrate creator DrinkBox Studios currently has the game on sale for $7.19 via Valves digital download service. Mutant Blobs Attack is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer follow up to Tales from Space: About a Blob.
The Steam for PC version of Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack features:
* Updated mini-game bonus levels crafted specifically for PC
* Support for Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows and/or Keyboard-and-mouse controls
* New ultra-glorious high resolution art
* A wide range of environments: everything from a frat house to a metropolis
* Growth throughout levels that provides players with a constantly changing perspective on the in-game world
* Challenging puzzles mixed into the mayhem
* New hidden references and bad jokes
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Trine 2 Expanding With Goblin Menace
Posted on August 18, 2012 by Les Major
Frozenbyte is expanding Trine 2 with an all new campaign featuring six unique levels, new skills that are also useable in the base game, and all the general improvements and tweaks will be available to all players. Trine 2 features platform puzzler action allowing you to swap instantly between three different characters.
“Trine 2: Goblin Menace is an expansion that we wanted to cultivate with a lot of time, effort and love,” said Lauri Hyvärinen, Frozenbyte CEO, and continued: “We feel this expansion is our best work to date. If you have a chance, come visit us at gamescom to see for yourself!”
Trine 2: Goblin Menace will debut on Steam in the fall 2012. Trine 2: Goblin Menace will also be included in Trine 2: Director’s Cut for Nintendo’s Wii U™ system, coming later this year. More information, including additional platforms, release date and pricing, will be announced later.
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Mann VS Machine Update Launches On TF2
Posted on August 16, 2012 by Les Major
Released on August 15th, Team Fortress 2 now has a co-op mode allowing players to take on waves of robots! With at least one new map and new achievements, the added mode features robots based on the games classes. At the end of each wave you’ll be able to upgrade your character’s abilities and weapons.
Team Fortress 2 is Valves hit classic that is now even free to play on Steam! Released in 2007 it still holds true to being a fan favourite. I’ve seen lots of cosplayers giving the different classes a go, lets see how many of the robotic versions make the convention scene now!
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Grind To Infinity With Cladun X2 On Steam
Posted on August 14, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
NIS America’s latest digital release, Cladun X2, has found its way on to Steam. In Caldun you take on the role of wandering adventurer trapped in a world the size of pocket. Just because the landscape is small, doesn’t mean that Caldun doesn’t bring a full sized fun factor with three different type of dungeons, the ability to grind your character into infinity (literally) and much more.
There’s probably no better way to spend the last dog days of summer than grinding away all day and night. Sure, that’s probably not plausible for the majority of us, but the charming 16-bit inspired art style should draw in the most jaded old school RPG fanatic.
Check out screenshots after the jump. The game is available on PC for $19.99 USD!Read More
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Skyrim Dawnguard Now Available On PC
Posted on August 9, 2012 by Les Major
As of August 2nd, the first expansion for Skyrim is available via Steam. Dawnguard focuses on giving your Dovahkiin the choice between joining the Dawnguard order, or becoming a Vampire Lord. This vampire-themed content adds new equipment, skills, perks for both vampires and werewolves, and new locations.
Dawnguard can be purchased for $19.99 USD. The expansion was first released for the Xbox 360 on June 26th. There’s still no news on when the PlayStation 3 will be receiving it. Visit Skyrim‘s official site here.
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Indie Gala Seven Begins
Posted on July 30, 2012 by Daniel Shannon
Indie Gala has just launched its seventh “pay what you want” game bundle. If you purchase a copy of this bundle, you can choose how to split up your money between the developers, two charities, and Indie Gala. The charities you may donate to in this bundle are the Italian Red Cross (to help in efforts in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy that suffered from a series of earthquakes in May) and AbleGamers, which works to help make video games more accessible for disabled people.
They’ve got a couple of great games in this bundle (each of which will come with a Steam key). People who pay less than the average price (which is about $7.00) will receive Rig’n’Roll, Space Rangers, Reign: Conflict of Nations, and a mystery game. People who pay more that the average will also receive Death to Spies, Death to Spies: Moment of Truth, King’s Bounty: Armored Princess, UFO: Afterlight and another mystery game.
I personally think that King’s Bounty: Armored princess alone is worth over $7.00.
If any of this sounds interesting to you then check out the bundle here. It will be running for another 13 days, so you can afford to tarry a little bit.
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Hard Reset Extended Review
Posted on July 29, 2012 by Broken Joysticks
Well, let’s start by saying that if you enjoy PC FPS games you have already heard of Hard Reset, as the game came out last year and had a few good weeks of buzz around it then, we are reviewing the just released extended version.
Not to be overly reductive but, the game feels and looks like the Die Hard sequel to Blade Runner. Jump around in a futuristic super city, fighting what appear to be A.I. driven robots, that are trying to control our database of human minds… Wait a second…Read More
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Resonance Review
Posted on July 26, 2012 by Seung Lee
I’m indifferent, actually, towards point-and-click adventure games and visual novels. But, if it has a great story, likable characters, and lots of humor, I’ll at least try it. That being said, Resonance has to be one of the best point-and-click games I’ve ever played. It ranks up there with the Ace Attorney series (my favorite video game series), Monkey Island series, and Sam & Max series.
Resonance has you playing as four main characters: Tolstoy “Ed” Eddings, Anna Castellanos, Raymond Abbot, and Officer Winston Bennet. Ed is a mathematician who works for a physicist named Dr. Javier Morales. He struggles to make ends meet, and he seems to have the strength of an ant. Anna is a doctor and daughter of Morales, Ed’s boss. She has frequent dreams (more like nightmares) throughout the game where she’s a child running away from a monster. Raymond (Ray for short) is an established journalist who’s looking for a big scoop. Officer Bennet is a cop who’s not afraid to break some rules in order to find the truth.
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