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May, 2012

By Ryan Moyer On 31 May, 2012 At 04:16 PM | Categorized As Games, Hot News, Xbox 360 | With 0 Comments
New Gears of War Game

Epic claimed that Gears of War 3 was “The End”, at least for a while. So much for that, as once again the days leading up to E3 are full of big secrets slipping out, the latest of which has revealed that Microsoft will announce a new Gears of War game at their E3 press [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 31 May, 2012 At 04:51 AM | Categorized As Crusader Kings II, DLC, Games, Magicka, PC, PC Videos, Videos | With 0 Comments
Magicka

Paradox Interactive had a hit with their strange action RPG Magicka last year. It’s been so successful that the publisher is still heavily supporting it today. The newest DLC announced is called The Other Side of the Coin and will release on June 14, 2012 for $4.99. In this download content, players will further explore [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 31 May, 2012 At 04:50 AM | Categorized As Games, Hitman: Absolution, News, PC, PC Videos, PS3, PS3 Videos, Videos, Xbox 360, Xbox 360 Videos | With 0 Comments
Hitman Absolution

A few days ago, we received the above image in our inbox ‘teasing’ us of an upcoming event in Hitman Absolution. As we try not to spread news items of 5 words that tell you absolutely nothing, we decided to wait and that patience has paid off. Square Enix released a new trailer for Hitman [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 31 May, 2012 At 03:33 AM | Categorized As DS, Games, Wii | With 0 Comments
Cooking Mama

Whip out the stereotypes and jokes about the kitchen, because there’s more Cooking Mama news afoot. Majesco Entertainment is sailing the seas of cheese success with the franchise and has announced that it will release 3 game bundles to celebrate 13 million copies sold. Mama’s Combo Pack 1 & 2 will release for Nintendo DS [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 30 May, 2012 At 02:08 AM | Categorized As Games, Indie, Legends of Dawn, News, PC, PC Videos, Videos | With 0 Comments
Legends of Dawn

Despite RPG season being cramped enough as it is, we’re still getting plenty of new projects in our mail. Latest in the bunch is Legends of Dawn from Dreamatrix. The game due for PC in Q3 2012 will feature a bright open world filled with dozens of different environments that are free for the player [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 30 May, 2012 At 01:10 AM | Categorized As 3DS, Games, Mega Man X2, News, Rayman, Wii | With 0 Comments
Mega Man X2

This week’s European download for the Nintendo eShop brings not one but two classic names to the digital platform. First up is the original Rayman. Collect Electoons on Nintendo 3DS in over 25 worlds filled with enemies and battle the dreadful Mr. Dark for €5. A second title for 3DS being released is Sweet Memories [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 30 May, 2012 At 12:38 AM | Categorized As Games, Indie, News, PC | With 0 Comments
Ninja Blade

Last week we reported on a ton of indie bundles available at your discretion. This week, we’re piling on one more, because IndieGala V went live with as many as 12 games, set up in 3 different tiers of ridiculously low prices. Eight of these will also be redeemable through Steam, for you achievement hunters. [...]


By Ryan Moyer On 29 May, 2012 At 07:17 PM | Categorized As Assassin's Creed 3, Hot News | With 2 Comments
assassins-creed-link

The lawsuit from author John Beiswenger, claiming that large parts of the Assassin’s Creed story were stolen from his book, Link, has been settled out of court.  Ubisoft and Beiswenger have reached a settlement that will prevent a release delay of Assassin’s Creed III view Beiswenger’s voluntary dismissal of the suit.  However, the terminology still [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 29 May, 2012 At 04:49 AM | Categorized As Games, Indie, PC, Pioneers, Unity, Windward | With 0 Comments
Windward

Naval combat with sailboats is part of a game niche connected to that Caribbean simulation genre. The good people at indie studio Tasharen Entertainment have built up an early alpha prototype of such a title and called it Windward. This free-to-play browser game uses their favored Unity-engine and already looks and feels quite capable. Players [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 29 May, 2012 At 03:07 AM | Categorized As Indie, PS Vita, PS3, PS3 Videos, PSN, PSP, Videos, WizOrb | With 0 Comments
wizorb

Arcades might be a dying event in our sad human spirit, but arcade games will always be the basis of what we have accomplished today. WizOrb is the culmination of all our collected intellect through the classic that once was Arkanoid. Developer Tribute games has cut a deal with publisher Beatshapers and will bring this [...]