June 2012 Archives - 2/9 - Gamesta - Video Game News and Reviews

June, 2012

By Daav Valentaten On 27 Jun, 2012 At 02:08 PM | Categorized As Crusader Kings II, DLC, Games, News, PC | With 0 Comments
Sword of islam

The critically acclaimed strategy title Crusader Kings II from Paradox Interactive launched its first expansion today. The Sword of Islam downloadable content comes alongside a major update for the game, as promised earlier. As the name suggests, the DLC will allow players to view the Muslim side of medieval conquest. New empires can be selected, [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 27 Jun, 2012 At 01:33 PM | Categorized As Endless Space, Games, News, PC | With 0 Comments
Endless Space

Iceberg Interactive has landed a release date for one of their upcoming space 4X strategy games. Endless Space will come to PC exclusively on July 4, 2012. The estimated price is set at $29.99. The launch comes after a sizable Beta that had over 20,000 gamers participate in the process through Steam’s digital platform. In [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 27 Jun, 2012 At 12:33 PM | Categorized As A Game Of Dwarves, Betas, Gameglobe, Games, News, PC | With 0 Comments
Gameglobe of Dwarves

Those of you that enjoy a bit of free play while testing out games might want to listen up for the upcoming Beta events. First off, Paradox Interactive has announced that Beta applications for A Game of Dwarves have gone live. Interested parties can apply on their site. This will grant them a chance to [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 26 Jun, 2012 At 12:01 PM | Categorized As Demo, Deponia, Games, Indie, News, PC | With 0 Comments
deponia

Lace Mamba Global has released a demo for their point and click adventure Deponia, a game in vein of classics like Discworld. This announcement consists of the English version, for the upcoming localization, after the game already hit German audiences earlier this year. The introduction will feature somewhat less than an hour of gameplay from [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 26 Jun, 2012 At 11:13 AM | Categorized As Games, News, PC, PC Videos, PS3, PS3 Videos, Resident Evil 6, Videos, Xbox 360, Xbox 360 Videos | With 0 Comments
Resident Evil 6 Collector

Capcom released more details for Resident Evil 6, which is coming to consoles in Europe on October 2, 2012. Please feast your eyes and your delicious brains on this collector’s edition. The premium version will include the game together with a zombie steelbook, as well as an exclusive artbook that includes concept art from the [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 26 Jun, 2012 At 08:11 AM | Categorized As Games, Indie, News, PC | With 0 Comments
Bam Indiegala VI

Indie bundles are really kicking it up a notch lately. IndieGala VI has just launched and it is quite the stunner once again. If by now you haven’t depleted your funds from all the other charities we’ve reported this week, the star studded package might drain what’s left of your wallet. Gamers can donate and [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 26 Jun, 2012 At 07:58 AM | Categorized As Games, Lords of Football, News, PC | With 0 Comments
LordsofFootball

Football simulation games are the perfect compromise for nerds people that detest sports, but do want to bask in the glory of the sport. It’s football without all that whole running and kicking deal. The upcoming sim Lords of Football is seeking to elbow its way between more established franchises. Its originality appeal is marketed [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 26 Jun, 2012 At 06:35 AM | Categorized As Betas, Games, Go Home Dinosaurs, Indie, News | With 0 Comments
Go Home Dino

Fire Hose Games is perhaps best known for last year’s Playstation 3 exclusive Slam Bolt Scrappers. This unique mixture of Tetris, fighting and competitive play was a little confusing, but certainly an interesting and original title. The team has since moved on to another colorful title. Enter Go Home Dinosaurs; a tower defense game where [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 24 Jun, 2012 At 11:01 AM | Categorized As Game Deals, Indie, News, PC | With 0 Comments
Be Mine 3

I’ll personally need to admit, I’ve bought my share of indie bundles this week already. With the previously announced Indiefort and IUP packages releasing the same week, it’s getting harder to try and provide support in this current saturation of goodwill. Still, the new Be Mine 3 bundle might require digging deep just one more [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 24 Jun, 2012 At 10:12 AM | Categorized As Games, Indie, Kickstarter, Legends of Aethereus, News, PC | With 0 Comments
Legends of aethereus

Indie developer ThreeGates from Sweden believes that PC gamers have been short changed in recent times. In accordance with accessibility, “titles get watered down or console-adapted to the point where the gaming experience is no longer appealing to the original fans.” That’s what it says on the Kickstarter project they’ve started to remedy this, with [...]