Editor’s note: For reasons that the entire games industry is aware of, SimCity has had a controversial and very poorly executed launch. While we understand the frustration behind that launch and certainly agree that it was unacceptable on EA’s part, we also believe that as people might be reading this…
Read MoreThe eternal depths of the zombie hell must have just frozen over – Capcom and Valve have teamed up to bring crossover DLC between Resident Evil 6 and Left 4 Dead 2. Yes, you did just read that. On April 5, Resident Evil 6 PC owners will find that several…
Read MoreThe PC games market has gone through a period of significant change over the past few years. Valve’s Steam platform has become so powerful that when Gabe Newell voiced displeasure with Windows 8, people listened. It was inevitable, then that first Steam of Linux was announced, and then the Steambox,…
Read MoreWhile randomly-generated stages in a video game can offer great variety, they can also easily be exploited to make up for less work on the side of the developer. Bending pseudo-random numbers in certain ways can allow for enormous amounts of video game content to be created within a very…
Read MoreLara Croft’s reinvention has its problems, but does so much right that you’ll probably forget all about them. As someone who’s never played a Tomb Raider title (yes, really), I didn’t have any apprehension going into Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics’ reboot of the famous Lara Croft. Much like with…
Read MoreReady for your very own portal to hell? Nordic Games is about to unleash the mod-kit and Steam Workshop for their old school action shooter Painkiller: Hell & Damnation. The development tools used by (Painkiller devs) The Farm 51 are set for release this April and should make those inclined…
Read MoreTelltale’s amazing reinvention of the ‘point and click’ adventure game is now available for zombie-smashers in Australia and New Zealand. I honestly cannot believe this masterpiece of the modern adventure game has been kept from global release till now. It’s stunning, but ‘season 1’ of The Walking Dead is only…
Read MoreThunder Wolves is a helicopter action game that looks like a more arcade-y version of the classic Strike series. The game is on the way from bitComposer Games and Most Wanted Entertainment and puts players in the seat of a high-tech chopper under the command of a shadowy organization. In…
Read More11 bit studios has officially announced that Anomaly 2 is on the way for both PC and Mac. Check out the table-turning trailer after the jump. Anomaly 2 reverses things a bit as it casts the human race as the ‘anomaly’ on Earth now that the war of 2018 is…
Read MoreI have a somewhat long, odd history with online games. I got into online gaming via MUDs around the mid-90’s for a time. I got busy with college and quit playing for a few years, but then got back into them again around the time Ultima: Online was getting big.…
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