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New Dead Island Riptide news rises from the surf

September 2, 2012

Dead Island Riptide/deep silver/PC/PS3/techland/Xbox 360/Zombies

Dead Island Riptide is gnashing its teeth and getting ready to bubble up from the surf sometime next year. New screens, info, and a very cool preorder bonus after the break. If you played the original Dead Island, then you know the setup: lush tropical setting, zombies, mutants, melee combat.…

The Sunday Board Game: Lords of Waterdeep

September 1, 2012

board game/Dungeons and Dragons/Eurogame/Reviews/The Sunday board game/Wizards of the Coast

Lords of Waterdeep is an interesting experiment by Wizards of the Coast. Rather than a genuine attempt to capture Dungeons & Dragons in a board game format (which it has already achieved admirably with games like Dungeon Command), Lords of Waterdeep is a crack at a Euro-style game. Aside from…

The weekend discussion: Your favourite games platform, and why!

September 1, 2012

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At risk of kicking off a full-scale war that will melt the Internet and destroy humanity as we know it, we’re going to do the console wars this week (but seriously, no fanboy flaming, please). Of all the current-generation game platforms out there, which is your personal preference for gaming,…

bethesda-launches-rat-assassin-on-ios

September 1, 2012

Apple/bethesda/dishonored/iOS/Rat Assassin

Bethesda and Arkane’s upcoming Dishonored is about a supernatural assassin taking cold blooded vengeance on those who’ve wronged him. Rat Assassin, the iOS companion to the game, is about killing rats. They are dangerous rats, to be fair. RA is a completely separate gaming experience than the FPS/action title Dishonored…

Review: Rage of Bahamut (iPad/iPhone)

September 1, 2012

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I have had a pair of iPads bouncing around my house for some time, but they are usually in use by other members of my family while on the road, and when I am at the house I generally fire up a game on one of my consoles. So while…

It’s a free Gotham on the PC

August 31, 2012

batman/DC Comics/gotham city imposters/PC/Steam

Batman-themed FPS Gotham City Impostors makes its PC debut the best way- free. The multiplayer shooter casts players as a member of one of two gangs (the Bats or the Jokerz) as they vie for supremacy over the back alleys of Gotham City in up to 12 player matches. Gotham…

reverb-adds-five-games-to-steam

August 31, 2012

Cognition/PC/reverb/Steam Greenlight/wheels of destruction

Publisher Reverb announced today that they’re posting five prospective games to the newly launched Steam Greenlight platform- giving gamers the final yay or nay. Steam’s new initiative Greenlight is all about getting smaller games from lesser known, indie developers onto the market. With that in mind, Reverb has a quintet…

Endless Space docks on starbase Mac

August 31, 2012

Apple/Endless Space/mac/PC

Amplitude Studios announced today that their hit space combat/strategy game is now available on the Mac – complete with cross-platform multiplayer. Mac users will have access to the cross-platform gameplay mode and be able to play their PC rivals in the turn-based strategy game. “We are hugely excited with the…

Konami reloads its online store

August 31, 2012

Konami/Konami Style/Metal Gear/PS3/Xbox 360

Konami has just stocked up some new goodies, including a special Metal Gear Solid bundle pack, in its online store- Konami Style. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Metal Gear (that can’t be right… can it?) the big K has a very special bundle of neat collectables on tap. This…

Going to PAX? Wanna get Ravaged?

August 31, 2012

PAX Prime/PC/Ravaged

Reverb, publisher to the recently announced post-apocalyptic FPS Ravaged, will be holding a tournament for the game in conjunction with everybody’s favorite PC maker- Alienware. The tourney itself will consist of 12 matches over three days at the Alienware booth (#3636). play will make use of the game’s Liberty and…

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