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Kalypso Media announces it plans to bring Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar to PC this spring from Longbow Digital Arts.
Tindalos Interactive, the minds behind Stellar Impact, present the first look at the upcoming real-time strategy Etherium.
Take a short tour through the character creation system of Blackguards from Daedalic Entertainment.
The tale of SpellForce 2 comes to an end with the release of Demons of the Past, where players must fight to save the land of Eo in a lengthy campaign.
Aveline, the first playable female Assassin throughout the series, brings a whole host of brand new weapons and skills to New Orleans in Assassin's Creed Liberation HD.
You're going to die. Accept it, and come to terms with your cursed existence in Dark Souls II.
Rock out to the best of Oasis in a new downloadable song pack for Rocksmith 2014 Edition.
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Meet Vella, making a grand debut in Double Fine's Broken Age, in this short debut trailer.
Meet Shay, making a grand debut in Double Fine's Broken Age, in this short debut trailer.
Oh, happy days! Next week will finally bring the launch on Dark Souls II, on consoles at least. We're also seeing the PC and Xbox One launch of Titanfall, Yoshi's New Island for 3DS, TowerFall Ascension on PC and PS4, and oh, some other pretties too.
Destiny of Spirits has been given a release date. The free-to-play social RPG from Q Entertainment will hit Vita on March 25 and will feature a number of changes, based on feedback from last October's closed beta.
Major League Baseball is already in spring training and the regular season will begin in less than a month. So it would make sense that MLB Advanced Media would have its revival of R.B.I. Baseball ready to go around the time teams throw out the first pitch. And sure enough, it appears that R.B.I. Baseball '14 will take the field for Xbox 360, PS3, iOS, and Android on April 10.
Drinkbox Studios announced earlier this week that Guacamelee would hit the ring once more as Guacamelee: Super Turbo Championship Edition on Xbox One, PS4, Wii U, and Xbox 360 with some brand new content and an expanded story. Drinkbox Studios shared details of Guacamelee's newest version, including whether it could potentially reach other platforms, as well.
Twitch is about to become a more crowded place with next week's Xbox One integration. It could also mean more joining the ranks of the Shacknews Chatty community, who has already been enjoying streaming some of their favorite games on Twitch. This week, we check out some Thief gameplay from pixelat3d, while inc77 tries to score some sweet Diablo III and Alice concludes her Dark Souls Nites series.
Here's a compilation of some of the best Shacknews Twitch highlights for the week of March 8, 2014.
If you're a bounty hunter or a Sith Lord, you'll often be on the run, bouncing from one target to the next. But maybe you're just a Jedi Knight that's looking to settle down with a nice little dwelling in the middle of lovely Coruscant. It looks like Star Wars: The Old Republic will give you a chance to live out that dream, with a new trailer teasing the addition of player housing.
Dark Souls 2 will make its long-awaited arrival on Xbox 360 and PS3 next week. However, PC players will have to wait a little while longer, as they wait for an April 25 release date. The slight delay does offer up some time to make sure your PC setup is up to snuff, since Namco Bandai just released the Dark Souls 2 PC requirements.
If you're looking to spend your whole weekend playing games, you'll probably notice time go by a lot faster than normal. That's because this is the weekend to spring forward and set your clocks one hour ahead. Just remember, if you're committing yourself to your PC games, sleep is ultimately for the weak.
This week, Amazon and Green Man Gaming catch you up on some of Sega's best games (mostly Sonic), while GameFly Digital gets you Rockstar games and Get Games gets you loaded once again with 2K Games. If you're looking for something a little more indie, now's a good time to get Rogue Legacy from Steam for a mere five bucks. Check out the full list of games after the break.
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle is coming to PlayStation 3 on April 29, Namco Bandai announced today. The fighter will primarily be available digitally, but a limited run of physical copies will be available on Amazon or Namco's own site, with some extra bonuses.
Klei Entertainment is showing itself as a pretty versatile developer--its last three projects have been ninja action, survival, and turn-based tactics. As of this week, the studio has dipped its toe into the iOS market as well, with the release of the platforming puzzler Eets Munchies.
A roguelike-like top-down space shooter citing the likes of Halo games and Far Cry 3 as inspirations for its combat is a game of interest, so how pleasant that Galak-Z: The Dimensional is coming to another platform. Developer 17-bit today announced that it'll blast onto Vita, as well as PC and PlayStation 4, later this year.
No Time to Explain developer Tiny Build Games has announced JetGetters, a multiplayer fighter jet game with an emphasis on bailing out. You can eject from your vehicle at any time, and while skydiving you can call your jet back, hijack an enemy jet, or have a friend pick you up so you can hang out and repair their fighter.
The Hobbit is a classic tale of 14 people getting together for the biggest score in Middle-Earth history. Peter Jackson's movies pay it all the reverence of the original Lord of the Rings saga, but Lego The Hobbit is unshackled from that legacy and can treat it like what it most obviously sounds like: a heist flick.
Sugar and spice and everything nice (plus Chemical X) will be getting another game, this time from indie house Radian Games. Powerpuff Girls: Defenders of Townsville is due out on PC, Mac, and Linux via Steam next week, on March 14. The action-adventure game from Radiangames takes cues from Metroid and Castlevania for the world exploration, and Defender for the shooting controls.
Watch: A gameplay trailer sporting the new and classic look »
The thrills, spills, and intricate mazes of tower defense are coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in Defense Grid 2, publisher 505 Games has announced. Hidden Path's original Defense Grid: The Awakening was one of the slickest TDs around in 2008, so its sequel should fit in nicely on next-gen consoles. It's still on for PC, Mac, and Linux editions this year too, of course.
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