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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.
Heroes of the Storm is adding a new character to its expanding roster and is welcoming in StarCraft II's renegade outlaw, Tychus Findlay. The Terran Marine will serve in the Assassin role, like Diablo's Valla and Warcraft's Falstad.
R.B.I. Baseball 14 is the only officially licensed multi-platform baseball alternative to MLB The Show. Launching April 10 for Xbox 360, PS3, and mobile platforms, the new game will attempt to stay close to its classic roots, while featuring a more modern art style and brisker pace.
Sonic Boom is another attempt to modernize and update the classic Sega character, but this time the publisher is handing it off to western developer Big Red Button. Creative director Bob Rafei is heading up the effort, and says he's thinks kids' properties need the sensibilities of popular shows like Adventure Time and Phineas and Ferb.
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WildStar is going to offer far more than a vast world and a variety of quests. In an effort to become the definitive MMORPG that Carbine Studios wants it to be, the game will also feature a robust dungeon system that both clings to traditional elements and also adds a number of new twists. And Shacknews got to experience part of that by going hands-on with a traditional five-person dungeon and also a much larger and more competitive 40-person Post Cap Playspace instance.
WildStar's dungeon system fully embraces the MMORPG genre's vaunted 'holy trinity' system. Five-person dungeon raids are built for parties of one tank, one healer, and three DPS characters. In order to tackle my first dungeon, I joined forces with four fellow WildStar players and picked up a DPS character to tackle Stormtalon's Lair.
The Elder Scrolls Online is the rare MMO that will launch with a subscription fee. Surely, the company would attract a larger audience by going free-to-play? Bethesda VP Pete Hines defended his company's decision, saying that restricting the audience was intentional. "We're not trying to make a game that everybody who plays games will automatically buy," he said. "It is a certain kind of game. There's no shooter elements. There's no aliens."
Blizzard's collectible card game Hearthstone officially launched yesterday as free-to-play, with a little free-to-pony touch on top. Playing only a few Hearthstone matches will net you a special flying horse mount to gallivant around atop in World of Warcraft.
Take-Two, parent company of 2K Games and Rockstar, has placed a casting call for an "untitled video game." According to the listing, the game will feature three males born in Louisiana--all who have connections to organized crime. Tony, for example, is an Italian man in his 30s that runs betting operations. He's described as a "gangster." Mickey is another Italian male who makes "himself seem higher up in the criminal ladder than he really is."
Carbine's upcoming sci-fi fantasy MMORPG, WildStar, is just about to ready to venture into new galaxies. The game will be available for pre-order starting on March 19 and with this announcement comes an official release date. WildStar will take to the skies on June 3.
Fable Legends will use the Xbox One Kinect, Lionhead has revealed. But unlike Fable: The Journey, Kinect will only be a secondary control option for specialized situations, and the majority will rely on the main Xbox One controller.
Read more: Kinect possible "especially potentially with the villain mode" »
Metal Gear Solid's main character, Solid Snake, has the gravel voice and mullet of Snake Plissken from the Escape from New York and Escape from L.A. films. But even with creator Hideo Kojima's film-loving sensibilities, and contrary to some previous comments, his name had more to do with the reputation of his animal namesake than the Kurt Russell character.
Read more: "The most appropriate symbol of living thing that hides his presence" »
This year is shaping up to be a big one for Game of Thrones fans. The new season of the HBO series begins on April 7, Telltale is working on a new, and now the popular Facebook game from developer Disruptor Beam, Game of Thrones: Ascent, is about to make the leap onto iOS devices this spring.
The latest trailer for BioShock Infinite's upcoming Burial at Sea conclusion is not only a marketing tool meant to entice you to buy the DLC, but it's also a portfolio for studio members affected by Irrational's sudden closure. In addition to footage, the trailer clearly points out what each team member contributed, and offers easy links to their resumes. That's a pretty classy act--all things considered.
The Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is finally out of beta. Blizzard has announced that Hearthstone is officially launched today on PC and Mac.
What do bears have against art? That's the question developer Halfbrick asks for its latest, Bears vs Art. This is the studio's first puzzle game, after having made action games like Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride.
Dong Nguyen isn't a household name. But his game, Flappy Bird, is. When Nguyen pulled the game for ruining his "simple life," hundreds of clones immediately flooded app stores, as developers attempted to take advantage of the bird-shaped hole in people's hearts.
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