Idea Factory announced today that the recently-released PS4 game Dragon Star Varnir is coming to Steam in September. Dragon Star Varnir is an epic JRPG from Japanese developer Compile Heart, which is perhaps best known for Hyperdimension Neptunia and Fairy Fencer F. The Steam version of Varnir will include all of the gameplay and art … Read more
I have over 50 games in my Steam library that I have yet to even touch. Most of you probably have far more than that. And you know the worst part? The backlog keeps growing year after year. It wasn’t that long ago that we were paying $70 for new Nintendo 64 games. The cartridges … Read more
About a year ago, I gave a new indie game a try. While I love indie titles, the unfortunate reality is that nine out of ten of them are forgettable. I have played thousands of games from developers large and small over the past three decades. There have been hidden gems, a lot of stinkers, … Read more
You pull up to a modest house on a wet, dreary day. A small crowd gathers as word spreads across the town with news about what happened – or at least what they think happened. Getting out of your vehicle, you pull out a cigarette and light it up, taking in a few puffs before … Read more
Few game developers pull off good satire. Sure, there are plenty of examples of tongue-in-cheek humor in video games but not very many dedicate their product to ridiculing an entire cultural era, either intentionally or unintentionally. This is exactly what Ubisoft has done with their ’80s action movie knock-off in the form of Far Cry … Read more
Zombie-themed games have become so frequent that they are almost passé. Deep Silver’s Dead Island: Riptide is just the latest in a string of flesh-eating undead titles in the past few years. Thankfully, its open-world multi-player take is still fairly fresh. Riptide is a sequel to 2011’s Dead Island, an action-RPG survival-horror game that took … Read more
Developer Frostkeep Studios announced today that Rend, a team-based survival game set in the fabled universe of Nordic myth, officially launches on Steam Early Access on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. It will retail for $29.99. Rend introduces RPG mechanics, factional combat, sandbox elements, win/loss conditions, and massive culminating battles to the survival genre to deliver … Read more
Capcom announced today that Monster Hunter: World is coming to PC via Steam on August 9. It has already been released on PS4 and Xbox One to critical acclaim. Future updates will add new content and gameplay features. Updates and fixes made in other platform versions will be gradually applied to the PC version. The … Read more
NIS America has confirmed that the cult classic PS2 and GameCube title Killer 7 will be released on PC with “optimized” graphics. According to the game’s Steam page, it will be released this fall. This is the first time that the game will be re-released since its original launch in 2005. The game’s designer, Goichi … Read more
Planetbase is an indie game that lets you build a space colony on a Mars-like planet and two other extra terrestrial worlds. Players will need to quickly build a habitable environment, extract and manage resources, and survive harsh conditions. Step aside Matt Damon, we’ve got this.
Ubisoft has released the latest installment in their strategy city-building series. Anno 2205 is the first game in the franchise to reach beyond Earth to the moon and beyond. Players build futuristic cities on Earth that are capable of launching missions to the moon, racing to establish production colonies on the lunar surface. The new … Read more
Have you ever wanted to be a lumberjack? Now’s your chance as indie studio Digital Melody has brought the iOS and Android tree chopping sensation Timberman to PC via Steam. The premise is almost too simple: press the left arrow on the keyboard to chop left and press the right arrow to chop right. The … Read more
If you missed the indie survival horror hit Amnesia: The Dark Descent, now is your chance to play it for free. But you’ll have to act fast as the deal ends on Wednesday at 1 pm Eastern. Frictional Games is giving away Amnesia in celebration of their latest game, SOMA, which is coming out on … Read more
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is free-to-play on Steam this weekend. Players who participate in the free-to-play weekend will be able to purchase XCOM: Enemy Unknown at 75 percent off, and retain all of their progress. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactics game from 2012 and a reboot of the XCOM series. A sequel is in … Read more
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is finally coming to the PC. Capcom has confirmed that it will be released in January 2016. The game packs all of the content from the original Dragon’s Dogma plus Bitterblack Isle. The PC version will include new enemies, quests and high level weapons and armor sets. The updated game will … Read more
Gamers will soon get the chance to play the cooperative online multi-player game Evolve for free. 2K Games announced today that they are offering a free weekend to try the 4-on-1 shooter on PC and Xbox One. Evolve is a shooter from the creators of Left 4 Dead that puts four players against a player-controlled … Read more
Long before indie dinosaur adventure Ark: Survival Evolved hit the stage there was Turok: Dinosaur Hunter on the Nintendo 64. Eighteen years later, the first two Turok games will be re-released on the PC. Acclaim’s first-person shooter put players in the role of a Native American time traveling warrior who must stop the Campaigner from … Read more
Indie hits from Devolver Digital are seeing discounts of up to 90 percent over the next few days on Steam. Critically-acclaimed games like Hotline Miami and Mutant Mudds are only $2.50. More recent titles like Ronin, Broforce and OlliOlli 2 have slightly lower discounts ranging between 25 and 40 percent off. (Be sure to check … Read more
