Category Archives: News and Industry Happenings

Rose Online Heads To Steam

Gravity Interactive, a publisher of exciting massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), has announced that its popular anime MMORPG, ROSE Online, is now available on Valve’s leading online gaming platform for free! Now players can play ROSE Online by visiting http://store.steampowered.com/app/215120/ and signing up to join the ROSE community on Steam. ROSE Online is a free-roaming MMORPG featuring anime inspired graphics where players will mostly fight cute and humorous monsters. During the early levels players will beat on walking, talking Jelly Beans and even fighting small woodland creatures, along the journey players will be able to participate in Player vs. … Continue reading Rose Online Heads To Steam

Dark Souls: Artorias Of The Abyss Ready

NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss DLC content is available for purchase via digital download on both the PlayStationNetwork and Xbox LIVE in North America. Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss was created by acclaimed developers FromSoftware and takes console gamers into the depths of hell through torturous dungeons, unrelenting boss battles, and the most challenging of gameplay experiences in video games today. The Artorias of the Abyss DLC content bolsters the Dark Souls console experience with the long awaited addition of an enhanced online PVP (player vs. player) mode allowing players to … Continue reading Dark Souls: Artorias Of The Abyss Ready

Happy Birthday, Steam Workshop

It has been one year since Steam Workshop launched as a submission path for game items created and sold by gamers. It began with Team Fortress 2, and the Workshop has quickly grown to support many others including The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Portal 2, Sid Meier’s Civilization V and more with different models of player-created content, exposing many players to the world of modding along the way. Today, there are 16 shipped game titles supporting the Steam Workshop, with more on the way. Almost 300,000 items are available in the Workshop, ranging between models, animations, maps & levels, scenarios … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Steam Workshop

ESRB Adds New Ratings System For Downloaded Games

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), the non-profit self-regulatory body for the video game industry, today announced a streamlined, no-cost service for assigning ratings to all digitally delivered games. ESRB’s new ‘Digital Rating Service’ utilizes a brief but detailed online questionnaire to assess not only a product’s content and age-appropriateness, but also interactive elements, including the sharing of personal information or physical location and exposure to unfiltered user-generated content. This newly streamlined service will first be put into use for downloadable games available from a number of computer and video game platforms including Xbox LIVE Arcade, PlayStation Network, PlayStation Vita, … Continue reading ESRB Adds New Ratings System For Downloaded Games

Harvey’s New Eyes Ready To Play

Daedalic Entertainment’s award-winning adventure "Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes" is now available for PC and Mac! To celebrate the launch, the game will be on sale at Steam for $14.99. Additionally GOG.com is offering an "Edna & Harvey Bundle", including "Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes", its predecessor "Edna & Harvey: The Breakout" and many extras such as Harvey’s Soundtrack and several pieces of artwork. The bundle is being offered at a special price of $17.99 (regular price $19.99) for the first week of release. Developers: Daedalic Entertainment Platforms: Mac, PC

BigHead BASH Ready To Play Anywhere

Spicy Horse Entertainment, Shanghai-based developer of top-quality games for mobile, online, console, and PC platforms, announced today that its game "BigHead BASH" is officially out of beta and live for all browsers through Spicy Horse’s own Spicy World (http://spicyworld.spicyhorse.com/) and via Armor Games, Kongregate, and Facebook. "BigHead BASH" is a realtime player-versus-player deathmatch game pitting collectible toys against each other in zany combat environments. Spicy Horse’s innovative multiplatform technology means all players from all platforms can play together on a single set of servers for all platforms and portals. The launch features Andox and Box from "Happy Camp," one of … Continue reading BigHead BASH Ready To Play Anywhere

CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk Project Gets A Name

CD Projekt RED has officially announced the title of its in-development role-playing game. ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ will be set in the world created by Mike Pondsmith, one of the fathers of the cyberpunk genre and the creator of the cult-classic pen-and-paper RPG, Cyberpunk. ‘The Team has to love the material. The Team has to want to be faithful to the material. The Team has to have the skills to execute the material and see that vision through to the end. They have to be on fire with the desire to make an extraordinary game. And that leads, at last, to why … Continue reading CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk Project Gets A Name

BreakQuest Physics-Based Puzzler To Test Gamers

Beatshapers, a leading independent game development studio in Eastern Europe, announces that its new physics-based, block-breaking game, BreakQuest: Extra Evolution has been released to PlayStationPortable, PlayStation 3 and PlayStationVita platforms this week in Europe and North America as a PlayStationMinis exclusive. BreakQuest: Extra Evolution is an advanced sequel to BreakQuest, the unique physics game launched together with PlayStationMinis back in 2009. The all new BreakQuest: Extra Evolution will be available for $3.99 in the US PlayStation Stores and rated ‘E’ for Everyone by ESRB and PEGI 3+ by Pegi. BreakQuest is back and is twice the fun with stunning visuals … Continue reading BreakQuest Physics-Based Puzzler To Test Gamers