The Baltimore Comic-Con is pleased to announce that legendary Marvel Comics artist, Sal Buscema, will be joining the guest list for the 14th annual show, taking place September 7-8, 2013. Buscema will be appearing at the show on Saturday only and will be receiving the HERO Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented at the Harvey Awards Banquet Saturday evening. Sal Buscema got his start at Marvel Comics in 1968, joining his brother John who was already an established artist with the company. Cutting his teeth on such titles as Western Gunfighters, The Rawhide Kid, and The Silver Surfer, he … Continue reading Sal Buscema To Attend Baltimore Comic Con→
Independent developer Poppermost Productions will be at Gamescom to showcase SNOW, the first free-to-play, open-world winter sports game that gives players the chance to freely explore a massive mountain environment on skis or snowboard – alone or with friends. Competitive players may take part in solo or multiplayer events and challenges all over the mountain to unlock special items and earn a place on global leaderboards. Throughout it all, players can customize their character through SNOW’s in-game store, with access to entire catalogues of over a dozen real-world brands. With the game set for an Alpha release later this year, … Continue reading SNOW: Open World Winter Sports MMO Revealed→
Larian Studios is excited to put you in the dragon’s seat with the highly anticipated Divinity: Dragon Commander, which is out now on Steam, GOG.com, GamersGate, the Larian Vault and physical retailers in certain territories. You are the Dragon Commander. Your mission it is to reunite a broken empire and become the new emperor. Success depends entirely on your ability to efficiently rule your empire, build invincible armies and lead them to victory. Your secret weapons: your tactical insights, your leadership skills and your ability to turn yourself into a dragon. Dragon Commander is not just any strategy game – … Continue reading Divinity: Dragon Commander Launches→
Boston Festival of Indie Games proudly announces today that film and stage actor Brian O’Halloran, best known for his recurring role as "Dante" in the CLERKS films, will be the official master of ceremonies at this year’s fest, introducing featured speakers and hosting the Figgies Awards on Saturday, September 14. O’Halloran is an avid video game and tabletop game player, in addition to performing in film and theater for over twenty years. His first film role was as ‘Dante Hicks’ in popular filmmaker Kevin Smith’s 1994 indie hit Clerks. Brian has worked with some of the film industry’s best in … Continue reading Dante From Clerks To MC Boston Indy Festival→
The world’s first Premium HTML5 Game makes its debut in Cologne: The pair of games industry veterans, Ohl and Cukierski (formerly 49Games and Bigpoint), appearing at gamescom with their new games company, Hexagon Game Labs (http://www.hexagongamelabs.com), will unveil "SteamPower1830" (http://www.steampower1830.com) to a select audience of industry experts. The free-to-play online game (F2P game) is completely platform-independent and lets players use any device ‘ from PCs or tablets to smartphones and smart TVs ‘ to discover their strategic talents as they build their own railway empire in a miniature world created with loving attention to detail. As the first true cross-platform … Continue reading Hexagon Game Labs To Reveal SteamPower1830 at Gamescom→
After almost 1 year in development, DekkoDash announces that Hold The Gates is being released on 16 of August, 2013. Hold The Gates is a brand new strategy game for iOS with similarities to tower defense games as well as classic wargames. With up to 6 players on the same device, Hold The Gates offers a fun social experience between all participants, whether they be friends, acquaintances, colleagues or complete strangers. http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=UDJF5vIC1Bw Developers: DekkoDash Platforms: iPhone/iPad
The browser-based massively multiplayer online strategy game with 2.5D imaging that brings you back to the fiercest and cruelest war in human history’ WWII, General War: Memories has been online for months and has gathered numerous players. Meanwhile, General War has a new server S6 Wilmington coming out on Aug 7th with a series of updates. An alliance war function "Land Rush" was added to the game last month. However, as the popularity of this feature is far beyond the developer’s expectation, the feature had to be closed for several days to have its system enhanced. Now, the popular alliance … Continue reading Gamebox Opens New General War Server→
Ubisoft and Blue Byte have updated The Settlers Online: Castle Empire, the popular free-to-play browser-based strategy game, with a new feature aimed at high-level players called Epic Raids. This content update introduces many new and ambitious adventures, powerful enemies, magical resources and exclusive rewards accessible only for the most experienced players. In Epic Raids, five new adventures hit the game, each of them referring to famous fairy-tales. The brave little tailor, a new NPC, assigns players quests which will guide them through the first epic adventure challenge. The first adventure can be found by an explorer or directly available in … Continue reading The Settlers Online Adding High Level Raid Content→
Paradox Interactive, a publisher of games and a cultivator of epic facial hair, today announced War of the Vikings, an all-new multiplayer game built upon the technology that drives Paradox’s medieval squad combat title War of the Roses. Developed by Fatshark, War of the Vikings is a new standalone entry into the War franchise that will pull players into the brutal and bloody Viking Age, challenging them to design a personalized warrior and sack England as a mighty Norseman ‘ or defend it as a brave Saxon. Featuring intense close-quarters combat, authentically inspired settings and weaponry, rich customization options, and … Continue reading Paradox Announces War of the Vikings→
The Baltimore Comic-Con is excited to announce the addition of comic writer and novelist, Joe Hill, courtesy of IDW Publishing, to the growing list of creators for this year’s show. In addition, IDW will also be exhibiting at the show and hosting a panel as well! Joe Hill Locke and Key Joe Hill published his first book, a collection of short stories entitled 20th Century Ghosts, in 2005 and followed that up in 2007 with Heart-Shaped Box, his first full-length novel. But Hill is best known among comic fans for his work on IDW’s groundbreaking horror series, Locke & Key, … Continue reading Joe Hill, IDW Publishing, Coming To Baltimore Comic Con→
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