2K Games and Firaxis Games have released the ‘Casualties of War’ trailer for the upcoming action-strategy game XCOM: Enemy Unknown. As the commander of XCOM, the lives of the world’s best operatives are in your hands. Soldiers will fall, but it’s up to you to recruit, train, and advance their skills and capabilities to counter the alien attack and minimize your casualties of war. http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=oz5ePZTXLOI Publishers: 2K Games, Firaxis Games
Gravity Interactive, a publisher of exciting massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), announced today that it has launched the new mount system, for its popular anime MMORPG, ROSE Online. Now Rosearians can participate in events, tackle tough quests, or just walk around town in style! New users can begin their new ROSE Online experience by visiting http://www.roseonlinegame.com and signing up to join our thriving international community. ROSE Online now features a series of fun and unconventional mounts. Players can now ride on the back of a big blue mole and look pretty awesome while they do it! New characters will … Continue reading Rose Online Adding Mounts→
NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced that Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition for the PC is now available for purchase through STEAM and GameStop Impulse. This special, content-enhanced edition of the critically acclaimed action-RPG developed by FromSoftware has been finely-tuned for the PC gaming audience while retaining the intense challenge, rich atmosphere, and compelling gameplay that made the game a worldwide phenomenon. Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition on the PC platform also includes an enhanced online PVP (player vs. player) mode allowing players to assemble battles against one another in an all-out fight to the death that … Continue reading Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Hits PC→
King ART’s follow-up to the highly acclaimed The Book of Unwritten Tales is The Raven. Here is the first trailer from the game. Set across 1960’s Europe, The Raven is a stunning fast-paced point-and-click adventure journeying through thrilling and dense atmospheres with the aim of catching the art burglar, The Raven. Players follow The Raven’s trademark black feather clues to capture the thief and to protect a legendary sapphire, the ‘Eye of the Sphinx’ on its journey from Switzerland to Egypt. This criminal tale for PC, Mac and consoles ‘ full of twists and turns ‘ immerses the player in … Continue reading Book of Unwritten Tales Follow-up: The Raven→
Last week, Reality Squared Games announced the open beta for their highly-anticipated, hybrid strategy-RPG, WarTune. Over 60,000 players registered to play the game since the open beta launch on August 17, 2012, and now, a second server will be launched followed by an EU server. In Wartune, players take on the role of a knight, mage, or archer to progress through a fantasy-based RPG plotline, while constructing and maintaining a thriving city and participating in dozens of daily quests and events. With thousand-person boss battles, city-building, PvP battle grounds and arenas, stunning graphics, a fascinating storyline, angels, demons, monsters, and … Continue reading Wartune Adding New Servers→
Snakehead Games Inc (SHG) invites budding writers and sci-fi fans to showcase their creative writing talents to win cash prizes and a opportunity to see their work in publication. "The contest is set in SHG’s own StarCrash universe, a thought-provoking and many-faceted cyberpunk look at a future dominated by artificial intelligence and scarcity of resources", said Colin Ferguson, Director of Marketing at SHG. "This universe is the setting for SHG’s browser-based MMOs: Spybattle 2165 and Star Pirates." Each short story submission must be 3,000 to 6,000 words in length and cannot have been previously published. Stories will be judged based … Continue reading Snakehead Games Sponsoring $1,000 Game Writing Contest→
Moon Spider Studio today announced its debut title, Harold, a unique platformer racing puzzle game, will hit consoles and PC next year. In Harold, players guide and protect the titular Harold as he races through a number of beautifully animated, treacherous obstacle courses. Harold is the first title from Moon Spider Studio. The game puts players in the role of a guardian angel tasked with guiding the title character, Harold, through a series of increasingly complicated courses. Harold’s gangly frame and thick glasses make him a long shot to win any of the races and he will need all the … Continue reading Harold Announced For PC And Consoles→
Rising Star Games Inc. today announced it will be bringing the classic shmup (shoot ’em up) arcade game, Under Defeat HD: Deluxe Edition, to North America exclusively for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and PlayStationNetwork. Developed by Japanese arcade video game company G.rev, Under Defeat is widely regarded as one of the best-selling and finest shooting games ever made. "Under Defeat HD: Deluxe Edition is another highly anticipated title that has been regarded as one of the all-time classic games by the shmup community," said Phil Robinson, VP of Rising Star Games Inc. ‘G.rev has a great reputation within … Continue reading Under Defeat HD Coming To PS3→
Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and Code Force (www.codeforce.co.nz) are excited to announce the release of the massive v1.7.0.16 update for the award-winning space strategy game Distant Worlds – Legends. The comprehensive update includes a ton of improvements and fixes that boost performance and the overall gameplay experience. To celebrate this huge update, we are placing all Distant Worlds titles on sale for two weeks, starting today and ending on September 4th, at 33% off! That means that Distant Worlds, which is normally $39.99 for the download price, will now be $26.99 and the two expansions are reduced to $16.99 from their … Continue reading Distant Worlds Legends Updated→
Turbine has announced an update regarding Riders of Rohan, the upcoming expansion for The Lord of the Rings Online. The following is from LOTRO Executive Producer Kate Paiz: ‘We’ve had a very successful Beta program with some of the largest and most active beta player populations we’ve seen since Moria. The amount and quality of feedback on our largest expansion ever has been fantastic,’ said Kate Paiz, Executive Producer of The Lord of the Rings Online. ‘Thanks to some great efforts from beta players, we’ve identified issues that we think need to be addressed before we can launch. In order … Continue reading Riders Of Rohan LOTRO Expansion Delayed→
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