Valve, creator of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the Source Filmmaker (SFM) and the release of "Meet the Pyro." The SFM is a storytelling tool Valve developed inside the Source Engine to create all its animated short films, including those in the "Meet the Team" series of Team Fortress 2 shorts. The SFM condenses the production pipeline of an animation studio down onto a single gaming PC. To celebrate the announcement of the SFM, Valve also released the ninth and final … Continue reading Valve Releases Source Filmmaker Animation Tool→
2K Games announced today that Spec Ops: The Line is now available in North America for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC. The game will be available internationally on June 29, 2012. Developed by YAGER, Spec Ops: The Line features an intense single-player narrative that unfolds within Dubai after a series of cataclysmic sandstorms cut the city off from the rest of the world. Playing as Captain Martin Walker, gamers fight through Dubai in this gripping third-person shooter in their search for Colonel John Konrad and his missing … Continue reading Spec Ops: The Line Deploys→
It’s not often that an iPhone title can make a successful leap to the PC, but iBomber Defense Pacific fits that bill, blending World War II action with tower defense games.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today that Dungeons & Dragons Online: Menace of the Underdark, the first expansion to the award-winning free-to-play massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG), has now gone live. This expansion ties into Wizards of the Coast’s ‘Rise of the Underdark’ campaign and gives Dungeons & Dragons fans the ability to engage with the drow narrative on the PC platform. Menace of the Underdark can be purchased now at http://underdark.ddo.com/ or on Steam. ‘Today marks a major milestone as we release our first premium expansion to Dungeons & Dragons Online,’ said Fernando Paiz, Executive Producer of Dungeons … Continue reading Menace of the Underdark Attacks D&D Online→
Nexon America, the North American business unit of NEXON Co., Ltd. (‘Nexon’)(TSE: 3659.TO), today announced that several of its free-to-play games will be accessible through Valve’s leading online gaming platform, Steam. ‘Vindictus,’ Nexon’s highly acclaimed real-physics-based massively multiplayer online game role playing game (MMORPG) is available on the Steam platform starting today, followed by Nexon’s global smash hit ‘Dungeon Fighter Online’ and its high-intensity online first person shooter (FPS) ‘Combat Arms’ later in June. Steam, a leading online gaming platform with more than 1,800 titles and 40 million accounts around the world, began supporting free-to-play games in June 2011 and … Continue reading Nexon Free To Play Games Move To Steam Service→
Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX interactive entertainment products in the Americas, today announced Quantum Conundrum, the newest game from PORTAL co-creator Kim Swift and developer Airtight Games, is now available on Windows PC for $14.99 through various digital retailers. Players can also purchase a Season Pass through Steam for $19.99, and get an exclusive downloadable Quantum Conundrum soundtrack and two future downloadable puzzle packs. Quantum Conundrum will be available in North America on July 10 on the PlayStationNetwork for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and on July 11 for Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 … Continue reading Quantum Conundrum Ships→
Slitherine (www.slitherine.com) and Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) are excited to announce the newest update to the critically-acclaimed Battle Academy, which adds a host of new features and fixes, the biggest being the inclusion of the multiplayer force selection battles to make combat between human opponents a bit more interesting! In the multiplayer force selection battles, players can choose from five new scenarios where they and their opponent can create their forces from a limited number of points. Want to go heavy on the infantry or outfit your force with more tanks? It is entirely up to you, but remember that your … Continue reading Battle Academy Gets Huge Update→
Ankama unveils the first video of its platform game for PC scheduled for release this fall. FLY’N, the first Ankama game set in a different universe from that of DOFUS and WAKFU, will be available as a download only. It should be ready to play this Fall. http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=groLWrpJ7Lk Developers: Ankama Platforms: PC
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