Edge of Space brings new features and wants to be Steam Greenlit

Jan 10, 2013

Edge of Space can be purchased at Desura and RainDG. Edge of Space has been submitted to Valve’s Steam Greenlight Project (steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92913728 ), enabling members of the Steam community to vote for games that they’d like to see available on the service. For more information on Steam Greenlight, please visit www.steamcommunity.com/greenlight. For more information on Edge of Space, visit the game’s official Website: www.playedgeofspace.com/.

Ravaged celebrates a Free Steam Weekend going on now

Jan 10, 2013

For the next 96 hours, 2 Dawn Games’ 32-player, post-apocalyptic first-person shooter Ravaged will be free to play on Steam. You must download it and play it, I mean, it’s free and completely under-rated. We don’t have an official review, but I played the game over the holidays and had a ton of fun. It’s a successfully funded Kickstarter game and is worthy of your time.

Following the release of its free Apocalypse DLC Pack on December 21, 2 Dawn Games’ thunderous vehicle-based FPS will give players a run for their “money” as part of Steam’s Free Weekend campaign, starting 10 a.m. PST, Thursday (today), January 10, and lasting until 10 a.m. PST, Sunday, January 13.

Upon completion of a play session, gamers will have the chance to buy Ravaged at 66 percent off its standard price. Normally priced at an MSRP of $9.99, players can buy Ravaged during the Steam Free Weekend for $3.30. The sale ends 10 a.m. PST, Monday, January 14.

[box_light]Ravaged is rated M for mature due to violent subject matter, and is not intended for younger audiences.[/box_light]

Hitman HD: Trilogy gets the Limited Edition treatment

Jan 10, 2013

Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in the Americas, and IO Interactive A/S, a Square Enix studio, today confirmed details for the HITMAN® HD: TRILOGY limited edition. Set for release on January 29 in North America, the limited edition includes an art book with 22 artist reinterpretations of classic moments throughout the Hitman series.

To celebrate, Square Enix also announced www.WhoIs47.com, a site where fans can buy one-of-a-kind autographed lithographs that will be showcased in the limited edition for $47 each. The site also serves as the hub for an art contest where fans are encouraged to submit their own art paying homage to their favorite moments from Hitman Contracts®, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin® and Hitman Blood Money®. The grand prize winner will receive a custom Agent 47® Xbox® 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. More information and official rules for the contest can be found at: www.WhoIs47.com.

HITMAN HD: TRILOGY is a deadly combination of games including Hitman Contracts, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin and Hitman Blood Money. Players will experience over 75 hits across more than 40 intense levels across three classic Hitman games, all presented in glorious HD. HITMAN HD: TRILOGY will be released for PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 for $39.99 in North America. HITMAN HD: TRILOGY also includes HTIMAN: SNIPER CHALLENGE™, the stand-alone sniper experience given to those who pre-ordered HITMAN: ABSOLUTION. Items unlocked in this version of the HITMAN: SNIPER CHALLENGE are not transferable to any other game.

[box_light]The standard and limited editions of HITMAN HD: TRILOGY are scheduled for release in North America on January 29, 2013 for $39.99 for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Xbox 360. HITMAN® HD: TRILOGY is rated M for Mature. Please visit the ESRB website for more information about ratings.[/box_light]

First Teaser Trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 surfaces, shows off a Cyber-Rampage

Jan 10, 2013

“The teaser shows how the Psycho Squad might acquire a new member. The Psycho Squad specializes in combating “psychos” – individuals who overuse implants and substances that boost or otherwise alter the human body. There comes a point when they overdose on these innovations, and their bodies start to rebel against their biological body parts as well as against all things organic around them. Simply put, they start killing people, who they now derisively call ‘meatbags.’

When a psycho goes on the rampage, strange things can happen. There’s going to be a lot of carnage, so the psycho might be taken down by regular police, but they’re not always able to get the job done. When things spin out of control, they call in MAX-TAC (Maximum Force Tactical Division), popularly called the ‘Psycho Squad’. And these guys are exceptional, these guys are crack troops. The fact that they’re proud of that name tells you a bit about their mindset. They wear a badge with their official emblem on their right sleeve, but their left is reserved for their unofficial Psycho Squad emblem. It’s primitively made and the image itself is on the crude side of things. It’s not unlike a badge special force operators might make and wear to distinguish themselves from the ranks of grunts in any theatre of war,” says Adam Badowski, head of CD Projekt RED studio.

Serious Sam Double D XXL shows love to Xbox Live on February 20th

Jan 10, 2013

The dangerous triad of Mommy’s Best Games, Devolver Digital, and Mastertronic have announced that Serious Sam Double D XXL will launch February 20, 2013 on Xbox LIVE Arcade.

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CES 2013: Microsoft reveals the Xbox 360 TOMB RAIDER Limited Edition Wireless Controller

Jan 10, 2013

At the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today, Microsoft, Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix unveiled the Xbox 360 TOMB RAIDER™ Limited Edition Wireless Controller – the perfect commemorative companion marking Lara Croft’s return to the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

Developed in collaboration with artists at Crystal Dynamics, the design of the controller features a two-layer color finish with laser etching to create a realistic and tactile worn appearance inspired by Lara’s iconic climbing axe and the tourniquets that result from the adventure in her intense origin story, as told in this latest title. The controller also features a customizable D-pad that switches from a “plus” design to a “disc” pattern for better control, and a wireless range of up to 30-feet that allows for more freedom in your home environment as you explore and play the game.

In addition, those who purchase the Xbox 360 TOMB RAIDER Limited Edition Wireless Controller will receive a download token for an Xbox 360 exclusive playable character known as the devious Scavenger Archer.  The controller will be available timed to the launch of the game worldwide and is priced at $59.99 (U.S. ERP).

Path of Exile Launches Open Beta on January 23

Jan 10, 2013

Grinding Gear Games announced today that the highly anticipated action role-playing game (RPG) Path of Exile will enter Open Beta on January 23. The game is currently in Closed Beta but has already raised over USD$1.8 million in crowd-funded support, with those supporters gaining early access to the beta. Act 3 of the Path of Exile story will also be unveiled, in which players will explore abandoned docks, markets, temples and sewers in the ruined city of Sarn to further uncover the dark truth of their exile.

“We’re excited to have reached the point where we can finally throw open the doors and invite everyone in,” said Chris Wilson, producer for Grinding Gear Games. “We have one of the best and most supportive communities on the Internet, and their input has been invaluable in making Path of Exile what it is. We hope they’ll be delighted with all the new content.”

Current players have until the Open Beta to purchase the special in-game kiwi bird pet. The permanent pet is the national symbol of New Zealand and is exclusively available to Closed Beta players. We will have a Preview of the Closed Beta before the Open Beta commences. Additionally, there will be no further character wipes once Open Beta launches.

Path of Exile was recently named “Players’ Choice Best Upcoming Game” by Indie DB. Over 78,000 readers voted in the awards.

Path of Exile is a PC online action role-playing game set in a dark fantasy world. Featuring ethical microtransactions, the game is free-to-play, but not pay-to-win. Playing as one of six character classes, players find themselves banished for their past misdeeds to the dark fantasy world of Wraeclast. There, they will encounter hundreds of species of opponents laden with loot and mysterious artifacts as they explore the abandoned continent.

Key features of Path of Exile:

• A dark and deep action RPG
• Build unlimited unique characters on a gigantic skill tree
• Combine over 110 skill gems to create unique combat strategies
• Explore a dark and gritty world rendered from a fixed 3D perspective
• Download and play for free, but never ‘pay-to-win’
• Explore randomly generated levels for extreme replayability
• Craft weapons, magic items and even end-game maps to become more powerful
• Cooperate or compete with thousands of other exiles in a persistent online world
• Ascend online ladders in every game mode
• Battle in PVP tournaments for worldwide recognition

View gameplay footage at  www.youtube.com/grindinggear, or HD trailers are available fromwww.pathofexile.com/video

Omerta – City of Gangsters is coming to Mac

Jan 09, 2013

Kalypso Media USA is pleased to announce today that Omerta – City of Gangsters, their unique 1920’s-era gangster-themed game for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft  and Windows PC, is now also slated for release on the Mac platform. Kalypso will release Omerta – City of Gangsters for Xbox 360 and Windows PC on February 12, and is targeting an early 2013 release on the Mac App Store. Omerta, from the team behindTropico 3 and Tropico 4, mixes conquest-styled strategic play with tactical combat. Included in the release of Omerta, there will now be cross-platform multiplayer play between Windows PC and Mac, along with full support for Steam Cloud Saves on both platforms.

To celebrate the impending release of Omerta – City of Gangsters on the Mac platform, here is a new gameplay trailer.

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Maxis Debuts Intro Video for SimCity

Jan 09, 2013

En Masse Entertainment offers a F2P Option for TERA

Jan 09, 2013

En Masse Entertainment™, a player-driven publisher focused on delivering fun and innovative online games, today announced that its award-winning action MMO, TERA™, will be available without a subscription starting in February, giving players flexibility on how they want to enjoy the game. TERA: Rising requires no upfront payment, and provides an in-game store as well as elite status options for players who wish to customize their experience. New players will enjoy standard status with no level cap or content restrictions, while past and current subscribers will receive permanent founder status with exclusive privileges. Any player may opt to purchase elite status, which confers a wealth of benefits, in 30-day increments.

To celebrate this next chapter of TERA, En Masse Entertainment will be launching new in-game content, including a wave-based dungeon and a PvP battleground map that introduces a new way for players to test their skills against each other. The multi-stage Crucible of Flame dungeon challenges players with a series of epic, high-level battles culminating with a new boss fight against the immense Cyclops. This dungeon offers varying rewards based on performance. Additionally, more competitive players can take off in Champions’ Skyring, an all-new three-versus-three PvP battleground with some of TERA’s best PvP gear at stake.

“With TERA: Rising, we created a fresh, action-oriented play style that is centered around allowing players to take control of their actions on the battlefield,” said Chris Lee, CEO of En Masse Entertainment. “We feel the time has come to offer the same level of control in how they invest in the world of TERA, so we are offering a tiered approach that includes a compelling free option, to accessing the game.”

Standard players will have full access to TERA’s wealth of in-game content with two free characters per server. They are not subject to level caps and will experience no restrictions to content, time, or level. In recognition of their early adoption to the game, players who purchased TERA will gain founder benefits, including eight character slots, four bank tabs, a “Founder” title, the exclusive Terminus mount, and much more.

Available in 30-day increments for $14.99, elite status grants players extra dungeon rewards, 10 bonus quests per day, a daily delivery of items and boosts, an elite mount, in-game store discounts, waived brokerage registration taxes, and more. Elite players will find that their status pays for itself through free items and discounts, let alone in-game perks.

While non-elite players will not benefit from the same perks as their Elite counterparts, they will experience game content, character growth, holding political office, and other in-game determinations of status and power exactly the same way all players have since the game launched. They can also choose to buy most items available to elite status players on an a la carte basis from the in-game store or trade broker.

The recipient of multiple industry accolades, including “Best PC Game” and “Best MMO” at E3, TERA gives players the best of both worlds: MMO depth delivered with the visceral gratification of an action game. In TERA, players actively aim, dodge, and block, as the game’s real-time combat system takes into account player skill and position as well as stats. Players join in an alliance to save the world from ravaging armies who threaten to destroy the very gods who hold it together. Players can also participate in the game’s forward-thinking political system, through which they wield power based on their in-game political prowess or PvP combat skill.

Ironclad wants you to become a Founder, Unveils Realm Quests in Sins of a Dark Age

Jan 08, 2013

Ironclad Games, creators of the award-winning strategy hybrid Sins of a Solar Empire, revealed the dynamic objective system of Realm Quests in its next genre-blending gem, Sins of a Dark Age.  Furthermore, fans who participate in the Founder Editions gain instant access to the early Closed Beta, receive exclusive game content and join an elite group of players whose feedback will help influence the final game design. Join the battle at www.sinsofadarkage.com/founder and purchase a Founder Edition package starting at $25.

Sins of a Dark Age continues to shake up the MOBA genre with game-changing Realm Quests, a powerful system that encapsulates the opportunities, risks and rewards of a living world by offering a wealth of new experiences and strategic choices. This pioneering system fuses RPG-like quests and their resultant opportunities into the intense framework of a competitive MOBA game. Imagine dealing with the threat of plague-infested vermin, welcoming the arrival of timely reinforcements, escorting a merchant convoy, racing to gain favor of a powerful ally or even working cooperatively with your enemy against a deadly common threat. Your team’s ability to plan, strategize and adapt to a world alive with ever-changing opportunities is just as important as your ability to counter the enemy heroes and their hordes of minions.

With stunning visuals and development plans for competitive and cooperative experiences, leaderboards, replays, spectating and plenty of post-release content in the form of Heroes, Realm Quests, Maps and Skins; Sins of a Dark Age is the next evolution of MOBA.

Get in the game as a Founder and contribute your voice to an elite community while gaining access to exclusive content via three value-packed options:

Rare Founder Tier ($25)

• Instant closed beta access
• Bonus premium currency: 1,500 Crowns
• Exclusive Rare badge
• 3 Heroes
• 1 Exclusive Hero skin
• 1 Exclusive player icon

Epic Founder Tier ($55)

• Instant closed beta access
• Bonus premium currency: 4,000 Crowns
• Exclusive Epic badge
• 8 Heroes
• 2 Exclusive Hero skins
• 2 Exclusive player icons

Legendary Founder Tier ($125)

• Instant closed beta access
• Bonus premium currency: 10,000 Crowns
• Exclusive Legendary badge
• 18 Heroes
• 4 Exclusive Hero skins
• 4 Exclusive player icons
• Exclusive digital game soundtrack
• Exclusive digital Founder’s art book
• Exclusive digital unique illustration

CES 2013: Turtle Beach Announces New Line of Cross-Platform Enabled Headsets

Jan 08, 2013

Turtle Beach, U.S. based pioneer and market-leader in gaming headsets, is showcasing its new high-end wireless and SEVEN Series wired gaming headsets during the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), at the Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall 1 – Booth #20618, from January 8 to 11, 2013. The new line-up reinforces Turtle Beach’s commitment to portability – headsets that are designed to work across consoles, PCs and mobile devices – and represents a strategic expansion in the PC and mobile categories. All of Turtle Beach’s gaming headsets feature the sound quality and comfort that have made the company No. 1 in the industry.

The first Call of Duty: Black Ops II DLC is called “Revolution”, Coming to Xbox Live exclusively on January 29th

Jan 08, 2013

Fresh on the heels of the biggest entertainment launch of 2012 – Call of Duty®: Black Ops II, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI), and their award-winning development studio Treyarch are kicking-off 2013 with the announcement ofRevolution, the first massive Downloadable Content (DLC) Pack for the record-setting game. Since the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops II, millions of fans have taken-on the game’s ambitious near-future fiction, engaged in over 427 million hours of near-future warfare in non-stop multiplayer action, and survived hordes of Zombies. Set to launch January 29 first, exclusively on Xbox LIVE® for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft with other platforms to follow, Revolutiondelivers an unprecedented level of content, and for the first time in Call of Duty® DLC history, a new bonus multiplayer weapon. 

“With Black Ops II, the team set out to challenge assumptions about what fans should expect from Call of Duty, and there’s no exception with Revolution,” said Mark Lamia, Treyarch’s Studio Head. “It starts with the massive amount of content that Revolutionoffers: four distinct multiplayer maps, an entirely new Zombies map and new Zombies mode, and a new bonus weapon. But quantity is just the start – it’s the variety of new gameplay options in Revolution that sets it apart, making it our most compelling DLC offering to date, and a must-play experience for Call of Duty fans.” 

Revolution takes players to unexpected new locales the world over. “Downhill” is set in the ski country of the French Alps, where players fight their way down the slopes and through a ski lodge, while avoiding the moving hazards of the mountain’s gondola system. Opponents must dodge the floodwaters in “Hydro” as they contend for dominance of this hydroelectric dam facility in Pakistan, filled with treacherous spillways. “Mirage” pits players in competition amidst the sand dunes of a dilapidated luxury resort in the sandstorm-devastated Gobi Desert, where a range of long-distance and close-quarters combat will mix up the action for all play styles. Finally, “Grind” transports players to the historic birthplace of skateboarding, California’s Venice Beach, where they will battle it out through the ramps and half-pipes of this massive, epic skate park in a multiplayer environment comprised of unique curved architecture requiring players to adapt and learn new ways to take cover. Each map in Revolutiondelivers a uniquely exhilarating new landscape for tactics and battle.

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Four New Tracks added to F1 Race Stars in New DLC

Jan 08, 2013

Codemasters has announced new downloadable content for F1 RACE STARS, the game that takes FORMULA ONE™ racing over the top, with four diverse new circuits expanding the game’s solo, split-screen and online modes available from today.

The new tracks will be available from the Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and, via Steam, for Windows PC today, January 8^th, across North America and Europe. The tracks are already available for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system in North America and Europe. Each Track Pack is priced at 400 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE and $4.99 on PlayStation Network and Steam.

Canada Track Pack

The Canada Track Pack presents players with the ultimate winter racing wonderland! Speed past snowmen, dodge grumpy groundhogs, race across a frozen river and more as the F1 RACE STARS get cool and crazy in Canada.

China Track Pack

Who will become the glorious leader in China? The China Track will see players join the cast of F1 RACE STARS in the electric East. From a Shanghai start, it’s a race through ornamental water gardens and past a huge dragon statue that hides a surprise shortcut.

India Track Pack

The heat is on in incredible India!  In the India Track Pack, players must make their move through a mountain railway pass, overtake in the overgrown ruins and power through a palace’s gardens and more.

Europe Track Pack

The Europe Track brings the F1 RACE STARS to Valencia. Race through a marina, slice and dice through the docks, speed across super-slippery ice and dodge flying tomatoes as the F1 RACE STARS speed through Spain. See the action from Valencia in this video www.YouTube.com/F1RaceStars.