About the author: Scott Ellison II
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- Scott is a disabled Marine veteran, married to his wife Nicole and has three kids. Scott also has a full-time job with Fastly as the Manager of Tier 3 - CSE. Scott is most well-known for founding, and writing for Saving Content, but you can find his other work on G4@Syfygames (defunct) and GameCritics.com (active).
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Magrunner: Dark Pulse Review
Jun 28, 2013
Crowd-funding is quite popular these days, and among them is the success for 3AM and Frogwares. Done via Gamesplanet Lab, is what brings Magrunner to us. Is it an attractive game, or polarizing to your wallet?
Gunpoint Review
Jun 06, 2013
Tom Francis of PC Gamer UK has been developing the game for years. He even left the publication temporarily so that he could finish it. After playing it beginning to end, is it Gunpointless or truly Funpoint?
Anomaly 2 Review
May 22, 2013
11bit Studios’ underrated original, Anomaly: Warzone Earth was a great concept that fulfilled the promise of being on the opposite side of tower defense, called “tower offense”. The anomaly of the game’s namesake that threatened Earth is still at large, and now the conflict has moved to the United States. One of the things I praised from my preview was how well it flows from moment one. The opening throws you right into the action. Then, you get forced into VR Missions which act as a tutorial and cleverly get interrupted. All of it a very meta way as the XBLA version of the original game featured VR Missions as its bonus mode.
Hunter’s Lair Revealed in Trailer form for The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
May 16, 2013
Indie developer NeocoreGames debuted today the trailer for the Hunter’s Lair – a secret hideout for the legendary vampire hunter to meet with allies and accept new quests – for its gothic-noir steampunk action-RPG, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing. Set to release on Windows PC on May 22, 2013, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing will be made available for $14.99 on Steam.
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Frozen Synapse is Now Available for iPad
May 16, 2013
Frozen Synapse iPad is now live on the App Store: http://appstore.com/
“I could not be more excited that Frozen Synapse has finally hit the App Store,” honked Joint Managing Director Paul Taylor, as he dangled bizarrely in his harness. “We have dreamed of the day when all of humanity could scream ‘DO YOUR TURN!’ at strangers on the internet from anywhere that has wifi. Today is that day.”
Features as told by the developers in their own words:
- Experience the unmitigated joy of a full iPad conversion, not some miserably impoverished spin-off dross
- Play the full single player campaign and every multiplayer mode from the original game with your hands
- Enjoy full cross-play on the same account: start a game on your hulking great desktop and finish it on your sleek little posh tablet, perhaps during a boring family occasion
- Luxuriate in the portability of tablet gameplay with a brand new interface crafted explicitly for your horrendous wiggling digits
- Hotseat your way to both popularity and fortune (fortune sold separately) with local multiplayer! Passing your device around in a public place has never been more socially acceptable
- And a whole lot more! (I have always wanted to write that)
Steam Trading Cards are in Beta now
May 16, 2013
Valve announced Steam Trading Cards, a new service that rewards gamers for gaming on Steam.
Released in beta today, Steam Trading Cards allows customers to earn Steam rewards for playing the games they love. Those who participate will receive game-specific trading cards that can be collected to earn rewards such as game badges, profile backgrounds, emoticons, coupons, and more.
The group of titles participating in the Steam Trading Cards beta includes Don’t Starve, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2, Portal 2 and Half-Life 2. The service will expand over the coming months to include many more titles on Steam.
For more information on Steam Trading Cards visit http://steamcommunity.com/
Anomaly 2 – The Tower Offense vs. Tower Defense Game comes to PC, Mac and Linux
May 15, 2013
11 bit studios unleashes Anomaly 2 on Steam and Anomaly2Game.com. The sequel to the award-winning Anomaly Warzone Earth, Anomaly 2 is the ultimate tower offense vs. tower defense experience for PC, Mac and Linux, and it’s just $13.49 for the first week. Buying the game at Anomaly2Game.com also gets you Anomaly Korea, available for the first time ever on PC.
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Madden NFL 25 Defensive Control Video
May 15, 2013
Madden NFL 25 producer video details the upgrades to the defense.
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Magicka: Wizard Wars First Screenshots Revealed
May 15, 2013
Paradox Interactive, a publisher of games and a shooter of screens, today released the first-ever screenshots for Magicka: Wizard Wars, the 4-on-4 team-based PvP title from their new studio, Paradox North. Using an untested image-capturing spell that may or may not have stolen the souls of every wizard pictured in the new screens, Paradox is more than willing to take that risk in order to give the world its first look at Magicka: Wizard Wars in action.
In Magicka: Wizard Wars, two teams of four wizards each will tangle, tango, and possibly ingest tangy tangerines in pitched battles, utilizing the iconic dynamic spellcasting of Magicka along with some new tricks. In true Magicka fashion, wizards who can think fast and aim away from their allies’ faces will win the day. With short battles, skill-based spellcasting, and an overabundance of marvelous robes,Magicka: Wizard Wars aims to provide multiplayer aficionados with a new option for PvP mayhem.
DARK sheds some light on more Skills in New Trailer
May 15, 2013
A new trailer for DARK is available, the upcoming vampire-themed stealth/action title for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC. In the new trailer, you’ll get a close-up look at several of the vampire powers available to you, as the newly turned vampire, Eric Bane. Watch as Eric hypnotizes unsuspecting guards to slip past them or deliver a deadly strike. Or, use Regeneration to convert the blood of your enemies to health points! Watch the new video to learn more about these and other stealth-focused powers featured in DARK, which Kalypso Media will release this summer on Xbox 360 and PC.
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