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The May 20th release of Wolfenstein: The New Order will be the 9th installment of the Wolfenstein series. The game will be released on Next Gen and Previous Gen consoles alike as well as the old PC. Just last week, Steam put the pre-order up for sale at $59.99 – however today the UK based retailer…
Well, yesterday was Easter: a time to celebrate Jesus and also find some eggs or something. If this were a religious website, I’d write some stuff about the holiday in detail, but since it’s not, let’s discuss Easter’s most important geeky contribution: the Easter Egg. Easter eggs in video games have been around since…
Goat Simulator is more of an interactive joke than a game. It takes place in a tiny rural world that serves as your sandbox, you the player are given control over a deceptively adorable goat that is capable of creating delightful havoc with each and every clop of its hooves. Developer Coffee Stain Studios has…
Been waiting on hand and foot for the inevitable price drop on Battlefield 4 or SimCity? Well, it happened in this weeks “Gigabytes of Deals Sale” at EA Origin. This is essentially their Spring PC Gaming sale, and quite timely as gamers still have full wallets prior to the big Steam Spring sale expected sometime…
Phoenix Online Studios’ paranormal mystery adventure has been release on Steam and GoG.com. According to the official website gamers will be able to “Step into the shoes of Malachi Rector, a brilliant antiques dealer and historian whose photographic memory and eye for deduction transforms locations and clues into interactive puzzle pieces and historical patterns. Players…
Fatshark’s multiplayer close quarter combat was released for Early Access on Steam and is now available for regular release. “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…
Have you ever stood beneath a skyscraper, looked up at the gleaming, imposing height and thought, “Wow, that would make a great video game”? Me neither. But apparently the Philadelphians did, because last weekend the City of Brotherly Love turned into the city of Tetris when two skyscrapers were appropriated for a special celebration of…
With the recent influx of indie developed games, classic 8-bit and 16-bit creations have been making a resurgence. While side scrollers have never gone out of style it’s been a while since I can remember seeing something that closely resembled the Neo-Geo classic, Metal Slug. This is where Mercenary Kings comes in. It’s a fast-paced…
Update 4/14: The PC Gaming Spring Sales have commenced and the Final Fantasy Steam re-releases are square in the discount bullseye. Green Man Gaming has them slashed instantly 50%, and you can use 20% coupon O3H7FE-D4NFO0-F0LIGK for additional savings at checkout: Final Fantasy VIII is $4.80 (normally $11.99) Final Fantasy VII is $4.80 (normally $11.99)…
The PC version of the Xbox One exclusive rogue-like action game, Below, will be coming to Steam. It was initially thought that the game would be an Xbox One exclusive with it being published by Microsoft, but it was clarified that the game would be released on other platforms after a certain time period on…
The Indie Fund backed musical adventure, Fract, will be released on April 22nd and made available on GOG, the Humble Store, and from the developer Phosfiend Systems. It will cost $15 for Mac and PC. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_1LRN1xCKQ] According to the official website “FRACT is a musical exploration game. You arrive in a forgotten place and explore…
Square Enix Montreal were very excited to announce that Hitman Go, a diorama-style, turn based strategy game will be released worldwide on April 17th for tablets and smartphones. The game will be on iOS devices first, followed by the Android version, all priced at $4.99/£2.99 /€4.49. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTTQK2nxlEo] The game will include “68 levels that…
InFamous: Second Son is a flagship title for the PS4. I say that because it’s the PlayStation 4’s first triple-A next-gen experience designed from the ground up to run specifically for the PS4’s hardware. And boy, oh, boy, does it show. The first thing you’re bound to notice is the fact that it’s an absolute…
Sony announced that Borderlands 2 will be released digitally on PS Store and retailers on May 13 nationwide, with the Borderlands 2 Limited Edition PlayStation Vita Bundle on May 6th. “The bundle will include the new slim PS Vita system in black, the first-person role-playing shooter hit Borderlands 2 with six DLC packs, and an 8GB…
Slavery: The Game allows players to “go back to the 17th century, when Europe ruled the world” and “become the most powerful slave trader”, according to the gruesome YouTube promotion. Slavery: The Game, an online gaming site created by a Dutch filmmaker, makes jest at exploiting, buying and mistreating slaves, which is a major controversy…