Wasteland 2 gameplay trailer sentenced to 18 minutes in the slammer
Wasteland 2 is a still away, so if you're hankering for a cruel wasteland but live outside our devastated manufacturing cities (social commentary, you guys), indulge yourself with a new 18-minute gameplay walkthrough for inXile's retro RPG. The video sees a party of Rangers ...
READ MORE >Tropico 5 revealed in first screenshots
The announcement of Tropico 5 earlier this month may have revealed details on building centuries-spanning dynasties and co-op and all that jazz, but conspicuously absent was any peek at how the game actually looks. So here, check out its shiny all-new art in the first screen...
READ MORE >"Don't look that much better than Tropico 4, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. T4 doesn't look ..."
see all 5 commentsGun Monkeys giving free keys to lonely players
Every multiplayer game needs people to play it, but indies especially can have trouble landing a healthy playerbase. Some games have tried kick-starting communities by bunging every player a free copy for a chum, but Gun Monkeys is experimenting with a more-nuanced solution....
READ MORE >"I've considered this, but never followed through. I would probably need to drink a few Red ..."
see all 8 commentsMetro: Last Light coming to Mac and Linux
One of the prettier PC games this year is heading to Mac and Linux. The OS X version of Metro: Last Light will be available on September 10th and it'll be developed in-house by 4A.
READ MORE >"Tres Cool. One step closer to total Linux Gaming Domination!!! mwuahahaha."
see all 3 commentsHow The Sims 4 is aiming for more subtle sim behavior
The Sims 4 executive producer Rachel Franklin talks about giving more realistic, subtle touches to sim behavior.
READ MORE >"Sim behavior written by the guy who wrote SimCity's traffic AI"
see all 2 commentsBlizzard: 'makes sense' for World of Warcraft to go free-to-play
"For Blizzard it makes sense [to go free-to-play] at some point," lead designer Tom Chilton said.
READ MORE >""One of the reasons for WoW's ongoing success is its push towards more casual fans." No it's ..."
see all 30 commentsThe Sims 4 designed for lower-end machines
"We're really excited to say that players on lower end machines are going to have a much better experience on The Sims 4 than they did with The Sims 3," producer Ryan Vaughn said.
READ MORE >"Thats nice and all but the issue rarely is with the base game. Its several years later and half ..."
see all 3 commentsBroken Sword: The Serpent's Curse coming to Vita
Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse will be coming to Vita, Revolution Software has announced.
READ MORE >"Or his direct competitor, and edit it so we know it was changed by the Shack."
see all 5 commentsSims 4 won't import Sims 3 content
The Sims 3 families and content won't import to The Sims 4, so you'll have to recreate them to continue living out their weird little lives.
READ MORE >"I would be more concerned about the store item content people have potentially spent thousands ..."
see all 4 commentsExtraterrestrial sandbox exploration adventure Starbound coming to PS4
Extraterrestrial exploration sandbox adventure Starbound is coming to PS4, in addition to PC, Mac, and Linux.
READ MORE >"Tiy, the artist for Terraria, is the lead on Starbound. He's not a programmer AFAIK."
see all 24 commentsYes, The Elder Scrolls Online has subscription fees
Ooh, how ovel! The Elder Scrolls Online may be a late-comer in the rush of fantasy MMORPGs but it's boldly sticking to the plans other also-rans have since abandoned, of launching with $15 monthly subscription fees. So I suppose now we know that, the question becomes: how lo...
READ MORE >"Come onnnn, 15 dollars? I'm really curious to see if this is 49.99 or 59.99. I wonder how ..."
see all 71 commentsDiablo 3: Reaper of Souls expansion brings Crusader class and level cap boost
Following a little tease, Blizzard today announced an expansion pack for Diablo III, named Reaper of Souls. It'll add a new act with new enemies and locations and all that, as well as the Paladin-y-sounding Crusader class and a level cap boost to 70.
READ MORE >"Agreed but the odds are almost nil as blizzard deluded themselves into thinking the Witch Doctor ..."
see all 51 commentsXCOM: Enemy Within expansion announced
Just as XCOM: Enemy Unknown was a wonderful callback to days of yore, so's its expansion pack. Enemy Within, announced today by 2K, is far more than a mere mission pack, adding add oodles of shiny newness including new enemies, maps, augmentations, abilities, weapons, equipm...
READ MORE >"The name and trailer reminded me of Apocalypse's Cult of Sirius."
see all 48 commentsLeague of Legends hacked, 120,000 transaction records accessed
Riot's League of Legends is the latest to suffer at the hands of hackers, with 120,000 transaction records from 2011 accessed.
READ MORE >"Looks like its only North America according to that statement, so other areas should be okay? ..."
see all 6 commentsThe Sims 4 gameplay trailer is emotionally manipulative
Word may have leaked out early, but EA went ahead with its big The Sims 4 reveal at Gamescom today. We already knew that it's trying to make sims more emotional, but now we have a gameplay trailer demonstrating that, as well as showing off the fancy new character creator, an...
READ MORE >"WOW, that character creator should be the standard for all games from now on. No more annoying ..."
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"The game seems to be coming along fairly nicely. I wonder if they still have the depth to the ..."
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