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Space Hulk cleansing PC and Mac on August 15

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 29, 2013 6:45am PDT

Space Hulk will launch for PC and Mac on August 15 at $29.99, developer Full Control has confirmed, then hit iPad later this year. It's a faithful adaptation of Games Workshop's miniatures game, which sends Space Marine Terminators to cleanse drifting abandoned space ships o...

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"I haven't looked into this too much yet, anybody know if an Android version is due eventually?"

- Gwyndion see all 4 comments

Neil Gaiman's first video game: Wayward Manor

By Ozzie Mejia, Jul 25, 2013 11:30am PDT

Neil Gaiman is partnering with The Odd Gentlemen and Moonshark for his first jump into video games. Wayward Manor is coming this fall to PC, Mac, and tablets.

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"I misread that title as Wayne Manor and was quite confused for a second."

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Knights of Pen & Paper dev crowdfunding Power Rangers-y TV show sim

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 24, 2013 12:30pm PDT

Knights of Pen & Paper developer Behold Studios is planning another meta-game, this time a TV sim where you make a Power Rangers-ish show, with layers of running a studio and fighting tactical battles in episodes. It's trying to crowdfund Chroma Squad, and is having a great ...

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SimCity problems led to offline Sims 4

By Steve Watts, Jul 24, 2013 11:30am PDT

EA's Frank Gibeau says that the problems with SimCity's launch and player feedback led to the decision to make The Sims 4 an offline game.

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"Its almost as if they finally realized that if they piss off those last 5 or 10 customers they ..."

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The Sims 3 expansion hoverboards Into the Future

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 24, 2013 6:00am PDT

"How many damn expansions will The Sims 3 get anyway?" you mutter. Well, its eleventh expansion pack may answer that question, as it blasts virtual people Into the Future to a world of holo-displays, robots, and hoverboards. Be sure to check a GameStop while you're there.

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"Yeah - this actually sounds surprisingly neat, but I just can't get by the paywall."

- Parias see all 5 comments

Double Fine's Dropchord on Leap Motion now, iOS and Android next week

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 23, 2013 6:00am PDT

The curious gesture controller Leap Motion launched yesterday for PC and Mac, and so has Double Fine's enigmatic game for it, Dropchord. The Psychonauts developer describes it as "a music-driven score challenge game" and it certainly does appear to have sounds and colours. D...

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"meh I got bored of the game extremely quickly. Great style and humor, but the gameplay is really ..."

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Games Workshop's Chainsaw Warrior coming to PC and mobile

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 22, 2013 9:00am PDT

Games Workshop may be best known for its Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 wargames, but the company has made plenty of weird and obscure board games and RPGs too. Single-player board game Chainsaw Warrior is becoming a video game thanks to Auroch Digital, giving us an ...

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"Is it me or does this guy look exactly like duke nukem even down to the hair cut and facial ..."

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Walking Dead season two will have more Clementine, Kenny

By Steve Watts, Jul 22, 2013 7:30am PDT

The Walking Dead season two will bring back Clementine, and explore the fate of Kenny, according to Telltale.

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"SPOILERS! What the... Not cool to post this stuff in the headline of a story like this. Ruins ..."

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Satellite Reign trailer shows more of Syndicate Wars 'spiritual successor'

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 22, 2013 6:45am PDT

With only six days left on its crowdfunding campaign, somehow Satellite Reign may not quite hit its $530,000 (ish) goal. So, to stir up interest, here's a short new trailer of an in-engine "gameplay visualisation" showing how its cyberpunk city and squad-based tactical actio...

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"Support agent? Now it's starting to feel gamey. Still a nice title that should make the cut."

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Wasteland 2 delayed due to expanded scope

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 22, 2013 6:00am PDT

inXile Entertainment had long hoped to launch Wasteland 2 in October, but has needed to push its crowdfunded RPG back a little. All those stretch goals it hit have made for a whole lot of extra work, see, so development's running about six weeks behind. inXile now plans to d...

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"I suspect the truth is that it's way more than 6 weeks behind. This announcement is just a bid ..."

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Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians: a musical take on the platformer

By Ozzie Mejia, Jul 19, 2013 12:00pm PDT

A hands-on with the first level of Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians shows an effective blend of the action-platforming and musical rhythm genres.

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Dota 2 now out on Mac and Linux

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 19, 2013 8:00am PDT

Following the official launch for Windows earlier this month, Valve's, er, Dota clone Dota 2 is now available for Mac and Linux. This sentence is a hilarious joke about how Linux users are already well-prepared for complex systems with unfriendly communities, but Mac users a...

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"bash cause i'm too lazy to change stuff. shell fragmentation :("

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Shadowrun Returns trailer heralds next week's launch

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 19, 2013 6:30am PDT

Oh, it's finally almost here! Another big Kickstarter success story, cyberpunk RPG Shadowrun Returns will launch next Thursday, and here's the launch trailer to get us even more excited than we already are.

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"Whoohoo! I can't wait! It almost seems like $20 is a little low though... It sounds like its ..."

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Indie favorites from Evo 2013

By Ozzie Mejia, Jul 18, 2013 6:00pm PDT

Between catching some of Evo 2013's multiple tournament, I check out some of the indie titles on-hand, including SpyParty, Towerfall, Super Comboman, and Super Space _____.

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Team Fortress 2 blocks item drops for idlers

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 18, 2013 6:45am PDT

Gosh, it's been over four years since Team Fortress 2 introduced random item drops. Four years of people standing idle in servers waiting for hats. Curiously, Valve's now chosen to clamp down on that. It's all perfectly reasonable but, well, hasn't everyone already moved ont...

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"Yes mine won't display either. Tried changing it to public as well"

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