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Dark Matter, the 2D horror game that hit digital storefronts recently, has been pulled following complaints about its abrupt ending. An external team has reportedly been brought in to finish the story.
How does an octopus manage to marry a human lady? The issue, it turns out, is simple logistics: can he get dressed and get down the aisle? A new Octodad: Dadliest Catch gameplay trailer shows the boneless father wrestling with formal wear on his wedding day and the fact that he's, you know, an octopus is barely a passing concern.
Gone Home has added a free Commentary Mode, with insights from the development team, voice talent, and composer. It's also currently hosting a 50% off sale.
I do hope you all enjoy the glut of gamingcoming this Halloween, as we may hit a barren stretch between new games and updates rushing to hit that scary date and the next console generation in November. Lone Survivor is joining the first group, as the shiny new bits from the PS3 and Vita versions are coming back to PC and Mac on Halloween in the new Director's Cut.
What does a chubby lizardman look like? This vital question and other aesthetic inquiries are answered in a new trailer for The Elder Scrolls Online, which focuses on the most important part of any RPG: its character creator. Players will get to tweak a pleasing amount of their looks, it seems.
Now that you've quite certainly launched into space in Kerbal Space Program and almost definitely visited other worlds and absolutely don't explode your spaceships in terrible accidents anymore, it's time for science. Developer Squad yesterday released update 0.22 for the space sim, kicking off Career Mode with research and development experiments to unlock new parts.
Zynga's speed MOBA, Solstice Arena, has released on Steam and will allow players across iOS, Mac, and PC to fight alongside (and against) one another.
For some players, The Wolf Among Us acts as an introduction to DC Vertigo's Fables. Here's a quick introduction to some of the more pivotal characters in the game, explaining who they are in the comics and what it may mean for future episodes.
The latest Humble Bundle is going cross-platform with Ticket to Ride, Greed Corp, Incredipede, and Anodyne all playable across PC, Mac, Linux, and Android. Paying more than the average will get you Worms Reloaded, the Android version of Worms 2: Armageddon, and The Bard's Tale.
Feeling a need to buy oodles of expansions can be off-putting when you're looking into starting an MMORPG, so Blizzard has regularly upgraded World of Warcraft's basic 'Battle Chest' edition with old expansions. It's now rolled Cataclysm into the package, and is taking the extra step of giving all expansions except Mists of Pandaria to every player, no matter when they bought WoW.
