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The roguelike-like top-down shooter Vlambeer announced in August as Wasteland Kings has received a new name, Nuclear Throne, lest anyone think it somehow related to Wasteland 2. It's also shown off more of the game, which sees mutants battling to evolve and rule a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Divinity: Original Sin has been pushed back to February 2014, as Larian cites the stretch goals from its Kickstarter campaign are taking longer than expected.
Rogue Legacy is coming to Mac and Linux through a new patch, which will also add save slots. A second patch will release shortly thereafter with new content at no extra charge.
Valve has revealed the first of its big three Steam-related living room announcements of the week: a custom Linux operating system intended for living room PCs with big screens, named SteamOS. It'll even support streaming Windows and Mac games from your gaming PC. Valve's working on new multimedia and family features for Steam too.
After raising over $150,000 for community mappers with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's Operation Payback, not to mention an undisclosed amount for itself, Valve is having another go. Last night it launched Operation Bravo, with another set of maps people can play on official servers if they pony up $6. It also offers exclusive weapon finishes.
Now that Dota 2 has officially launched, some patches more than patches, they are, borrowing the language of Team Fortress 2, Updates. Valve has announced the first big fancy Update for Dota 2, named First Blood, which will launch on Monday with a new picking mode, the ability to host LAN games, and an announcer pack starring Portal's GLaDOS.
Former Telltale developers Jake Rodkin and Sean Vanaman, Mark of the Ninja lead designer Nels Anderson, and ex-Studio Ghibli artist Olly Moss have joined forces to create a new studio called Campo Santo. And yes, there's already one game in the works.
Like many my age, I want to play at living in a dystopian cityscape of towering arcologies as respite from my life in a dystopian cityscape of moderate towerblocks. SimCity finally has my attention with its Cities of the Future expansion, which turns your cities into, well, you know.
The latest Humble Indie Bundle was already a remarkable bargain, including the likes of Fez, FTL, Trine 2, and Mark of the Ninja, but apparently it could do better. Another four games have been bunged into the pay-what-you-want bundle, namely Bastion, Limbo, A Virus Named Tom, and Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken. You may have picked them up cheap in bundles or sales before but good grief, can anyone complain about this?
The Fullbright Company co-founder Steve Gaynor took some time out of his busy schedule to look back at Gone Home and reflect on its development, narrative, Chris Remo's composition, and whether he'll work with the Oculus Rift.
