Secrets of Rætikon coming to PC, Mac, Linux in 2013
Broken Rules has revealed more details about Secrets of Rætikon, announcing that the game would come to PC, Mac, and Linux before the end of 2013.
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Broken Rules has revealed more details about Secrets of Rætikon, announcing that the game would come to PC, Mac, and Linux before the end of 2013.
The internet jokes that Valve is allergic to the number 3. However, it appears one sequel may finally reach that ever-elusive number. A recent tour of Valve's office by Reddit members has unearthed a listing for "Left 4 Dead 3."
After a few delays, SimCity is finally coming to Mac on August 29, EA and Maxis have announced
World of Warcraft already supports raids, dungeons, and arena battles with players on other servers, and the next patch will take another big step to combat dwindling populations. 5.4 will introduce Connected Realms, linking--but not formally merging--certain underpopulated servers so people can do everything together.
Shadowrun Returns may be out for PC and Mac (I completed it over the weekend: I liked the bit where I got a rad roboarm), but oh, there's still so much to do. Developer HareBrained Schemes dropped a dev update on Friday, with news on the Linux, iOS and Android versions, as well as the Berlin add-on campaign that'll be free to backers.
Interaction enthusiasts: you have a fortnight to practice rummaging in drawers, reading other people's letters, and finding audiodiaries, as explore 'em up Gone Home has been dated for August 15. Fun facts: developer The Fullbright Company was founded by three of the folks behind BioShock 2's splendid Minerva's Den DLC; and, though I am clearly some manner of monster, I cried playing Gone Home.
Rogue Legacy has been praised for its handling of death and Teddy Lee from Cellar Door Games discusses with Shacknews how the game originally started out with a much grander scope.
If office workers unwind after a day of pushing papers by playing farming or trucking simulators, what can farmers and truckers play? Border control sim Papers, Please is coming to their rescue, leaving beta and properly launching for PC and Mac on August 8. It'll cost a reasonable $9.99.
Operation Payback was another of Valve's experiments with 'games as services' and paying community creators, and a jolly successful one at that. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community mappers earned over $150,000 from players paying $6 to run around their seven maps on Valve's official servers. So huzzah, it's been extended for another month, until August 31.
Linux and Mac ports of Fez are in the works, and "there's other stuff on the way, too." Polytron is currently "working with Sony."