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Little Inferno review: emotive immolation

Little Inferno is an entertaining game with an interesting twist at the end. It's more than just a pyromaniac's dream.

This is what The Walking Dead season finale looks like

At long last, Telltale's excellent adaptation of The Walking Dead comes to an end this week.

Hotline Miami DLC to be sequel-sized, map maker considered

Hotline Miami creators Jonatan Soderstrom and Dennis Wedin share more details about the game's upcoming DLC, including the length and scope of the project, and the possibility of a map editor.

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced interview: making a classic better

The Baldur's Gate series was a classic for the PC, and the announcement that it was being enhanced with updated technology and new content created quite a positive buzz in RPG circles. Now, with the game set to launch in less than two weeks, we had a chance to chat with Beamdog president Trent Oster about the game's initial delay, the new content, plans for DLC and, eventually, Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced.

Shack PSA: Battle.net World Championship kicks off tonight

A gathering of the world's finest StarCraft 2 and World of Warcraft Arena players are fighting to the virtual death at Blizzard's own Battle.net World Championship this weekend. While the event is both in China and sold out, perhaps making it a little tricky for you to attend, the action will be streamed live in HD for free.

Humble Android Bundle adds five more games

The pay-what-you-want Humble Android Bundle #4 was already a pretty flipping great offer, and now it's ludicrously so. As is customary, Humble Bundle has boshed in a whole load more multiplatform games for those who pay above the average price, namely Canabalt, Cogs, Zen Bound 2, Avadon: The Black Fortress, and Swords & Soldiers HD.

Sony wanted Baldur's Gate Enhanced for PSN

Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition is inching closer to release at the end of this month on PC, Mac and iPad, but Beamdog President Trent Oster said in an exclusive Shacknews interview that Sony wanted the rework of the classic RPG for the PlayStation Network as well.

The Walking Dead final episode shambles out next week

The fifth and final episode of Telltale's The Walking Dead will claw at your door next week, bringing the adventure game series to a most-probably-distressing conclusion. Will Lee and Clementine live happily ever after? Will that jerk you chose to spare bite you in the bum, perhaps even literally? Will you wake up and find it's all been a dream? That last one's probably a 'no.'

StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm coming March 12

The Zerg will rush onto PC and Mac in StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm on March 13, 2013, publisher Activision announced this morning. The expansion will come in three editions, ranging from $40 to $80 depending on how much extra gubbins you want with your sci-fi RTS.

StarCraft 2 opening up global servers

When StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty launched over two years ago, Blizzard saw fit to lock players up in regional servers, unable to play with all their chums from the four corners of this flat Earth. After years of grumbling from players, Blizzard is finally preparing to change this and open up all servers to everyone.