Good news for Steam users as Valve will be revealing some new features its digital distribution service during the next four days. Today, the company unveiled Steam’s Game Hubs. Game Hubs are collections of game-centric discussions, workshop items, screenshots, videos, and news. It’s both community created and official content, as rated by you, Steam users. Continue reading Steam – Day 1 Announcement – Game Hubs Revealed→
Ubisoft has finally released the highly anticipated ‘Update 1.4’ for the PC version of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. This update comes with global improvements in FPS for all configurations, as well as fixes for several stability issues that occurred during map loading. Kudos to Ubisoft for at least putting some effort into fixing some of the major issues that were present in the PC version of the game. We strongly believe that the company should had delayed the game’s release date in order to offer what they had initially promised, but then again that’s just us. Continue reading Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier – Major PC Update 1.4 Released→
Oh I bet most of you will be excited with this. I also bet that some of you will curse me for reminding you such a classic game and for not including a download link. But then again, this mod is still a WIP and the modder didn’t share anything else other than a video walkthrough of his first level. So, as the title suggests, Mark Valentine has been experimenting with the Source Engine and has managed to recreate the first level of Looking Glass’ and Irrational Games’ classic FPS/RPG title, System Shock 2. Continue reading System Shock 2 Recreated in Source Engine→
Square Enix today revealed its DLC plans for Sleeping Dogs. According to the company, there will be a range of new downloads available at launch to help players get ahead of the game, including the 80s-inspired Retro Triad Pack, a killer old school outfit with its own player buffs and funky kung-fu van. New content packs are planned from September, beginning with a high-speed Racing Pack and an explosive SWAT Pack, while further announcements will follow soon. Continue reading Surprise surprise – Six months of DLC plans announced for Sleeping Dogs→
Hammerpoint Interactive has released a new set of screenshots for its upcoming zombie FPS title, The War Z. The War Z is an online, multiplayer, survival-simulation game set in an open world infested with zombies. Players are thrust into this post-apocalyptic world five-years after a viral outbreak that ravaged the human population and left, in its wake, a nightmare of epic proportion. Continue reading The War Z – New Screenshots Released→
Umbra Software, the provider of state of the art rendering optimization middleware, announced today that Guild Wars 2, the highly-anticipated MMO from ArenaNet, is taking advantage of Umbra’s occlusion culling technology. ArenaNet has integrated Umbra’s technology into its rendering pipeline early on in the development process to make sure that the beautiful world of Tyria where Guild Wars 2 is set in is realized in the most optimized fashion possible. Continue reading Guild Wars 2 will take advantage of Umbra’s occlusion culling technology→
bitComposer Games announced today Chaos Chronicles, a classic, turn-based role-playing game (RPG) for the coming year 2013. The game is being developed by the Munich-based studio Coreplay, which was also responsible for Jagged Alliance: Back in Action. The fantasy RPG will be available for the PC and you can find below its first screenshots! Continue reading Classic turn-based RPG ‘Chaos Chronicles’ Announced – First Screenshots Unveiled→
Gearbox has unveiled the third episode of its behind-the-scenes videos for Aliens: Colonial Marines, in which the company’s members talk about the story and tension that will be present in this new Aliens game. Aliens: Colonial Marines is currently planned for a 2013 release on PC, X360 and PS3. Fans of the Aliens movie will be able to see places they are familiar with and according to Randy Pitchford, players who survive an aliens wave and beat them will feel really badasses. Enjoy the trailer after the jump – courtesy of Machinima! Continue reading Aliens: Colonial Marines – Alien Tension (Behind The Scenes) Trailer→
2K Games and Gearbox have released a new trailer for Borderlands 2 and we’ve got to admit that Gearbox knows how to create hilarious trailers. After the ‘Wimoweh’ trailer, here comes another one that gives us an insight on the game’s story mode and classes. In Boderlands 2, players will have to defeat handsome Jack who is the main antagonist and has a few tricks up his sleeves. Borderlands 2 is planned for a September 21st release on PC, X360 and PS3. Enjoy! Continue reading Borderlands 2 – “Come and get me” Trailer→
Devolver has revealed that Hotline Miami is coming to Steam, Get Games, and other fine digital download services in 2012. In addition, the publisher has also unveiled that the game will be playable at Gamescom 2012 by visiting Steam’s booth in Hall 7, C30. Hotline Miami is a top-down action shooter in which players can blast through over 20 multiscreen levels with 35 unique weapons and collect 25 game-altering masks in one of the darkest and most unusual independent games on the scene. Last but not least, Devolver has released a new trailer for it that can be viewed below. Enjoy! Continue reading Hotline Miami is coming to Steam, will be playable at Gamescom→
