THQ today announced that a sequel to its critically acclaimed strategy game Company of Heroes is scheduled to be taking gamers to the frozen frontlines of war in Russia in early 2013. As a true sequel, this game moves the battle away from the common Western Front focus of World War II and refocuses on some of history’s most brutal and devastating conflicts on the Eastern Front, challenging players to take command of the iconic Red Army and repel the Nazi invaders from the very gates of Moscow. Continue reading Company of Heroes 2 Officially Announced; powered by Relic’s Essence 3.0 Engine→
Fatshark has released a new gameplay video for their squad-based action RPG, Krater. Krater looks great and is currently slated for a June 12th release on Steam. KRATER is a lush post-apocalyptic top down RPG and the base pillars are crafting, exploration and consequence. Consequence brings not only the ability for the characters to level up and improve themselves, but also permanent injuries and death. Enjoy! Continue reading Squad-based Action RPG ‘KRATER’ gets a new gameplay video→
Rovio Entertainment have revealed their financial results for 2011 that came with some impressive numbers. According to the report, more than 648 million people have actually downloaded and played Angry Birds by the end of 2011. Impressive number, right? What’s even more impressive is the fact that there are 200 million monthly active users, playing Angry Birds across all active platforms. Continue reading 650 million people have downloaded and played Angry Birds in 2011; 200 million monthly active users→
Bohemia Interactive has released a new beta version for the remake of the classic Carrier Command game. This second version of Carrier Command: Gaea Mission’s Beta fixes some issues that were reported from the community and adds a Film Grain effect, DoF and better weather effects. In addition, trees should appear like ‘dancing’ as the wind should be having a consistent effect on a collection of trees and the Map should be a little animated when you have zoomed out. Continue reading Carrier Command: Gaea Mission Beta Update Released; Film Grain Effect and DoF added→
Wolfire Games have released a new video that showcases the changes that have been made to the latest alpha version of Overgrowth. This week, David Rosen has set up proper animatable wolf rig, started to overhaul level load system and fixed a memory leak when saving shadow textures. This video also gives us a glimpse on the new Wolf character, so make sure to give it a go if you’re a fan of this indie game. Enjoy! Continue reading Overgrowth Alpha 178 Changes→
Good news for indie fans of The Binding of Isaac as Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl will release its first expansion, The Wrath of the Lamb, in May 28th. The Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb will be priced at around $3 and will become available only via Steam. The expansion will add 100+ new items, 5+ new chapters, 20+ new enemies, 25 new achievements, 15+ new bosses, 6+ new room types, 6+ new mysterious item drops, 5+ new music tracks by Danny B, a new item type, Trinkets A new challenge mode with 10 unique challenges, a new unlockable character, a new final chapter and boss with new endings, as well as tons of new random happenings, curses, blessings, npcs, fortune tellers and more. Enjoy! Continue reading The Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb – Debut Trailer; hitting Steam on May 28th→
Rebellion has released the PC version of Sniper Elite V2, and it’s time to see how this sniper game performs on our beloved platform. Sniper Elite V2 was self-published by Rebellion themselves and is a nice port. There have been some improvements to the game’s textures and there are keyboard indications for all in-game actions. There is also a mouse smoothing option, so be sure to disable it if you want to avoid any mouse acceleration side effects. Unfortunately, there is no option to adjust the FOV, and you might notice some pop-in when the levels are initially loaded. Sniper Elite V2 is a multiplatform title and although it is enjoyable and fun on the PC, it could look – and perform – better. Continue reading Sniper Elite V2 – PC Performance Analysis→
Slightly Mad Studios and GameTrailers are running a competition for the 2012 trailer of Project CARS. This competition is for pCars’ members and a lot of them have already shared their creations. Though we don’t know when the competition will end, we can present you most of them below. Enjoy trailers from members Kri21, Halcyon, Bermudakid, OMat, HDTanel, Panzer91, BenBuja, Walkerie, GunmetalAK47, Aleksss, Daniel Hildebrandt and Darkdeus. Continue reading Project CARS – Community Trailers Overload→
Good news for ArmA fans as some new footage from ArmA 3 has emerged. Czech gaming channel “Gamepage.cz” interviewed Bohemia’s Ivan Buchta in which the YouTube gaming channel has featured some new footage from the company’s upcoming military sim. Although the footage was captured in low-res, it looks great and you’ll be able to take a look at the new Stratis island. ArmA 3 is currently slated for a late 2012 release on the PC. Enjoy! Continue reading New ArmA 3 footage emerges; looks sexy as hell→
