Man, now that was a close call. Starlight Inception’s Kickstarter campaign ended and Escape Hatch Entertainment has managed to hit their goal at the last minute. This game would be funded if the campaign reached $150K pledged USD and they have successfully managed to gather $158K USD. Good news then for all space combat fans, as Starlight Inception is the rebellious stepchild of Wing Commander, X-wing and Freespace2, taking a fresh approach to the classic space combat genre. Party time. Continue reading Success: Starlight Inception has reached its Kickstarter goal of $150K→
Ubisoft has released a documentary trailer for their upcoming Ghost Recon game, Future Soldier. This trailer shows that Ghosts are far from being emotionless shells, or whatever that’s supposed to mean. Next thing you know, Ghosts will disagree with your commands while gaming. Heh, now that would be cool actually. Anyway, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is slated for a June 15th release on the PC and promises to feature revamped visuals, as well as some new PC features. Enjoy! Continue reading Ghost Recon : Future Soldier – Documentary Trailer→
Wolfenstein 3D got 20 years old this Saturday and in order to celebrate it, Bethesda and iD Software have released a free-to-play browser version of our beloved FPS classic game. Yeap, you read that right. Wolfenstein 3D is free-to-play and those interested can play it by visiting its official website. In addition, and in order to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Wolfenstein 3D, John Carmack decided to whip up a commentary that can be viewed below. Enjoy and happy birthday Wolfenstein 3D! Continue reading Wolfenstein 3D is now playable on your browser for FREE→
NeocoreGames today announced the entry of a brand-new IP entitled The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, an Action RPG filled with fierce and demonic battles, memorable characters, and a refreshingly unique story that brings the legendary vampire slayer to modern audiences. The upcoming title, loosely based on Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula, is being developed for PC and Xbox LIVE Arcade. Continue reading The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing Announced; coming to XBLA and PC in late Q4 2012→
A lot of people consider Black Mesa as the DNF of mods. While it’s true that the mod has not been released yet (and although there are strong hints that it might hit PCs this year), we’ve been wondering what had happened back in 2009 and why the team did not release it back then. Thankfully, Black Mesa’s Carlos Montero has shed some light into this, stating that the team did their best to hit that deadline and although they had a working version of Black Mesa, there were so many shortcuts – which have been made in order to hit the deadline – that the end result was not up to the standards that were set by the team. Continue reading Black Mesa’s Carlos Montero explains why Black Mesa: Source didn’t hit its 2009 release date→
Back in January, we informed you about Xenonauts, a spiritual successor to the classic X-Com games. Well, guess what everyone? Goldhawk Interactive, the team behind it, has decided to start a Kickstarter for it. Goldhawk’s goal is relatively small, as they need $50K USD to fund the game. There are 32 days left and the Kickstarter is almost at $10K, so we can safely assume that Xenonauts will hit its initial mark. Continue reading The spiritual successor to the classic X-Com, ‘Xenonauts’, gets a Kickstarter→
We bet that a lot of gamers have been waiting anxiously for the third part of the Bioshock series. The game was slated for a 2012 release, however it seems that PC (and console) gamers will have to wait a little bit more as 2K Games announced today that the game is now planned to launch worldwide on February 26, 2013. Well, at least we have tons of other games to play in 2012, right? Continue reading BioShock Infinite pushed back to 2013→
Paradox Interactive and Ino-Co Plus announced the release of Warlock: Master of the Arcane, a fantasy strategy game of conquest and magic. In order to celebrate it, the publisher has also released the launch trailer of the game, in which the University of Ardania’s most eccentric professor regales us with the glorious tale of King Rrat. A tale featuring exploration, expansion, exploitation, and fireball casting rat mages, of course. Continue reading Warlock: Master of the Arcane Released→
Sony Online Entertainment announced that The Last Laugh, the fourth downloadable content (DLC) pack for DCUO, will be available in June for download on the PC and PlayStation 3. The Last Laugh will pit players against each other in high-intensity multiplayer brawls, feature an all-new weapon, and introduce new Light-Powered Legends PvP characters. Continue reading DC Universe Online – Fourth DLC Pack Announced→
It took a while but the highly anticipated Collection DLC Pack for the PC version of Modern Warfare 3 is now available and features 4 Multiplayer/Survival Mode Maps & 2 Special Ops Missions. In addition, Activision released an update for the PC version of MW3 that adds community playlists: Infected, FFA Gunplay & Drop Zone. Those playlists were added to the console versions a while back and were missing from the PC version. Thankfully, the PC version is currently up-to-date with the console ones, so good news to all MW3 PC fans. Continue reading Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Collection #1 DLC is now Available on the PC→
