Valve is Bringing Steam to China
Valve and Perfect World have announced a new partnership to bring the Steam client to mainland China. The popular PC gaming distribution client will launch in the notoriously censored nation as Steam...
View ArticlePillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Free DLC and Pillars of Eternity Collection...
Obsidian Entertainment has announced free DLC for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. The Scalawags Pack boasts “three new recruitable crew members to the taverns of the Deadfire and adds a wide array of...
View ArticleBloodstained: Ritual of the Night E3 2018 Demo Now Available to Select...
Full Disclosure: I have financially backed Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on Kickstarter. 505 Games and developer Inti Creates have announced a new demo for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. The...
View ArticlePathfinder: Kingmaker Gets New Publisher with Deep Silver, Release Set for...
Deep Silver has confirmed they’ve picked up the publishing duties for Pathfinder: Kingmaker. The upcoming tactical RPG, which is developed by Owlcat Games and bound for Windows PC, Mac, and Linux, was...
View ArticleDoki Doki Literature Club Blamed for UK Teen’s Suicide
British News media this week have covered the suicide of a 15 year old teen, after his father blamed the game Doki Doki Literature Club. Ben Walmsley (15) had committed suicide, and his father Darren...
View ArticleThe Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep Launches September 18 for PC, Later in 2018...
inXile Entertainment has announced the Windows PC release date for The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep. The latest in their dungeon crawling RPG franchise will launch for PC on September 18th. Pre-orders...
View ArticleSteam Chat Update Now Available
Valve has released the highly anticipated chat update for their Steam client, and it brings a host of changes to the social component of their game distribution platform. While chatting and social...
View ArticleValve’s “Artifact” Game Launches in November 2018, Playable at PAX West
Valve has announced the release date for their latest real game, Artifact. The trading and battling card game will launch on November 28th across Windows PC, Mac, and Linux. A price point is set at...
View ArticleMonty Python-Esque Adventure Game “The Procession to Calvary” Looks Fantastic
Indie British developer Joe Richardson has put his latest opus, The Procession to Calvary, up for crowdfunding. The point-and-click sequel to the insta-classic Renaissance-era game Four Last Things is...
View ArticleDiscord Launches a Game Store, Adds Free Games to Nitro Subscription
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View ArticleOwlboy Limited Edition Release Dates Set
While delayed from it’s initial, the physical limited edition of Owlboy has a new release date. This limited edition for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 will launch on September 28th for North...
View Article9 Monkeys of Shaolin Delayed to Winter 2019
Publisher Buka Entertainment and developer Sobaka Studio have announced a delay for 9 Monkeys of Shaolin. The game will forgo its planned release this fall, opting for one a bit later sometime in...
View ArticleValve Launching New Streaming Platform “Steam TV”
Valve prematurely launched a new streaming platform that is a clear bid to compete with popular streaming platforms already in place like Twitch. The new platform, appropriately called “Steam.tv,” was...
View ArticleBloodstained: Ritual of the Night Delayed to 2019, PS Vita Version Cancelled
Full Disclosure: I have financially backed Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on Kickstarter. 505 Games and Inti Creates have announced another delay for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. The game will...
View ArticleValve Officially Launches Their New Game Streaming Platform, Steam TV
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View ArticleGOG Announces New “FCK DRM” Initiative
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View ArticleSteam is Getting New Built-in Tools to Let Users Run Windows Games on Linux
While Valve’s popular Steam client has long-since supported games running on a Linux box, albeit within a Windows virtual machine, the company is launching full-fledged support for Windows PC games...
View ArticleBroforce Now Available for Switch
Deveolver Digital and developer Free Lives have released Broforce for Nintendo Switch. We suspect the recently post-poned Nintendo Direct on the same day would have announced the above information. You...
View ArticlePillars of Eternity II: Deadfire “Seeker, Slayer, Survivor” DLC Launches...
inXile Entertainment has confirmed the release date for the next post-launch DLC for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. The “Seeker, Slayer, Survivor” paid downloadable content launches on September...
View ArticleNiche Spotlight – Star Traders: Frontiers
This is Niche Spotlight. In this column, we regularly introduce new games to our fans, so please leave feedback and let us know if there’s a game you want us to cover! In today’s Niche Spotlight, I...
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