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Wadjet Eye Games’ Four-Game Blackwell Series Debuts on Steam
Wadjet Eye Games, an indie developer, announced today that the long-running point-and-click adventure series Blackwell are now available on Steam. The PC titles can be purchased individually, or as a bundle for $19.99. To celebrate the launch, Steam is offering a 25% discount which brings the bundle price down to $14.99. The discount will last until January […]
Amazon’s Top Selling Games of 2011
Amazon revealed its top-selling video games in December 2011. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and in a surprise, Deus Ex: Human Revolution took the top for each category. The former took best selling physical title and the latter took tops in digital sales. Amazon also noted that the sales was combined of all platforms, […]
PS2 Still Selling A Decade Later
The Playstation 2 is seen as one of the most successful consoles of all time and its success is still being measured to this day. This year at CES, Sony stated that its Playstation hardware has sold over 6.5 million units, a totaled amount that consists of Sony’s entire Playstation hardware lineup. The Playstation 3 […]
Bungie: “we all agree that SOPA sucks”
Last week we reported that two more gaming companies had publicly denoucned SOPA and the ESA’s support of the bill. Last Friday Bungie decided to toss their two cents in the mix and also released a statement calling this “a clumsy effort to curtail online piracy.” In the statement Bungie said that SOPA “will hurt […]
Mass Effect 3 Will Not Be Available on Steam
BioWare’s Chris Priestly recently posted some answers to frequently asked questions regarding Mass Effect 3‘s PC release. He confirmed that Mass Effect 3 on PC (digital and retail versions) will require Origin and the digital version will not be available on Steam. Not too surprising as EA continues to use its big titles to promote Origin. The reason […]
THQ Not Giving up the Ghost in 2014
Over the weekend rumors surfaced that THQ would be wiping their 2014 slate of games, as well as ceasing development of their upcoming MMO Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millenium Online. According to THQ this is not the case. The rumor began because of what Kevin Dent said on his Twitter feed. Dent is a video game […]
Next A World of Keflings DLC Decided by Your Vote
Fans of the incredibly fun XBLA title A World of Keflings are in luck because it’s been confirmed that developer Ninjabee is working on a second piece of DLC. Following last years DLC, It Came From Space, fans will get the chance to explore an all new expansion later this year. Unfortunately, they’re not quite set on […]
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – Demo Footage
The demo for The Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning came out today for PC, PSN, and XBL, and I got a chance to sit down with the PC demo and play through the first part and recorded my experience. The demo is pretty traditional, but once you complete the linear section, you have another 45 minutes […]
Community Voice: SOPA/PIPA – What Are Your Thoughts?
All across the internet today, many sites are participating in a blackout to protest the highly controversial bills, SOPA and PIPA. If you haven’t heard about Congress’ plan to basically censor the internet, you can read the bill here. What SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) aim to do is strengthen the […]
Prepare For Kombat
In a press release today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced Mortal Kombat for Sony’s upcoming handheld, the PlayStation Vita. Set for a Spring 2012 release, the game is being developed by NetherRealm Studios. Ed Boon, Creative Director, NetherRealm Studios, said “The NetherRealm team is committed to making sure that we follow up the success of […]
Gamers Speak Out Against SOPA on VGVN’s Facebook Page
Oh how quickly things change. Not too long ago the Video Game Voter’s Network (VGVN) and the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) asked gamers to help speak out against California’s Video Game Law. Tons of people within the gaming industry stood behind the ESA and VGVN as they seemingly were speaking out for gamers protecting our […]
Penny Arcade Asks Gaming Community to Stand Together Against Sopa and Pipa
Penny Arcade TV’s popular show Extra Credits has released a video today asking the gaming community to band together against SOPA/PIPA as well as those supporting the bills. Screwattack’s Stuttering Craig, Loading Ready Run’s Graham Stark, Red 5 Studios Mark Kern, and Extra Credits own Portnow and Floyd are all seen in the video […]