Warhammer 40K: Storm of Vengeance beta rages on Steam
The PC beta for Warhammer 40k: Storm of Vengeance launched on Steam this week for $9.99, translating the Warhammer universe into a game of defending lanes. Aside from serving as a chance to play the game early, purchasing the Storm of Vengeance beta works as an early purchase of the...
OlliOlli skating to PC, Mac, Linux, Roll7 debuting game at EGX Rezzed
Indie skater OlliOlli will clear the gap from Vita exclusivity to combo tricks on PC, according to a post for the EGX Rezzed convention. Developer Roll7 also responded to a fan’s inquiry on Twitter, confirming that Mac and Linux will be among OlliOlli‘s new grinding grounds.The EGX Rezzed post states...
League of Legends Team Builder beta starts March 3 – trust falls not included
Riot Games’ League of Legends is built on a relatively simple premise: you and four other players each pick a character, assign yourselves a role (tank, support, etc) and use your unique abilities to destroy the enemy team and their base. But what happens when you and someone else on...
Oscar escapes to a dream world invaded by reality
Constructing a fantasy to escape reality is no game – unless that game is Oscar by Team Sharkeye. In Oscar, players take on the role of a young girl – Oscar – who explores a bright and colorful dream world with her stuffed elephant, Flynn, held tight in her arms....
Dust: An Elysian Tail pulls off 1 million sale combo
Action adventure game Dust: An Elysian Tail has chained together 1 million sales, developer Dean Dodrill announced on Twitter yesterday. Dust follows the tail tale of an amnesia-ridden warrior and his fluttering sidekick, Fidget, as they piece together his past and present identity. After clearing a million sales however, we...
Work-for-hire UK indie Remode closing, founders plan new start
UK-based developer Remode will be closing its doors after seven years in operation as a work-for-hire studio, founders Ella Romanos and Martin Darby announced late last week. Romanaos and Darby started Remode with the intention of creating their own IP, using work with other studios to fund development. According to...
Typing of the Dead: Overkill goes to the movies for quote-laden DLC
If the Oscar party you’ve got planned for tomorrow night is less about drinks and dresses and more about the undead and brain-bashing, boy does Sega have a deal for you: meet the Silver Screen Lexicon Pack DLC for Typing of the Dead: Overkill, where the game’s words and phrases...
Two million accounts have crafted weapons in F2P shooter Loadout
Loadout developer Edge of Reality announced yesterday that the build-what-you-want, shoot-everyone-in-sight game had more than 2 million accounts get locked ‘n’ loaded – that’s “created” in layman’s terms – in the short span of two weeks. Note that this is 2 million accounts, not necessarily 2 million players. Nonetheless, it’s...
Twitch Plays Pokemon final stats: 1.1 million players, 36 million views
Twitch has announced the final statistics for cultural phenomenon Twitch Plays Pokemon, which came to a dramatic close earlier today. And while only one pokemon trainer can be the very best, more than 1.1 million people tried. The actual number of TPP “players” – as in, those who entered commands...
Steam Family Sharing exits beta, now available to all
Following January’s official release of Steam Family Options, Valve Software has removed Steam Family Sharing from its long beta test and made it available to all Steam users. As its name suggests, Steam Family Sharing allows those with blood ties (or those willing to lie about blood ties) to freely...