Paradox Interactive to publish Obsidian’s Pillars of Eternity
Obsidian Entertainment announced a partnership with Paradox Interactive to launch Pillars of Eternity. Paradox will handle the marketing and distribution of the PC game, which is slated to launch by this winter. Formerly known as Project Eternity, the game earned $3.9 million on Kickstarter in October 2012. The game was...
Games that last for one second, one millenium in Pippin Barr’s Durations
Pippin Barr is an expert in crafting oddly insightful, simplistic games, and his latest collection is a testament to this skill. Durations is a group of mini-games, some quick and others that will last long after you’re dead, running for hundreds or thousands of years. They have names that range...
GOG.com to bring classic games to Linux
GOG.com (aka Good Old Games) has announced plans to bring some portion of its catalogue of classic PC and Mac video games to the increasingly well-supported Linux platform. Though not immediately available, this morning’s announcement claims that GOG will enter the Linux market at some point this Fall. “We’re initially...
Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty must sell 500K to fund new game in series, creator says
Just Add Water’s upcoming remake of the PSone-era adventure game Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee needs to sell half a million units in order to fund the creation of a new Oddworld game, series creator Lorne Lanning told Eurogamer today. “If I’m doing a new Oddworld game, I’m not going to do...
Child of Light behind the scenes
Artistically lush RPG Child of Light is getting ready to glide on in to PC and consoles on April 30. Ubisoft has posted a little behind-the-scenes trailer featuring the game’s visual inspiration.
Tactical space sim Starpoint Gemini 2 enters beta on Steam Early Access
Iceberg Interactive, a publisher best known for releasing meticulously detailed games set in the void of space, has announced that Starpoint Gemini 2 has entered beta testing via Steam’s Early Access program. New to this incarnation of the tactical space simulation are wormholes that allow for faster travel while threatening...
Joystiq Streams: Infiltrating Infinite Crisis with Turbine, Inc. [Relive the stream!]
Up to now, options have been limited for those that want nothing more than to control lanes while also making Superman punch people in the face. With Infinite Crisis, Turbine Inc. and Warner Bros. Interactive have finally created an ideal way to satiate those particularly hungry fans of MOBAs and...
Playing like nobody’s watching in The Stanley Parable
The Stanley Parable casts you as a nondescript soul in a nondescript office building. From this mundane beginning emerges a skewed story of a man making choices, both small and serious, and a player expressing their importance in a video game. It’s clearly a thoughtfully considered, deliberately tuned and –...
Octodad: Dadliest Catch breaks 90K sales ahead of PS4 launch
Paternal poser Octodad: Dadliest Catch sold more than 90,000 copies on PC, Mac, and Linux since its launch in January, which means it also passed the octomark of 88,888 sales, and that’s grand, too. Developer Young Horses is ecstatic with the sales figures, and president Phil Tibitoski said “our expectations...
Titanfall State of Service: Week One
This is State of Service, an ongoing review of the online service of a recently launched game. See our scored review of Titanfall here. Tuesday, March 18 | T-minus 23 days until final verdict Current State of Service: Good Summary: Launch day problems resolved. PC experiencing limited issues. Australia receives...