Gone Home Boxed Special Edition goes international on July 3
Those who haven’t already enjoyed the critically-beloved Gone Home via digital distribution can pick up the game at retail in a new “Boxed Special Edition” which arrives on July 3. Developer The Fullbright Company has teamed with Merge Games to release the Boxed Special Edition to stores in the UK,...
Nuclear Throne update adds titular seat, final boss battle
After 33 weekly updates, Vlambeer’s self-described “action roguelike-like” Nuclear Throne now contains an actual nuclear throne. According to the developer, the throne can be found at the game’s climax, after players have battled their way from a lowly campfire, through the wilds, into the Palace, and past its many opulent,...
Joystiq Deals: Modern Warfare trilogy
Today, Joystiq Deals goes into battle. Each of the three games in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series is half-off through the end of today only, so those looking to play through the trilogy should act soon. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2 are both...
Steam tops 8 million concurrent users as sale draws to a close
Steam is quite popular during its Summer Sale thanks to its massively discounted games. How popular? As it turns out, the PC game distribution service reached a new peak of concurrent users, 8,020,792 to be exact, according to stats provided by Valve. Steam broke the 8 million mark as the...
The ‘Sheltered’ apocalypse is coming!
Sheltered, described as a post-apocalyptic strategy game, will be published by Team17, the developer best (only?) known for the Worms franchise. The publishing deal is part of Team17’s expanding third-party publishing program, which is interesting given Team17’s own publishing history. Sheltered‘s Kickstarter campaign will conclude in four days, having gathered...
Sniper Elite 3 zooms up UK charts
EA Sports’ UFC managed one week as the British king of the ring, but it failed to spot Sniper Elite 3 lurking in the audience. Rebellion’s shooter displaced the fighter this week, marking the series’ second time on top of the UK charts. Incidentally, how would you camouflage at a...
‘Why not’ release Planetary Annihilation Early Access at retail, says dev
Early Access is in something of a delicate situation right now; a pickle, if you will. A dill, kosher, crunchy pickle, with some people excited over the pickle and some people disgusted. Either way, pickle juice is leaking out of the digital world and getting stores shelves just a little...
Dodge the mob, try to get rich in the ’20s with A Golden Wake
Even the everyday man stood a chance at getting filthy rich in The Roaring Twenties, but Alfie Banks has more to worry about than earning a pile of money: namely, the mob that’s after him. Point-and-click adventurers can watch Alfie’s back this fall in A Golden Wake, a tale developed...
Fan-crafted Sonic 2 HD project pokes its nose out once more
Okay, so Sonic the Hedgehog’s move to 3D worlds and high-definition graphics hasn’t proven to be a particularly great move. What’s a hedgehog fan to do? Why, remake one of the Sonic games that was universally loved, of course. And so it was that Sonic 2 HD, a fan project...
Dreamfall Chapters is episodic, Book One due in November
By the time Red Thread Games launched its Kickstarter for Dreamfall Chapters in February, the studio had ditched its initial idea of developing an episodic adventure. Intentions aren’t written in stone however, and an update from this week explains that Chapters will be episodic in its delivery after all. The...