Road Not Taken hitting PS4, PC August 5
Spry Fox’s stylish roguelike puzzler Road Not Taken will launch for the PlayStation 4 and PC platforms in August, the studio revealed today. Road Not Taken is an overhead-view adventure game in which players have a limited number of in-game years to solve environmental puzzles, befriend NPCs, and advance the...
Joystiq Deals: SmartPlane, Ryse, Child of Light
We’re offering you something a little bit different today at Joystiq Deals: the chance to pilot a plane using your smartphone. The SmartPlane is a small gadget aircraft that operates entirely on input from a user’s smartphone or tablet device. Normally priced at $70, it can be yours today for...
Steam Summer Sale, day 7: Batman, BioShock Infinite, Counter-Strike
It’s been a week since the Steam Summer Sale began its assault on our collective wallets, and the bombs keep dropping. Hold on to your butts. Today’s Steam Summer Sale offerings include Kerbal Space Program for $16.19, Endless Space for $7.49, The Banner Saga for $12.49, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for...
The Legend of Korra: as told by Bayonetta dev Platinum Games
The Legend of Korra, Nickelodeon’s animated successor to Avatar: The Last Airbender, is being turned into a cel-shaded pummelfest by Platinum Games. The announcement comes a few days ahead of the third-season premiere of The Legend of Korra on June 27. Platinum’s take on Korra, overseen by show scribe Tim...
Oculus: ZeniMax lawsuit a ‘transparent attempt’ to profit from Facebook sale
Oculus VR has issued a legal statement denying ZeniMax Media’s claims that Oculus Chief Technology Officer John Carmack developed key VR technology while employed at ZeniMax, therefore entitling ZeniMax and its subsidiary id Software to compensation. “ZeniMax’s Complaint falsely claims ownership in Oculus VR technology in a transparent attempt to...
Saints Row 4 National Treasure Edition bundles DLC for $30
A DLC-stuffed National Treasure Edition of Saints Row 4 ships to retailers on July 8, Deep Silver announced. The PS3, Xbox 360 and PC repackage was already unveiled for Europe, and it’s coming to the same platforms in North and South America, priced at $30. If you’ve kept up with...
Natural selection: Evolve leads E3 Game Critics Awards nominations
Turtle Rock Studios’ Evolve notched six nominations in this year’s E3 Game Critics Awards, including Best Online Multiplayer and Best Action Game. The four-versus-one shooter is also up for the prestigious Best of Show award, where it’s competing with No Man’s Sky, Alien: Isolation, Batman: Arkham Knight, Shadow of Mordor...
Humble Store raises $1 million for charity
Humble Bundle’s spin-off venture Humble Store has earned more than $1 million in charitable proceeds as of this week. The Humble Store offers a rotating selection of downloadable PC games at deep discounts, with ten percent of sale proceeds going toward the American Red Cross, Child’s Play, the World Land...
Titanfall’s next update adds insignias, Titan burn cards
Titanfall will receive its fourth update soon, and developer Respawn offered a few details on it today. The update will add featured game modes to Titanfall‘s playlist rotation for limited periods of time as well as a “Marked For Death” mode, in which one player from each team is “marked...
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare crops up on PC
As promised, PopCap’s formerly Xbox exclusive, third-person shooter Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare is now available on PC. According to publisher EA, the PC incarnation of Garden Warfare boasts a new co-operative and multiplayer map dubbed “Jewel Junction,” alongside the numerous free updates issued to the console version of the...