One Tap Quest will destroy your productivity
The internet is a lot like the Cave of Secrets from Disney’s Aladdin. There’s a ton of hidden treasure in there, and who can say where it all came from? Such is the case with One Tap Quest, a simple browser game coded in HTML5 that’s been making the viral...
Oculus-only platformer coming from Words with Friends co-creator
Words With Friends co-creator Paul Bettner’s new development company Playful Corp will show off its introductory game at E3, Lucky’s Tale. The game is a third-person platformer with an intriguing twist: It is exclusive to the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. Along with his brother David, Bettner left Zynga in...
Parkour trumps tottering corpses in Dying Light E3 trailer
Zombies can’t devour what they can’t catch. As this Dying Light trailer demonstrates, parkour is to zombies as jetskis are to the docile manatee.
Joystiq Deals: PasswordBox, Mirror’s Edge, Dark Souls 2
Continuing the trend of keeping your data secure, this week’s installment of Joystiq Deals features a PasswordBox unlimited subscription for only $10. this deal ends on Thursday, June 5 at 4PM ET. Meanwhile, Sony has kicked off another of its periodic flash sales, this time themed around Japanese role-playing games....
Players cast 97 million spells in Magicka: Wizard Wars
After dropping into open beta only a week ago, Magicka: Wizard Wars has reached 500,000 downloads, Paradox Interactive has announced. The publisher adds that players have cast a total of 97,704,758 spells. That’s just about 195 spells per download, by our reckoning. The warm reception has prompted Paradox to increase...
You have 24 hours to get Sniper Elite V2 for free
For the next 24 hours, Rebellion’s World War 2 shooter Sniper Elite V2 will be free to download on Steam. The better news is that once you’re done playing, you don’t even need to return it – it’s yours, forever. And why is Rebellion doing this? The company hopes that...
Dark Souls 2 kills you again with ‘The Lost Crowns’ DLC
The story of Dark Souls 2‘s ‘The Lost Crowns’ DLC couldn’t be more suited to the franchise. Developer From Software started off by saying there wouldn’t be any DLC, giving players a nice sense of security. Then, the studio backpedaled, hinting that DLC could happen, depending on fan feedback. And...
Humble Bundle 10 adds three more games for PC, Android
Humble Bundle organizers have added three bonus games to the ongoing Humble Bundle: PC and Android 10, bringing the collection up to 11 featured games at a pay-what-you-want price point. Ludosity’s Zelda-like action-adventure game Ittle Dew, Mode 7’s tactical sim Frozen Synapse, and Subatomic Studios’ classic tower defense game Fieldrunners...
Tropico 5 launch most successful in series history
El Presidentes around the world have elected with their wallets to make Tropico 5 the most successful launch in the franchise’s history, according to publisher Kalypso. The game reached sales of “over six figures,” topping the Steam sales charts and showing impressive debuts in the UK and Germany. We mentioned...
Gauntlet E3 trailer joins party
In prep for next week’s E3 extrabonanza, Gauntlet has unleashed a new trailer highlighting the game’s relic system. The RPG-esque system grants players the ability to upgrade powers and weapons. Join up with three other buddies for the reboot of the original dungeon crawler on September 3.