Amazon Digital End of Summer Sale: Half off Civ 5, Titanfall
To celebrate the waning summer months and the return to temperatures that won’t cause small children to burst into flame, Amazon has instituted massive discounts on a huge number of gaming items in what it has dubbed the “Digital End of Summer Sale.” Highlights of the promotion include a 50...
Harmonix’s dreamy PC shoot-em-up, A City Sleeps
The newest game from Harmonix doesn’t involve dancing or guitar peripherals – instead, A City Sleeps is a classic, twin-stick shoot-em-up starring Poe, a dream exorcist and part of The Silk clan. Dream exorcists enter people’s dreams to dispose of demons, and everyone in the city of SanLo has fallen...
Joystiq Streams: A low down dirty Oculus Rift DK2 tour [UPDATE: Relive the stream!]
Psst. Hey. Sick of all those tame interviews and careful hand-holding through the growing world of virtual reality? Want to take a trip down the unbeaten paths where the weird stuff is happening in Oculus Rift? Want to see a grown man fight with his inner ear when a computer...
Assassin’s Creed Unity delayed to November 11
Assassin’s Creed Unity will launch on November 11 in North America and on November 13 in Europe, a delay from the previously announced release date of October 28 in the US. Ubisoft says the extra two weeks will be spent bringing the game up to fans’ and the team’s expectations....
Indie Megabooth Solid Gold Collection is 6 games for $20
The Indie Megabooth Solid Gold Collection is here for all those discount divas on Steam, offering Guacamelee! Gold Edition, Hotline Miami, The Stanley Parable, Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine and FRACT OSC all for just $20. Individually priced, these all tally up to $85. As Megabooth puts...
Next game from Metro series developer ‘less linear, more sandbox’
The next game from Metro 2033 developer 4A Games will shift away from a linear progression and offer players a more freeform approach to gameplay, studio CTO Oles Shishkovstov told Eurogamer this week. “For the game we are working on now, our designers have shifted to a more sand-box-style experience...
Legendary Gems, Greater Rifts now infest Diablo 3
As if Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls wasn’t already packed with enough content to keep you dutifully clicking away at demons for months, Blizzard has launched Patch 2.1.0 which adds a host of new items and activities to the fan-favorite dungeon crawl. Most notable are the addition of Greater Rifts...
Interstellar Marines uses the buddy system, gets co-op in September
Interstellar Marines has sold over 100,000 copies since it launched in July 2013 on Steam Early Access, developer Zero Point Software announced this week. The sci-fi game has generated “more than $1.5 million in revenue” for the studio. Still in “heavy development,” the tactical FPS will also receive an update...
GOG.com adds movies to its lineup
DRM-free game distributor GOG.com has expanded its online catalog to include a selection of gaming documentaries, announcing that it will seek partnerships with major studios to feature additional TV and film offerings via download and streaming. Twenty gaming-themed documentaries are now collected under GOG.com’s new “Movies” tab, including the world...
Gauntlet needs new release date, badly
WBIE’s Gauntlet reboot is being delayed by a couple weeks so everyone can build up more rage against friends who will inevitably shoot the food. Originally scheduled for September 3, the game has now been moved to a September 23 launch. Continue reading Gauntlet needs new release date, badly