Joystiq Deals: Double Nexus giveaway, GOG Fall Sale
This week on Joystiq Deals, one lucky winner will receive two free Nexus devices as part of our latest giveaway. Submit your e-mail address and you’ll be entered to win a new Nexus 6 phone and a Nexus 9 tablet, collectively valued at over $1,000. Good luck, and make sure...
Don’t expect a Blood Dragon sequel from Ubisoft
Despite its status as a critic and fan-favorite, Ubisoft has no plans to develop a follow up to the first-person spoof of 1980s-era action films known as Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. Ubisoft Montreal creative director Alex Hutchinson broke the sad news to IGN during a recent podcast, though he...
Animatronics stalk Steam again in Five Nights At Freddy’s 2
It’s been four months since Five Nights At Freddy’s reminded us all that animatronic critters are almost certainly murderous, yet developer Scott Cawthon has already released the sequel. According to Cawthon’s description of the game on Steam, Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 casts players in much the same role they...
That Dragon, Cancer dad, devs push on after tragedy
That Dragon, Cancer tells the real-life story of Joel Green, a young boy fighting terminal cancer, placed in a low-poly, point-and-click world. There are no puzzles in the game, only daily activities haunted by an unseen monster silently shaping the lives of Joel and his family. Joel’s father, Ryan Green,...
Dungeon Defenders 2 hits Early Access next month
Good time co-op tower defense game Dungeon Defenders 2 will enter Steam’s Early Access program on December 5. Although DD2 will eventually launch as a free game with, as Trendy puts it, “ethical in-game purchases,” the Early Access version will be a premium experience. “Players that purchase the game in...
Play as Handsome Jack’s clone in new Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel DLC
Handsome Jack — or at least a reasonable facsimile — is now a playable character in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel with today’s release of the Handsome Jack Doppelganger Pack. Available as a free download for Season Pass owners, the pack introduces a fifth playable character who wields unique combat abilities and...
Atmospheric bounty hunter White Space explained in dev diary
Curve Studios Design Director Jonathan Biddle discussed the alpha version of his latest game White Space in a new developer diary video. In it, bounty-hunting players fly from one pretty, polygonal, procedurally-generated planet to the next to take down their targets.
Valkyria Chronicles deploys on Steam today
Sega’s alt-universe strategy-RPG Valkyria Chronicles is out today on Steam, marking its first-ever appearance on PC platforms. Originally released for the PlayStation 3 in 2008, Valkyria Chronicles arrives on Steam with dual-language support, Steam Trading Cards and Achievements, and extensive resolution and control configuration options. The new port also bundles...
Metareview: Assassin’s Creed: Unity
As Assassin’s Creed: Unity leapt down to PC, Xbox One and PS4 today, it was met with a mixed critical response.Our review of the game got hung up on plot issues and buildings, the latter in a very literal sense, with a middling score that plunged through the floor much...