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Look, I'm not gonna mince words here. If you own a PC, you owe it to yourself to play Gravity Bone . I don't want to tell you what it's all about, since the game is so short that even telling you the setup would give you information in the same amount of time that you could just
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Stranded on a world that's literally one gigantic garbage dump, the adventurous Rufus dreams of escaping his sub-lower-class life to live among the world's elite in a gleaming floating city in the clouds. He'll probably kill himself first, the idiot. Adventure gaming fans will su
Read articleLike its predecessor Gravity Bone, Blendo Games’ Thirty Flights of Loving is a short-form tale of cool criminals in a cuboid world, told from a first-person perspective with a hyper-compressed, non-linear narrative that focuses only on the drama and comedy, not the filler. Here’s
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Last week I had the chance to dive into the refreshing waters of Far Cry 3 at Gamescom. I was given free rein of a portion of the world map. I fought Komodo dragons, drowned, fled a shark, trashed bandit bases, crashed a multitude of vehicles and annoyed half of the jungle's wild
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Let's all admit that Dust was a fantastic map in Counter-Strike: Source . It was small enough to where the pace was always active, with the proper amount of choke points and alternate routes for optimal strategizing. But part of the charm of Source was discovering the community m
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There was a surprising casualty in yesterday's PopCap layoffs. George Fan is best known as the creator of one of PopCap's most endearing games: Plants vs Zombies. And although the company is moving ahead with a sequel to the game, according to a report by 1UP , Fan was part of ye
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Rockstar Games have announced that the next DLC pack for Max Payne 3 will see the grizzled, alcoholic gunman rendered in noir-ish black and white. The new Disorganized Crime Pack will give an even moodier look to the game, which is hardly sunshine and rainbows as it is. Visuals a
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You’ve finished Spec Ops: The Line . You’ve seen its harrowing tale through from start to finish and felt the moral conflict claw its way into your gut. So then, what now? Do you go back to other shooters – which are significantly lacking in both awareness of their own problemati
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Taking a page from LA Noire's case notes, Rockstar's Max Payne 3 will on August 28 be adding something called "Noir Mode", which is a tidy term for "playing the game in black & white". It fits with the game's noir overtones, I guess, but given so much of Max Payne 3 is spent
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Today is a finer day than usual here on Fine Art, because we're looking at not just one of my favourite concept artists in the world, but one of my favourite artists . Thomas Pringle has worked for some of the biggest companies in video games, including the likes of Sony, 2K, Cap
Read articleToday's "say it ain't so" news involves PopCap releasing about 50 employees at its Seattle offices and investigating the shaky future of its Dublin, Ireland branch. Now, PopCap co-founder John Vechey took to the keyboard with an official blog post explaining the decision with unu
Read articleYou should have a new tab along with your achievements and leaderboards that contains some stats for your viewing pleasure! The in-game stats link will now take you directly to this page as well.
Read articleYou should have a new tab along with your achievements and leaderboards that contains some stats for your viewing pleasure! The in-game stats link will now take you directly to this page as well.
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DayZ is following a path navigated by fellow former-mods Counter-Strike, Dota, Team Fortress and Killing Floor: it's being developed as a commercial, standalone game. I spoke with Dean Hall about what the decision to go standalone will mean for DayZ's design and for its more than
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Three new DLC packs for Sleeping Dogs are now available on Steam! The Red Envelope Pack adds 20 envelopes each stuffed with $50k, scattered throughout the city of Hong Kong. Find them all and you'll net a cool 1 Million HK dollars to spend on whatever you want! The Top Dog Gold P
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is now available on Steam! CS:GO expands on the classic team-based action gameplay that Counter-Strike pioneered. Featuring an arsenal of over 45 weapons, loads of maps, new game modes, new visuals, leaderboards, and over 165 Steam Achievements.
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Save 75% off the Mount & Blade series on Steam now until Thursday at 4PM Pacific Time! Assemble your band of hardened warriors and enter the fray of medieval combat. In an open sand box world, you choose your allies, your enemies, what provinces to conquer, what castles to si
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