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Where Is My Heart? is a hyper-adorable, verging-on-eerie platformer with a twist: its world was jumbled and strewn across the screen, like a universe reflected in shards of broken glass. Last year it was announced that the PSN favorite was coming to PC, but the project's remained quiet till now. Today, designer Bernhard Schulenberg updated GameSpy on its progress, revealing -- amongst other details -- that the PC version will come with some new levels exclusive to the platform. Read More »
That is, if you haven't already preordered the thing by backing its Kickstarter from last year. What's that? Late to the party? Apparently even tardy attendees are welcomed around here, so long as their wallets are open to one of the three preorder sets. Also, behind the cut, we'll show you some of the character archetypes you'll get to play in the futuristic RPG. Read More »
Yeah, okay, it's another game about saving the world. But -- if you haven't already gone and stuck your face back into the Mass Effect series -- this rendition of the world's looming end is a little different. No hostile alien takeovers to be had here. You see, while A New Beginning is firmly rooted in the scum and the rubbled wastes of sci-fi, it takes its inspiration from the very real threat our planet faces today -- climate change. Read More »
One of the things I've always dug about the GTA series is its depictions of all aspects of city life, from soaked-in-money high roller hotels to the graffiti-wrapped grit of the town's outskirts. And with this handful of new screenies, it sure doesn't look like Grand Theft Auto 5 will disappoint on that front. Read More »
Banking corporations are run by The Devil himself. Capitalism is literally turning the world to ruins, and our hero Dante can't abide by that. Crumbling streets are no barrier to his stopping the forces of sheer dollar-eyed evil, and he will tread over anything and everything in his quest to make things right. Dante is a badass who, simply put, Does Not Give A Damn. Or at least, that's what I'm getting from DmC's story-centered CG trailer. Read More »
I'm not sure where Shu gets its name from. On one hand, it speaks for this adorable platformer's Asian-inspired aesthetic. On the other, I can just imagine someone yelling "Get out of here, the end of the world is coming! Shoo! Shu!" as they chase me out of their house and into the outside world, which is apparently slowly being consumed by some sort of dusty cloud-thing, if this trailer is anything to go by. At least the end times will be providing for an exhilaratingly pretty ride. Read More »
Going by this new batch of screenies, Neverwinter is looking to serve up all those good ol' fantasy tropes. We've got gloomy tombs, spike-filled pits, ethereal ghostly glows, and -- hey, wait a second. Ghost Pirate LeChuck? Is that you? Read More »
Do these pants make me look fat? Sigh. Suppose I really should try on another outfit -- like, say, the two new mechs currently available for players to try out for free in Hawken. You can snicker at me, but nobody argues with a giant badass mech. Read More »
Some of history's best-remembered battles, such as Thermopylae and The Alamo, are those in which badly outnumbered soldiers sacrifice themselves in a valiant last stand against an overwhelming force. Even in defeat, the defenders die as heroes. In gaming, these battles have many names -- horde, survival, holdout, last stand, and more -- but they all have one thing in common: it's often not about whether or not you die, but how well you die, usually as measured in the sheer quantity of enemy corpses you eventually fall on top of. Here are the games that stand out to us as the best that PC gaming has to offer. Read More »
A wave of account hacks hit Ubisoft's Uplay service this week, resulting in a 15-page forum thread of gamers reporting their inability to play games like Far Cry 3 and Assassin's Creed 3. Many claim to have used secure, randomly generated passwords and can't find a way their accounts could've been accessed. Most say they received email notifications that the email address attached to their accounts were changed to a one using a Russian domain, indicating a single hacker or group behind the scheme. In a response to GameSpy, Ubisoft confirmed that "a limited number" of accounts have been "compromised," but that no personal or financial details of customers were exposed. But how did this happen? Read More »
"Wolf!" the boy cried, as a dirtied, snuffling pig raised its face to confused and not-at-all afraid villagers. Well, okay, I might have my fairy tales wrong here -- but what does it matter, when American McGee is just going to turn them all into dark, brooding messes of tragedy and monster-slaying, anyway? The Little Red Riding Hood-inspired Akaneiro: Demon Hunters has now hit Kickstarter, with the hopes of achieving a "uniquely enthralling free to play action role-playing experience." Read More »
At the end of last year we reported that multiplayer was hitting Tomb Raider on at least one platform. Fans have raided the latest issue of OXM, gutting it for details and posting the messy entrails on the internet. Here's a condensed-down hint of what we can expect. Read More »
If you can't keep tabs on the Steam Holiday Sale, you're likely to miss some especially outrageous deals. Take, for example, today's 75% slashing of Rage. There are plenty of reasons to be critical of id Software's latest shooter, but at $5, it's tough to complain. Then there's open-world kung-fu adventure Sleeping Dogs for just $17. Tough to pass up. Good news if you do miss these or have missed other great deals over the past couple weeks: Valve says it will bring back the best of the best Steam Holiday Sale games for an encore weekend starting tomorrow. Read More »
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2's been set back a couple of times, now. Last year we reported an October release date, and even that was later than originally anticipated. Well, it's 2013 now, but the question "Where are ya, Sniper?" is now answered by the threatening schink of a bullet barely missing your head. Yep, it's that close. And in case you thought the delays were something to be worried about, the accompanying trailer assures us otherwise. Read More »
Nothing wrong with a bit of entrepreneurial spirit, I always say. That's what all that treasure is for, after all. No point trying to be different. In fact, you should embrace it. And that's where I come in. Let's get you set up with a money-making enterprise in Skyrim, something to bankroll your adventuring for in-game decades to come. Here are the Skyrim mods that will make you flush with Septim, or at the very least help you rake in coin at a more efficient pace. Read More »
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| 2 | The War Z | PC |
| 3 | Far Cry 3 | PC |
| 4 | Guild Wars 2 | PC |
| 5 | Assassin's Creed 3 | PC |
| 6 | Neverwinter | PC |
| 7 | Sleeping Dogs | PC |
| 8 | BioShock Infinite | PC |
| 9 | Tomb Raider | PC |
| 10 | SWTOR | PC |
| 2 | The War Z | PC |
| 3 | Far Cry 3 | PC |
| 4 | Guild Wars 2 | PC |
| 5 | Assassin's Creed 3 | PC |
| 6 | Sleeping Dogs | PC |
| 7 | SWTOR | PC |
| 8 | World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria | PC |
| 9 | Diablo 3 | PC |
| 10 | Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 | PC |
| 2 | BioShock Infinite | PC |
| 3 | Tomb Raider | PC |
| 4 | Devil May Cry | PC |
| 5 | Crysis 3 | PC |
| 6 | PlanetSide 2 | PC |
| 7 | Dark Souls 2 | PC |
| 8 | The Showdown Effect | PC |
| 9 | Shu | PC |
| 10 | Skyrim -- Dragonborn | PC |
