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6 CommentsTomb Raider now 50 percent off on Steam until May 6
By Emily Gera on May 03, 2013 05.03.13
Tomb Raider is available at half-price from now until May 6 on Steam, as part of the platform's weekend deal. The sale applies to the standard PC edition of Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider: Survival Edition and the digital book Tomb Raider: The Final Hours, which are now available for $28.99, $34.99 and $1.49, respectively. Also included in the sale is the enormous Tomb Raider Collection, which features 10 items: Tomb Raider: Legend, Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Tomb Raider: Underworld, Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider 4: The Last Revelation, Tomb Raider 5: Chronicles, Tomb Raider 6: The Angel of Darkness, Tomb Raider 2 and Tomb Raider 3. This has dropped in price from $69.99 to $34.99. Tomb Raider received a 9 out of 10 from Polygon, in a review that states: "It's easy to point out the...
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8 CommentsDark pre-orders come with digital strategy guide, music, more (update)
By Samit Sarkar on Apr 22, 2013 04.22.13
Pre-orders of Realmforge Studios' Dark will come with digital bonus content including a strategy guide and music, publisher Kalypso Media announced today. The bundle, pictured below, consists of an "extensive" digital strategy guide, digital versions of the game's theme song and a remix of it, digital wallpapers and a digital poster. Customers must pre-order the title from Amazon, Best Buy, EB Games or GameStop in order to receive the content. The Xbox 360 version of Dark will sell for $49.99; the stealth action title will also be available on Windows PC. Both versions will be released this summer. Check out the most recent Dark trailer, which features vampire stealth action, here. Update: A Kalypso representative told Polygon that the digital bonuses will also be available to those...
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11 CommentsSteam Indie Spring Sale features 1,000 indie titles discounted up to 80 percent off
By Jenna Pitcher on Mar 22, 2013 03.22.13
The Steam Indie Spring Sale, which features a thousand indie titles discounted up to 80 percent off, is now live and will run until March 29. Featured games on sale include Super Meat Boy for $5.09, FTL: Faster Than Light for $4.99, Hotline Miami for $4.99, Deadlight for $3.74, Garry's Mod for $2.49, Legend of Grimrock for $7.49, The Binding of Isaac for $1.24, Trine 2 for $3.74 and Amnesia: The Dark Descent for $4.99. There are also PAX East and Independent Games Festival categories within the Spring Sale. Each day, the IGF category will feature different finalists and winners from past IGF Awards.
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21 CommentsMicrosoft discounting over 60 Xbox 360 games in the Xbox Live Ultimate Game Sale
By Dave Tach on Feb 22, 2013 02.22.13
Microsoft will kick off its Xbox Live Ultimate Game Sale next Tuesday, Feb. 26, offering discounts of up to 80 percent on over 60 Xbox 360 Games on Demand, according to a post on Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb's blog. The sale will last through Monday, March 4. Major Nelson will reveal each day's deals, which are available to both Xbox Live Gold and Silver members, through his Twitter account. Games set to be discounted include: Assassin's Creed Assassin's Creed 2 Batman: Arkham Asylum Batman: Arkham City BioShock Borderlands Borderlands 2 Call of Juarez Call of Duty 2 Call of Duty 3 Call of Duty: Black Ops Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 C...
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115 CommentsHigher calling: The new gospel of Christian games
By Patrick Stafford on Dec 20, 2012 12.20.12
Christian Games Developers Conference Christian Games Developers' Conference Tim Emmerich More than 100 developers gather every year at the Christian Games Developers Conference to discuss how they can make their games better. It's a diverse group, representing five continents in the conference's best year. It's a serious affair. They have volunteers, plenty of discussion. Even matching t-shirts. The conference was founded in 2002 by Tim Emmerich, a soft-spoken engineer who works at HP to pay the bills. He wanted to improve what he thought was a lack of support and experimentation in the Christian games community. "My expectations have been really blown away by the conference," Emmerich says. "I was just expecting 12 in the first year, and we got 30. Now we're...
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5 CommentsBatman: Arkham City board game adaptation coming in 2013
By Michael McWhertor on Nov 28, 2012 11.28.12
Rocksteady's action game Batman: Arkham City is being adapted for tabletops by Cryptozoic Entertainment, maker of card-based and board games based on The Walking Dead and World of Warcraft. Cryptozoic's upcoming board game, Batman: Arkham City Escape, is pitched as a two-player game that pits Batman against the rogues gallery of Arkham City. Batman: Arkham City Escape will give one player control of Batman and a second control of twenty of Batman's enemies in card-based battles of combat and strategy, Cryptozoic says, as the Dark Knight attempts to stop villains from escaping Arkham. The board game is due in early 2013 and features an 18" by 33" game board, an 11" by 18" Utility Belt board, eight custom dice, two 40-card decks — one for Batman, one for the villains of Arkham City...
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1 CommentAtlus will distribute Kalypso titles in North America
By Megan Farokhmanesh on Oct 06, 2012 10.06.12
Atlus will distribute several Kalypso Media USA, Inc titles in North America, reports GamesIndustry International. Tropico 4: Gold Edition, Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants, Omerta: City of Gangsters, and Dark are included under the deal between Atlus and Kalypso. Atlus Vice President of Sales and Marketing Tim Pivnicny said that the company "jumped at the opportunity to broaden our relationship by distributing these upcoming titles." "Kalypso Media's quality strategy games and action RPGs fit in well with our own titles and those that we distribute from NIS America," said Pivnicny. The deal is expected to bring Kalypso broader distribution and more effective sales, which Kalypso Vice President Mario Kroll believes will give the company more time to create and promote games. "...
‘Dishonored’ axed ‘Thief’ shadow stealth mechanic to be more realistic
By Megan Farokhmanesh on Sep 29, 2012 09.29.12
Dishonored's Thief-like stealth system previously had players scurrying around in the dark, but the mechanic was killed in favor of realism, reports Eurogamer. Lead level designer Christophe Carrier spoke with Eurogamer on the necessity of lighting and why the mechanic doesn't fit. "In Thief the light is very important," said Carrier. "At the beginning we tried to be in the same mood: use the light, use the shadows." "But we realized that when you're standing in front of an NPC like this [hand in front of face] it's not realistic—we must admit that. In the real world it's not like this." "As we are a bit perfectionist, we wanted it to work as in Thief and very realistically. With these two notions we got crazy and decided to eliminate the light parameters, because it was too...
'The Secret World' discounted 50 percent this weekend
By Griffin McElroy on Sep 28, 2012 09.28.12
The Secret World is on sale for $24.99, a 50 percent discount from its standard price, on developer Funcom's official site through the weekend, the company revealed today. The dark, alternate-reality MMORPG had a rocky start following its late summer launch, with a large part of the development team being laid off and Funcom's former CEO investigated for insider trading. However, the game has become a "profitable operation," according to new CEO Ole Schreiner, and has been the subject of three fairly substantial, totally free content updates. Folks who are hesitant to pull the trigger despite the halved price point can enlist in a free, three-day trial to see if it's their cup of tea.
'Mists of Pandaria' offering free realm transfers due to server queues
By Alexa Ray Corriea on Sep 28, 2012 09.28.12
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria is offering free character transfers to other realms to ease the strain on the game's currently overpopulated ones, Blizzard announced on Battle.net Players have until noon ET on October 4th to take advantage of the free transfer, and can only move from one of the designated overpopulated realms to another assigned realm. Transfers can be completed by logging into the Account Management section and selecting "Free Character Migration" at the bottom of players' World of Warcraft license. Transferring will not affect guild membership or reputation if a guild's master has already completed a Guild Master realm transfer. There are currently eight realms experiencing overpopulation, and each has been assigned a new destination realm for players wishing...
