Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Review
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Developer: Obsidian Entertainment Publisher: Versus Evil Platform: Linux, Mac, Windows Release Date: 8 May 2018 Price: $49.99 USD – Available Here Video Review Overview After the success of Pillars of Eternity, Obsidian Entertainment returned to crowdfunding to raise money for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. Opting to try Fig over returning to Kickstarter, ...
A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia Released on PC
A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia launched on PC today. It is the very first title in the new Total War Saga sub-franchise. The game starts in 878 AD as King Alfred the Great drives the Vikings out of Britain in the Battle of Edington. Now, a power vacuum has opened up in the Vikings wake. Players will be able to guide either the Vikings, the Gaelic clans, the Welsh tribes, or the Anglo-Saxon...
Battletech Launches on Windows and Mac
Battletech makes its triumphant return to PC after 20 years. The game was made possible thanks to a Kickstarter campaign launched two and a half years ago. Battletech is developed by Battletech/MechWarrior creator Jordan Weisman and Harebrained Schemes, the team behind the Shadowrun Returns franchise. The new game is a turn-based tactical game set in the midst of a civil war. Battletech offers ove...
Hearthstone Game Director Ben Brode Leaving to Start New Company
Hearthstone Game Director Ben Brode announced on the Blizzard forums that he is leaving Blizzard and Hearthstone. Brode has spent 15 years at Blizzard, starting as a night crew game tester. Brode will be leaving to start a new game development company. Starting as a small experimental project, Brode is one of the original Team 5 members brought together 10 years ago to develop Hearthstone. Since t...
The Thin Silence to Donate 10 Cents a Copy to CheckPoint Charity
Two PM Studios and Nkidu Games announced they will be partnering with CheckPoint, a mental health charity. Two PM Studios and Nkibu Games will be donating ten cents for every copy of The Thin Silence that is sold. The game is set to launch on Mac and Windows via Steam, Itch, and Humble on April 27, 2018. The Thin Silence is a narrative adventure game that challenges players to overcome puzzles by ...
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth to Launch on August 14
With waves of alpha invites hitting the inboxes of World of Warcraft players, the hype for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is growing. As is tradition, Blizzard has held off on providing a solid release date for Battle for Azeroth, opting for the usual “it will be out when it’s ready” approach. Today, the American developers announced that the new expansion will go live on ...
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus Reveals The Necrons in New Trailer
Kasedo Games (Rise of Industry) and Bulwark Studios released a brand new gameplay trailer today for their upcoming turn-based strategy game Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus. The Necrons are undead warriors that populate the tombs of Silva Tenebris. Players will encounter a variety of Necrons, ranging from the ghoulish Flayed Ones and the terrifying Immortals. The short teaser trailer only has a few mo...
New Tropico 6 Gameplay Trailer Revealed ahead of GDC 2018
Kalypso has released a brand new gameplay trailer of Tropico 6 for your viewing pleasure. Narrated by our great leader El Presidente, viewers will get a beautiful glimpse at the tropical paradise with some in-game footage of some of the newly added content like customized palaces and famed monuments. The latest chapter in the long running management sim is increasing the scale of the game by intro...
Q.U.B.E. 2 Review
Q.U.B.E. 2 Developer: Toxic Games Publisher: Trapped Nerve Games Format: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows (Reviewed), Mac Release Date: 13 March 2018 Price: $24.99 USD – Available Here Overview Q.U.B.E 2 is certainly the type of game I enjoy. A nice puzzle dungeon, akin to Portal, that gets your brain working. It merges story and gameplay together in similar ways. It appears to be a lot more...
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine Review
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine Developer: Dim Bulb Games, Serenity Forge Publisher: Good Shepherd Entertainment Format: PC (Reviewed) Release Date: 28 Feb 2018 Price: $19.99USD – Available Here Overview My first encounter with Where the Water Tastes Like Wine was stumbling on a piece of news saying how Sting is lending his voice there to a humanoid wolf. Celebrities lending their vocal cor...
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Rise and Fall Review
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Rise and Fall Developer: Firaxis Games Publisher: 2K Platform: iPad, Linux, Mac, Windows Release Date: 7 February 2018 (Windows) – 2018 (Mac, Linux, iPad) Price: $29.99 USD – Available Here Video Review Overview Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Rise and Fall is the first major expansion to the 2016 4X strategy game. Rise and Fall introduces the new age system t...
Steam Lunar Sale Starts Today
According to steam.db Twitter, the next Steam sale is Lunar New Year Sale and it will run from later today until February 19th. During Lunar New Year, it is customary for parents and older people to give money to children and young people in red envelopes for a blessing. This is a smart business plan by Valve since both China and Japan follow this tradition. In other words, Valve is going to make ...