A demo for the 2D procedurally generated platformer, Abomination Tower, is now available.
“You play as Headless, the rejected creation of a mad scientist. Headless is trapped in the tower with other dangerous abominations. You must journey up the tower to escape! Along the way you unlock…
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Full Bore has officially been released on Steam. When you hear the name Full Bore, you may imagine some sort of battling or bruiser game. In fact, this game is quiet the opposite, as it focuses on puzzles and exploration. Full Bore is set in a civilization located below the surface of the Earth, …
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The concept of early access games is an interesting one. They are games that are not complete, but are a work in progress. The biggest issue with this is that games are often in different levels of development.
Recently, Valve removed Earth: Year 2066, a game that many were calling &#…
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The Killer is Dead: Nightmare Edition will be available on Steam on May 23rd. The edition introduces a new mode, named Nightmare mode respectively, which only allows kills via three attacks – Adrenaline Burst, Dodge Burst, and headshots – and prohibits the Final Judgment f…
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Lethal League, developed by Megabyte Punch studio Reptile, is due out on Steam for PC in Q3 of this year. When I first saw the trailer for Lethal League, which is viewable below, I thought, “Finally, someone has taken the most interesting part of watching baseball and made it…
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Developer WayForward’s revival title, BloodRayne Betrayal, is now available on Steam. The port to PC was completed by Abstraction Games, who were also responsible for porting Double Dragon Neon and the PS3 and Vita ports of Hotline Miami. The console version of BloodRayne Betrayal was met w…
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Techland, the developer of Hellraid, has narrowed which platforms the game will be available on. Hellraid is set to be released on Steam Early Access this fall, but was previously planned for Xbox 360 and PS3. Now, the title will only be on Steam and next-gen consoles – with dates for Xbox…
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To start the new twist on the column I figured I’d delve into one of the more broadly defined genres, Action Games. So without further ado, let’s get into it…
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Divinity: Original Sin is currently available on Steam Early Access. Divinity did launch way back in January, but what is newsworthy is the update it just received. Here is a main list of the updates:
• Complete overhaul of loot generation matrix. Expect much cooler treasure.
• Added 135 music tr…
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Wasteland 2, the Kickstarter backed title that is available on Steam Early Access, now has Linux support. However, the developers do warn that the Linux build has not been tested on a wide variety of platforms, so some issues are to be expected. As the game is in early access, many updates are al…
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