Nothing says Happy Holidays more than the family all gathering around a crackling fire to read about the latest PC specs for an upcoming game. However, this is no ordinary game, but the third outing for the deliciously difficult co-op title; Dark Souls 3. Does your rig have what it takes to be punished?
With the Christmas Holiday fast approaching it's time we give out our gift to the community. This year we have over 125 games to give away! Thanks to the digital age and the generosity of developers and publishers we have a huge batch of codes for various platforms that you can try your chance at winning.
The game that didn't need to be a first person shooter but that turned out to be pretty good anyway is coming back, and we've got the trailer to prove it! An indulgent gameplay reveal video for Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 shows off a solid three and a half minutes of plant on undead action. Just the way we like it. A little ...
When it comes to shmups, do you really want anything less than a "full blast" experience? Arcade-styled shooter FullBlast from UFO Crash Games sticks to its roots to provide a deliciously old school shmup experience, complete with two player couch co-op. The game has already been released on Ouya and Wii U and is now greenlit for PC by the Steam community!
Sometimes, couples just don't work out. I know, I know. You thought Zagara would be a great fit for Rory Swann, but you keep hearing your friends gossiping about how Raynor and Artanis form an unstoppable ball of death and it's driving you crazy. Time to cut ties with your huge, genocidal bug-lady. It'll be rough, but, you know, there are plenty of aliens in the-- well, hello, Karax. I didn't see you there, with your lack of a mouth and your arsenal of psionic war machines.
Last time we looked at some of the moments over the past two years with PAYDAY 2 that lead its developer, Overkill, to decide on implementing microtransactions, from their own point of view. This time, we turn a bit more to the community perspective and dive a little deeper into those same events, starting with where we left off: the Hype Train eve...
You remember when games didn't really have graphics? Back when an uppercase D make you freeze in a cold sweat? Stormcloud Games remembers, and the indie studio is bringing those ASCII days back with the reimagined 3D roguelike Brut@l.
So, you know how Contra is a made-up fictional thing that only exists as a video game franchise, right? Well, no, wrong, actually. Because co-opping and shooting all the things isn't enough, the toy makers at NECA are pushing out Contra action figures for the eight year old inside us all.
Fable Legends has been in closed beta for some months now. The originally announced launch date for the game was before Christmas 2015, but news has been scarce of the Microsoft exclusive game. This week, Lionhead Studios announced that the open beta will be coming in Spring 2016.
Starbound continues rolling through the updates, preparing for the inevitable day the developer proclaims it "ready". The latest release overhauls the combat system once again, taking one small step away from the smack and run style and one giant leap towards interesting and varied fights across the galaxy.
Back in July 2014, Co-Optimus wrote a little story all about a giant basketball player called Shaquille O'Neal who was having a new Shaq-Fu game made. Fast forward 18 months and nothing was heard about Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn until now. A new trailer for the game has been announced and at this point it feels like it should be known as Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn, Reborn Again.
Developer Frozenbyte is hoping to release the PS4 version of Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power before Christmas, complete with all the visual bells and whistles from the PC version. Oh yeah, and co-op for three players!
