The cooperative action-RPG/sandbox title Portal Knights now has a firm release date for the PC, and will be making its way to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as well, it seems. The game will leave Steam Early Access on April 28, 2017 on the PC, and then should be available on the consoles a few days later on May 2, 2017.
Last night the crew checked out Portal Knights, a new game from publisher 505 Games which expands on the ever popular "crafting" genre of games. But Portal Knights does a lot to be different. While you still need to mine and gather raw resource to craft critical items, an RPG element overlaps the entire game giving you and your friends a purpose within the world itself.
Get ready for a new world-building title with Portal Knights, the latest IP from publisher 505 Games and developer Keen Games. The game features some RPG mechanics alongside a crafting system for making gear, structures, and more.
Since Thursday, July 9th, digital retailer GMG has been running its 2015 Summer Sale featuring discounts up to 90% off on hundreds of PC games. The sale introduced batch of gaming deals each day, with deals lasting for about 24 hours. You now have a longer duration to check out all the PC game deals within the sale as the retailer goes into the "encore" phase. In addition to instant savings, there's a stacking 20% off coupon code which is making ridiculous pricing on several titles including $8 H1Z1, $12 Elder Scrolls Online - plus deals on noteable co-op franchise such as Borderlands and Evolve.
In all of the other figure-based titles out there, the figure readers don't have any other functionality than to, well… read the figure and bring their content into the games. In LEGO Dimensions, things get a little more interesting with its Toy Pad. We now have a bit more info on how the LEGO piece and the Toy Pad will work within the game this fall.
Nothing says end of an era more than a massive sale aimed at getting customers to buy up games they won't need once they have moved onto the One or PS4. Call me cynical, but I don't mind when the games are this cheap. This week sees a sale per day and a weekly sale on XBL, with up to 93% off games such as Portal 2, D&D: Daggerdale, Fable III and many others.
Portal 2’s co-op mode has a brand new DLC campaign that immerses players in the Portal universe more so than any other time before it. Using the PlayStation Move as the controller, we can now control the portal gun in a whole new way. The PlayStation Blog even stated it to be one of the best games to use the PlayStation Move peripheral to date (seal of approval included).
Consoles might have had the split-screen co-op advantage on Portal 2 that their PC counterparts didn’t for a good while, but those days are now gone. Along with some minor fixes, Valve has recently added the split-screen co-op mode to the PC version of Portal 2, making Steam the undisputed best way to experience the entire game on one platform.
Is cooperative gaming a counter towards the development of potentially violent behavior? Studies have shown that it’s true! Video Game psychologists have looked into the opposite spectrum of video game violence to discover if playing violent video games under certain circumstances will ultimately lead to more cooperation and trust in real-life behavior.
Science is always better with a friend to share it with. The Portal 2 “Perpetual Testing Initiative” now offers a co-op mode for all test subjects to construct and test chambers to their hearts content.
Normally, kids should absolutely dread going to summer school. In this circumstance, however, Valve has taken that notion and thrown it completely out the window, promoting their new education portal, “Steam for Schools”, with the help of Portal 2 this summer.
Website NeoGamr talked with Valve about Portal 2 and the recent level editor that was released. During the interview it was revealed that over 4 million copies of Portal 2 have been sold to date across all platforms. To celebrate the milestone, as well as celebrate the release of the Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative, the game is now on sale on Steam for just $6.79.
