Still not sure what Gotham City Impostors is all about, and how anyone can turn Batman into a First Person Shooter? Maybe these new animated short films will help explain the game’s premise. Even if you’re already sold on this upcoming downloadable shooter, you’ll still probably enjoy watching these Bat-tastic 90-second cartoons.
‘Tis that time of year again when every online game puts out some sort of “Holiday” update that tasks players with saving Santa. Killing Floor, the co-op zombie survival horror shooter takes a different route each year, and tries very hard to soak your childhood nostalgia with blood.
The classic 4X space strategy game Galactic Civilizations II is now available on Valve’s hugely successful digital distribution platform, Steam. It’s the latest in a number of releases of Stardock games on Steam, the last of which was Sins of a Solar Empire.
The re-release of the game is the Ultimate Edition of the game and as such includes both of the game’s expansion packs – “Dark Avatar” and “Twilight of the Arnor“, each of which adds numerous new campaigns, tech trees, spies and enemies to the already massive game.
Fresh details and screenshots have arrived on the upcoming Game of Thrones RPG game in development by Cyanide Games. The screenshots show off more of the games very strong looking graphics as well as give a glimpse into the nature of the games combat system.
When giving AAA titles becomes too mainstream, give the gift of indie to your gaming-orientated friends and family. 2011 has been a huge year for indie games and there’s a great number of indie gems to choose from.
If there’s one indie game that everyone should pick up this year, it’s SuperGiant Games’ Bastion. Its unique fusion of awesome isometric action-RPG gameplay and solid presentation (particularly the excellent narration) made for one of the most compelling experiences of the year and it makes a perfect gift for any gamer.
Markus Persson, the creator of Minecraft announced yesterday that he’ll be stepping down from his leadership of that game. His hand-picked successor as Lead Developer will be Jens Bergensten who has been on the development team for quite a while now.
A Houston-based game developer named Night Owl Games filed a preemptive lawsuit with the Texas court, hoping to find declaratory judgment that their own proposed trademark for the name “Dungeonville” does not infringe on Zynga’s own trademarks, including Facebook social games like Farmville and Petville.
