This week Kalypso Media released video detailing the third and final playable character in their upcoming cooperative hack ‘n’ slash game The First Templar. The new character Marie d’Ibelin is one of two possible companions who’ll join the game’s protagonist Celian over the course of the story. Players can switch between them for single-player adventures, but the game is designed to encourage multi-player coop.
A new video of the wacky, trap-based strategy game, Orcs Must Die has surfaced. It’s part of a new weekly showcase in which the developer, Robot Entertainment, shows off the various traps that players will be able to use in the game. This week, it is the Arrow Wall. It’s a placeable wall that shoots out a floor-to-ceiling- volley of arrows that impales any hapless Orcs unfortunate enough to wander by.
Each year more and more games are being released in a multi-platform format. While console exclusives sell game systems, more multi-platform releases mean that you don’t have to go out and buy a new console just for that one killer app. Unfortunately, it’s becoming too frequent for publishers to overlook a PC version when they release multi-platform games and this can lead to PC gamers missing out on some awesome games.
You’ll need to act fast, because many of these weekend deals are actually just for one day only, and Electronic Arts has a massive sale you’ll want to check out today. You slowpokes will still find a few deals that stick around over the weekend, but thrifty game hunters will want to take a look at what’s up for grabs today on the digital distributors.
Surviving for seven years quite a feat for an online game, and even World of Warcraft has yet to hit that mark. But the world’s first superhero MMO, City of Heroes celebrates that accomplishment today with a series of in-game events, sales on premium content, and free account reactivations for former members.
While everyone else is obsessing over the royal wedding, us gamers will be attending to the important things in life: Shooting zombies, punching robots, and blowing up Nazis. The only princesses we need to be concerned with are the ones we’re rescuing from evil wizards in these cheap games.
GLaDOS
is without a doubt, one of the most unique and popular villains in
gaming. No other final boss in recent games has spawned memes anywhere
near as popular as “The Cake is a Lie.” If you haven’t yet played Portal and the recently released sequel Portal 2,
it’s best that you stop what you’re doing and go purchase and play
those now as this Character Affinity is sure to feature some spoilers.
At this point you have no excuse to have not played the original.
