Many gamers were dissapointed by the sudden cancellation of the third installment of the Penny Arcade Adventures series when it happened last year, but fans of the unique episodic RPG series can be happy that the Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 3 is back on track and being developed by Zeboyd Games.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 might be a must buy for console gamers, but the game is a bit trickier of a sell to PC gamers. However, the game just became more appealing to the PC gaming crowd with the announcement that the game will use Steamworks.
The Gears of War franchise is coming to an end this September 20th, Microsoft and Epic Games have anounced DLC plans for the game. Similar to Rockstar’s L.A Noire Pass and Mortal Kombat Pass,Gears of War 3 will have a Season Pass for all Gears 3 DLC that will cost you 2,400 Microsoft or 30 dollars.
The wait to return to the war-ravaged world of Sera and rev up those chainsaws is nearly over. Cliff Bleszinski, Epic Games’ Design Director, announced via his Twitter account that Gears of War 3 has gone gold. Accompanying the post is a picture of a cake that states, “Gone gold! Congratulations from Xbox!” He noted that “At Epic, the cake is not a lie,” a reference from Valve’s Portal, assuring readers that Gears of War 3 is indeed finished.
The world of strategy games is a vast one. There are epics on the Total War scale, turn based series like Heroes of Might and Magic and Sid Mier’s Civilization, squad focused tactics games like Dawn of War 2 and more classic RTS games like the Command and Conquer series and Starcraft. Despite this, one thing that almost no strategy game has tackled is Time Travel and that’s exactly the premise behind Hazardous Software’s Achron.
People who want a cheap, decently sized 3D TV can now get a new copy of
Resistance 3 for free in the deal, but there’s a catch. They have to
pre-order the TV before the end of September.
The Xbox Live Indie Games Summer Uprising begins its second week with today’s game, Take Arms, a 2D side-scrolling shooting title labeled as the “multiplayer evolution of the classic console platformer.” It features three different classes to choose from: the sniper rifle-wielding Striker, the minigun-equipped Destroyer, or the common Grunt with an assault rifle. Players can battle it out over three maps, and three game modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Capture the Flag. Take Arms supports 1-8 player online matches, and system link.
