Bioware has released a demo of the final chapter in the Mass Effect trilogy.
The demo offers twenty minutes or so of the game, which shows Commander Shepard on the ground just before Earth is invaded by the Reapers. Later on in the demo you control Shepard with Liara and Garrus. The demo also has multiplayer.
From Steam “Celebrate Valentine’s Day in Etheria with the “Etherian Festival of Love” holiday event!”
“Grab your date and team up to play the “Sky O’ Love” Challenge Mission! Become matchmaker by pairing “Boy” mobs with their same-species, significant, “Girl” mob others! But watch out… Mega Cupid isn’t too happy about you doing his work for him.”
Steam have a sale currently on Killing Floor as part of their Midweek Madness. You can now get it for 85% off.
From Steam “In celebration of passing several milestones like selling 1 million copies, having over 45 million hours of playtime and destroying over 500 million Zeds, save 85% on Killing Floor during this week’s Midweek Madness.”
Recently, I have been playing a lot of Little Empire, and while it does have a few technical issues, I been mostly enjoying it. I have played over the last five days now with probably around 15-20 hours played. It’s hard being a King, I am only level 8 at the moment. This is my review of Little Empire version 1.5.1 on Android.
This is the achievement list for Syndicate. These achievements are the same for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. They are all mostly story related, weapon related, involve co-op or require the player to collect collectables.
Syndicate’s four player Co-Op Demo has been available since 31st January. I havent tried let it but the video should give you an idea of what its like.
Syndicate requires players to adapt quickly to many gameplay features. The video below gives an overview of the new gameplay mechanics, plus some tips to help new players.
Syndicate is also available for pre-order on Origin.
Bethesda have released the latest patch for the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It was available previously to beta test as you can read here. It is now available for download on PC via Steam. Patches for the console versions are being submitted for approval.
I am sure a lot of people have heard what happened to Megaupload lately. If you don’t know what Megaupload is or what happened then this should help you:
From Wikipedia “Megaupload is an online Hong Kong–based company established in 2005 that ran a number of online services related to file storage and viewing. The domain names were seized and the sites shut down by the U.S. Justice Department on 19th January 2012, following their indictment and arrests of the owners for allegedly operating as an organisation dedicated to copyright infringement.”
Read more for more Megaupload fun, my opinions and the Mega Song video.
All the fun of the Steam PC version on your phone!
A closed beta for Valve’s Steam mobile application (app) for iOS and Android devices launched today. The Steam application allows players to chat with friends, browse community groups, user profiles, view screenshots, and lots more.
Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve Corporation said “The Steam app comes from many direct requests from our customers,”
Read more for more information about the Steam mobile application and eight screenshots.
Update! 31/01/12: The beta is now available for all Steam users. For more information go here.
I been using this application quite a bit and its pretty good for what it aims to do. Sure you can’t check your games library and play games but anything else Steam can do on PC you can now do on your mobile. It is still in beta so some of the features don’t fully work let.
Updates to the excellent co-op game Magicka have been released. The updates will be applied automatically if you have Magicka installed on your Steam client.
Patch notes:
Added a new Magick; Confuse to the Original Campaign and the Basic Magicks pack.