Category: Games

Paradox Interactive Announce A Game of Dwarves. Also Five Screenshots

Is it Dwarves? Dwarfes? Dwemer?

Paradox Interactive’s has announced a new game at the Paradox Convention Press Conference. Its called A Game of Dwarves and it remind me of games like Dwarf Fortress, Dwarfs!? and the actual art style reminds me a bit of Magicka.

A Game of Dwarves?

From paradoxplaza.com: “A dwarven prince on a quest to reclaim his people’s old country takes the player on a journey through a continent, uncovering the buried mysteries of the Great War. With a combination of strategy and management, the player rules their settlements of dwarves, having them explore the earth and utilize its resources.”

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New Beautiful Dear Esther Gameplay Trailer and Eleven Amazing Screenshots

Not a werewolf in sight.

The first official Dear Esther trailer has appeared on the Dear Esther site, celebrating its four IGF award nominations, first review (8/10 from Edge Magazine)and its upcoming release on Steam on 14th February (valentines day).

The trailer and screenshots offers a glimpse of the lovely island that you explore in the game. It looks as though it’s going to be one the most beautiful thing ever made with the Source Engine. The Source Engine is pretty old now so it’s quite an achievement for the developers who originally made the game in 2008 as a mod for Half-Life 2, to make it look so good.

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Terraria Patch 1.1.2 is Now Available

Terrarian updates.

Updates to Terraria have been released however its just a few bug fixes and multilingual support.

The updates will be applied automatically if the game is installed on Steam.

My Terraria guides:

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GoG is Releasing Original Syndicate Tomorrow

Send in the assassins.

The original 1993 Bullfrog Syndicate game is to be available once again on Good Old Games.

It will be released for $5.99 (£3.89), GoG had previously had trouble getting the rights for the game, like so many other classics being caught up in confusion over ownership.

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Mass Effect 3 Demo Available on Valentines Day

Reapers are coming sometime soon. They are busy at the moment.

The Reaper invasion and the end of the world is almost here. You will able to see what to expect in the new Mass Effect game when the Mass Effect 3 demo comes out in February.

On February 14 (Valentine’s Day), you can download the demo for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC and experience single-player and co-op multiplayer sections of the game. You can also try out the title’s Kinect functionality if you have Kinect that is.

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How Embarrassing: The Sims 3 Recruit Katy Perry

The likeness is uncanny.

Electronic Arts announced yesterday that Katy Perry will be collaborating with The Sims Studio to produce a variety of additions for The Sims 3 such as new hairstyles, furniture and new Sims titles.

First from the partnership is The Sims 3 Showtime Katy Perry Collector’s Edition (a mouthful) that will include a bonus venue, stage props, fashions, guitar and a lot more Katy Perry themed guff.

To see what is included and more information, you can check out the screens and video below.

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Complete Mass Effect 3 Character and Squad List. Squad Member Backgrounds, Pictures and More

Love is in the air?

This is a character guide I have put together for Mass Effect 3. It features a complete list of returning characters from Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, characters that will be in your squad and a list of new characters that are being added in Mass Effect 3.

I will likely update the guide when more information is available.

This took a long time to do so enjoy.

Read more to see the character list, squad members list, character backgrounds and a lot more.

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Japan’s Best-Selling Video Games of 2011

Mario Kart 7 is number one in more ways than one.

Media Create the video games retail sales tracker has published the best-selling video games in Japan for 2011. I would say that Nintendo software and hardware won 2011 overall.

Its interesting that the Sony PSP Go sold 15,563 units in 2011 while its only managed to sell 175,986 units overall. Compared to the Sony PSP which has sold 2,063,609 units in 2011 and sold 8,553,397 units overall.

Why they even bother making a PSP without a UMD slot? what where they thinking? Did they think there customers wont mind buying the same game twice?

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Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Books #07 A Tragedy in Black

Black soul gems.

This is a little series I am starting where I go through several books from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Number #07 A Tragedy in Black by Unknown.

This book is a folk tale from the time of the Oblivion Crisis. It is found throughout many places in Skyrim.

In Skyrim this book gives the reader one skill level in Enchanting.

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