Steam Holiday Sale 2013: Day One Deals are Now Available

Jingle sales, jingle sales, Jingle all the way.
Jingle sales, jingle sales, Jingle all the way.

Valve Corporation has as predicted started its annual Christmas sale today. Like many of the sales on Steam, most of their games on the service will be discounted. There are community choice sales where the community like always are able to vote on what game should be given up to a 75% discount every eight hours and there are also sales on publisher catalogues and flash sales every eight hours.

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What to Watch (30/11/13): Charlie Brooker’s How Video Games Changed the World. Also Videos

Video games, computer games and more video games.
Video games, computer games and more video games.

On Channel 4 (UK) at 9:00pm tonight they are showing the latest masterpiece by Charlie Brooker and its called “How Video Games Changed the World“. Charlie Brooker will be joined by Jonathan Ross, Dara O’Briain and various gaming icons like Will Wright that will help him go through about twenty games that they believed made a difference to the world.

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Steam Autumn Sale 2013: Day One Deals are Available

Stop gap sale between Summer, Halloween and Winter, Day One.
Stop gap sale between Summer, Halloween and Winter, Day One.

Valve Corporation have started another sale yesterday and its called the Steam Autumn Sale and is similar to previous Steam sales. Most of their games on the service will be discounted with a different selection of games each daily and flash sales that happen every eight hours.

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What I think of SolForge (Beta)

Like the Greek myth this game should be left alone like Pandora's box.
If the Greeks taught anything then this game should be left alone like Pandora’s box.

Riding on the wave of free-to-play is a new Digital Trading Card Game which is also based on a board game and is currently available in beta. They have micro transactions in the game so for all intents and purposes Solforge has been released therefore This is What I Think of SolForge.

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Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham DLC, Patch 2.00 and Three Other DLC’s are Available

The college of old drunks.
The college of old-time drunks.

Video game publishers Paradox Interactive and developers Paradox Development Studios have released their latest bit of DLC for Crusader Kings II. The sixth (not fifth) major DLC expansion for the game is called Sons of Abraham and focuses mostly on updating some old catholics game mechanics such as improved Papal system. It also allows players to play as a Jewish character for the first time and able to recreate the Kingdom of Israel and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. There is also the 2.00 patch that includes many things such as achievements and three other companion DLC that have also been released. Finally there is a lauch trailer which shows some of the new features in the Sons of Abraham DLC.

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GOG.com: Halloween Sale 2013 is Now Available

Spooky forests and such.
Spooky forests, damns and more.

Similar to Steam GOG.com have started their own game sale to celebrate Halloween. It’s called No Trick, All Treat and they have prepared a small selection of games such as Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs and Clive Barker’s Undying all for 75% off.

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Steam: Halloween Sale 2013 has Started

More like the annual Valve Corporation money heist.
More like the annual Valve Corporation money heist.

Over on Steam to celebrate Halloween they have started the 2013 Halloween Sale on loads of scary related video games. A lot of these games are worth buying especially if you don’t have them yet. They should help you get into mood for Halloween, in other words terrified.

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Scrolls is Adding an Arena aka Judgement Mode. Also Two Judgement Screenshots

Scrolls Arena mode with no DeathWing's in sight.
Scrolls Arena mode with no Deathwing in sight.

Mojang the developers of Scrolls which is still in beta have recently announced that they will be adding a Hearthstone type Arena mode called Judgement and may be something good but it could also be bad but at least its a new mode.

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Scrolls Patch 0.105: Decay Unleashed is Now Available

More cards... I mean scrolls.
More cards… I mean scrolls.

Mojang newest game Scrolls which is still beta have released a new patch with a new faction deck; the Decay, new trials and more menu music. There are also some bug fixes and a few other changes. Mojang are calling this week: The Week of Decay”.

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Video Games That are Worth Playing (09/07/13 to 21/08/13)

Long hot summer sleep ins.
Long hot summer sleep ins and cool video games.

Summer time is usually considered the slow time for video games but as I have not been updating my blog lately a few games have come out that are worth playing and mentioning. With the rise of digital downloads the usually shortfall of summer releases seems to be diminishing. Here are thirteen PC games that are in most cases worth playing now.

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