On the 27th April Battle Brothers developed by Overhype Studios got released on Steam Early Access, I mentioned it on Twitter on release but I finally got around to writing a bit about it. The game is a strategy RPG similar in vain to UFO: Enemy Unknown/X-COM, and Mount & Blade: Warband. It is already a very good even in it’s currently early build state.
Over on Giant Bomb (here) at 07.00pm (BST)/11.00am (PDT)/04.00am (AET) the team will be doing their 4th annual Live Show after a three-year hiatus. These shows normally go on for half of the day or more and are normally filled with loads of special guests, fun, and games as a way to promote their premium memberships.
State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition is a third person, open world, zombie RPG developed by Undead Labs and published by Microsoft Studios as an exclusive for Microsoft platforms on the PC and Xbox One is now available. This new State of Decay is basically a State of Decay Game of the Year Edition with improved visuals, mechanics, new items, and all the old DLC bundled together.
Video game publishers SEGA and developers The Creative Assembly announced on Thursday that they are teaming up with Games Workshop to make Total War: Warhammer. It has been known since 2012 that they were making a Warhammer based game but they have finally announced it.
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Over on Giant Bomb (here) at 10.00pm (UK) the team will be doing a live Quicklook of Grand Theft Auto V (PC) and Mortal Kombat X (PlayStation 4/Xbox One/PC). Both these games come out tomorrow so these Quicklooks should give you a better idea if you should buy them.
With Sony Computer Entertainment’s London Studio developed PlayStation Home closing on the 31st March, Giant Bomb (here) did a free (was going to be premium) live stream of them messing about it in the online virtual world. It started at 8.00pm (UK) and was very entertaining. It is now available to watch on Giant Bomb’s website, YouTube, and Twitch channel.
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Pillars of Eternity is an old style computer role-playing game (CRPG) for a modern age and is now available on GOG.com, Steam and the Paradox Store. It is developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Paradox Interactive and costs between £34.99 and £67.99. Is it worth buying? read on for some of my thoughts on the game.
Over on Giant Bomb (here) at 6.00pm (UK) the team will be doing a live Quicklook of Bloodborne (PlayStation 4). I doubt it will be just Vinny and Mathew playing it but expect it be to be entertaining and informative none of the less with Brad and co.
Happy Halloween! It’s been a busy week in gaming with the usual Halloween themed sales and updates happening recently to most games. There is also plenty of Halloween related gaming events to take part in and a few interesting games have been released plus much more.
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Tripwire Interactive have once again returned with a special event for Halloween. Its called the Halloween Horror Double Feature and features a new Halloween map (Club Clandestine), Halloween zeds, new achievements and the Toy Master mod which replaces all enemies with evil toys. It’s also part of the Steam “Free Weekend Weekend” which means Killing Floor is on sale for up to 75% off, free to play over the weekend and offers new bundle DLC (which haven’t been added yet on Steam).
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