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Age of Wonders III for Windows PC gets new expansion

Paul Acevedo 4 years ago 17

Age of Wonders III is a turn-based strategy game for Windows PCs from Dutch developer Triumph Studios. The game allows players to create a political leader of their own and then set out to survive and conquer a fantasy world filled with races like humans, elves, and orcs. Since last year's release of Age of Wonders III, Triumph has kept strategy fans busy by releasing free updates and a...

A girl with a drill will save her world

Gurumin - Steam Gaming Review

Paul Acevedo 4 years ago 18

Welcome to the latest installment of our semi-weekly feature, Steam Spotlight! Here we will look at interesting games available on Steam, the popular digital distribution platform for Windows computers. Today's Spotlight title is Gurumin: a Monstrous Adventure from Nihon Falcom (makers of the Ys series) and US-based publisher Mastiff. Gurumin is a 3D platformer starring a girl who...

Prepare to paint the town red

Crimsonland review: Windows Phone, Windows 8, and Steam

Paul Acevedo 4 years ago 104

10tons is best known for its casual games like Sparkle 2, King Oddball and Tennis in the Face. But way back in 2003, the developer also made a fairly hardcore twin-stick shooter called Crimsonland and later remastered it in 2014. Last week, Crimsonland finally arrived on Windows Phone and Windows 8. With dozens of weapons and perks to unlock, several game modes and tons of blood to...

Search for treasure and move to the music

Crypt of the NecroDancer - Steam Spotlight

Paul Acevedo 4 years ago 74

Welcome to our new feature, Steam Spotlight! Every weekend we will look at a different game available on Steam, the popular digital distribution platform for Windows computers. With the indie gaming scene exploding on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, many of these titles will eventually make their way to consoles. But why wait when you can play exciting titles on your Surface Pro or PC right...

Mixing races with busting faces

Hands on with Road Redemption combat racer for Xbox One

Paul Acevedo 5 years ago 62

Many games that succeeded on Kickstarter have been sequels to classic games that had languished in obscurity for years: Wasteland 2, Broken Sword 5, and several more long-wished-for sequels owe their lives to Kickstarter. And then you have spiritual successors like Shroud of the Avatar and Underworld Ascendant, which are sequels in all but name to beloved past games. Road Redemption is...

Someone forgot to pay the electric bill

Castle in the Darkness review: new classic Steam platformer

Paul Acevedo 5 years ago 61

Matt Kapp is the lead artist behind Binding of Isaac Rebirth, a popular Rogue-like action adventure game that has long been rumored to be in development for Xbox One. He has also contributed art to the excellent 1001 Spikes (which thankfully is on Xbox One) and several other games from indie developer/publisher Nicalis. During my recent trip to PAX South, I took in the Nicalis panel...

Explore till you die and then explore some more

Rogue Legacy will bring an adventure that spans generations

Paul Acevedo 5 years ago 26

We recently looked at a couple of upcoming 2D Xbox One games that have plenty of potential: ' The Escapists' and 'Adventures of Pip.' The former is a distinctive sandbox game set within a series of prisons, whereas the latter is a traditional action platformer with some light puzzles and a great art style. Both games will likely turn out very well. But the 2D game that I'm most excited...

PC games on ya phone

KinoConsole review

Paul Acevedo 5 years ago 101

A few weeks back we reviewed TouchFox, an app that allows Windows 8 gamers to play PC games using touch screen virtual controls. Control issues aside, being able to play computer games on a tablet is pretty impressive. But you know what's even more likely to knock someone's socks off? Playing PC games on a phone. That's just what KinoConsole makes possible. Kinoni, makers of the Kinoni...

Steam's hardware stats show over 25 percent of its gamers use Windows 8/8.1

John Callaham 5 years ago 142

The latest stats from Steam's monthly hardware survey of its users indicate that just over 25 percent of them access the popular PC gaming service with either a Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 PC. The numbers, updated this week for the month of June 2014, show that 25.11 percent of Steam users access it via some version of Windows 8 and 8.1. The percentage combines not only the two...

Halo Spartan Assault gets an epic mobile Windows sale next week, plus a Steam release

Paul Acevedo 5 years ago 67

We don’t talk about Red Stripe Deals much anymore, but next week’s sale game is too hot not to celebrate. Major Nelson has just announced that the Windows Phone and Windows 8 versions of Halo: Spartan Assault will go on sale for $1.99 from April 3-9. The tablet and phone versions of Spartan Assault usually go for seven bucks apiece, making next week the prime time to scoop one or both...

Valve's Steam Survey shows that Windows 7 remains the most popular gaming operating system

Michael Archambault 6 years ago 95

If you belong to the “PC Master Race” (see meme) when it comes to gaming, then there is a good chance you are still running Windows 7 instead of Microsoft’s latest operating system. For those of you who love both PC gaming and Windows 8 – you will be interested to know that Steam usage data for the past month shows almost a fifth of those utilizing the Steam client are now using the new...

Pin Steam friends to your start screen with Steam Live Tile

Rich Edmonds 6 years ago 33

Steam (steampowered.com) is yet to launch a Windows Phone companion app that enables PC owners who utilise the service to get social with friends and remain up-to-date with what everyone is currently up to. Numerous third-party apps have been published to the store and Steam Live Tile is yet another option to add to the list. In a nutshell the app allows users to add their own Steam...

Let's Talk: Xbox One DRM - it's not your worst enemy

Michael Archambault 6 years ago 682

With the announcement of Microsoft’s Xbox One, there has been a collection of hatred focused on new video game DRM restrictions. Unfortunately many users don’t truly know the actual measures being put in place on Xbox One video games. In addition, there are a collection of new benefits that come with Xbox One games that are being overlooked. Let’s take a look and talk about how Xbox DRM...

iBomber Defense sneaks onto Xbox Windows Phone as a Nokia exclusive

Paul Acevedo 7 years ago 30

It’s always a good time to be a Nokia owner, but especially when a new exclusive app or game comes around. We’ve just received another surprise exclusive, this one turning up quite randomly on a Friday evening. A little advance notice would be nice, but it’s still good news for people with Lumias in their pockets. The newly released Xbox Windows Phone game is iBomber Defense from...

Steam Castle - Review

George Ponder 8 years ago 2

The developers who brought Impossible Shoota and Traffic Cop to Windows Phone 7 are now offering Steam Castle.  The Windows Phone game is a tower defense game where you defend your castle and surrounding forest from a barrage of missiles. The story line of the game goes that you are the last fortress of hope for humanity. You are fighting a losing war against the Mechanitrons and must...