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  • Alan Wake’s Pulp Action Spin-off Shines Light on PC This Month

    Alan Wake’s Pulp Action Spin-off Shines Light on PC This Month

    It took two years for Remedy Entertainment to port Xbox 360 thriller Alan Wake over to PC. Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, the standalone pulp action spin-off adventure first released on Xbox Live Arcade in February, won’t make PC gamers wait nearly that long. Alan Wake’s...

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  • Contest: Waveform Steam Giveaway

    Contest: Waveform Steam Giveaway

    We’re closing out April and ushering in May with our latest giveaway, riding in on a wave of light carrying a small stash of free codes for Eden Industries’ indie PC action-puzzle game, Waveform. If you haven’t played it yet, read our recent review to...

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  • Waveform Weekly Challenges Reward High Scorers with Free Indie Games

    Waveform Weekly Challenges Reward High Scorers with Free Indie Games

    Eden Industries has added a really cool new feature to Waveform, the unique arcade action game that has you controlling a particle of light as it oscillates through the galaxy. We reviewed it last week; you should check it out! The first of many weekly...

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  • Contest: Xotic Steam Giveaway

    Contest: Xotic Steam Giveaway

    Last year we reviewed PC game Xotic, WXP Games’ intriguing attempt at fusing first-person shooter gameplay with a scoring system and time trial mentality similar to an arcade game. It showed flashes of brilliant fun, but didn’t quite nail the concept as well as it...

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  • Ms. Splosion Man Looks Nice and Splodey on PC and Mobile Devices

    Ms. Splosion Man Looks Nice and Splodey on PC and Mobile Devices

    Exciting news out of PAX East over the weekend for anyone who likes the oddball games of Twisted Pixel and, of course, things that ‘splode. Ms. Splosion Man, the feminine Xbox Live Arcade sequel to the equally ‘splodetastic platform game ‘Splosion Man, is ‘splode-jumping onto...

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  • XSEED Games Now Publishing Ys Series on Steam

    XSEED Games Now Publishing Ys Series on Steam

    Over in Japan, Nihon Falcom’s Ys action-RPG series has made a name for itself on PC, but here in the U.S. it’s achieved much of its success and exposure on portable gaming systems like the DS and PSP. Konami and Atlus have both pitched in...

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  • Alan Wake’s Flashlight Shines Bright on PCs February 16th

    Alan Wake’s Flashlight Shines Bright on PCs February 16th

    Once planned to be a PC and console title from the beginning, Alan Wake eventually shipped as an Xbox 360 exclusive in 2010 and developer Remedy Entertainment never sounded particularly optimistic about the continued development and subsequent release of a PC version. A couple years...

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  • A Video Tour of Skyrim’s PC Creation Kit

    A Video Tour of Skyrim’s PC Creation Kit

    Modders, the time to create your own adventures in Tamriel is nearly at hand, with Bethesda Softworks readying its official Creation Kit for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The mod kit will be available “soon” as a free update via Steam, and BethSoft also partnered...

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  • Play as the Bad Guy in Dead Island’s Next DLC

    Play as the Bad Guy in Dead Island’s Next DLC

    Dead Island‘s expansion through downloadable content continues later this month with the release of the Ryder White campaign. It’ll be available January 31st via PSN and February 1st via Steam and Xbox Live, priced at $9.99 / 800 MS Points. As the title suggests, the...

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  • The Darkness II Demo Creeps Into the Light Starting Next Week

    The Darkness II Demo Creeps Into the Light Starting Next Week

    2K Games has announced a staggered roll-out for its The Darkness II playable demo, for those out there itching to try their hand at the supernatural FPS action before the full game ships February 7th on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Xbox Live Gold Members...

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