NEWS 16 May 2017­ by L Coulsen

The Surge Jolts It’s Way Onto Steam

Today's intense launch trailer for The Surge features a blend of the previous trailers with some new snippets and bits thrown about, which, we can be sure, is exactly what Deck13 were aiming for, intensity! What with the game being all about punching (stabbing, hacking and bludgeoning) the shit out of every robot you see as…
ANNOUNCEMENT 15 May 2017­ by L Coulsen

Marvel at LEGO Super Heroes 2

With a fifteen second teaser, don't expect to actually see much about LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2. All we have is a few seconds of Groot, running away from things that are falling over and exploding. You could say it features...Grootuitous destruction! In fact, the majority of the very brief teaser is actually taken up…
ANNOUNCEMENT 15 May 2017­ by L Coulsen

Dead Cells Slash-Slash-Rolls Onto Steam Early Access

With gameplay that reminds me of the original Prince of Persia, albeit far more fluid and varied, Dead Cells is determined to kill the shit out of you. Now available on Steam Early Access, where it intends to stay for around six to twelve months as Motion Twin refine it all for a flawless full release.…
ANNOUNCEMENT 12 May 2017­ by L Coulsen

Steam Takes Video in 360 Degrees

As pointed out by an astute Reddit user, Valve have added a 360° video tool to Steam. It seems to be geared more towards VR, given that it can be installed from the SteamVR tools section, but is also fully compatible with standard PC tech. At present, the number of videos available is, understandably, rather…
NEWS 10 May 2017­ by L Coulsen

Valve Tells us More About the Steam Store

Coming close on the heels of the new Steam Gifting system, Valve have another Steam update for us...sort of. Giving us some insights into how the Steam Store works, or rather...doesn't, depending on how you look at it. There isn't actually all that much in there, most of it being fluff about the difficulties in trying to…
ARTICLES 08 May 2017­ by L Coulsen

When Valve Got Steamy in the Living Room

Having been available for a year and half, following the November 2015 launch, now seems like a good time to reflect on Valve's invasion of the living room. Granted, in my case, my PC is already in the living room and hooked up to my TV, so I've been making use of the latter mostly…
REVIEWS 06 May 2017­ by L Coulsen

Styx: Shards of Darkness

Styx is small, green, mean, and a total gobshite. A breakout character from ‘Of Orcs and Men’ who went on to have his own stealth based adventure in October 2014. A game which still has, after more than 3,000 user reviews, a Very Positive standing on the Steam. Featuring huge, highly detailed, sprawling environments and…a…
ANNOUNCEMENT 05 May 2017­ by L Coulsen

Dragon Quest Heroes II Is out, but It’s Like Billy May…

Detailing an entire month of extra content, free no less, Dragon Quest Heroes II is clearly pointing out to us that it is here to stay..."but wait, there's more!" Offering whole new side quests for every character, new maps and even more characters yet to come, the next four weeks are jam packed full of…
ANNOUNCEMENT 05 May 2017­ by L Coulsen

ELEX Is Back to Introduce the Berserkers

Remember ELEX? We haven't talked about it much, and nothing at all recently, but there also hasn't been all that much to talk about it, without rehashing old ground, that is...until now. Piranha Bytes and THQ Nordic have a short trailer for us today, giving us a sneak peak of one of the in game factions…
ANNOUNCEMENT 05 May 2017­ by L Coulsen

The Surge Behind the Scenes

The Surge is almost here, so we have more videos to mark the occasion. Not a launch trailer, nope, not this time, what we have is almost six minutes of rehashed footage, staff interviews and tiny new tidbits of information about the game's early stages. There isn't a whole hell of a lot that's new here,…
ANNOUNCEMENT 05 May 2017­ by L Coulsen

The Trails Trilogy Finishes its Journey to Steam

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd has arrived on Steam! Allowing Steam users to finally complete the epic trilogy after a wait of more than two years from the first title when released on PC, or more than a decade, if you go back to the very first release on consoles, way…
NEWS 04 May 2017­ by L Coulsen

Valve Give the Gift of Steams New Gifting Service

In a short, precise and to the point update, Valve have outlined some tweaks to the Steam gifting service. Some of which are most decidedly welcome, others are actually a bit of a pisser, truth be told. Coming in three parts, the changes include scheduling, which is pretty darn nifty actually. It does not specify…
NEWS 03 May 2017­ by L Coulsen

Bethesda vs Prey for the Gods

Kickstarter darling, Prey for the Gods is now Praey for the Gods. As detailed in their latest newsletter, the change comes because Bethedsa/Zenimax were getting antsy about their soon to be released reboot of Prey. No Matter Studios don't seem overly cut up about it, and it is, admittedly, only a minor change afterall. Even…
NEWS 02 May 2017­ by L Coulsen

Darksiders III is Officially a Thing

A vicious pirate once said, “Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a time.” A beautiful sentiment, but not one grounded in fact. Because death is back in 2018. However, in Darksiders III, players will take on the role of a different horseman, the enigmatic Mage, FURY. A demonic presence so…