Uber Entertainment’s uber awesome team-based third-person shooter is getting a batch of free DLC on 01 December – hey wait, that’s today! Entitled Spunky Cola Special, the DLC adds two new arenas: the Spunky Cola Crossfire arena and the Survivitol Blitz arean. There are also new challenges, new protags and an expanded levelling system for those who have hit level …
Swedish developer Southend Interactive is working on an Xbox Live Arcade game called ilomilo. It looks super-cute, super-cheerful and super-awesome. It’s a puzzle game with a unique art style and quirky characters. It’ll also feature a number of cameo appearances by other game characters, such as Super Meat Boy. If you have a Windows Phone 7, then you can play …
Costume Quest was the last pony out of the Double Fine stable, but listen carefully and you’ll hear the hooves of the next one rapidly approaching. This one is called Stacking and it’s the second downloadable game to add to Double Fine’s new business model of regular, smaller titles instead of one full-length game every few years. Players take on …
Man, Super Meat Boy is tough as hell. It is, however, one of those ridiculously rare games that constantly kicks you in the nuts, but then instantly soothes them with ice packs and tender kisses as soon as you complete a level. In other words: you’re constantly tested but you never get frustrated. It’s great to see that some DLC …
Thanks to the insanity that stems from the United States’ Black Friday, some colossal discounts are hitting the Xbox Live Marketplace. How good are the deals, well how about ‘Splosion Man for 160 MS points or Trials HD (usually 1200) for only 400? The Black Friday deals will run from Tuesday, November 23 all the way through to Monday, November …
To celebrate the US DVD and Blu-Ray release of Edgar Wright’s audiovisual take on the Scott Pilgrim series of graphic novels, Microsoft have discounted the film’s rather excellent retro game tie-in. While we in South Africa are still patiently waiting for the god-damned cinematic release, we can make that wait easier by playing the game; a retro beat‘em up in …
Remember upcoming Game of the Year Tokyo Jungle? It’s that overwhelmingly awesome game that lets you pit a T-Rex against a Toy Pomeranian in the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Tokyo. It’s guaranteed to be a hit and will satiate that yet untapped, niche market of gamers all clamouring for a wildlife-grudge-match simulator. But Electronic Arts, never content to sit idly by …
When development team 5th Cell announces a game, people should pay attention – these guys have made some fantastically innovative and unique titles in the past. Scribblenauts? Drawn to Life? Yeah, they did those! So now they’ve got a new game in the works and it is (wait for it) a third-person, post apocalyptic shooter for Xbox Live Arcade. Wait, …
Cooking for your family is one of the most important responsibilities in daily life, …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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