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Dev pulls controversial “Slave Tetris” minigame from Steam after backlash
There does not seem to be any way that the phrases “Slave Packing” and “minigame” could be used in the same sentence without sounding horribly wrong, and Danish studio Serious Games Interactive learned this lesson firsthand after sparking widespread outrage with a Tetris-like minigame that tasked players with packing as many people into the bowels of a slave ship ...
Batman: Arkham Knight patch briefly appears on Steam before getting yanked
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment has been promising a patch to fix the virtually unplayable PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight for some time now, but after gamers got a brief glimmer of hope when a patch appeared on Steam yesterday, the publisher quickly pulled it back. It has been well over two months since Warner Bros ...
Layers of Fear is a horror “Walking Simulator” that will ruin your pants
While games like Gone Home have been praised for their storytelling, some players find the “walking simulator” genre to be a little too boring. The stakes are about as low as they can get, and there is very little actual gameplay. You walk around, maybe read some letters or inspect a few items, and occasionally you may even need ...
‘Lara Croft GO’ devs on capturing the way fans remember ‘Tomb Raider’
The Tomb Raider franchise is one of the most iconic and beloved game series of the past two decades, and millions of gamers remember exploring sunken temples filled with low polygon crocodiles and devious traps. Turning such a memorable franchise into a mobile game is just asking for a mob a rabid fans to harp on about ...
VR needs to be “fashionable” before it really hits, says Oculus creator
Let’s face it: As cool as virtual reality technology is getting these days, you still look like a dork with that big electronic visor strapped to your head. Even Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey admits that the lack of cool factor might be a bit of a turn off for the general public, and he ...
An uncensored lesbian sex game will soon be on Steam
Steam will soon have its first ever uncensored erotic game, at least according to the creators of a Japanese-style visual novel called Kindred Spirits on the Roof. The developers say that the game will not pull any punches with the sex scenes—that is, unless Steam’s creator, Valve Corp, decides to change its mind on a whim. “Everything ...
‘Divinity: Original Sin 2’ Kickstarter surpasses the funding of the original in under a week
Belgian game company Larian Studios had a great run on Kickstarter with Divinity: Original Sin, which raised over $900,000 in 2013. Now the game’s sequel has blown past its predecessor, raising over $1 million in just a few days, and with 28 days remaining in its campaign, Divinity: Original Sin 2 might be a little bigger than ...
Nintendo digital game downloads can now be bought through Amazon
It has taken them quite a while, but it looks like Nintendo Co. Ltd. is finally learning how this internet thing works. Today the Japanese game company launched a new digital storefront on Amazon.com that will allow users to purchase and download a small selection of Nintendo games for Wii, Wii U, and 3DS. Using ...
Deus Ex is offering an awful tiered pre-order scheme called “Augment your Pre-order”
With the growth of digital distribution systems like Steam and PlayStation Network, game publishers can’t rely on the fear of limited supplies to convince consumers to pre-order new titles. Instead, they have to offer all kinds of incentives like discounted prices, merchandise, and exclusive downloadable content (DLC) to bribe – or in some cases extort ...
Pillars of Eternity dev: “I don’t think it was worthwhile developing for Linux”
It seems like every year someone proclaims that the time of the Linux gamer has finally arrived, and tomorrow we will all wake up to an open source wonderland where the rivers overflow with shell scripts and the Super Users rule the world. Unfortunately, it does not look like that techie Utopia has arrived yet, ...
