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June 3, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 1 Hits PC, Xbox 360

Hidden Path Entertainment has announced the release of the first ‘Resurgence’ map pack for its stellar tower defense title Defense Grid: The Awakening, now available for purchase and download on Steam and Xbox Live.
The initial release of the premium expansion pack brings two of the eight new downloadable maps being offered up for the game. [...]

June 3, 2010 | Erik Johnson

X3: Terran Conflict Update Released

Egosoft has announced the release of a new update for their space simulation and strategy title X3: Terran Conflict, now available for download via Steam and manually through The Patches Scrolls.
The v2.7 patch brings the re-enabling of using more than 2GB of RAM if your rig supports it, some tweaks and improvements to the M6, [...]

June 3, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Global Agenda Sandstorm Update Arrives Today

Hi-Rez Studios is gearing up to launch the gigantic Sandstorm update for their MMO shooter Global Agenda, with the content and changes set to go live sometime this afternoon.
The Sandstorm update brings a new loot and token system for acquiring weapons and armor, 32 new weapons with the majority for Levels 30 and above, new shops, missions, [...]

June 2, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Activision Finally Details Kotick’s $500,000 Indie Games Competition

Feels like ages since we first mentioned it (over three months, you make the call), but finally Activision has revealed some prudent details on the half-million dollar indie competition CEO Bobby Kotick mentioned off the cuff at this year’s DICE summit.
The contest will apparently be held in two phases, with the first phase now accepting [...]

June 2, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Garry’s Mod Update Released

Garry’s back, updating his titular game Garry’s Mod with a new patch now available to download for owners of the game on the Steam client.
The update fixes players not being able to join non-English servers, along with an improved datapack. The patch also brings a list of bug fixes to the title including band-aids for several [...]

June 2, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Eschalon Book II v1.03 Released

Basilisk Games has released a new update for its old-school RPG Eschalon Book II, now available for download both automatically on Impulse and manually via the game’s official site.
The v1.03 patch brings several bug fixes (including odd little ones), tweaks and overall improvements to the role-playing sequel. Highlights include a higher resolution world map and a [...]

June 2, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Indie Sales: The Few, The Proud

This week we had to scour every corner of the web to dig up enough sales, but as it turns out, those discounts we did find are heavy. Starting from 50% off and up to a name your price option, were in the high rollers room tonight.
Most of the offers end before the weekend so [...]

June 2, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Gish Goes Open Source

Keeping with their Humble Indie Bundle promise, Cryptic Sea has released the source code for their award winning platformer Gish, which can be downloaded here.
The dev notes “Most of this code was hacked in in the last 3 or 4 months of development, so it’s not very clean,” but that shouldn’t hold modders back from jumping [...]

June 1, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Natural Selection 2 Jetpacks Revealed

Unknown Worlds has revealed that its upcoming shooter Natural Selection 2 will tote those oh so wonderful vertical movement-enhancing jetpacks when the game (eventually…someday) arrives. On a sort of related note I think it’s safe to say jetpacks are the new zombies.
The devices are used by the Marines faction as a high level upgrade, allowing [...]

May 31, 2010 | Erik Johnson

League of Legends Mac Client Coming This Summer

Riot Games has announced that they will be bringing their multiplayer free-to-play action-RTS game League of Legends to Mac, revealing that the fantasy themed title will become available for the OS this summer.
The great news is that Mac players will be able to play with/against their PC buddies as the game will be cross compatible [...]

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