5-31-13 (FTL: Faster Than Light)

May 31st 2013

FTL: Faster Than Light

About the Game

In FTL you experience the atmosphere of running a spaceship trying to save the galaxy. It's a dangerous mission, with every encounter presenting a unique challenge with multiple solutions. What will you do if a heavy missile barrage shuts down your shields? Reroute all power to the engines in an attempt to escape, power up additional weapons to blow your enemy out of the sky, or take the fight to them with a boarding party? This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

Key Features:

• Complex Strategic Gameplay - Give orders to your crew, manage ship power distribution and choose weapon targets in the heat of battle.
• Play at Your Own Speed - Pause the game mid-combat to evaluate your strategy and give orders.
• Unique Lifeforms and Technology – Upgrade your ship and unlock new ones with the help of six diverse alien races.
• Be the Captain You Want - Hundreds of text based encounters will force you to make tough decisions.
• Randomized Galaxy - Each play-through will feature different enemies, events, and results to your decisions. No two play-throughs will be quite the same.
• No Second Chances! - Permadeath means when you die, there's no coming back. The constant threat of defeat adds importance and tension to every action.

 PC System Requirements

Minimum:
• OS:Windows XP / Vista / 7
• Processor:2 GHz
• Memory:1 GB RAM
• Graphics:1280x720 minimum resolution, OpenGL 2.0 Support, and recommended dedicated graphics card with 128 MB of RAM
• Hard Drive:175 MB HD space
Some integrated Intel HD graphics cards have been known to work but are not officially supported.

 Mac System Requirements

Minimum:
• OS:Mac OS X 10.5.8 or above
• Processor:Intel 2 GHz
• Memory:1 GB RAM
• Graphics:1280x720 minimum resolution, OpenGL 2.0 Support, and recommended dedicated graphics card with 128 MB of RAM
• Hard Drive:175 MB HD space

 Linux System Requirements

• OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, fully updated
• Processor: 2 GHz
• Memory: 1GB RAM
• Graphics: 1280x720 minimum resolution, OpenGL 2.0 Support
• Hard Drive: 175 MB HD space

5-30-13 (Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter)

May 30th 2013

Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter

About the Game

The glorious high-definition (HD) chaos continues in Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, the highly anticipated arcade action FPS sequel to the Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter.

Developed by Croteam and powered by the Serious Engine 3, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter combines spectacularly enhanced visuals, including more polygons, higher resolution textures and more special effects like hippy and kid’s mode, with trademark frantic gameplay for a non-stop action.

Featuring single-play, survival and cooperative play and mixed with brilliantly updated visuals, the game continues your battle against Mental’s army with the classic over-the-top action, crazy humor and horror from the golden age of first-person shooters.

Combined with intense versus and team modes for up to 16 players and in over 18 multiplayer maps, demo recording option, spectators and dedicated server support, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a worthy successor to the original masterpiece.

Key Features

SINGLE PLAYER

• Various Environments and Secrets - Unleash mayhem on 3 different spectacular worlds: South America, ancient Mesopotamia and medieval Europe.
• Discover over 130 secrets including over 15 brand new ones hidden in the fray.
• Unique Enemies and Bosses - Fight with 27 nightmarish warriors in Mental's army, including old favorites from The First Encounter like Beheaded
• Kamikaze, Syrian Werebull and Kleer Skeleton. Go head to head against 5 new enemies and 3 new Bosses.
• Special Weapons and Power-Ups - Wreak havoc with a huge arsenal of weapons including 3 new toys: the Sniper Rifle, Flamethrower and Chainsaw. Use
• Power-Ups to additionally increase your fighting and agility skills.

MULTIPLAYER

• Co-Op Mode - Plunge into chaos with up to 16 players in campaign cooperative mode.
• Deathmatch Mode - Watch all hell break loose in over 8 classic and brand new deathmatch maps with up to 16 players.
• Survival Mode - Try to stay alive as long as you can against continued enemies’ attacks in specially designed survival maps!
• Co-Op Modes - Play even more along your friends in new co-op modes including Co-Op Survival.
• Versus Modes - Fight against your friends in more versus modes including Beast Hunt and My Burden.
• Team Modes - Compete against other teams in team matches including Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Last Team Standing.

STEAM FEATURES

• Steam Achievements - Earn 50 amazingly attractive achievements to boost your social standing.
• Steam Leaderboards - See your score recorded in both single player and cooperative leaderboards.
• Steam Cloud - Store your profile online on the Steam Cloud servers, including your bindings, last played level and campaign progress.

System Requirements

• OS: Windows XP w/SP1 or newer
• Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3+ Ghz or AMD Athlon64 3500+
• Memory: 1 GB for Windows XP or 2 GB for Windows Vista
• Hard Drive: 2.2 GB free space
• Graphics: nVidia GeForce 7600, ATI Radeon X1600 (Shader Model 3.0 Required)
• Sound: Direct X 9.0c compatible sound card
• DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c August 2009 Edition or newer

5-29-13 (Sword of the Stars: The Pit)

May 29th 2013

Sword of the Stars: The Pit

About the Game

A deadly plague ravages your world. Your last hope: a legendary alien facility dug deep into the Feldspar Mountains...a massive Pit, built by the ancient Suul'ka.

If 'The Pit' really exists, there might be something left. Something that will give your doctors a fighting chance at the cure.

All you know for sure is that every expedition into those mountains has failed to return...

And Nothing Sows Death Like the Suul'ka.

Quamdiu Poteris Superesse?

Sword of the Stars: The Pit is a fun, fast, light-hearted turn-based RPG, where the tradition of Rogue and other old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe, where the question to ask isn't "Did you make it to the end?" so much as "How far did you make it into The Pit before the monsters got you?"

Be brave, press on for the sake of your planet, and when all else fails, go out in a blaze of glory!

Key Features

• 3 Characters to choose from... Marine, Pilot and Engineer!
• 30 Levels of ancient evil science between you and the cure!
• Improve your character and increase your skills as you try and find a way to survive the depths.
• Dozens and dozens of enemies drawn from the Sword of the Stars universe!
• Over 50 weapons and armors with a variety of special effects including flamethrowers, rocket launchers, plasma cannons and powered Brawler armor!
• Randomized augmentation effects (for your equipment... and for you!) make each game unique.
• Crafting lets you make special items from bits and pieces of your enemies.
• Over 100 items to discover, ranging from the familiar to ancient exotic tech.
• Dozens of room types containing a host of exotic devices to help - or maybe hinder - your progress.
• Discover and decipher hidden messages, crafting recipes, and pieces of Sword of the Stars lore!
• Many fiendish ways to die including poisoning, disease, traps, radiation, starvation and of course... MONSTERS.

System Requirements

Minimum:
• OS:Windows XP
• Processor:Intel Pentium 1.6 GHz or equivalent
• Memory:1 GB RAM
• Graphics:512 MB DX compatible card
• DirectX®:9.0c
• Hard Drive:500 MB HD space
• Sound:Any Windows compatible sound device
• Additional:Controller support: 2-button mouse, keyboard and speakers

Recommended:
• OS:Windows Vista / 7
• Processor:Intel Pentium 2 GHz or equivalent
• Memory:2 MB RAM
• Graphics:1 GB DX compatible card
• Hard Drive:750 MB HD space
• Sound:Any Windows compatible sound device
• Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection
• Additional:Controller support: 2-button mouse, keyboard and speakers

5-28-13 (Super House of Dead Ninjas)

May 28th 2013

Super House of Dead Ninjas

Reviews

"I can see myself spending a long, long time playing Super House of Dead Ninjas."
- Destructoid

"Fast, frantic and highly addicting...the perfect marriage of old and new."
10/10 - Everyday Gamers

"For fast-paced ninja skills with upgrades, bosses and brutal decapitations, it doesn’t get much better."
Indie Statik

""Super Meat Boy-meets-Ninja Gaiden!"
- IndieGames.com

About the Game

Descend a seemingly-endless tower, wielding an arsenal of deadly ninja weapons and attacks, as the fearsome Crimson Ninja. This 2D action-platformer uses ninja magic to generate every tower randomly, so no two adventures are the same! Based on the hit Flash game from developers Megadev and Adult Swim Games.

Key Features:

• Native controller support
• Return to the Ziggurat of Infinium, the cursed fortress of evil!
• Randomly-generated levels means endless replayability
• 180 custom rooms, 50 of which are new to this edition
• Dozens of weapons and item upgrades, many seen here for the first time (like the flamethrower and baseball bat)
• Slay eight terrifying bosses and 49 dastardly enemies, including a deadly exploding mushroom
• Transdimensional Leakage: a bizarre new tower to explore
• Upgraded music and sound effects powered by the Ninjinity Engine
• Play full-screen like a true ninja
• Map Editor: design your own levels and share via Steamworks
• Leaderboards: bask in the envy of others as you crush their high scores
• Customize your ninja with new colors and outfits, with thousands of combinations
• Steam exclusive version of the game is bigger and better than the original!

System Requirements

Minimum:
• Memory:512 MB RAM
• Hard Drive:200 MB HD space

Recommended:
• Memory:1024 MB RAM
• Hard Drive:200 MB HD space

5-27-13 (Iron Front: Liberation 1944)

May 27th 2013

Iron Front: Liberation 1944

About the Game

Welcome to the front!

Poland, the summer of 1944: the Red Army is preparing to deal the killing blow to the Wehrmacht – and you are right in the middle of it. As a German or Soviet front line soldier, it will be your skills and tactical finesse that will determine if you reach the military objectives. Command your own troops, man authentic weaponry and take to the sky in deadly warplanes. Raging across huge battlefields on an unprecedented level of simulation, the heat of combat awaits you in the single player and multiplayer modes. This is where war shows its true face!

Key Features:

• Tactical war simulation: play as a soldier in 1st person and as a commander in 3rd person
• Large-scale battles involving infantry, tanks and warplanes
• Commanding troops and vehicles, and steering all vehicles makes you feel like you're really there
• Two campaigns against a historical backdrop
• Lots of settings options, from shooter to tactical
• Huge arsenal of authentic weapons
• Over 35 vehicles and planes
• Extensive multiplayer capabilities, with cooperative and PvP battles
• Powerful editor

System Requirements

• OS:Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7
• Processor:Dual-core Intel Core 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon 2.4 GHz
• Memory:1 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 8600GT or ATI Radeon 3650 or faster with Shader Model 3 and 512 MB VRAM
• Hard Drive:10 GB HD space

3-26-13 (Assassin’s Creed III)

May 26th 2013

Assassin’s Creed III

Digital Deluxe Edition

The Deluxe Edition includes:

• All five downloadable content pack:
  • The Hidden Secrets Pack
  • The Battle Hardened Pack
  • Tyranny of King Washington: The Infamy
  • Tyranny of King Washington: The Betrayal
  • Tyranny of King Washington: The Redemption
• 4 bonus single-player missions, adding over an hour of additional gameplay
• The official Assassin’s Creed® III soundtrack (mp3 files)
• George Washington’s notebook (pdf file)

About the Game

The American Colonies, 1775. It’s a time of civil unrest and political upheaval in the Americas. As a Native American assassin fights to protect his land and his people, he will ignite the flames of a young nation’s revolution. Assassin’s Creed® III takes you back to the American Revolutionary War, but not the one you’ve read about in history books...

Key Features:

• As a Native American assassin, eliminate your enemies with guns, bows, tomahawks, and more!
• From bustling city streets to chaotic battlefields, play a critical role in the most legendary events of the American Revolution including the Battle of Bunker Hill and Great Fire of New York.
• Experience the truth behind the most gruesome war in history: the American Revolution.
• Introducing the Ubisoft-AnvilNext game engine, stunning new technology that will revolutionize gaming with powerful graphics, lifelike animations, immersive combat, and advanced physics.

System Requirements

Minimum:
• OS: Windows Vista® (SP2) / Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8
• Processor: 2.60 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo E8200 or 2.60 GHz AMD Athlon™ II X4 620
• Memory: 2 GB
• Graphics: 512 MB DirectX® 10—compliant with Shader Model 4.0 or higher (see supported list)*
• DirectX®: 10
• Hard Drive: 17 GB
• Sound: DirectX 10—compliant (5.1 surround sound recommended)
• Multiplayer: 256 kbps or faster broadband connection
• Peripherals: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended) *Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:
  AMD Radeon™ HD 4850 / 5000 / 6000 / 7000 series
  NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GT / 9 / 200 / 400 / 500 / 600 series
  Laptop versions of these cards may work, but are not supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. For the most up-to-date minimum requirement listings, please visit the FAQ on our support website. Requires a Uplay Account

Recommended:
• OS: Windows Vista® (SP2) / Windows® 7 (SP1) / Windows® 8
• Processor: 2.66 GHz Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9400 or 3.00 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 940
• Memory: 4 GB
• Graphics: 1024 MB DirectX® 10—compliant with Shader Model 5.0 or higher (see supported list)*
• DirectX®: 10
• Hard Drive: 17 GB
• Sound: DirectX 10–compliant (5.1 surround sound recommended)
• Multiplayer: 256 kbps or faster broadband connection
• Peripherals: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended) *Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:
  AMD Radeon™ HD 4850 / 5000 / 6000 / 7000 series
  NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GT / 9 / 200 / 400 / 500 / 600 series
  Laptop versions of these cards may work, but are not supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. For the most up-to-date minimum requirement listings, please visit the FAQ on our support website. Requires a Uplay Account

5-25-13 (Football Manager 2013)

May 25th 2013

Football Manager 2013

About the Game

Football Manager. Always.

Football Manager is the best-selling, most realistic football management series ever made. Football Manager 2013 celebrates 20 years of games from the people at Sports Interactive by introducing an array of new features.

This year’s version allows you to take control of any club in more than 50 nations across the world and includes all of Europe’s biggest leagues as well as database of over 500,000 real-world players and staff.

As well as some landmark new features in the Career Mode, there are now new ways to enjoy your Football Manager experience.

Key Features:

NEW TO CAREER MODE…

Match Engine
The 3D match engine has seen huge improvements this year. Everything on the pitch looks more realistic; from the stadiums, the players’ movement, intelligence, and the way the ball moves through the air.

We’ve also introduced hundreds of new animations to make the game feel more realistic and we’ve made the whole experience more televisual by introducing new camera angles and showing the kick-off and final whistle.

Manager Roles
Another notable difference is the significant restructure of the manager’s staff and a revamp of their roles. The most obvious is that we’ve introduced the position of Director of Football into the game for the first time, which will allow managers to pass on some of their workload, such as contract negotiations, if they choose to.

In addition to this, we’ve also increased the number of specialist coaching roles within the game and given the manager greater flexibility to choose which coaches offer advice and when. The manager can also choose to complain about boardroom interference – although that particular option should probably be used sparingly.

And much more…
A brand new training system, improved international management, tones in press conferences & a new user interface.

NEW WAYS TO PLAY…

Classic and Challenge Modes
Football Manager Classic is a less time-consuming way to enjoy Football Manager. The essence of the game is exactly the same – the manager still takes charge of a squad of players and competes at whatever level he or she chooses – but they will now find that a number of their responsibilities have either been taken over by their support staff or have disappeared completely.

For example, while the player still takes charge of training in FMC, this is carried out at a 'full team' level only – there's no individual player training. And when it gets to matches themselves, there are no team talks or opposition reports... you just go straight to a game using the same 3D match engine as Career Mode. The games are played out in a quicker 'highlights only' fashion, but you can even speed this up by going straight to ‘Instant Result’.

Players who opt for Football Manager Classic will also find that they have a couple of further options in terms of how they play the game; they can either play a full open-ended ‘Career’ or they can choose to play in the new ‘Challenge’ mode.

In Challenge mode they’ll find themselves in a particular situation which will test their management skills over a shorter game time – usually half a season. Can you win a trophy with a team consisting almost entirely of kids? Or could you guide your club to safety despite being bottom of the table at Xmas?

We first introduced Challenge Mode in Football Manager Handheld 2012 and it proved to be so popular that we’ve decided to include it in FMC too.

The game will come with four free-to-play challenges, each of which feeds in to a global leaderboard.

Network Play
The brand new Network Play is fully integrated with Steam’s network functionality which means that players should be able to set up and enjoy games against their friends far more easily than before. The Network Mode also allows people to set-up special one-off leagues and cups and to import their team from their career mode, so you can now end any debate about whose FM team is better.

The deeper integration with Steam will also allow us to manage worldwide leaderboards, so, for the first time you’ll really know how good a manager you are.

Plus over 900 other new features!

 PC System Requirements

• OS: Windows XP/Vista/W7/W8
• Processor: XP: 1.6GHz or Faster. Vista/W7/W8: 2.2GHz or Faster
• Memory: XP/Vista/W7/W8: 1.0GB RAM
• Graphics: 128MB *Supported Chipsets : (see below)
• DirectX®: 9.0c
• Hard Drive: 2GB
• Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible
• LAN: TCP/IP compliant *Supported Chipsets - Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 or greater; Intel 82915G/82910GL or greater.
  A fully DirectX 9 compliant graphics card is required.
  Earlier cards may only display 2D Match Viewer Mode and are not supported.
  Earlier cards may require the DirectX 9.0 SDK is installed to run the game. This can be downloaded from the following url:
  Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported.

 Mac System Requirements

• OS: 10.6.8/10.7.x/10.8.x or higher
• Processor: Intel Processor
• Memory: 1.0GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 7300 GT or greater. ATI Radeon X1600 or greater.
• Hard Drive: 2GB

5-24-13 (Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams)

May 24th 2013

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

About the Game

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a blistering hardcore platformer with contrasting worlds. Warp Giana’s vivid dreams to alter your abilities and destroy the twisted creatures lurking within. Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams combines the challenge of retro era platforming with graphics that pack a visual punch and tight controls.

Fluidly morph between two dynamically different dream worlds to solve puzzles and combat grueling enemies. Players will have to intertwine sweet Giana's twirling jump attack with Punk Giana's hammering dash attack to survive the dualling dimensions.

Key Features

• Powerful Abilities: Change Giana's personality to unlock her unique abilities - you'll need to control both sides to survive her dreams!

• Intuitive Controls and Smooth Gameplay: Master the tight knit controls to defeat the cunning trials ahead.

• Visual Punch:Giana’s dreamworlds leap off the screen with gorgeous 3D graphics that morph before your eyes.

• Twisted Puzzles: As Giana changes, so does the world around her. Collecting gems and finding secret locations requires strategy and interchanging the two worlds.

• Legendary Soundtrack:Each dream layer has its own music style. Experience a dual crossfading soundtrack by Chris Hülsbeck and Machinae Supremacy!

• Explore and Discover: There are 23 rich levels across 3 distinct worlds, each transforming into the two contrasting dreamworlds.

• Epic Boss Battles:Take on gigantic creatures dredged from the depths of Giana’s most terrifying nightmares. Each unique boss has only one thing in common with the others – they’re utterly brutal!

• Gut-wrenching Hardcore Modes: Hardcore and Über Hardcore modes also await players who are full masters of the game and quite possibly insane.

System Requirements

Minimum (or Recommended)
• OS: Windows XP
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.8 GHz / AMD Athlon II X2 @ 2.8 GHz
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Hard Disk Space: 3.3 GB
• Video Card: SM3.0 DX9.0c level hardware (Nvidia GeForce 6800, ATI X1800 XT or higher)
• DirectX®: 9
• Additional: Keyboard

Recommended
• OS: Windows Vista / Windows 7
• Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.66 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 @ 3.0 GHz (or any Dual Core CPU)
• Memory: 3 GB RAM
• Hard Disk Space: 3.3 GB
• Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 280, ATI HD 4800 or higher
• DirectX®: 10
• Peripherals Supported: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360® Controller for Windows recommended)