8-31-13 (Hotline Miami)

Aug 31st 2013

Hotline Miami

About the Game

Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat. Set in an alternative 1989 Miami, you will assume the role of a mysterious antihero on a murderous rampage against the shady underworld at the behest of voices on your answering machine. Soon you'll find yourself struggling to get a grip of what is going on and why you are prone to these acts of violence. 

Rely on your wits to choreograph your way through seemingly impossible situations as you constantly find yourself outnumbered by vicious enemies. The action is unrelenting and every shot is deadly so each move must be quick and decisive if you hope to survive and unveil the sinister forces driving the bloodshed. Hotline Miami’s unmistakable visual style, a driving soundtrack, and a surreal chain of events will have you question your own thirst for blood while pushing you to the limits with a brutally unforgiving challenge.

Key Features

• Breakneck gunplay in bloodstained neon corridors combined with an intense, pumping soundtrack 
• A surreal and gritty storyline panned out over 20 brutal multi-level maps 
• Heart-stopping battles against a bizarre cast of bosses from Miami's underground 
• Wield 35 different weapons - from shotguns and assault rifles to katanas and lead pipes - everything is at your disposal 
• Over 1,000 different sprites for a fantastic variety of environments, weapons, items, and enemy death animations to keep the killing fresh 
• Slip on one of 25 unlockable animal masks to conceal your identity and tweak the gameplay in your favor or crank up the challenge 
• Driving beats and brooding sounds by Sun Araw, Coconuts, M.O.O.N., Jasper Byrne, El Huervo, Perturbator, Scattle, Elliott Berlin and Eirik Suhrke 
• Tough as nails Achievements that test your limits and leaderboards to prove your worth

 PC System Requirements

Minimum: 

• OS:Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 
• Processor:1.2GHz processor 
• Memory:512 MB RAM 
• Graphics:DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory 
• DirectX®:9.0c 
• Hard Drive:250 MB HD space 
• Additional:Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller or Direct Input compatible controller

Recommended: 

• OS:Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 
• Processor:1.4GHz processor or faster 
• Memory:1 GB RAM 
• Graphics:DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory 
• DirectX®:9.0c 
• Hard Drive:250 MB HD space 
• Additional:Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller or Direct Input compatible controller

 Mac System Requirements

Minimum: 

• OS:Mac OS 10.6+ 
• Processor:2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or better 
• Memory:1 GB RAM 
• Hard Drive:130 MB HD space

Minimum: 

• OS:Mac OS 10.6+ 
• Processor:2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or better 
• Memory:2 GB RAM 
• Hard Drive:130 MB HD space

8-29-13 (Cities in Motion 2)

Aug 29th 2013

Cities in Motion 2

About the Game

Cities in Motion 2 is the sequel to the popular mass transit simulation game Cities in Motion. Build, manage and lead your transportation network to provide cities with their ever changing needs. CIM2 introduces new features including multiplayer game modes, day and night cycles, timetables and dynamic cities. 

Building the transportation network will directly affect how the city grows. Affordable transportation brings middle class housing and work places, while more expensive and exotic choices bring high end businesses. Take advantage of many different types of vehicles including buses, trams, ferries and more. 

Build alone or play cooperatively with a friend. Use the newly implemented bus lanes to build efficient traffic free roadways. Tackle rush hour by managing transportation timetables and meeting the needs of the citizens.

Key Features

• Dynamic cities 
• Player’s choices effect city growth 
• Day and night cycle 
• Manage the timetables 
• Multiplayer with both co-operative and competitive modes 
• Campaign and sandbox modes

 PC System Requirements

Minimum: 

• OS:Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8 
• Processor:2 GHz Dual core 
• Memory:3 GB RAM 
• Graphics:nVIDIA GeForce 8800, 512 MB RAM or ATI Radeon HD 3850, 512 MB RAM 
• DirectX®:9.0 
• Hard Drive:2 GB HD space 
• Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection

Recommended: 

• OS:: Microsoft Windows 7/8 
• Processor:3 GHz Quad core 
• Memory:4 GB RAM 
• Graphics:nVIDIA GeForce GTX460, 1 GB RAM or AMD Radeon HD 6850, 1 GB RAM 
• DirectX®:9.0 
• Hard Drive:2 GB HD space 
• Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection

 Mac System Requirements

Minimum: 

• OS:OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.3 
• Processor:2 GHz Dual core 
• Memory:3 GB RAM 
• Graphics:nVIDIA GeForce 8800, 512 MB RAM or ATI Radeon HD 3850, 512 MB RAM 
• Hard Drive:2 GB HD space 
• Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection

Recommended: 

• OS:OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.3 or later 
• Processor:3 GHz Quad core 
• Memory:4 GB RAM 
• Graphics: nVIDIA GeForce GTX460, 1 GB RAM or AMD Radeon HD 6850, 1 GB RAM 
• Hard Drive:2 GB HD space 
• Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection

8-28-13 (Dungeon Siege Complete)

Aug 28th 2013

Dungeon Siege Complete

8-27-13 (Symphony)

Aug 27th 2013

Symphony

Reviews

“Symphony is fun, pure and simple.”
84/100 – PC Gamer

About the Game

Your music is under attack, you must liberate it!

A mysterious entity is absorbing and corrupting your music before your very eyes. You must battle through your own song collection, discover items, customize your ship and fight boss enemies to liberate the Symphony of Souls and reclaim your music!

Symphony is one of the most music-driven games ever made. In this vertical shooter, re-experience each of your songs as it becomes a unique battlefield driven by intensity and tempo.

Your music collection is now an item collection! Each of your songs contains an item you can discover, equip and upgrade. Fully customize your ship to reach score targets, upgrade items and unlock new difficulty levels.

Showcase your skill. Symphony's innovative per-song leaderboard rewards you more, when you dominate with less powerful weapons. Find the loadout that suits your style and show what you can do!

Key features

• Battle a mysterious entity that absorbs and corrupts your music as it plays
• Cutting-edge music analysis adapts the game to any song you like!
• Innovative per-song leaderboard system rewards you based on your weapons and the difficulty level
• 5 unique sets of boss enemies to conquer
• 6 difficulty levels
• Discover, collect and equip weapons hidden inside your own music collection
• 30 achievements/medals to unlock
• Supported file types: MP3, M4A & AAC (runs using QuickTime), OGG, WAV, FLAC, WMA, AIFF, WV, APE
• Full amBX™ support (cool lighting!)

System Requirements

• OS: Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7
• Processor: 2 GHz
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Hard Disk Space: 250 MB
• Video Card: MB, DirectX® 9.0c-compatible, Shader Model 3.0 or higher
• DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c
• Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible

8-26-13 (Brutal Legend)

Aug 26th 2013

Brutal Legend

About the Game

Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes. Featuring the talents of comedian, actor and musician, Jack Black as super roadie Eddie Riggs, as well as cameos by some of the biggest names in metal music it's a wild ride in the belly of the beast that is not to be missed by gamers and Metalheads alike.

Included as a free bonus in the PC version of Brütal Legend are both the Hammer of Infinite Fate and Tears of the Hextadon multiplayer map packs.

Story

The vivid and wildly creative world of Brütal Legend is brought to life through a spate of chrome, leather, rocker babes, epic music, fire-breathing/stud-wearing beasts, mountains made of guitar amps, and more. Follow Eddie as he embarks on a tour of epic destruction with an axe, a guitar, and his minions as he commands the power of rock in epic band battles. It’s lighter-flicking awesomeness that will melt your face clean off.

Combat

Brütal Legend’s combat is a combination of classic action slasher and real time strategy mechanics. Melee and ranged combat come from your double-sided broadaxe and demon-slaying, pyrotechnic-creating guitar. Add that 1-2 punch to a guitar solo mechanic that can summon objects, buff your teammates, or cripple your opponents, and you have a deep, gratifying core gameplay combat loop that is fun for the hardcore and accessible for the casual. On top of that, players will journey from Roadie to Rock God by commanding legions of metalheads into Brütal Victory and sending troops charging into battle.

A Streaming Open World

Brütal Legend gives you the freedom to walk, drive, or fly anywhere in a fully streaming open world whose art style is inspired by some of the most iconic and hilariously rad metal album covers ever created. Every vista in the beautiful universe of Brütal Legend looks like it was pulled from a Frank Frazetta painting.

Packed With Cameos and Voice Talent

Brütal Legend is full of cameos from gods of metal like Lemmy Kilmister, Rob Halford, Lita Ford, and many, many others. It has a MASSIVE metal soundtrack from every era of metal music: 1970’s classic metal to 1980’s hair metal to the scarier cousins of 1990’s metal. And of course, Jack Black pays the ultimate homage to metal as Eddie the Roadie, continuing the theme from the work of his band, Tenacious D and his previous films like School of Rock and High Fidelity.

Multiplayer Mayhem

4v4 "skirmish" multiplayer marries action combat with a strategic unit-control mechanic. As the leader of one of the factions in the game, the player will direct his armies in a Battle of the Bands where the trophy is survival. Brütal Legend’s multiplayer is online-enabled, so you can conquer your friends online (broadband connection required for online play).

Music

The music in Brütal Legend is truly massive. Made up of 108 of the most rocking tracks from 75 different bands representing every sub-genre of metal, it is something to experience in and of itself.

 PC System Requirements

Minimum:
• OS:Windows XP SP3
• Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.2 GHz, or AMD Athlon 64 at 2.2 GHz
• Memory:1 GB RAM
• Graphics:512 MB GeForce 220, Radeon 4550, Intel HD 3000 Graphics
• DirectX®:9.0c
• Hard Drive:8 GB HD space
• Sound:DirectX Compatible Sound Card
• Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection

Recommended:
• OS:Windows 7
• Processor:Intel i5 Duo at 2.5 GHz, or AMD FX 3.5 GHz
• Memory:2 GB RAM
• Graphics:512 MB GeForce 650, Radeon 7000
• DirectX®:9.0c
• Hard Drive:8 GB HD space
• Sound:DirectX Compatible Sound Card
• Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection

 Mac System Requirements

Minimum:
• OS: : Snow Leopard 10.6.8, or later
• Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor
• Memory: 2 GB of RAM
• Graphics: ATI HD 2600 / NVIDIA 8800GT / Intel HD3000 or better card with at least 512 MB VRAM
• Hard Drive: 9 GB HD space
• Note:Leopard is not supported

Recommended:
• OS: : Snow Leopard 10.6.8, or later
• Processor: Intel Core i5 at 2.5 GHz
• Memory: 4 GB of RAM
• Graphics: ATI HD 4670 / Nvidia 285 or better with at least 512 MB VRAM
• Hard Drive: 9 GB HD space
• Note:Leopard is not supported

 Linux System Requirements

Recommended:
• OS: : Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, fully updated
• Processor: 2.2 GHz dual core CPU
• Memory: 2 GB of RAM
• Graphics: 256 MB GeForce 220, Radeon HD 4550, or Intel HD 4000 Graphics
• Open GL: 2.1
• Hard Drive: 9 GB HD space

8-25-13 (Castle Crashers)

Aug 25th 2013

Castle Crashers

About the Game

Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth! Featuring hand-drawn characters, Castle Crashers Steam Edition delivers hi-res visuals like nothing you've seen before. Four friends can play locally or online to save your princess, defend your kingdom, and crash some castles!

Key Features:

• Unlock more than 25 characters and over 40 weapons! 
• Intuitive combo and magic system: Unlock an arsenal of new attacks as your character progresses through the game. 
• Level up your character and adjust Strength, Magic, Defense, and Agility. 
• Adorable animal orbs are your companions. Each adds different abilities to aid you on your journey. 
• Arena mode: Battle other players in free-for-all or team matches! 
• Insane Mode: Test your skills in the ultimate campaign challenge 
• Necromantic Booster Pack (includes Necromancer and Cult Minion characters) 
• King Booster Pack (includes The King and Open-Faced Gray Knight) 
• All You Can Quaff Mini Game 
• Also includes: Alien Hominid playable character

 PC System Requirements

Minimum: 

• OS:Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 
• Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz+ or better 
• Memory:1 GB RAM 
• Graphics:256 MB video card 
• DirectX®:9.0c 
• Hard Drive:255 MB HD space 
• Sound:DirectX compatible 
• Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection 
• Additional:Supports Microsoft® Xbox 360 controller or Direct Input compatible controller

Recommended: 

• OS:Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 
• Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz+ or better 
• Memory:2 GB RAM 
• Graphics:512 MB video card 
• DirectX®:9.0c 
• Hard Drive:255 MB HD space 
• Sound:DirectX compatible 
• Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection 
• Additional:Supports Microsoft® Xbox 360 controller or Direct Input compatible controller

 Mac System Requirements

Minimum: 

• OS:Mac OS X 10.5 - Leopard 
• Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz+ or better 
• Memory:2 GB RAM 
• Graphics:256 MB video card 
• Hard Drive:255 MB HD space 
• Sound:Mac compatible sound card 
• Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection 
• Additional:With the right drivers the game supports Microsoft® Xbox 360, Sony PS3, and Logitech controllers

Recommended: 

• OS:Mac OS X 10.7 - Lion 
• Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz+ or better 
• Memory:4 GB RAM 
• Graphics:512 MB video card 
• Hard Drive:255 MB HD space 
• Sound:Mac compatible sound card 
• Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection 
• Additional:With the right drivers the game supports Microsoft® Xbox 360, Sony PS3, and Logitech controllers

8-24-13 (Thomas Was Alone)

Aug 24th 2013

Thomas Was Alone

Reviews

“For all its charm, Thomas is more than just the super-minimalist-yet-incredibly-engaging tales of a few plucky AIs. It's the story of games. Of how they get made and played, of the joys and frustrations they bring and of the thousands of tiny iterative processes that go into evolving single titles and the entire medium into their best forms.”
– Evan Narcisse, Kotaku

“It proves that you don't need tens of millions of dollars and hundreds of staff to make a game story worth telling, just a good hook, an engaging vision, and a whole lot of heart.”
9/10 – Josh Tolentino, Destructoid

“The understated aesthetic design and unusual co-op puzzles will absorb you for the game’s duration – the wit and personality of the writing, though, will stay with you for much longer.”
8/10 – Keza MacDonald, IGN

About the Game

Thomas Was Alone, and then, Well, he Wasn't.

Thomas Was Alone is an indie minimalist 2D platformer about friendship and jumping and floating and anti-gravity. Guide a group of rectangles through a series of obstacles, using their different skills together to get to the end of each environment.

Listen to awesome music by David Housden. Jump over rectangles meticulously placed by Mike Bithell. Listen to voiceover read wistfully and a bit amusingly by Danny Wallace.

Thomas Was Alone tells the story of the world's first sentient AIs, and how they worked together to, well, not escape: Escape is a strong word. 'Emerge' might be better. 'Emerge' has an air of importance about it, while keeping the myriad plot twists and superhero origin stories you'll discover under wraps. We didn't even mention the bouncing. That'd be overkill.

Key Features

• Beat 100 levels, and uncover the story of the AIs.
• Utilize the unique skills of 10+ characters.
• Immerse yourself in David Housden's critically acclaimed procedural score.
• Chuckle along to Danny Wallace's narration.

 PC System Requirements

Minimum:
• OS:Windows XP
• Processor:500 Mhz
• Memory:1 GB RAM
• DirectX®:7.0
• Hard Drive:400 MB HD space

 Mac System Requirements

Minimum:
• OS:OS X 10.5
• Processor:500 Mhz
• Memory:1 GB RAM
• Hard Drive:400 MB HD space