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The publisher of Serious Sam 3 has urged fans to openly criticise Medal of Honor in return for free copy of the game. During this busy season of video game releases the team at Devolver Digital realize that not every game will live up to expectations. One such game has …
Read More »Iwata doesn’t want to "cheat or deceive" players with "unwholesome" Animal Crossing 3DS premium DLC
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has said it would be unwholesome” to charge an additional fee for Animal Crossing 3DS DLC. Whether you agree with that will likely depend on whether you are a gamer or a Nintendo shareholder. The platform holder has recently strayed further than ever into the premium …
Read More »Free BioShock puzzle game offered to Infinite pre-orders
2K Games has revealed an exciting freebie for those who pre-order the upcoming BioShock Infinite. Called BioShock Infinite: Industrial Revolution sees players assume the role of a factory worker in the main game’s sky-city of Columbia who must tackle the title’s 50+ puzzles. As well as learning some extra details …
Read More »Terry Cavanagh’s Don’t Look Back arrives on iOS
Super Hexagon and VVVVVV creator Terry Cavanagh has released his indie classic Don’t Look Back on iOS and Android. That’s despite a temporary setback earlier this week when Apple rejected the submission due to the inclusion of the following text in its app description: Your app marketing text contains the …
Read More »Sniper Elite V2 targets free and paid DLC
UK development powerhouse Rebellion has announced its October DLC for Sniper Elite V2 – and it comes in both free and premium flavours. The free download offers a new multiplayer map and new mode – Dog Tag Harvest. In it players are required to confirm kills by collecting dog tags …
Read More »Activision scraps Call of Duty Elite subscriptions, introduces Season Pass
Call of Duty Elite membership will come free with Black Ops II. The bespoke social network was once seen as Activision’s early attempt to manoeuvre the Call of Duty IP into the subscription-based market, but those plans have seemingly been abandoned. Instead, Activision will try to generate post-sale revenue for …
Read More »Resident Evil 6’s on-disc DLC will be free
Capcom has side-stepped any further furore about the discovery of DLC on the game disc for Resident Evil 6. A title update due out soon” will unlock the No Hope difficulty level, reference to which was discovered on the physical copy of the game earlier this week. It will also …
Read More »New digital indie store lets buyers pay what they want
Following the success of the Humble Indie Bundle initiative, a new digital indie retail offer has launched online. IndieGameStand will offer a new game every four days, with the current title being SpaceChem. A portion of the proceeds will go to charity. All downloads are DRM free. Buyers are free …
Read More »Slender: The Arrival video game will be a commercial release
If you thought free to download PC game Slender: The Eight Pages was scary, then the next chapter in the Slenderman’s video game career could just finish you off. Slender: The Arrival was revealed last week, but a few more detail about the game have been dug up. It’s being …
Read More »Konami details free PES 2013 DLC
Two rounds of free DLC have already been pencilled in for PES 2013. The first will be made available on launch day – which is this Friday, September 21st incidentally – and adds three licensed stadia as well as updates and kits for 37 of the licensed clubs. It will …
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