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Casual Friday for January 29-February 3, 2012

analogue a hate story

Morning everyone! Brace yourself for a good casual game round-up. This week a surprising number of games were released and they cover multiple genres. You have eight to choose from! People who prefer mainstream games can go through new hidden object adventures or time management simulations, while people who like more unusual games can check more »

Valve has even more Team Fortress 2 content planned for 2012

TF2 spy

Believe it or not, there is still plenty of new Team Fortress 2 content in the works. Valve has something super secret up its sleeve and it doesn’t have anything to do with hats or maps. TF2 is already free-to-play, so whatever Valve is doing may turn out to be pretty significant.

Stores getting Cynder, Double Trouble and Slam Bam Skylanders

skylanders double trouble

Your quest isn’t over yet, Skylanders fantatics. Activision has set before you a new task. It is one that will require you to visit many stores and spend lots of money so that the brave warriors Cynder, Double Trouble and Slam Bam may once again join the fight against Kaos in the Skylands. In short, more »

Capcom’s Resident Evil 6 strategy targets Xbox 360 owners

No Hope Left

Sometimes videogame publishers tend to gravitate towards a certain console when promoting multiplatform games. Activision for example clearly favors the Xbox 360 with its Call of Duty games, and Ubisoft gives the PS3 a slight advantage with the Assassin’s Creed franchise. For Resident Evil 6, Capcom will show special attention to the Xbox 360 crowd.

An EA game without an Online Pass? Madness!

Syndicate

Syndicate will not require EA’s Online Pass when it is released. This is somewhat unusual since EA tends to tie its Online Pass into its multiplayer (and single-player) games. With Syndicate, EA Partners wants everyone to experience Syndicate‘s cooperative multiplayer mode regardless of whether they purchase the game new or used.

Skyrim 1.4 patch available for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 patches coming soon

Skyrim-Solitude

The latest patch for Skyrim is out of voluntary beta and is ready for mass distribution. Bethesda released the version 1.4 update of Skyrim on Steam and it brings a lot of improvements. I really mean that. Bethesda squashed a large number of bugs and patched up just as many quest glitches. As usual, Bethesda released more »

Rift mimics the free-to-play experience with Rift Lite

rift lite

Trion Worlds is taking a cue from Activision Blizzard when it comes to Rift. Not long ago, World of Warcraft adopted a practice where newcomers could play the game for free until they reach level 20, to allow people to get a taste of the MMORPG. Now, Trion Worlds has announced it will do the more »

Gotham City Impostors comes to PC, PSN and XBLA next week

Gotham City Impostors release date

Gotham City Impostors was originally going to release in January, but it’s obvious that didn’t happen. Fear not, new release dates have been announced. You’ll be able to customize and tear up Gotham with your own impostor starting February 7 on PC and PSN in the United States. On February 8, Gotham City Impostors will more »

Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jessica Chobot are in Mass Effect 3

mass effect 3 james vega

The countdown is on as Mass Effect 3‘s March 8, 2012 release date draws nearer. It’s just about a month away and we’re starting to get into the good stuff now. Character reveals are coming up, there have been more leaks and now BioWare and EA have revealed the full voice cast for the game. more »

Japan Import: A Magician’s Night: Witch on the Holy Night demo released

witch on the holy night

Good news for Type Moon fans, it’s time to test out A Magician’s Night: Witch on the Holy Night! That’s the latest Type Moon visual novel. An updated version of the demo has just been released and is waiting to be sampled