Steam is routinely home to “Free Weekend” events where you can download and play a game as much as you want for free over the course of a few days. This week will be home to not just one of these, but 10, in what Valve is calling the “largest ‘Free Weekend’ ever.” Lest you […]
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Play a Bunch of Great Steam Games for Free This Weekend, Including XCOM
October 15th, 2014 
Mark 
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Comments Off on Play a Bunch of Great Steam Games for Free This Weekend, Including XCOM2014 Halloween Pumpkin Carving Contest
October 15th, 2014 Mark The Halloween season has finally arrived, and we're ready to cut straight to the heart of the holiday. If you're dying to pick up a knife and hack, gash, slash, and jab at something, then you might be excited to hear that as of October 14, Blizzard's 2014 Halloween Pumpkin Carving Contest has officially begun! […]
2014 Halloween Pumpkin Carving Contest
October 15th, 2014 Mark The Halloween season has finally arrived, and we’re ready to cut straight to the heart of the holiday. If you're dying to pick up a knife and hack, gash, slash, and jab at something, then you might be excited to hear that as of October 14, Blizzard's 2014 Halloween Pumpkin Carving Contest has officially begun! […]
2014 Halloween Pumpkin Carving Contest
October 15th, 2014 Mark The Halloween season has finally arrived, and we’re ready to cut straight to the heart of the holiday. If you're dying to pick up a knife and hack, gash, slash, and jab at something, then you might be excited to hear that as of October 14, Blizzard's 2014 Halloween Pumpkin Carving Contest has officially begun! […]
PS4 Could Get Ex-BioShock, Halo Dev’s Survival Game
October 15th, 2014 Mark Now that The Flame in the Flood has reached its $150,000 Kickstarter funding goal, developer The Molasses Flood has announced some of the game’s stretch goals, one of which is a PlayStation 4 version of the survival game. If funding reaches $300,000, the studio will bring the game to PS4, delivering this version sometime after […]
Patch 6.0.2 Now Live: The Iron Tide Crashes into Azeroth
October 15th, 2014 Mark The Iron Horde invasion has begun…. Patch 6.0.2: The Iron Tide is now live, and this pre-expansion update introduces tons of new content and features to the game. To help you navigate the changes, we’ve put together a handy reference highlighting the key things you need to know—beginning with an informative new video by Community […]
Posted in World of Warcraft Comments Off on Patch 6.0.2 Now Live: The Iron Tide Crashes into AzerothUbisoft: We Thought About Making Far Cry 3.5
October 15th, 2014 Mark Prior to landing on the idea for Far Cry 4, Ubisoft designers considered a more “traditional” sequel to 2012’s Far Cry 3, something that would have amounted to what producer Dan Hay calls Far Cry 3.5. This game would have expanded on Far Cry 3’s story and locations, but Ubisoft needed less than a week […]
Halo: Spartan Strike Announced, Doesn’t Feature Microtransactions
October 15th, 2014 Mark Microsoft today announced Halo: Spartan Strike, a spiritual successor to 2013’s Halo: Spartan Assault. Like the original, Spartan Strike is a top-down, twin-stick shooter. The $6 game launches December 14 for Windows platforms (desktop, Surface, and Windows Phone) and one purchase gets you access to the game across all Windows systems. The game is also […]
Xbox One Bundle Offers Assassin’s Creed Unity and Black Flag for $399
October 15th, 2014 Mark In the lead-up to the holiday season, Microsoft today announced two new Assassin’s Creed-themed Xbox One bundles. Through a partnership with Ubisoft, Microsoft will offer a $399 Xbox One bundle that includes a system and a copies of Assassin’s Creed Unity and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. A second bundle will sell for $499 and […]
Posted in Xbox360 Comments Off on Xbox One Bundle Offers Assassin’s Creed Unity and Black Flag for $399Watch Civilization: Beyond Earth’s Impressive Intro Cinematic
October 15th, 2014 Mark Ahead of the game’s worldwide release on October 24, 2K Games today unveiled the intro cinematic for Civilization: Beyond Earth, which is called “The Chosen.” As its name suggests, the trailer sets up the story for Beyond Earth, which involves people traveling … beyond earth. It’s an impressively produced, if not somewhat depressing, video. But […]
