Unknown Worlds reveal new project Subnautica, claims to be inventing a new genre
Natural Selection 2 developer Unknown Worlds has revealed their latest game: Subnautica. According to a statement on the developer’s website, “Subnautica will combine elements of role playing, sandbox, exploration and cinematic games to create a unique experience, the genre of which we do not believe has yet been invented.”
Steambox gets unboxing, teardown videos
Valve has has already started shipping Steambox prototypes to beta testers in the US last week, and one user’s gotten his hands on one and made an unboxing video, and another video showing all the guts of the machine.
Just Cause 2′s multiplayer mod gets a launch trailer
Just Cause 2′s unofficial multiplayer mod releases today after a round of public tests, and to commemorate the launch the team behind the mod has posted a launch trailer to show you all the crazy things that can be done to/with others.
Mew-genics blog post details cat identities, how to affect them
Team Meat, developer of Super Meat Boy and the upcoming Mew-genics has posted an update on their blog detailing the different cat personalities and things that you can do affect them in the game.
DICE releases a Battlefield 4 PC patch, fixes include the infamous sound loop crash
In DICE’s ongoing process to make Battlefield 4 a more stable and less buggy game, the developer has released a stealth patch this morning for PC. The patch aims to improve the netcode and contains a fix for the sound loop game crash bug. Get all the patch notes inside.
Microsoft Studios job ad hints at new game for Windows 8, title is part of a “beloved franchise”
Microsoft Studios is working on a game to be released on Windows 8, and it’s said to be part of a “beloved franchise” according to this job ad posted on the studio website.
Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa’s Rampage promises a bloody Christmas
Do you enjoy cleaning up the blood and guts of murderised video game enemies? Then you probably like Viscera Cleanup Detail. Do you hate Christmas and everything it stands for? Then you’ll probably like Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa’s Rampage, a, um, festive spin-off.
CSSTORY is a Counter-Strike themed text adventure
CommentCSSTORY is a text adventure game about squeezing a single game of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in before your real-life friends arrive in expectation of real conversation and real hosting skills.
It turns out to be tougher than you’d think.
Starbound mod support orbits as more beta updates fly in
CommentStarbound isn’t the same game it was a week and a half ago. Five updates have come and gone since the Terraria-alike entered open beta on December 4, and left Change with a capital ‘Chuh’ in their wake. They’ve variously eased entry into the game’s systems, rewritten its levelling system entirely, introduced a mass-scale rebalancing of every item, creature, armour type and weapon, and nerfed birds (they’d previously “follow you forever”, which wasn’t nearly so romantic as it sounded).
Yesterday brought what’s destined to be the most far-reaching tweak of all - the first seasonal twinklings of a comprehensive mod management system.
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