oh and if you haven't already check out http://www.greenmangaming.com/ their bundle sale is almost over. They have a great deal on Civ V (includes both expansins an a bunch of DLC for $27.19) http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/nz/en/pc/games/strategy/civilization-pack/ among others, like this XCOM bundle http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/nz/en/pc/games/strategy/x-com-collection/ for $18 comes with XCOM Enemy Unknown + Elite Soldier Pack
+ Slingshot Content Pack,  XCOM: UFO Defense, XCOM: Terror from the Deep and some other shit.

Incognita alpha launched by Klei, comes with $17 pre-order, two copies of the game

Klei have launched the paid alpha to their turned based espionage strategy game Incognita, which marks a fair departure from their previous games like Mark of the Ninja and Don’t Starve. The alpha build contains a single, albeit “randomly generated” level with a few agents and almost none of the final game’s progression systems. Check out the alpha’s trailer after the cut.

Update: Only one of the copies of the game includes an alpha code, the other will be presented upon release.

Klei are currently offering no way to just buy a single copy of the game, you have to buy a two pack. It’s $17 for two copies of the game and $20 for those two copies plus the digital soundtrack on launch day. Both prices are 15% off.

Technical Designer James Lantz posted on Klei’s forum that “The current Alpha build has most of our core tactical and strategic systems, as well as our engine, UI, procedural generation and so on, but is missing some major progression systems and missing most of our content, which will be developed as we get further along in the process”. He promised to share the teams internal timeline for content production as soon as possible.

He also released the game’s reccomended specs, which are pretty low key but I’ll throw them in here in case you’ve got an older laptop.
Processor: Pentium® Dual-Core CPU 2.60GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2G RAM
Card Name: Intel HD Graphics 4000

http://www.vg247.com/2013/09/10/incognita-alpha-launched-by-klei-comes-with-17-pre-order-two-copies-of-the-game/

DICE’s Bionic Fighter Faction outed by MA15+ rating in Australia

The Australian Classification Board have apparently outed a new game developed by DICE called Bionic Fighter Faction. The multiplatform title was rated MA15+, the standard Australian rating for violent games due to its “Strong impact language and violence”. A Google search for the name arrives at this teaser website with a man dressed up like Ryu.

So do you guys have any idea what this one could be? I can’t imagine it’s related to this languishing Kickstarter.

http://www.vg247.com/2013/09/11/dices-bionic-fighter-faction-outed-by-ma15-rating-in-australia/

Metro: Last Light comes to Mac via Steam Play

4A Games has announced that their atmospheric shooter, Metro: Last Light has made its way to the Macintosh and that version is now up on Steam Play. This means that if you own the PC version, you’ve got the Mac release for free. However, being one of the most graphically intense games of the last few years, better check if you Mac can run it after the jump. A Linux version is supposedly coming soon.

I can’t say I’ve followed Apple’s hardware revisions too closely in the last few years, but it looks like the current revisions of the Macbook Pro and iMac should both just about meet the reccomended specifications, although I don’t think the Macbook Air quite makes the minimum specs. Check them out for yourself.

Minimum:
OS: 10.8.4 (Mountain Lion)
Processor: 2.7 Ghz Intel Core i5
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 512 MB
Hard Drive: 10 GB available space

Recommended:
OS: 10.8.4 (Mountain Lion)
Processor: 3.2 GHz quad core Intel Core i5
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVidia Geforce GTX 680MX with 1GB
Hard Drive: 10 GB available space

http://www.vg247.com/2013/09/11/metro-last-light-comes-to-mac-via-steam-play/

@Metro Last Light: Are those specs right? Why does it ask for a minimum(!) of 8GB when for Windows the min. are 2 and the recomended are 4 GB?

Is it always the same for Mac games?

So Dragon Quest X is finally going to PC?

We both know the game's not coming out of Japan.  It's been a disaster for Square.  I'm surprised they're still trying with it.

It's their fault for making an MMO.

"Steam Announces Family Sharing
Press Release - Valve
Coming Soon: Players who share computers can also share their Steam games

September 11, 2013 – Steam Family Sharing, a new service feature that allows close friends and family members to share their libraries of Steam games, is coming to Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC, Mac, and Linux games and software. The feature will become available next week, in limited beta on Steam.

Steam Family Sharing is designed for close friends and family members to play one another's Steam games while each earning their own Steam achievements and storing their own saves and application data to the Steam cloud. It's all enabled by authorizing a shared computer.

“Our customers have expressed a desire to share their digital games among friends and family members, just as current retail games, books, DVDs, and other physical media can be shared,” explained Anna Sweet of Valve. “Family Sharing was created in direct response to these user requests.”

Once a device is authorized, the lender's library of Steam games becomes available for others on the machine to access, download, and play. Though simultaneous usage of an account’s library is not allowed, the lender may always access and play his games at any time. If he decides to start playing when a friend is borrowing one of his games, the friend will be given a few minutes to either purchase the game or quit playing.

For more information about Steam Family Sharing and the beta program, please visit store.steampowered.com/sharing."

Planetary Annihilation beta planned for release later this month

According to Uber Entertainment’s latest update to Kickstarter backers, the alpha RTS Planetary Annihilation is on course for a beta release later in the month. Alongside the expected fixes and features that are planned as part of the milestone, the beta will also give players the ability to cause planetary annihilation. Hey, that’s the name of the game!

“‘Beta’ is the word of the month over here, as the team marches towards that release,” write Uber. “You poke your head in the office for just a few minutes and undoubtedly you’ll hear it a couple times. We eat, sleep, and think beta — which, by the way, is safer than it sounds.

“Our current timeline is to see the beta released later this month. And as we’ve mentioned before, the beta has some cool mechanics and concepts that you haven’t experienced in the alpha.” Planned additions include the introduction of interplanetary warfare, as well as colonisation and the ability to blow up planets. This is all part of the roadmap towards the game’s projected full release in December.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/09/11/planetary-annihilation-beta-planned-for-release-later-this-month/

Humble Bundle 9 goes live with Trine 2, Mark of the Ninja, Brütal Legend, more

Humble Bundle 9 is now available and it includes Trine 2: Complete Story, Mark of the Ninja, the beta for Eets Munchies and Brütal Legend. Also, if you pay more than the average price of $4.03 you will unlock FTL: Faster Than Light and FEZ. Sountracks inlcluded in the bundle are Trine 2, Brütal Legend and if you beat the average, the soundtracks for FTL and FEZ. More games are coming soon, and you can unlock them the moment they are announced by paying more than $4.03 – which is the current average. It keeps going up, so hurry. Video is below.

http://www.vg247.com/2013/09/11/humble-bundle-9-goes-live-with-trine-2-mark-of-the-ninja-brutal-legend-more/

I wondered what happened to the Fall from Heaven dude.

Makes me a little more interested in Fallen Enchantress now.

Ahhh, something useful comes out of the X1 debacle, and Steam users reap the rewards, lol.