Sanctum, third place for my 2011 Game of the Year picks here at Levelsave.com (I’ve been here coming up on two years already?) by Coffee Stain Studios was a beautifully executed cross-genre experience. There has been some news of Sanctum 2 being released to both PC and console platforms, and I’ve gotten my hands on a preview build of the game. This is a game wherein you create a maze and place turrets to kill creeps, and then enter first person mode in order to...
XCOM : Enemy Unknown has a demo available through Steam, now! Go download it and check it out, oh wait! First read my hands on preview from PAX and check out Lead Designer Jake Solomon’s video walkthrough. A demo will be available to console gamers soon. Be sure to look for it next week. XCOM : Enemy Unknown will be available on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC Oct 9th.
Anomaly Warzone Earth flips the almost worn out tower defense model on it’s head and allows you to take control of the forces destroying the towers onscreen. Two large pieces of an alien space craft have slammed into Baghdad and Tokyo. Following the event, two enormous energy domes appeared, hiding the portions of the alien space craft from the outside world. These energy domes are referred to as the “Anomalies.” That’s basically all you need to know...
The Federation is losing the war against the rebels, and it’s up to your ship and small crew to deliver critical information to the waiting Federation fleet. (Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope! Wait… Maybe I should have said Kirk.) Faster Than Light is a roguelike at heart, with procedurally generated environments and encounters. Gameplay focuses on exploration and ship-to-ship combat, and while it emphasizes tactics over hand speed, the action...
I have recently had the pleasure of speaking with with Mark Jordan, a developer of Armada Online as well as the original Armada for the SEGA Dreamcast. Before getting in touch with him, I had never heard of the game, nor had I heard of it’s sequel. This struck me as a bit of a personal failure since I am so gung-ho about retro games and even own a Dreamcast, though there aren’t too many great exclusives for it anymore. Since then, I have been falling deeper and...
The following is a transcript from a nondescript clinic in the state of California. “Welcome everyone to the inaugural meeting of OMTA (One More Turn Anonymous). I am Counselor Rioux, and I see that we have a few faces in here, so why don’t we introduce ourselves and say why we are here. Let’s start with you sir” Points to man on his left “My name is Bob.” CR:”And why are you here today Bob?” Bob:”I am here because I fell...
Endless Space is a 4X game (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) due out on the 15th of July via Steam. The interface in this game has a fantastic level of polish. Tooltips put most of the information you need at your cursortip, relevant information is logically placed, there are few submenus, controls make navigation easy with both the keyboard and the mouse, and it actually looks good. (Playing 4X games has conditioned me to expect to navigate at least sixteen confusing...
Fruitbat Factory is a new localization company which specializes in importing quirky Japanese titles to English-speaking audiences. You may have never heard of them before because they haven’t actually released a game yet. Their first title is going to be a very quirky one indeed. War of the Human Tanks promises to have strategy, noir humour, and cute anime girls! Check out the teaser here: Features of the final game will include: Fast-paced strategic...
A radio crackles to life somewhere deep in the heart of the S.S. Auralia. A thin, tinny voice wafts through the stale, dusty air of the metal hulk, reverberating off the walls of long corridors barely joined together by Econo-Spacepoxy. The message fades, the radio beeps, and then lights up again, repeating the message in an infinite loop. It is a mayday call that will never be answered, for your foes have been devastated. Every faction now fears your name, for your name is...
Duels of the Planeswalkers is a trip through the Multiverse that you can't miss.
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