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SQUAAAAAAAAWK! ANGRY BIRDS™ JOIN SONIC DASH™ FOR AN EPIC THREE-WEEK CELEBRATION

Sonic gets by with a little help from his friends for a celebration of epic proportions. SEGA®, in partnership with Rovio Entertainment Ltd., is proud to announce that today Angry Birds™Epic will be appearing in Sonic Dash™ for a limited time on the App Store, Google Play™, Amazon Appstore and Windows Phone Store. This in-game event will include three of the most popular and best-known characters from the Angry Birds franchise: Red, Chuck and Bomb.

June 11 · 2015

Magnetic: Cage Closed team & The Talos Principle creators talk puzzle games

As well as enrapturing critics and streamers, Magnetic: Cage Closed has also won over a slew of fellow developers. In fact, The Talos Principle creators Croteam loved the game so much that they decided to sit down and talk puzzles with Guru Games! Check out the interview here, and remember - there is always a way out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAZyCLugdY8

June 10 · 2015

Unity 5.1 Brings Unified Development Experience for VR platforms amongst other new Features

Unity Technologies today announced that Unity 5.1 is now available to download. Extending Unity 5’s power, efficiency and multiplatform support: Unity 5.1 builds on two key Unity 5 strengths: industry-leading multiplatform support, and unmatched efficiency boosted in the cloud. Amongst other things, it brings a new unified development experience for VR platforms like Oculus Rift and an easy to use Unity Multiplayer networking solution.

June 09 · 2015

Sonic Dash passes the 100 million downloads milestone! #dash100million

In March 2013, when Sonic Dash was released for Apple devices, weasked the world “How far can you run?”. Two years later we have found the answer: precisely 1.8 billion kilometres, and counting. It took two years and 100 million people downloading the game to make this happen, resulting in players around the world collecting a total of 850 billion gold rings and spending a staggering 14,000 cumulative years playing Sonic Dash. Over the past two years the game featured nearly 10 in-game events and has become available on the App Store, Google Play, the Amazon App Store and Windows Phone.

June 08 · 2015

The Greatest Avian Romance Simulator of All Time gets a Sequel as Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star takes Flight this Year

Ornithological gamers are all aflutter with the news that developer Mediatonic (Amateur Surgeon, Foul Play) and bird-brained publisher Devolver Digital will release Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star on PlayStation 4, PlayStation, Vita and PC this fall. The remastered sequel to everyone’s favorite bird dating sim Hatoful Boyfriend will come with spruced up visuals and all the bells and whistles (and chirps) a bird lover could ever want.

June 04 · 2015

Enter an Enchanted World: Elvenar Officially Launches

Today, InnoGames officially launched the International version of its fantasy strategy game Elvenar. From now on, the game is playable in English worldwide on the International server – In the coming weeks, InnoGames will officially release Elvenar in over 20 additional languages, following the English and German versions of the game.

June 03 · 2015

Dirty Bomb now in Open Beta on Steam

Go toe-to-toe with fellow soldiers of fortune in the Open Beta for Splash Damage® Ltd.’s free-to-play online shooter Dirty Bomb, available exclusively on Steam to players in North America, Europe, Australia/New Zealand and Brazil. The first in a new generation of “free-to-win” games published by Nexon America Inc., Dirty Bomb is an asymmetrical team-based game in which players will build a squad of specialized Mercenaries, each with their own unique personalities and abilities, to take into the fray on a quest for riches and bragging rights. For a quick primer on how to make a buck in bombed-out future London, check out the “Open for Business” Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdjBrohBq04

June 03 · 2015

EVE Online’s Carnyx Release Begins the “Summer of Sovereignty”

Today Carnyx was deployed as the first half of EVE Online’s “Summer of Sov.” In June and July, EVE’s stars will alight with glorious spaceship explosions thanks to dramatic improvements in the way player alliances capture, hold, and defend space in EVE. Next month’s Aegis release will complete the overhaul of EVE’s Sovereignty design, the system with which alliances, ranging in size from hundreds to tens of thousands of players, battle over the riches of the vast, lawless nullsec regions surrounding the core of New Eden’s Empire space.

June 02 · 2015

Unity Launches Unite 2015 Call for Speakers

Unity Technologies has today announced its Call for Speakers for Unite 2015, taking place in Boston, MA, September 21-23. Submissions will be accepted through June 12, 2015.

June 01 · 2015

The Talos Principle, Devolver Digital Titles arrive on NVIDIA® SHIELD™ and other Android devices

The technophiles at Devolver Digital announced today that indie hits The Talos Principle, Hotline Miami, OlliOlli, Always Sometimes Monsters, and LUFTRAUSERS are all now available on NVIDIA® SHIELD™ devices and the new SHIELD™ Android TV console and other select Android devices that have ™ symbols including Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire TV Stick, and Google Nexus Player. Check out the games lineup trailer on Devolver's official YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/XqM8XAmJ4sU). The collection of award-winning games take full advantage of the latest Android-enabled hardware and controllers to deliver a perfect gameplay experience, and are all available now for download on the Google Play store. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqM8XAmJ4sU

Gods Will Be Watching Free Expansion Now Available

Deconstructeam and Devolver Digital have released a free expansion update to the minimalist point and click thriller Gods Will Be Watching for free on Steam, GOG, and Humble. During the launch week of this new expansion mission, Gods Will Be Watching will be offered at 75% off (http://store.steampowered.com/app/274290/). Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtvvAFquj4A

Dirty Bomb drops next week

Splash Damage’s first-person shooter, Dirty Bomb, opens its floodgates on Tuesday, June 2, so prepare to get rich and die trying! For a behind-the-scenes look at what to expect from Dirty Bomb, check out the new video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxXbunzkSns

Revenge-Driven Platformer RONIN Strikes on Steam Early Access

Vengeful developer Tomasz Wacławek and shadowy game label Devolver Digital unleashed the turn-based action-platformer RONIN on Steam Early Access as the game enters its final phase of development. During this four-week stretch in Early Access, developer Tomasz Wacławek and the community will work to finely tune the controls, difficulty curve, and overall gameplay of the otherwise complete game. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLmbeogBfqU

Magnetic: Cage Closed out now on Steam

Embrace your positive and negative sides in Magnetic: Cage Closed, the moral-puzzler from the ambiguous souls at Guru Games and publisher Gambitious Digital Entertainment. With only a disembodied warden and a prison psychologist for company, your unpredictable journey through the ever-shifting environs of Facility 7 begins today, with Magnetic: Cage Closed available for €14.99 and in a special Collector’s Edition for €19.99. (http://store.steampowered.com/app/344410). Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKaUjhT9ajY

Tribal Wars Releases Revamped Version of Rescue the Royalty

Today, InnoGames’ classic strategic MMO Tribal Wars started its popular event: Rescue the Royalty. For two weeks, players can participate in daily quests and save princesses and princes from dangerous monsters. The company also released a video with Lead Community Manager Thomas explaining it.

Alpha Sign-up Trailer reveals first In-Game Total War: ARENA Footage

Today sees the release of the first gameplay trailer for Total War™: ARENA, showing exclusive Alpha footage of this energetic and exciting new entry to the award-winning series.

World 1-1 Documentary World Premiere Release on Steam Store Tuesday 5/19

Devolver Digital Films has that announced another of its independent feature movies, World 1-1, releases worldwide on the Steam Store on Tuesday May 19th at 9 a.m. PST. The documentary, produced by Daryl Rodriguez and Jeanette Garcia, chronicles the emergence of global video game industry, from the personalities of the earliest Atari pioneers to the lucky deals and unfortunate mistakes that almost destroyed the entire industry as quickly as it began. World 1-1 will launch on the Steam Store at a sale price of $5.39 for one week, offering 33% off its regular price of $7.99 (£5.59, 7,99€). The 131-minute documentary is among the first movie titles to be released on the global gaming platform, which now boasts than 125 million active users worldwide.

NOT A HERO USHERS IN A VIOLENT TODAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW

The political activists of Roll7 (OlliOlli) and video game lobbyists Devolver Digital are uncomfortably excited to announce the indie cover-based shooter Not A Hero is now available for personal computers. Constituents around the globe can now exchange their local currency for a pile of computer files that, when arranged properly, yield what critics are already calling “the year’s best indie shooter starring an anthropomorphic rabbit from the future.”

3D Thunder Blade now available for Nintendo 3DS

SEGA announced today that 3D Thunder Blade™, re-mastered exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system, is now available to download in the Nintendo eShop.

Moral-Puzzler Magnetic: Cage Closed Attracts You to Steam on May 26

Magnetic:Cage Closed drew fans in with its gameplay debut at PAX South earlier this year, and now the enigmatic puzzle game will drop gamers into a sinister world of survival, guilt and platforming action for PCs on May 26. The game will be available for $14.99 and in a special Collector's Edition for $19.99. (http://store.steampowered.com/app/344410).