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'PlanetSide 2' (ALL) Celebrates Fifth Anniversary With Double XP Week, Bundles, Decal

by Rainier on Nov. 17, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. PST | Filed under News

PlanetSide 2 takes all the groundbreaking features from the original game – massive multiplayer battles, distinctive empires to rally around, and enormous continents to support intense ground and air combat – and adds features that modern gamers have come to expect out of the FPS and MMO genres.

'Shadowhand' Gets Release Date - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Nov. 17, 2017 @ 1:34 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Shadowhand combines a historical visual novel narrative with collectible card gaming.

'Titan Quest' Gets Ragnarök Expansion - Trailer

by Rainier on Nov. 17, 2017 @ 1:24 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Titan Quest is an action role-playing game set in the ancient mythical worlds of Greece and Egypt. With an arsenal of more than a thousand pieces of unique and legendary equipment, players will have to overcome terrifying monsters and mythical beasts in their quest to save humankind from the Titans.

'SOMA' (ALL) Comes to Xbox One Next Week, Adds Safe Mode - Trailer

by Rainier on Nov. 17, 2017 @ 12:50 p.m. PST | Filed under News

SOMA is a sci-fi horror game that will tackle unsettling questions about consciousness.

'Mantis Burn Racing' (ALL) Comes To Nintendo Switch Next Week

by Rainier on Nov. 17, 2017 @ 9:37 a.m. PST | Filed under News

The race is on in Mantis Burn Racing, where fast-paced bumper-to-bumper racing combines with intuitive, tactile gameplay and stunning visuals in an immersive top-down racer.

Paradox Interactive Parts Ways With 'Civilization V' Designer Jon Shafer

by Rainier on Nov. 17, 2017 @ 9:26 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Earlier this year Paradox Interactive announced that Jon Shafer, designer of such strategy titles as Sid Meier’s Civilization V,  joined Paradox Development Studio to work on new projects but creative differences seem to have ended this collaboration prematurely.

Friday, November 17, 2017 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on Nov. 17, 2017 @ 9:19 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

 

'Party Planet' (Switch) - New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Nov. 17, 2017 @ 9:03 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Party Planet is a compilation of 30 party games, 18 of which can be played with up to 4 players for some friendly cooperative or competitive play.

'SpellForce 3' Free Preview Weekend on Steam

by Rainier on Nov. 17, 2017 @ 8:46 a.m. PST | Filed under News

SpellForce 3 blends the best of real-time strategy and role-playing game genres with a rich, deep backstory.

'Space Engineers' (ALL) Update Adds Optimizations, Overhauls Physics - Trailer

by Rainier on Nov. 17, 2017 @ 8:42 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction and maintenance of space works. Players build space ships and space stations of various sizes and utilization (civil and military), pilot ships and perform asteroid mining.