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Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on March 27, 2012 @ 3:00 p.m. PDT | 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:


We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

Unreal Engine 3 Licensed To U.S. Government And Allies

by Rainier on March 27, 2012 @ 1:16 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Epic Games announces a long-term, multi-platform Unreal Engine 3 reseller and support agreement with Virtual Heroes, a division of Applied Research Associates.

'Krater' Developer Interview With Designer Victor Magnuson - Screens

by Rainier on March 27, 2012 @ 10:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Krater is a lush post-apocalyptic top down RPG and the base pillars are crafting, exploration and consequence. Consequence brings not only the ability for the characters to level up and improve themselves, but also permanent injuries and death.

Good Old Games Adding Good New Games To Its Portfolio

by Rainier on March 27, 2012 @ 9:54 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

DRM-free digital distribution service GOG.com is getting “Bigger, Fresher, and Newer” today, ushering in a number of updates to both the brand of GOG.com and the service as well.

'Gateways' Demo Available NOW

by Rainier on March 27, 2012 @ 9:40 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Gateways is a 2D platform game that takes place on a single sprawling map rammed with puzzles and challenges. Alongside the traditional platform elements such as jumping on enemies heads, spikes and moving platforms are the gateway guns.

'Legend Of Grimrock' Gets Release Date, Pre-order Incentives - Screens

by Rainier on March 27, 2012 @ 2:15 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Legend of Grimrock is a dungeon crawling game inspired by oldschool classics of the genre while still bringing its own twists to the game, featuring survival, combat, magic, puzzles and role-playing elements.

'Angry Birds' (ALL) Developer Acquires Futuremark Games Studio

by Rainier on March 27, 2012 @ 2:11 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Rovio Entertainment, creator of Angry Birds, announced the acquisition of Futuremark Games Studio, the gaming arm of benchmarking software developer Futuremark.

'Path of Exile' To Open Beta For Limited Time

by Rainier on March 26, 2012 @ 4:50 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Path of Exile is a free-to-play PC online action role-playing game set in a dark fantasy world, where you play as one of six character classes, banished for their past misdeeds to the dark fantasy world of Wraeclast.

'Guild Wars 2' - 10 New Screens

by Rainier on March 26, 2012 @ 4:00 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

While Guild Wars 2 adds a persistent world, it retains the unique characteristics of the original game, including a strong narrative, extensive instanced game play, an anti-grind design philosophy, and strong support for competitive play.

'South Park: Tenorman's Revenge' (XBLA) Gets Release Date

by Rainier on March 26, 2012 @ 3:44 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Scott Tenorman is back and he wants revenge! Play as Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny to take on Tenorman and his army of Ginger robots before they destroy South Park!