Christmas DLC coming to Borderlands 2 next week

By: Martin Gaston A third Headhunter DLC pack for Borderlands 2, How Marcus Saved Mercenary Day, will be released on December 17. The DLC will be released across all of the game’s platforms–PC, Mac, Xbox 360, and PS3–for $2.99/£2.39/€2.99, and will contain a Christmassy mission alongside an unlockable head and skin for each character. The new mission is set in a town called Gingerton, which … Continue reading Christmas DLC coming to Borderlands 2 next week

Hearthstone beta survey mentions new features including raids, replays, and paid tournaments

By: Martin Gaston A survey being sent to beta testers of online collectible card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has hinted at possible future additions Blizzard is considering for the title. Hearthstone is still in closed beta, with an open beta expected before the end of the year. During BlizzCon 2013, the company said it would be bringing card expansions and a PvE adventure mode … Continue reading Hearthstone beta survey mentions new features including raids, replays, and paid tournaments

The Walking Dead: 400 Days release date announced

By: Dan Chiappini Last month, during the Electronic Entertainment Expo  (E3), Telltale Games confirmed its plans to release The Walking Dead: 400 Days, a bridging episode between the first and second seasons of its hit episodic adventure game. Today, the company confirmed that the additional chapter  will launch on selected platforms this week, landing first on the North American PlayStation Network on July 2, Steam andthe Telltale … Continue reading The Walking Dead: 400 Days release date announced

Scrolls hits open beta next week

By:  Eddie Makuch Collectible card game Scrolls, the first post-Minecraft game from Mojang, will launch through a paid beta next week. Gamers can grab the game for PC and Mac on June 3 for 13/€15/$20. The paid beta for Scrolls was originally intended to launch by the end of April. No reason why given for the delay. Scrolls will launch in the wake of Minecraft’s runaway success. The … Continue reading Scrolls hits open beta next week

Steam Trading Card shows up in database

By: Martin Gaston A new entry for something called the Steam Trading Card has appeared in the Steam database . An image accompanying the listing shows the text “Steam Trading Card beta access” in a style similar to the other community tools currently available on the PC, Mac, and Linux digital distribution platform. The Steam Trading Card entry was previously filed in the Steam database … Continue reading Steam Trading Card shows up in database

Castle Crashers launching on PC, Mac September 26

By: Laura Parker, Associate Editor Developer The Behemoth has finally announced a PC release date for its popular beat-’em-up Castle Crashers, and revealed that the game will launch on Steam for PC and Mac on September 26. The PC version of Castle Crashers will feature voice chat, achievements, gamepad and cloud save support, and local and online multiplayer. The game debuted on Xbox Live in … Continue reading Castle Crashers launching on PC, Mac September 26

Valve porting Steam to Linux

By: Connor Sheridan Valve wants Steam to pour forth onto Linux users, and the company is starting with Ubuntu and a work-in-progress Left 4 Dead 2 port. The developer’s efforts to mesh the digital distribution platform (and an accompanying library of Valve titles) with the open-source operating system were outlined on a post on the new Valve Linux Blog. The project, which began in 2011, … Continue reading Valve porting Steam to Linux

Second annual Dota 2 tournament headed to PAX

The place has been announced.  Valve’s second annual Dota 2 tournament, The International 2012, will be help this comic September at PAX Prime in Seattle, Washington. The grand prize of the tournament is $1 million and the championships will take place between August 31 and September 2, 2012.  The International was launched last year during Camescom in Cologne, Germany.  It was there that Ukrainian Na’Vi … Continue reading Second annual Dota 2 tournament headed to PAX