Category Archives: Mac

Wed, May 22, 2013 | 18:46 BST

Shelter looks to be coming along quite nicely if new screens and trailer are any indication

shelter logo

Might and Delight has announced its new project, Shelter, has been given a set of new screenshots and new gameplay footage. You can have a look at both below. The game is still under development, but the assets should give you an idea of how the game is coming along. Shelter, which stars a badger mother and her cubs, is scheduled for release on PC and Mac in 2013.

More »

Wed, May 22, 2013 | 12:09 BST

Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded delayed after being brought forward

Leisure Suit Larry Lefties

Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded has been delayed after developer Replay Games brought it forward a few weeks ago.

More »

Wed, May 22, 2013 | 10:10 BST

Heavy Gear Assault: Unreal Engine 4 mech shooter now funding Kickstarter

Heavy Gear Assult

Heavy Gear Assault developer Stompy Bot Productions has launched a Kickstarter campaign for a free and pay-what-you-want take on the series. It’s a chunky shooter, and it’s riddled with dynamic destruction.

More »

Tue, May 21, 2013 | 16:37 BST

Dungeonland updated with Infinite Dungeon mode, now available for Mac

dunegonland pcmac

Critical Studio has released an update for Dunegonland, which comes with Infinite Dungeon Mode and a new achievement-style Star System. The game is also now available for Mac.

More »

Mon, May 20, 2013 | 10:20 BST

Steam Trading Cards: all current badges revealed

Steam trading card badges

Steam Trading Cards are in beta now, courtesy of Valve. By collecting said cards you can unlock a series of badges for your Steam profile, and intrepid gamers have posted a gallery of all current badges so far for your viewing pleasure.

More »

Mon, May 20, 2013 | 08:51 BST

OZombie revealed as American McGee’s Wizard of Oz game

OZombie Tin Man

OZombie has been revealed by Spicy Horse boss American McGee. It’s a twisted take on The Wizard of Oz, starring a giant mutated hound version of Toto, and a shit-scary Tin Man.

More »

Fri, May 17, 2013 | 20:21 BST

Green Man Gaming adds Telltale Games to its library, some are on sale

tales of monkey island 051713

Green Man Gaming has added Telltale Games titles to its library for PC and Mac. Most are on sale at present, so hit up the link to purchase games such as Back to the Future, Hector: Badge of Carnage, Jurassic Park: The Game, Poker Night 2, Puzzle Agent, Sam & Max, Tales of Monkey Island, and The Walking Dead.

Fri, May 17, 2013 | 10:09 BST

Jagged Alliance: Flashback gets frozen diorama scene, new screens

Jagged Alliance Flashback banner

Jagged Alliance: Flashback developer Full Control has six days of Kickstarter funding left, and has released a neat Unity-powered diorama, letting you scroll around a scene from the turn-based game’s actual gameplay.

More »

Fri, May 17, 2013 | 09:40 BST

Apple passes 50 billion App Store downloads since 2008

20121127_app_store

Apple is celebrating over 50 billion App Store downloads worldwide since the store launched in 2008.

More »

Fri, May 17, 2013 | 02:26 BST

Skyward Collapse to release next week

20130517_skyward_collapse

Skyward Collapse, in which you play a hassled deity trying to keep your people from fighting to the death over petty religious squabbles, arrives next week.

More »

Fri, May 17, 2013 | 03:20 BST

Dota 2: The International prize pool now over $2 million

20130517_dota_2_international_compendium

Sales of Valve’s Dota 2 Compendium have already pushed the total prize pool for the third annual world championships event past $2 million.

More »

Fri, May 17, 2013 | 00:53 BST

Game Dev Tycoon among batch of six new Greenlight titles

20120907_stream_greenlight

Six more games have been approved by Valve’s esoteric Greenlight service for eventual release through the premiere PC distribution platform.

More »

Thu, May 16, 2013 | 01:09 BST

Diablo 3 anniversary celebrated with magic find, XP boosts

20120820_diablo_3

Log in for a few hours with Diablo 3 this week and you’ll be rewarded with increased XP gain and magic find, in celebration of the RPG’s first birthday.

More »

Wed, May 15, 2013 | 09:48 BST

Steam update adds player levels based on community badges

steam-logo-580

Valve has rolled out a new update on Steam which assigned gamers a personal level based on their community achievements, and linked to the store’s badge system.

More »

Tue, May 14, 2013 | 07:08 BST

Show Me The Games sale heavily discounts indies

20130514_darwinia

Developer direct digital distribution hub Show Me The Games is throwing a whopping sale for the next few days, with discounts of 35% to 75% on 32 indie titles. There are some well known names on the list – And Yet It Moves, Gratuitous Space Battles, Defcon and Voxeltron, for example – as well as a bunch of lesser-known efforts you might not have heard of. A wide variety of genres are represented, and many titles are available on Linux and Mac as well as PC.

Thanks, Joystiq.

Tue, May 14, 2013 | 06:46 BST

Contraption Maker to follow in The Incredible Machine’s footsteps

20130514_contraption_maker

Or possibly tyre treads; but you get the idea. Contraption Makers is a spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from the creators of the original Sierra franchise.

More »

Tue, May 14, 2013 | 01:49 BST

Son of Nor supports mind-controlled power use

20130514_emotiv_epoc

That game where you can rearrange the environment using Jedi-like powers? You’ll be able to play it with your mind. Prepare to have your mind blown when you see it in action through the break.

More »

Mon, May 13, 2013 | 23:15 BST

Shadowrun Returns: capturing the tabletop vibe

Shadowrun Returns

Shadowrun Returns takes the turn-based RPG template back to its hardcore roots. VG247′s Dave Cook speaks with Harebrained Schemes founder Jordan Weisman to learn more.

More »

Mon, May 13, 2013 | 01:05 BST

GOG adds ten Mac games including Syndicate Wars

20130513_syndicate_wars

Good news for the OS-X contingent today with another round of thriftily-priced classic games added to GOG’s Mac collection.

More »

Mon, May 13, 2013 | 00:13 BST

Diablo 3 exploit proceeds to go to charity

20130226_diablo_3

Blizzard has identified 415 Diablo 3 players who took advantage of last week’s gold multiplying exploit, and will be diverting their profits directly to a good cause.

More »