An exciting day for videogames developer Zero Sum Games and publisher Iceberg Interactive as they announce that their hugely anticipated 4x space strategy game StarDrive will be launching as a Beta (pre-order & play now) on Steam later today. Throughout the Beta stage, StarDrive will be available with a 15% discount on Steam. Zer0 Sum Games CEO Daniel DiCicco says: “After years of crea... more.

GBE Games, a global publisher and distributor of interactive online entertainment media is pleased to announce the start of closed beta testing for their new MMORPG, The Aurora World. Already established in numerous countries across the globe, The Aurora World is eager to continue its success in North America. Calling all video creating geniuses and geeks, hobbyists and pros!  Want a cha... more.

Leading online game publisher GamesCampus, today launches the closed beta for its highly-anticipated turn-based browser strategy game, Ecol Tactics Online.  From now until March 13th, players can grab the exclusive keys at multiple partner websites and then register to gain entrance into this fast-action tactical role playing game and compete in a variety of events. With a Plethora of ev... more.

Ready to GET SMASHED? Indie developer Kiz Studios announces today that its madcap multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA), SmashMuck Champions, will be entering a Steam closed beta on March 22, 2013, kicking off the studio’s participation at PAX East. Throughout the show, PAX attendees can stop by Kiz’s booth (#508) or Freeplay Sessions in the PCLAN area to get hands-on with the special S... more.

Marking today’s release of the Arma 3 Alpha, Bohemia Interactive has deployed a brand new ‘2013 Sneak Preview’ trailer for its upcoming military tactical shooter game, Arma 3. The video explores the playable and sandbox content in the Alpha and scans the horizon for what is to come later this year. The Arma 3 Alpha, which was officially announced one week ago, provides players with the op... more.

Paradox Interactive, a publisher of games and an abuser of diplomatic immunity, today released The Showdown Effect, a new multiplayer action title from Arrowhead Game Studios. In a world where every single action movie from the 80s and 90s is happening concurrently, players must shoot, slash, dive, roll, punch, and quip their way to victory to become the last cliché standing. Witness The S... more.

Paradox Interactive, a publisher that’s getting way too old for this, today released a new trailer for The Showdown Effect that highlights the game’s understated but haunting beauty. While the upcoming 2.5D action-combat multiplayer title from Arrowhead Game Studios is primarily about cramming as many bullets and 1980s one-liners as possible into a single game, there is a strange and pu... more.

OGPlanet, a publisher of Free-to-Play, multiplayer, online games, announced today that they, alongside Minh "Gooseman" Le, the co-creator of Counter-Strike, are gearing up to launch Tactical Intervention, a team-based, first-person shooter (FPS), on March 28 in North America with the game entering Open-Beta Testing March 14. Developed by the legendary FPS designer, Minh Le and FIX Korea, fan... more.

Paradox Interactive, an intrepid explorer of new gaming territories, announced today that Salem: The Crafting MMO, the forthcoming free-to-play community-driven MMORPG from developer Seatribe, has begun Open Beta testing. The game, which challenges players to survive and settle in the new world of colonial North America, is now open for would-be pilgrims everywhere. In Salem, players can s... more.

Tune in or turn out and be absorbed into the hive mind at the global StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm launch party! Blizzard Entertainment, today shared its plans for the official Heart of the Swarm launch events taking place in the US, France, Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Russia, Brazil, and Mexico starting in the evening of March 11. At each of these events, Blizzard developers ... more.