In the course of the next weeks, Daedalic Entertainment will release a series of video guides on their Facebook page which will show new players the ropes of the complex set of rules silently running in the background of Aventuria's world. The Dark Eye is Europe's most successful pen-and-paper system and has constantly expanded since its first appearance 30 years ago. For Blackguards, the wo... more.

Today, Oxide Games released a video of the Star Swarm engine demo shown at CES. The demo has Thousands of units running individual AI and physics in a dynamic simulation – so much PEW PEW PEW action we can hardly believe it! O_O Star Swarm is not a game, but rather a demo showing off the Nitrous engine and what it means for the future of strategy games. Nitrous is capable of simulating a... more.

Kalypso Media is pleased to announce that Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar, the historical real-time strategy title from Longbow Digital Arts, will be the first title released on its digital-first label Kasedo Games. Kasedo Games, formerly known as Kobalt Games, will release the game in spring 2014 for $19.99/£24.99/€29.99. Featuring environments based on satellite accurate terrain, f... more.

A Beta version of the Total War: Rome II Assembly Kit, a suite of mod-tools specifically designed to help modders get creative with Rome II, is free to download now in the Tools section of Steam. The Assembly Kit contains a series of tools to help modders edit Rome II’s database and variants, and process data such as textures, models, animations and campaign-game start positions. A suite of... more.

Valve kicked off its first-ever Steam Dev Days Conference by announcing the continued growth of Steam, a leading platform for PC, Mac, and Linux software. In addition, Valve detailed Steam's 2013 geographic performance to the more than 1,200 Dev Days attendees. In the trailing three months the number of active Steam accounts jumped 15%, to 75 million from 65 million (announced October 201... more.

Today, Ubisoft announced that Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD, the striking chapter in the pre–American Revolution Assassin’s Creed saga, is now available for download on PlayStation Network, Xbox Live online entertainment network for the Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC. Completely remastered in stunning high definition with improved gameplay mechani... more.

Paradox Interactive, a publisher of games and planter of flags, today released “Conquest of Paradise,” the first expansion to award-winning empire-building game Europa Universalis IV created by Paradox Development Studio. Available now for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Conquest of Paradise provides players of Paradox’s celebrated strategy game with an all-new set of challenges, sending them to... more.

Namco Bandai Games America recently released the all new “Cursed” trailer for Dark Souls II, The “Cursed” trailer showcases never-before-seen Dark Souls II gameplay, highlighting the challenging and punishing experiences franchise fans have come to expect. Dark Souls II is the highly anticipated, punishing sequel to 2011’s Dark Souls, one of the most challenging and acclaimed experie... more.

Fans of The Whispered World can look forward to a reunion with their hero of the first installment: the clown, Sadwick.  In Silence – The Whispered World 2, the boy whom Sadwick saw in a reflection, has grown into the teenager Noah. He and his little sister Renie will be playable characters and accompany players on the journey through the Whispered World as it slowly but surely reclaims N... more.

Stoic, an independent game development company and Versus Evil, an independent game publisher, today announced the release of the highly anticipated Strategy RPG The Banner Saga on PC and Mac.  The game, a huge funding success on Kickstarter, was recently announced as an Independent Games Festival (IGF) finalist for Excellence in Visual Arts, with honorable mentions for Excellence in Audio ... more.