Archive for the ‘PC’ Category
  • Discovery! A Seek & Find Adventure (Review)

    Posted by on March 5, 2010 under PC
    Discovery is a seek and find adventure game in this game you are a contestant on a game show there are 20 characters you can choose from.  Once you have chosen your character the game begins. You start off meeting the game show host and his assistant then he introduces you to your competitors (you will get two new ones each level).  Then you find out where you are going!  There are six ... more.
  • Metro 2033 Day One Purchase Special (For Our European Readers)

    Posted by on March 4, 2010 under Euro, PC, Xbox 360
    THQ has announced that anyone in Europe that purchases Metro 2033TM on PC on the first day of sales will receive a free copy of the PC version of Red Faction: Guerrilla. How is that for bonus's? Most companies offer up a demo for pre-order and such (why is that?) but THQ goes above and beyond by giving day one purchaser's a complete, full game. Metro 2033 is all about the post apocalyptic wor... more.
  • Shatter Comes to PC’s (Developed in New Zealand)

    Posted by on March 4, 2010 under Euro, PC, PS3
    Shatter, a homage of sorts to Breakout, is now available on PC's. Shatter's creators, Sidhe who are New Zealand's largest game production company, are adding PC exclusive modes including Endless Mode, Endless Mode Co-op Multiplayer, Time Attack and Time Attack Co-op Multiplayer. Shatter will also feature Steam achievements and leaderboards for PC players. Recently Shatter earned IGN's Best Pl... more.
  • Prison Break The Conspiracy Breaks Onto Consoles and PC

    Posted by on March 4, 2010 under PC, PS3, Xbox 360
    The hit television show, Prison Break is coming to PS3, Xbox 360 and PC from Deep Silver. Prison Break features story and gameplay elements developed in cooperation with the writers of the TV show for the utmost continuity. Other features include actual voice overs by the actors from the show, cutscenes that feature an alternate viewpoint on the series (what could this be?), stealth gameplay tha... more.
  • Millennium Secrets: Emerald Curse Coming (From Our Russian Friends)

    Posted by on March 4, 2010 under Euro, PC
    Games coming from Russia are few and far between (I mean, when your country is known for being the birthplace of Tetris, really, do you need to make many more games to be popular?). JetDogs Studios, a casual games developer, hails from Russia and are bringing out Millennium Secrets: Emerald Curse to PC's worldwide through BigFish Games (one of the leading casual games hubs on the Internet). Em... more.
  • Amnesia: The Dark Descent (Enter Only if You Dare)

    Posted by on February 23, 2010 under PC
    Coming from Frictional Games, who created Penumbra (the soundtrack will be reviewed here shortly, links will be added) are hard at work on an even scarier game, Amnesia: The Dark Descent (coming to PC's soon). Amnesia: The Dark Descent by Frictional Games - website Genre: Horror Due: Soon ... more.
  • Arsenal of Democracy Now Available

    Posted by on February 23, 2010 under PC
    Arsenal of Democracy by Paradox Interactive is now avaialable for purchase from major digital distribution networks (links below). AoD is a new World War II strategy game developed by BL-Logic and focuses on historical accuracy, depth and realism. Improvements have been made to enhance the original Hearts of Iron II gameplay experience that was as the basis of AoD. Rewrite history at the helm... more.
  • Shigeru Miyamoto to Receive BAFTA Award (European Readers but Also, Well All Gamers)

    Posted by on February 23, 2010 under Euro, News, PC, Portables, PS3, WII, Xbox 360
    Shigeru Miyamoto is receiving the  Fellowship at this year’s GAME British Academy Video Games Awards.  BAFTA has been covered here at PPG before (links below), the basics are that BAFTA is an awards show for outstanding works in moving picture-they cover TV too (we have a few of these in the US, most are associated with a TV channel though and are just for games). On being invited to rece... more.
  • Bioshock 2 Expansion Information

    Posted by on February 22, 2010 under PC, PS3, Xbox 360
    2K Games are bringing out some rather large, interesting and just plain cool downloadable content out for Bioshock 2 "soon". This content is apparently coming for both the Xbox 360 version and Games for Windows edition so there is no real excuse to not jump in (sorry for the pun). The first of which is the Sinclair Solutions Test Pack (coming in March) which will cost a measly 400 Microsoft Po... more.
  • Iceberg Interactive and Mohican Sign Distribution Deal (For Our European Readers)

    Posted by on February 19, 2010 under Euro, PC
    Iceberg Interactive and Mohican have just signed a distribution deal that will allow Mohican to bring to France several titles in full localized editions in the first half of 2010. Some of the titles that will be making their way to France soon include Adam's Venture: The Search for the Lost Garden and the Dark Fall: Lost Souls and Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage. Adam's Venture is a non-v... more.