Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (CS:CZ) is now available for Linux players via Steam. CS:CZ is the fifth Valve title to be released for Linux and, with its release, pushes the total number of Linux games available on Steam to 80. Launched just three weeks ago, the Steam for Linux client is available for free from the Ubuntu Software Center. More Valve titles are heading to Linux in the co... more.

Today, Ubisoft announced the release of a new patch for Far Cry 3, introducing a number of new features requested by players on both single player and multiplayer modes. The patch is now live for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC. Based on community feedback gathered by the Far Cry 3 team, the features added or tweaked by this patch are an on-going effort to respond to players and... more.

The extreme conditions that characterized the Lost Planet series return, harsher than ever before, with the release of Lost Planet 3 across North America on June 25 and in Europe on June 28. The latest chapter in the Lost Planet series will be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. The trailer continues the story of Jim Peyton’s time on E.D.N. III as a NEVEC employee seeking out furth... 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.

Aksys Games, a publisher of interactive entertainment software, is pleased to announce that the sequel to the critically acclaimed and IGF award winning Bit.Trip Runner, titled Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien, is now out for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system from Sony Computer Entertainment and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Mi... more.

Kalypso Media Digital, an acclaimed video game publisher, announced today that Dollar Dash is now available in North America on Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 and Windows PC for $9.99. Dollar Dash is a chaotic free-for-all multiplayer game that enables up to four players to battle it out as cartoon thieves who must make use of extravagant weapons to grab bags of cash and deposit them in ... more.

Kalypso Media Group is pleased to announce their continued EMEA distribution deal with US publisher Stardock Entertainment. Kalypso will be publishing the boxed retail versions of the highly acclaimed Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, and fantasy strategy title Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes, across their European distribution partners. The titles will be available for Windows PC in Q2 (... 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.

Konami Digital Entertainment, today announced that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate is now available at retail stores in North America and South America exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS system. Initially set 25 years after the events of its predecessor, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate reveals the story of Gabriel's descendants as th... 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.