Harebrained Schemes released the footage this morning to backers of the "Shadowrun Returns" Kickstarter (full disclosure: I'm a backer) from an alpha build of the RPG. "Shadowrun" creator Jordan Weisman provides commentary alongside the game's producer, Mitch Gitelman, giving our first glance at swappable costumes (new outfits will be available post-launch), keeping enemy AI unawares by using quiet weapons, and some of the spells you'll be using in the game.
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Harebrained Schemes Release The First 'Shadowrun Returns' Gameplay Footage
Posted 3/8/13 2:25 pm EST by Charles Webb in Android, iPhone / iPad, Mac, News, PC, Role Playing Games, Video
'Painkiller Hell & Damnation' Mod Tools Announced, Mac And Linux Ports Coming Soonish
Posted 3/7/13 2:05 pm EST by Charles Webb in FPS, Mac, News, PC
Publisher Nordic Games announces that they're sending The Farm 51's development tools for "Painkiller: Hell & Damnation" into beta in April.
Don't Worry, Telltale Plans To Break Our Hearts With Another 'The Walking Dead' Season This Year
Posted 3/6/13 9:45 pm EST by Charles Webb in 3DS / DS, Mac, News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Fans concerned by the details of a recent Eurogamer interview which pointed to a fall 2014 release for the second season of "The Walking Dead" from Telltale Games can rest easy: Telltale assures fans of the 2012 multi-GOTY winner that the next season will debut sometime later this year and not next fall.
Kickstarted: Physics-Based Dungeon-Action-Puzzle Conglomerate 'Delver’s Drop' Coming in October
Posted 3/6/13 5:40 pm EST by MTV Video Games in kickstarter, Mac, PC
By Joseph Leray
Another worthwhile-seeming game has wandered its way out of the backwaters and hinterlands of Kickstarter: Pixelscopic’s “Devler’s Drop” hit its $75,000 Kickstarter funding goal today, with six days to spare.
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Reverse Tower Defense Sequel 'Anomaly 2' Brings Morphin' Mechs
Posted 2/28/13 1:40 pm EST by Charles Webb in Mac, News, PC, strategy, Video
2011's "Anomaly Warzone Earth" (and its subsequent Xbox LIVE port) wasn't half-bad, refreshing the tower defense genre by making you the one smashing the towers. Now developer 11 Bit Studios is announcing that a sequel, "Anomaly 2" is on the way to the PC, Mac, and Linux sometime in the second quarter of this year.
'Slender: The Arrival' Isn't Quite Here Yet, But A Preorder Gets You Instant Beta Access
Posted 2/13/13 9:18 am EST by Charles Webb in Mac, News, PC
"Slender: The Eight Pages," the experimental horror game from indie designer Mark Hadley, has gone through something of a reimagining as they say at Blue Isle Entertainment.
This official followup is coming to the PC in March, and if you preorder it, you'll get instant Beta access to the game.
'The Walking Dead' Racks Up Seven BAFTA Nominations
Posted 2/12/13 12:40 pm EST by Charles Webb in 3DS / DS, Android, Awards, iPhone / iPad, Mac, News, PC, PS Vita, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360
Awards season isn't quite done with us as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts rounds up their picks for 2012's best and brightest in advance of the awards show in March. The leading competitors: "The Walking Dead" with seven nominations including Best Game and Game Design with "Far Cry 3" picking up six including one for... Story?
Really?
The British Academy Game Awards will take place on March 5th with a highlight show streaming on TwitchTV on Monday, March 11.
After the jump, see the full list of nominees.
inExile Shows Off Nearly 20 Minutes Of 'Wasteland 2' Gameplay
Posted 2/11/13 3:20 pm EST by Charles Webb in Mac, News, PC, Video
In this early footage from the sequel to the apocalyptic RPG classic, developer inExile shows off the very first level as well as the first combat encounter.
Kickstartin': Quirky PC And Mac Strategy Game 'Death Inc.' Dying For Your Pledges
Posted 2/4/13 2:59 pm EST by Charles Webb in Mac, News, PC
We brought you word a couple of weeks back about Ambient Studios, the 11-man development team made up of "LittleBigPlanet" veterans. For their first project, Ambient decided to bring their quirky sensibility and cute/creepy art style to "Death Inc.," a strategy game about the bubonic plague for the PC and Mac. Now they've taken to Twitter to ask for help getting the dang thing made.
Next For Former 'LittleBigPlanet' Devs: Plague Strategy Game 'Death Inc.'
Posted 1/7/13 11:43 am EST by Charles Webb in Mac, News, PC, strategy
Some of the developers behind "LittleBigPlanet," "Battlefield," and Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" are working on a whimsical strategy game--where you'll be spreading the plague throughout England.
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