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Eschalon: Book III is Now Available on Steam!
Eschalon: Book III brings the trilogy to a climactic end as you seek to uncover the mystery of your past, the secrets of the Crux stones, and who the Orakur really are. Youll traverse miles of virtual wilderness and dungeons, filled with secrets and danger, in an unparalleled role-playing experience designed to feel like a true pen-and-paper RPG.

Steam's Valentine's Day Daily Deal offers up to 85 percent off of 10 lovely games: Girls Like Robots, Long Live the Queen, Gone Home, Dear Esther, Alan Wake, Analogue: A Hate Story, The Novelist, 7 Grand Steps, Redshirt and Thirty Flights of Loving. Plus, the Alan Wake franchise is just $6 and The Hateful Days Pair, including games and soundtracks for Analogue: A Hate Story and Hate Plus, is $10.

At first blush, some of these games don't exactly scream "Valentine's Day material," but they all fit the bill in their own, unique (and oddly dark) ways. Besides, a sale is a sale. The Steam Valentine's Day Daily Deal ends Sunday at 10AM PT.

As the promo says: Have a Steamy Valentine's, everyone. [Image: Valve]

Card City Nights is Now Available on Steam and is 50% off to celebrate!

Card City Nights is an adventure through a city filled with card-nuts and lunatics. Battle for the 8 legendary cards to enter the biggest competition this city has seen yet.


CCN is not a traditional card-trading game. It's an adventure game with lots of funny characters and locations to find. There are no IAP's in this game! You collect booster packs by simply playing the adventure from start to finish.

Noir Syndrome is a novel take on a classic of the storytelling genre. Instead of offering players a single murder mystery, it uses procedural generation to randomize clues, suspects and victims each time you play.

Beyond its randomized killings, Noir Syndrome also offers a number of other features you wouldn't expect from a game with such a pixelated, spartan aesthetic. According to the IndieDB entry on Noir Syndrome, despite its procedurally generated nature, all objects in the game are persistent, creating the illusion of a functioning, open world until you start a new game and everything is rebuilt from scratch. In this world, players are tasked with seeking out clues, then using these clues to nail suspects, but the game also offers players the freedom to ignore the central murder mystery in favor of exploration or gunning down random bystanders.

Currently, you can find Noir Syndrome in the Steam Greenlight queue. Like all Greenlight games, it must attract a certain number of affirmative votes before earning the right to be listed on the Steam marketplace. While that means there's going to be a wait for the final, retail version of Noir Syndrome, you can attempt to gain access to a beta release of the game by following the instructions in this IndieDB entry. [Image: Glass Knuckle Games]

The rollout of Steam Tags has been full of highs and lows. It seems like for every funny or useful tag attached to a game, there's been a lot more that are mean-spirited or judgmental. It's been called out as a major failing of the system. Now, Valve's looking to do something about it.Read more...

Swedish developer Simogo - they of Device 6 fame - have announced a release date for the PC incarnation of the spooky Year Walk: March 6.

Originally released to iOS in February of 2013, Year Walk is a puzzle game focused on an old, bizarre Swedish folktale. As with all Simogo games, playing Year Walk is less like working your way through a game and more like interacting with a novel work of fiction, so explaining the mythology behind Year Walk would defeat its purpose. Just know that the above trailer is a valid reflection of the game's eerie tone, and the sort of snowbound, Scandinavian horror awaiting players in Year Walk.

Instead of simply rehashing Year Walk for its PC debut, Simogo has added a number of new features to the game. These include additional areas to explore, new in-game puzzles, updated artwork, Steam achievement support and a comprehensive in-game encyclopedia which will offer players more information on the strange things they encounter in the game's darkened forests. [Image: Simogo]

HAWKEN is Now Available on Steam Early Access!


HAWKEN is a multiplayer first person shooter for PC that places you inside a mechanized war machine on the battlefield of a dystopian world called Illal. With strategic, fast-paced gameplay, HAWKEN features incredible alien landscapes, customizable and upgradable mechs, and dynamic experiences across multiple competitive game modes.


HAWKEN features 5 game modes: Team Deathmatch, Co-Op Bot Destruction, Missile Assault, Siege and Deathmatch. Each mode offers a unique gameplay experience that requires a different approach and hones a separate set of skills.

Strike fear into the hearts of your opponents with the Nemesis Bundle. This pack comes with 9 mechs, each with its additional weapon unlocked, an exclusive Bloody HAWKEN Pilot Emblem, and the Spooky Ghost Repair Drone (RD-B00). The Rocketeer, Raider and Berserker also come with a frightening skull-themed Nemesis Chassis skin. Purchasing the bundle also grants immediate access to HAWKEN during our Early Access phase.

Today's Deal: Save up to 85% on select games!*




















*Offer ends Sunday at 10AM Pacific Time

Cube & Star: An Arbitrary Love is Now Available on Steam and 20% off!

Cube and Star: An Arbitrary Love is a game about the joy of exploration - the joy of... aimless but mindful wandering.
The world is a living, breathing entity and you - bold individual that you are; spread color throughout the land.

Day breaks, grass grows, night falls, stars fall from the sky, trees shed their fruit...

And across the world other cubes like yourself are bounding around, each with a little knowledge to impart to you... if you are curious enough to listen.

As the world become more vibrant - as you lend it your own breed of charm, secrets emerge from the ground: discover ancient relics, bizarre monetary tokens and personal journal entries left by cubes long gone.

Girls Like Robots is Now Available on Steam!

Their faces are the playing pieces. The rules are their emotions!

Ridiculously charming puzzles, wrapped around an epic tale of love and danger, topped off with an authentic old-time stringband soundtrack!

The goal is to put every one next to their friends.

But you can't please everybody all the time. Sometimes you gotta break hearts to save the day. And the day definitely needs saving: Volcanoes, exploding chickens, planetary invasion and a boy who just wants to dance with a girl.

LocoCycle is Now Available on Steam!

Newly self-aware, I.R.I.S. the martial-arts wielding assassin motorcycle, has begun a cross-continent escape to freedom. I.R.I.S.s only ally is her engineer Pablo, who gets conscripted into the quest after his pant leg gets caught in her chassis. Hunted by the psychopathic motorcycle S.P.I.K.E. and a multinational weapons cartel, I.R.I.S. and Pablo face long odds, but they are riding for Murica and freedom - so how can they lose?

Love is Now Available on Steam and is 33% off until February 19th.

Love is a minimalist platforming game with a retro aesthetic and a focus on a challenging but not unfair difficulty. It has an innovative respawn system, 12 levels, 12 track soundtrack, competitive scoring, and a simple-to-use level creation feature.

Love had a brief and successful Early Access period and has now moved to full release.

The challenging levels are balanced with the inclusion of a simple yet unique respawn system wherein the player can leave a checkpoint at any location at any point, as long as they are on solid ground. Players have a number of gameplay modes to choose from, whether they want it easy, normal, or they want to try their hand at a mode designed specifically for Speed Running.

Beyond the visual aesthetic, the challenging level design, and the abundance of features, there is the fantastic soundtrack composed by James Bennett, which brings the simple 3-color atmospheres to life.

Jagged Alliance: Back In Action is Now Available on Steam on Mac and Linux and is 25% off!

We are proud to announce that Jagged Alliance: Back in Action is now also available for MAC and Linux platforms. Ported by Bigmoon Studios using Unity engine, the game will now let you free Arulco on OSX and Ubuntu just as well as on Windows. The best thing about it: Everyone that already owns Jagged Alliance: Back in Action on Windows will automatically get access to the two new versions as well. Just log in to your Steam account on your MAC or Linux system, download the game and start playing! New customers will also automatically get all three versions.

The Saxon Unit Pack and Finno-Ugric Unit Pack, all new content for Crusader Kings II are Now Available on Steam!

The Saxon Unit Pack adds seven new, unique unit models for Saxon rulers.

The Finno-Ugric Unit Pack adds seven new, unique unit models for Finnish, Lappish, Komi, Samoyed and Mordvin rulers.

Anyone remember Uplink? Yeah, this game is like that, only not thirteen years old.Read more...

Disciples 3: Reincarnation is Now Available on Steam and is 20% off*!

A true reincarnation of the legendary series!
The Almighty has turned away from Nevendaar and its denizens. He is busy thinking about the fate of the world. Above Nevendaar, rent by perpetual wars, a new star flashed out. What will it bring with it? Who will claim its great power? Immerse in the struggle of four powerful races!

*Offer ends February 21st at 10AM Pacific time

In defiance of this weekend's imminent corporate-sponsored romance, Sega has decided to push strategy gamers toward corporate-sponsored violence with the aptly titled "Make War Not Love" promotion.

The rules are simple: During the course of the weekend, Sega will tally all victories earned by players in Total War: Rome 2 and Company of Heroes 2. Whichever game has the more active, successful community will receive free downloadable content. In the case of Total War: Rome 2, players will be awarded the Beasts of War add-on, while those playing Company of Heroes 2 will find two new multiplayer Commanders available at no additional charge.

To further sweeten the temptation toward virtual bloodshed, Sega is also discounting both strategy games by 50 percent from now until Monday, February 17 at 10AM PT. Would-be virtual generals can now purchase Total War: Rome 2 for $30 while Company of Heroes 2 can be had for $20. [Image: Sega]

Sometimes, people come together to do wonderful things. And sometimes, people come together to do terrible, silly things. When it comes to Steam's new tagging system—which is currently in beta—it's a mix of both.Read more...

NaissanceE is Now Available on Steam!

The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world but platforming and puzzles areas will also enrich the experience.

NaissanceE is a game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience.

The game is constructed along a linear path punctuated by more open areas to freely explore, some puzzles to solves and some more experimental sequences.

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger is Now Available on Steam!
The first hi-res 2D fighter from the creators of the Guilty Gear series! BlazBlue is a traditional 2D fighter where two characters participate in a duel.

Key Features

• 12 unique batants to choose from! - Choose a character that represents your own fighting style like the lightning-fast Taokaka or the wickedly powerful Tager.
  
• Drive your way to victory! - Use the unique Drive Attacks specific to each character to decimate your opponent. Depending on the character control the elements like wind and ice or even absorb the life force from your opponents.
  
• Experience the beauty of high-resolution hand-drawn sprites on 3D backgrounds all in glorious high-definition.
  
• Various modes - Arcade, Versus, Score Attack, Training, Gallery and a pletely fleshed-out Story Mode that tells the tales of each character.
  
• Bonus Contents - 2 CD's worth of OST included with a total of 42 music!
  

Kingdom Tales is Now Available on Steam!

An ancient prophecy proclaims… One day, the mighty dragons will seek new territory to claim as their own! The day has come! The prophecy has been fulfilled! Now, only the most courageous and just of leaders will be able forge a friendship between mankind and dragons! Step into the role of the steadfast and altruistic leader who's quests is to ensure the safety and prosperity of all people and creatures in the kingdom! In Kingdom Tales you will explore the land, gather, produce and trade resources, build and repair subjects homes and community structures, and work to increase your subjects level of happiness! Along your journey, you will meet druids, forest fairies, trolls, dragons and other exciting creatures while racing against the clock to complete tasks in this gorgeous and fun time management / strategy game!.

GTGD S1: More Than a Gamer is Now Available on Steam!

Learn how to develop a game!

Gamer To Game Developer Series 1 consists of 30 hours of video tutorials where I teach you how to develop a prototype multiplayer FPS from scratch using Unity free and the C# programming language. Learning to code never gets old.

Ive designed these tutorials for gamers who have no experience with using Unity or programming. I'm also going to show you that you CAN achieve what appears to be too hard to achieve if you put your mind and effort into it. GTGD S1 is proof of that. I'm just a lone hobby developer who spent a few years carefully developing GTGD S1 and now it's a title that benefits people, and has also been Greenlit and accepted for distribution on Steam. It's a deeply humbling achievement for me and I find it difficult to describe the satisfaction I feel with words.

Save 50% off Company of Heroes 2 and Total War: Rome II during this week's Weekend Deal!

Right now ROME II and Company of Heroes 2 fans are at WAR! Every victory you have in these two games until February 17th at 9am Pacific, counts towards this ultimate faceoff! The fans who earn the highest percentage of victories in that time will win access to free DLC! Free content will be available to download once the winning side is announced until 10am pacific Saturday, February 22nd.

You can follow along to see which side is winning at www.makewarnotlove.com

*Discount ends Monday, February 17th at 10am pacific.

Today's Deal: Save 75% on Toki Tori 2+!*


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*Offer ends Saturday at 10AM Pacific Time

MorphVOX Pro is Now Available on Steam!
MorphVOX Pro will change your voice online and in-game. Take your voice-changing to a new level with superior voice-learning technology, background cancellation, and sound quality.

Optimized for online games. Use it for changing your voice to role-play and add fun to online games. Sound like the character you play in-game whether you choose to be a grumpy dwarf or a mighty giant.

Superb voice changing algorithms and ultra-quiet background cancellation make it one of the cleanest-sounding voice changers available on the market. Its high-quality sound is perfect for creating voice-overs for your latest video or audio project.

Download more voice and sound packs adding hundreds of new voices and sounds to MorphVOX. Tweak each of these voices to your heart's content to produce many voice combinations.

Try out the "Backgrounds" feature which lets you add any background sound while you talk. Fool your friends: sound like you're in the middle of a traffic jam or shopping at the mall.

OMG Zombies! is Now Available on Steam!
OMG Zombies! is an awesome reimagining of a genuine classic: the critically acclaimed OMG-Z, a top-ten all-time Metacritic rated PSP game and ranked as Metacritics best action title ever released on PSP! The guys at Push Square gave it 89% and called it a must buy game, Escape Rope claimed its ...one of the best zombie games in recent memory and Defunct Games gave it an A rating saying its so addictive... I still can't get enough of watching the explosive chain reaction caused from a well-placed bullet.

Now the new and improved OMG Zombies features completely redrawn HD graphics, more gore, more levels, more upgrades and all-new content including 12 trophies, 100+ leaderboards, a 20-stage Prestige system and 5 beautifully illustrated endings.

As a lone cop armed only with bare wit (and a large-calibre sniper rifle) you are the last man standing at the epicentre of a zombie outbreak.

Your mission? To succeed where the police and army failed by clearing the streets of 8 different strains of bloodthirsty zombies and stop armageddon in its tracks!

Use your sharpshooting chain reaction skills to vanquish 100 branching levels of zombie hell across 40 unique environments.

Earn 400 shiny medals and cold hard cash to buy 100 different upgrades, all designed to MAKE THOSE ZOMBIES EXPLODE!

Let's Sing is Now Available on Steam!
Lets Sing: The Karaoke for PC.

Lets Sing PC is your chance to bring out your inner-star and pose as Lady Gaga, Maroon 5, Lana Del Rey, Flo Rida, Bruno Mars, Avril Lavigne, LMFAO and many others…

Pump up the volume and party in your living-room with friends and family! Plug in two mikes at the same time and give your best performance singing duos. And surprise everyone when you share your performances on Facebook! The built-in voice recognition feature will allow everyone to have fun and improve their singing skills, whatever their level... So, what are you waiting for? Go for it and become THE star of stars!!

Lady Gaga - Born This Way
LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger
Bruno Mars - Grenade
Flo Rida feat. Ke$ha - Right Round
Miley Cyrus - Can't Be Tamed
Example - Changed The Way You Kiss Me
Pussy Cat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don't Cha
Train - Drive By
Fun feat. Janelle Monáe - We Are Young
Far East Movement - Like A G6
Avril Lavigne - What The Hell
Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm
Duffy - Mercy
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Loreen - Euphoria
Miley Cyrus - Party In The USA
Taio Cruz - Come On Girl
Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me
Aretha Franklin - Think
Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song
Gavin Degraw - Not Over You
Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World
Chic - Le Freak
The Saturdays - Just Can't Get Enough
Amy MacDonald - Mr Rock & Roll
Spin Doctors - Two Princes
Europe - The Final Countdown
Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Kool And The Gang - Celebration
Ini Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotstepper
Weezer - Buddy Holly
James Morrison feat. Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings
David Bowie & Queen - Under Pressure
The Saturdays - All Fired Up
Lady Gaga - Just Dance
Sean Paul - She Doesn't Mind
Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
La Roux - In For the Kill
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil

Valve do like their user-generated content. They’ve updated Steam with Steam Reviews, Steam Greenlight and now Steam Tags, which let players label Steam games with keywords. Those tags are then made searchable and used to recommend game-types you might like based on your playing history.

Unfortunately, much like previous additions, it turns out the internet can’t be trusted. The system is already being used to mark games with insults, and even though it’s still in beta, labels are already appearing on game’s store pages. … [visit site to read more]

Iconic 3D first-person shooter Descent has finally arrived on Steam. Normally priced at $7, Descent is on sale for $3.49 until February 18 as part of a special launch promotion and compatible with Windows PC only.

The plot of Descent revolves around an alien computer virus that has managed to infect off-world mining robots. Players assume the role of a mercenary, hired to investigate the disturbance for the company and eliminate the alien threat.

And, as Rock, Paper, Shotgun points out, the original Descent will turn 19 tomorrow. While we'd like to make a big deal about it, Descent isn't old enough to enjoy a crisp Appletini on an Autumn's day like a real adult so therefore we can't be expected to take this milestone seriously. Hit us up when you're 21 years old, Descent. [Image: Interplay]

Ikaruga, one of the most acclaimed shoot-em-ups out there, hits Steam next week in a newly tweaked re-release. After blasting through Greenlight, Treasure's polarity-shifting classic makes its Windows PC debut on February 18 - still no news on the price, though.

Ikaruga debuted in arcades at the turn of the millennium, before scrolling onto Dreamcast and GameCube a few years later. It then came to Xbox 360 in 2008, and the Steam version is based on that re-release. No surprises, then, to see Xbox 360 controller support reprized along with screen rotating, allowing you to play the game either horizontally or vertically.

The Steam version does have a few tricks of its own, though, including a Double Play mode that lets you control the two-player game with just one controller, if you fancy yourself as some kind of wizard. [Image: Treasure]