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Gods Will Be Watching is a dark, depressing and mentally taxing point-and-click adventure from Deconstructeam and Hotline Miami publisher Devolver Digital, due out in June for PC, Mac and Linux. Note that when we say "dark, depressing and mentally taxing," we mean it in the most fun way possible.

That's this game's shtick: It places Sgt. Burden in the middle of violent interstellar tensions and asks him to decide who lives, who dies, who eats and who gets tortured - including himself - in a number of unpleasant scenarios. At times, it's either his crew or the world. Gods Will Be Watching mixes puzzles and decision-making with pixelated violence and psychological struggle.

"Our team set out to make a new breed of point-and click-adventure and capture the feeling of having to make heavy decisions with sometimes dark consequences," Deconstructeam founder Jordi de Paco, says in a press release. "We understand that Gods Will Be Watching is a departure for the genre but think we have an opportunity to break new ground in storytelling and the weight of decisions."

Gods Will Be Watching launches on Steam, GOG and Humble in June. It started as a Ludum Dare 26 game, and you can play that original jam project right here. Pre-orders for a DRM version plus a Steam key are up now at a 10 percent discount, or $9. [Image: Devolver Digital]

Paranoia—and the fact that you can only see naked characters' weapons when they're using them—fuels the survival game Rust. YouTuber rewrite illustrates this with an excellent and funny example of why you shouldn't trust anyone in the game, even players who look like new spawns.Read more...

The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot is Now Free to Play in Open Beta on Steam!

The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot is a brand new game from Ubisoft Montreal that thrusts you in an outrageous medieval fantasy world called Opulencia where wealth, status and showboating are the name of the game!

As a newcomer to Opulencia, you will hack n slash your way through hundreds of castles designed by the ingenious minds of your fellow players!

Dont forget to show them whos boss by constructing deadly keep of your very own in this kingdom, size really does matter!

Today's Deal: Save 75% on Red Faction Guerrilla!*


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Super Motherload is a simple game about Cold War astronauts mining on Mars. It's a lot of fun, but beware the Hardcore mode, which is next to impossible. I took a look at it on PS4 if you want to see what you're in for.Read more...

BlackSoul: Extended Edition is Now Available on Steam and is 20% off to celebrate!

"BlackSoul: Extended Edition" is a third person survival horror adventure game with an intriguing story set in England in 1972: people have been turned into psychotic killers by an unknown infection and you must try to help Ava and Sean survive in the quarantined area and find out the truth. You won't spend all your time on a killing spree, but you'll need to solve many puzzles which will challenge you.

Forget any government research labs in which they're working on some kind of ultimate weapon; instead think of something much sadder and crueler...and even if the story is not based on truth, we'll tell you about some events that really happened in the mid century.

Iron Soul is Now Available on Steam and is 30% off to celebrate!

Discovery of a new Goldilocks planet has led to the creation of a new type of army: One that is made of metal and steel. One that cant feel pain or fear. One that is said to be our only hope against a possible alien invasion. Sadly, even with all the technological advancements available to future governments, they are not fully in control of the machines… The bot-mageddon is coming and it will be up to one our brightest scientists to help us against the inevitable.

Procyon is Now Available on Steam and is 15% off!*

It's the future! And humanity is, predictably, under attack by extraterrestrial forces. Lucky for us we have an experimental ship that's never before been flown that will surely...uh, possibly...well, implausibly be able to win the war! All we need now is a pilot or two.

*Offer ends March 5th at 10am PST*

Melody's Escape is Now Available on Steam Early Access and is 10% off!*

Run, jump and slide to the rhythm of your own music library!

In Melody's Escape, advanced audio detection algorithms transcribe the energy that you feel when listening to music into a synchronized gameplay experience, with a captivating and dynamic obstacle course. The game will adapt in real-time to the intensity of your music and change the movement mode accordingly, from walking during very calm parts up to all-out flying when your music explodes!

*Offer ends March 6th at 10am PST.

You can excavate with PC mates now, because an Early Access version of Super Motherload is available on Steam. XGen Studio's follow-up to Flash game Motherload combines local co-op with treacherous mobilized quarrying, and on PC that includes controller support for four simultaneous players.

Super Motherload pits you (geddit?) as you an employee of a galactic mining corp, and your job is to dig as far into Mars' procedurally generated depths as you can. Sounds like a day at the beach, but in addition to precious resources beneath the Red Planet's surface, there are puzzles, dangers, and dark secrets waiting to be unearthed.

To celebrate the news, XGen has the Steam release going at 10 percent off until March 4; the regular price is $15 in North America, and £12/14 euros in Europe. Meanwhile, PSN discounts for North America dig even deeper into the cross-buy PS4 and PS3 versions: $7.50 until March 3, or $3.75 for PS Plus subscribers. [Image: XGen Studios]

Replacing a weapon to a mini sniper figure is only a good idea in Team Fortress 2. It's hard to make the game even more silly a this point. But thanks to mods like this, YouTuber Vet shows can achieve just that with ease.Read more...

It's getting tough to figure out where the real games end and Sim Generator begins.Read more...

Tulpa is an eerie, symbolic puzzle-platformer that draws inspiration from Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, American McGee's Alice and Limbo, with roots in occultism and theosophy. In layman's terms, it's a creepy game about secrets and sanity. It features two playable characters: Ophelia, who can interact with the physical world, and Oliver, who uses telekinesis to move objects.

Tulpa comes from two student developers and a musician in Larisa, Greece, working under the studio name Encryptique. The word "tulpa" translates to "conjured thing" or "thoughtform," magical things created by thought alone.

"Oliver is Ophelia's tulpa," Encryptique writes. "He was created by her own mind in need for support. That cause has an effect. Ophelia needs Oliver to be close, otherwise she begins to lose her sanity, ensuing an inevitable death."

Encryptique is looking to raise $500 on Indiegogo to finish Tulpa for PC, Mac and Linux. Specifically, the team needs two Unity Pro licenses, money for sound effects and a new laptop for the musician. Encryptique expects polishing Tulpa to take several months, though it will invite backers to beta test the game before launch. Tulpa is also on Steam Greenlight. [Images: Encryptique]

Super Motherload is Now Available on Steam Early Access, 10% off!

Set on Mars in an alternate Cold-War era, Super Motherload is a 1 to 4-player couch co-op digging adventure with storyline by Image Comics' Kurtis Wiebe, a fully voiced cast of Soviet and American characters, and a procedurally-generated world that changes each time you play. Purchase powerful upgrades and supplies for your mining pod as you progress and prosper, as well as rare Specials Abilities with random availability.

Deus Ex: The Fall, the mobile game released last year, is coming to PC on March 25. It'll be $10, and if you preorder it on Steam, you get a free copy of the original Deus Ex.Read more...

A minor update has been released for the Steam Client and will be automatically downloaded. The following changes are new in this update:

• Fixed some games which crashed or failed to launch when installed to alternate Steam library folders
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause Steam on Mac OS X to complain incorrectly about case-sensitive filesystems, blocking future updates
  
• Fixed a bug that could, in very rare conditions, cause Steam to remove other unrelated files while uninstalling The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
  

This update also includes all of the following changes from the Feb 19 release:

General

• Fixed "App already running" error when re-launching app in some cases
  
• Fixed some cases where the Uninstall progress dialog could stick around forever
  
• Added more UI feedback to the login dialog if Steam needs to download account data
  
• Added a Show Password option in Big Picture mode to simplify password entry when using a controller
  
• Added IP tracking to game server favorites. Favorites will automatically update to new server IP addresses if the game server is using a persistent account
  
• Disabled Family Sharing Beta in Offline Mode
  

Windows

• Fixed bug forcing Japanese text input to hiragana mode on focus change
  
• Fixed repeated crashing in GameOverlayUI.exe when running as Administrator
  

Linux / SteamOS

• Added an auto-detect step for audio outputs when booting SteamOS for the first time. You can change the selected output device using the Audio option under settings
  
• Added under/overscan and brightness settings to the initial SteamOS startup UI
  
• Added support for selecting your sound input device on SteamOS (for voice chats)
  
• Fixed device volume not being reset to 100% when changing audio device outputs
  
• Improved the error messages when Steam is unable to adjust system Audio settings from within Big Picture mode
  
• Updated the Steam Runtime libraries
  

Mac OS X

• Fixed launch issues for certain games using non-standard memory allocation routines
  

PAC-MAN MUSEUM™ is Now Available on Steam!

PAC-MAN stars in a nostalgia-packed collection of the greatest PAC-MAN games of all time. PAC-MAN MUSEUM will include classic PAC-MAN titles as well as newer releases, allowing gamers to play through the evolution of PAC-MAN from his humble beginnings from 1980 through current hits like PAC-MAN Championship Edition and PAC-MAN Battle Royale.

In addition, owners of PAC-MAN MUSEUM can download PAC-MAN MUSEUM - Ms. PAC-MAN DLC for FREE until March 31st!

Age of Wonders III is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam!

Age of Wonders III is the long anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy series. Delivering a unique mix of Empire Building, Role Playing and Warfare, Age of Wonders III offers the ultimate in turn-based fantasy strategy for veterans of the series and new players alike!

All Pre-Purchases also receive an extra scenario to play in either single or multiplayer.*

*Offer ends March 31st at 10AM Pacific Time

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is Now Available on Steam!

Dracula, weak and yearning release from immortality, must reclaim his powers and defeat Satan. An epic fantasy adventure set in an expansive modern-day world!

Awoken after centuries of slumber, weakened and yearning for release from his immortal bonds, Dracula must reclaim his powers and make a pact with Death, to defeat Satan and gain eternal rest. Blood is everything as Dracula faces both his nemesis and his descendants unyielding quest for revenge, in this final, dramatic battle between good & evil. Play as Dracula and discover the ultimate fate behind the Lord of Shadow himself!

Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry is Now Available on Steam!

Born a slave, Adewale found freedom as a pirate aboard Edward Kenways ship, the Jackdaw. 15 years later, Adewale has become a trained Assassin who finds himself shipwrecked in Saint-Domingue without weapons or crew. He now has to acquire a ship and gather his own crew to free the slaves and avenge them. Over 3 hours of new single-player gameplay!

Assassins Creed Freedom Cry is a standalone game and doesn't require a copy of Assassins CreedIV Black Flag™.

To celebrate the launch of the Workshop, save 75% on RPG Maker VX Ace during this week's Midweek Madness*!

RPG Maker VX Ace improves every aspect of RPG creation, making it not only the latest, but also the greatest engine in the RPG Maker Series. With multiple tileset support, full autoshadow control, and a flexible features system, Ace gives you the most powerful RPG making tools ever. Simple Enough for a Child; Powerful Enough for a Developer.

Some of the favourite community artists and contributors have already uploaded excellent launch content to the Workshop. So from the very beginning great music, graphics, and games, is there for you to explore and use in your own projects.

With Steam Workshop integration, sharing your RPG Maker creations and getting feedback has never been easier. Do you have some sprites you have made? Or a song or two? Or maybe unlike most of us, you've actually finished a game! Share it on the Steam Workshop! Reach an audience larger than ever before! And as an added bonus, all through the first week, Degica will be doing drawings for prizes, all you have to do to enter is have something up in the Workshop! At the end of the week, they will even be picking some of our favorite uploads for even MORE winners. Don't miss out!

*Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time

Save 50% on State of Decay during this week's Midweek Madness*!

The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world. You choose where to make your stand, designing and fortifying your home base, performing daring raids for food and ammunition, and rescuing other playable survivors with unique talents.

*Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time

Today's Deal: Save 75% on Strike Suit Zero!*


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*Offer ends Thursday at 10AM Pacific Time

Epic Battle Fantasy 4 is Now Available on Steam!

Epic Battle Fantasy 4 is a light-hearted turn-based RPG, heavily inspired by old classics. You will battle through waves of adorable enemies, grow your characters, explore a diverse world, solve puzzles, and finally, save the world from the destructive Godcat.

Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge is Now Available on Steam!

Galactic hero Serena S has been trolled on Spacebook. This is obviously a cause to embark on an epic quest to punish the troll in question, who just happens to be The Space Prince. Guide Serena through 7 stages of shmup action, jumping, shooting, and yet decidedly more jumping and shooting to her ultimate goal of total testicular annihilation of her foe. Ultionus is a love-letter to the home computer arcade games of the late 80s and early 90s, particularly Halloween Harry, Astro Marine Corps, Duke Nukem 2 and especially Phantis/Game Over II. The game features tons of lovingly crafted pixel art, and a rockin' chiptune soundtrack by the legendary Jake 'Virt' Kaufman.

Rocksmith 2014 The Doors Song Pack, all new content for Rocksmith 2014 is Now Available on Steam!


Play "Light My Fire", "Riders on the Storm", and "Roadhouse Blues" by The Doors on any electric guitar or bass. Each song includes a new authentic tone.

Deus Ex: The Fall is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam

Deus Ex: The Fall is set in 2027 a golden era for science, technology and human augmentation, but also a time of great social divide and global conspiracy. Powerful corporations have seized control from governments and command the drug supply needed by augmented humans to survive. In this chaos Ben Saxon, a former British SAS Mercenary who underwent physical augmentation, is desperate for the truth behind the drug conspiracy. Betrayed by his private military employers, the Tyrants, not only is his own life at risk but for all augmented humans, time is running out…

Developed in collaboration with the original DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION team at Eidos-Montrl and N-Fusion; Deus Ex: The Fall includes full Steam Achievements, Mouse & Keyboard control configurations, and Control Pad support.

Sitting down in the middle of a town and opening a store with your loot in DayZ is probably the riskiest thing you can do. Some players still like to do that, maybe because they have snipers on the roof. Either way, I am positive that business will be booming.Read more...

Europa Universalis: Colonial British and French Unit pack, all new content for Europa Universalis IV is Now Available on Steam!

Europa Universalis IV: Colonial British and French Unit Pack contains 16 new unique unit models for British and French colonial troops.

The armies of Great Britain, England and France will receive a new, more rugged look while in the New World.

This DLC adds unique flavor to two of the colonial nations in the new world, enhancing the visual experience of playing Europa Universalis IV.

Europa Universalis IV: Native Americans II Unit Pack, all new content for Europa Universalis IV is Now Available on Steam!

Europa Universalis IV: Native Americans II Unit Pack contains new unique unit models for ten Native American tribes.

• Mikmaq
  
• Potawatomi
  
• Chickasaw
  
• Miami
  
• Navajo
  
• Mohican
  
• Assiniboine
  
• Ojibwe
  
• Fox
  
• Shoshonne
  

This DLC adds unique flavor to the North American continent and enhances the visual experience of Europa Universalis IV.