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The studio behind one of the most anticipated Kickstarter-funded games out there just opened another project for backing : Massive Chalice, a tactical fantasy strategy game for PC, Mac, and Linux. Double Fine’s Brad Muir, creator of Iron Brigade , is heading the project , and envisions it as somewhere... More

Trion Worlds and Syfy are no doubt excited to get players into their open-world/MMO shooter, Defiance, which arrives tomorrow. If you are planning on stepping into the shoes of one of the game's treasure-seeking "ark hunters," you can give yourself a leg up right now. Over the past few... More

A set of screenshots reportedly taken from an alpha build of a Kinect-only Gears of War real-time strategy game have surfaced on the Internet. The screens show a top-down view of what appears to be a squad of four soldiers led by Baird. One screen implies that the mission shown is a defensive scenario... More

Jon Shafer, formerly the lead designer of Firaxis’ Civilization V, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a different kind of empire-building game. Instead of bringing mankind to enlightenment through benevolent rule, At the Gates asks players to grow their barbarian horde and sack Rome itself... More

Omerta is a code that prohibits members from speaking about the activities of a criminal organization. It's also an upcoming PC strategy title about the mob; kind of like the godfather meets XCOM. Check out the game's newest trailer. From Kalypso Media, the creators of the Tropico 4, Omerta:... More

Its countdown site didn't quite refresh as quickly as it was supposed to , but Square Enix's announcement is here, and it's for a game called Star Galaxy. The website is in Japanese, so there isn't much information to us English speakers, but here's some rough Google translation answering... More

If you've played the fantastic XCOM: Enemy Unknown, you know that death is an inevitable and sobering occurrence. Many of us have seen our friends and family perish at the hands of various sectoids, floaters, and (especially) sectopods. Now you can honor their sacrifice in the noblest of ways...via... More

A launch trailer showcases what you can expect from the new Borderlands game releasing today. 2K Games and Gearbox Software today released Borderlands Legends, a brand new mobile game set on the world of Pandora. Players control the original vault hunters – Brick, Mordecai, Lilith, and Roland –... More

The list has been updated with new Avatar Awards for Halo 4, Joe Danger 2: The Movie, Darksiders II, and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. If you'd rather spend your hard-earned cash on games rather than clothing for your Xbox 360 Avatar, yet still like the idea of dressing him or her in video game... More

Can you believe the Command and Conquer series has been around 17 years now? EA decided to celebrate in style by announcing a 17-game collection. As an additional perk, buyers will receive early beta access for the Frostbite 2 powered Command & Conquer, set for 2013. All the Command and Conquer games... More

By now, many of you are nearing the end of Darksiders II, or are on your second playthrough of it. You've undoubtedly unearthed hundreds of pieces of loot, but have you found a hidden GnoMAD Gnome yet? Vigil Games has hidden four of these terrifying lawn ornaments in Darksiders II. Dark Hawk Gaming... More

A friendly skirmish produces a great reward. Thane, the gigantic, bearded trainer at The Forge, teaches Death new attacks, and always wants to spar. If you best him in battle, he reveals the location of four beasts as four separate side quests. Although you can challenge Thane early in the game, you... More

Here at Game Informer, we have our finger on the pulse of game strategy. We showed you how to get married in Skyrim . We told you where to find the secret room in Arkham Asylum . Now, we're bringing you the location of one of comics' greatest undersea characters (not including Prince Namor, Lagoon... More

Nintendo's 3DS had to give up most of the spotlight to the Wii U at E3 this year, but that doesn't mean that nothing exciting is happening on the system. Nintendo of America's Reggie Fils-Aime has confirmed that Fire Emblem Awakening (recently released in Japan) will be coming overseas. Fils... More

Electronic Arts has announced that gaming's original city-building simulator, SimCity, will arrive early next year. February 2013 is as specific as EA is getting regarding the PC game's release for now. Spend your time waiting for a specific release date by daydreaming all about the awesome metropolis... More

Civilization is getting back into religion, thanks to an upcoming expansion pack. Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings adds the ultimate motivator back into the game, as well as espionage and a host of new content. Adam didn't think that cutting religion out affected the game's bottom... More

After our full month of XCOM: Enemy Unknown coverage, we’re all more eager than every to get our hands on the game, but you probably still have a few burning questions about the game that you’d like answered. Next week, we’ll be recording a special edition XCOM podcast where we talk... More

One wonders why one bothers making a game like, say, Civilization V at all. Speaking with MCV, 2K Games president Christoph Hartmann explained the decision to resurrect X-COM as a shooter rather than a strategy game thusly: "Every studio we had wanted to do it and each one had its own spin on it... More

Stardock admitted Elemental: War of Magic's many failures in its 2010 Customer Report, released today, and gave a peek at the next Elemental game – which will be free to anyone who bought War of Magic in 2010. Fallen Enchantress shares some art assets and the fiction backstory with War of Magic... More

The indie 4X grand sci-fi strategy title is getting a proper sequel next year, so I fired up the thrice-expanded and often patched original in preparation. How much has the game changed, and how wrong (or right?) were Joe and I when we reviewed it back in 2006? Sword of the what now? To the confusion... More