This Week's Humble Bundle Is Tom Clancy Themed - Contains The Division Beta Key
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If you've found yourself enjoying Rainbow Six: Siege now you have a chance to try out the games that inspired it, for a rather low price, at the currently ongoing Humble Weekly Bundle.
But perhaps the most stand-out deal in the whole package is the fact that the $10 tier, besides a bunch of great games, contains a beta key for The Division so you could give it try before its official release on March 8 and see if its the sort of thing you'd enjoy without spending a whole lot of money on it.
Desolus - Indie First Person Puzzle/Exploration Game Coming To PC & Oculus Rift
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The past few months showed that big developers are very interested in experimenting with virtual reality gaming, what with Crytek announcing The Climb and Ubisoft their Eagle Flight. But it isn't just the big players that are throwing their hats in to the VR ring however, there are also plenty of upcoming VR focused indie games such as Desolus, which is being made by a single person.
Desolus is a rather pretty & very stylish first person puzzle/exploration hybrid where you are able to harness the power of a black hole in order to absorb and redirect the power of the stars. While it is currently in alpha there is a short gameplay video showcasing the mechanic in action:
Rock The Cabinet 2015 - Vote For The Best Starcraft 2 Custom Maps And Win Prizes
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To say that Starcraft 2 had a messed up custom map system when it first launched would be one hell of an understatement but over the years Blizzard has seen the error of their ways and went through a lot of effort to finally make it in to something worthy of its predecessor, Warcraft 3.
In order to celebrate a successful year for the Starcraft 2 Arcade Blizzard has recently launched the Rock the Cabinet 2015 contest where you will get to vote on your favorite Arcade map from the pool of 10 nominees and potentially win some nifty prizes. Here's a video briefly going over the nominated maps and how you can quality for the rewards:
Deadbolt - An Action/Stealth Game From The Creators Of "Risk Of Rain"
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Risk of Rain was an excellent action-platformer with some roguelike elements added to it so seeing the same team tackle one of my favorite genres, the stealth games, is an exciting thing indeed.
Deadbolt is an extremely challenging hybrid between stealth & action that puts you in to the shoes of the Grim Reaper who needs to quell an undead uprising through a whole lot of sneaky violence given that a direct approach simply doesn't work for a man of his age that dies in one shot. The trailer is right below:
Punch Club Is Now Out On Steam After Twitch Managed To Finish It In Under Two Days
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Punch Club is a boxing tycoon & management RPG that was originally slated to release on January 25th but tinyBuild & Lazy Bear Games promised they would instead release it as soon as Twitch manages to beat the entire game, no small undertaking when you have thousands of people at the wheel.
But in a rather impressive feat of organization the Twitch community not only managed to beat Punch Club, they did it in under two days! As soon as the announcement broke that Twitch had managed to beat Punch Club it was released on Steam as promised and you can now grab it yourself.
Ubisoft Has Released A Two-Hour Long Showcase Of Far Cry Primal
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Ubisoft sure does seem confident in Far Cry Primal given the amount of information and trailers they've shared about it so far.
During the most recent batch of news they've released the launch date & PC system requirements as well as a two-hour long community stream showcasing Far Cry Primal alongside some developer chatter. You can find the video right below:
Homeworld: Deserts Of Kharak Story Trailer - The Prime Anomaly
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Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, despite seemingly coming out of nowhere, was in the making for about three years now. Initially it started under a completely different name, that of Hardware: Shipbreakers, as a spiritual successor to the Homeworld franchise by some of the old developers.
Luckily Gearbox, who owns the Homeworld license these days, saw potential in the game and officially partnered with them thus securing both the license and much needed resources for a new Homeworld game to appear.
With the release date set for a relatively close January 20th Gearbox has finally decided to give us a glimpse at the story of Deserts of Kharak in the shape of a trailer titled "Primary Anomaly".