Gamasutra hits us with a very interesting read on what it takes to make a compelling and thriving multiplayer indie game. As Gun Monkeys players have found out, giving away free keys when nobody else is online is both ineffective and sad. How can you break the “Curse of the Multiplayer Indie...

id Software announced today plans to transition the Quake Live browser based game to an entirely standalone client no longer tied to browsers. The decision comes amid changes to the Chrome and Firefox core design and do away with plugin support. The good news for players for the classic game is...

CS:GO players looking to score some extra content for the game that never dies can head to twitch.tv to link their accounts together. Bandwidth be damned, when it comes to free DLC you’d better believe 15 year olds across the land will be sharing their numerous deaths to “hackers” on...

Stellar Phenoma, the second DLC pack for the popular Sins of a Solar Empire is available right now on Steam for $4.99 The DLC pack enhances the game with new features like random events and nine new deep space anomalies. Grab it on Steam right now.

Rock Paper Shotgun is reporting that the formerly in financial trouble Introversion Software has amassed over $8 million in sales of its flagship Prison Architect game. This is great news indeed for such a deserving team. Say what you will about Alpha funded games, Prison Architect has been a...

Shacknews is reporting that Microsoft is looking to improve their performance in the first party game development sector. Microsoft has long held onto the OS crown largely on the backs of the enthusiast gaming market. Simply put, many games were just not made on anything but Windows. Fast...

Activision announced today that their newest entry in the Call of Duty series, Call of Duty: Ghosts, has surpassed $1 billion worldwide thus far. The announcement will be a joy to anyone smarter than I was when I purchased Activision stock before Doom 3 came out and then promptly sold because...

Gamespot has an interview with Just Cause developer and Avalanche Studios boss Christofer Sundberg. He seems to be speaking the exact words a lot of educated gamers and critics are thinking at the moment. Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios founder Christofer Sundberg has spoken out to say he...

The refreshingly simple yet technical indie prospect Project Zomboid is finally coming to Steam via the Steam Greenlight early access program. This is amazing news not only for gamers but also for the PZ developers as they have a chance to show off their unique game to a much wider audience than...

Call of Duty fans and TV viewers alike can rejoice in this light hearted live action trailer for the almost released COD: Ghosts. The early scenes invoke a very Rainbow Six: Vegas feel. Unfortunately a good amount of the things you see in the trailer are not actual things you can do in the game. It...