A Steam news update has officially confirmed the rumors started by a Develop interview with one of the game’s directors, Robin Walker, which suggested that Team Fortress 2‘s “Free Week” will not end anytime soon. The game will in fact become a free-to-play title and will be monetized solely through the microtransactions and purchasable items players can utilize via the in-game TF2 store.
Walker stated that Valve believes that it is simply the right time to release the game for free after a long period of experimentation with various price drops and marketing methods: Read More...
XCOM: Chimera Squad adds a lot of new twists to the traditional XCOM formula, but the most prominent new feature is breach mode, which allows Chimera Squad to get the drop on a group of enemies and make the first move upon entering a new room. Normally, each Chimera Squad agent can either shoot at an enemy or rush for cover, but they can also bring certain breach items with them that provide a number of different benefits upon entry. Read More...
Dizzt and the team are readying for the return of Dark Alliance in Tuque Games’ spiritual successor, Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance. The 4-player co-op action RPG brings four of R.A Salvatore’s characters together in a new adventure spanning Icewind Dale. The days remaining ahead before launch are beginning to dwindle, leaving us all eager to leap into the multiplayer madness.
While the game could be purchased outright, the emergence of video game subscription services have enticingly lobbied for cheaper ways to access games. Read More...
