Tuesday, April 28, 2015

The Perils of Man Is Now Out On Steam and iOS

At long last, the adventure game by IF Games, designed by Bill Tiller and Gene Mocsy, which also sees Mr. Mocsy as lead dialog writer, is finally out on iOS, and Mac and Windows through Steam today.  If you already purchased The Perils of Man on iOS when Episode 1 was released, your app will be updated to the full version of the game at no extra charge.

More LucasArts Games Come To GOG.com

GOG.com continues bringing LucasArts games to their platform, with the newest batch of games, in celebration of the upcoming Star Wars Day celebrations on May 4th.  So, of course, that means that all of the games in this batch are of the Star Wars variety.

The games included in this batch of releases include Star Wars Rebel Assault I and II, Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, and Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. In addition, they've added the much requested collector's CD versions of Star Wars X-Wing and Star Wars TIE Fighter, which is included with the other versions of the game already available, which means that if you already ordered these games from GOG.com, or if you'll get them now, you'll get the DOS versions, the DOS CD versions, and the Windows versions with your purchase.

GOG.com also has sales on all Star Wars games that they carry in two bundles, the The Star Wars Blaster Bundle and the Star Wars Saber Bundle.

Monday, April 27, 2015

Broken Age Is Now Available

Update April 28: It's now available for non-backers on Steam and GOG.com as well. It's also available on every other platform today, as Act II is a simultaneous release.

The Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter page has been updated with the news that the full version of Broken Age is going out to backers a day early.  If you're a backer and want to play, check your e-mail for a code, and then following the directions on your humble bundle download page on how to unlock it on Steam.

For everyone who didn't back the game, or if you want to play it on another platform than Steam, the game will be released tomorrow.

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Grim Fandango Remastered And Broken Age Soundtracks

Update May 2, 2015: Sumthing has the Broken Age Soundtrack available now and Grim Fandango Remastered Soundtrack up for pre-order.  The last 14 tracks of the Grim Fandango Remastered soundtrack listing are exclusive to the Sumthing version of the soundtrack.

Grim Fandango Remastered is getting an official soundtrack release.    37 tracks will be included, and it will be available from standard digital retailers in two weeks.

The soundtrack from Broken Age will also be getting the same treatment, and is scheduled to be released next week.

Friday, April 24, 2015

Order of the Thorne And Roehm To Ruin On Kickstarter

There is a kickstarter going on for three new games from Infamous Quests, the creator of Quest from Infamy. The first game that will be funded by this campaign is Roehm To Ruin, prequel to Quest for Infamy, where more is revealed about where Roehm came from, and how he got himself into the mess that led him to flee to the Valley of Krasna.

 The kickstarter also will fund two episodes of Order of the Thorne, an anthology series where games and stories are set within the same land, but have different protagonists and stories in each game. The episodes which will be produced as a result of this Kickstarter include The King's Challenge, which is about an intrepid bard who embarks on the King's Challenge to save his Queen, and The Fortress of Fire, which follows Patrick "Addy", a young Squire to seasoned veteran knight, who is in for the fight of his life, as he sets off on a quest to save his waylaid master as they set off to explore the mysterious "Fortress of Fire".

There is currently eight days left at the campaign, so if this interests you, head over to the kickstarter page and pick a pledge tier.

The Intergalactic Trashman is On Kickstarter Now

The Intergalactic Trashman is a kickstarter project for a 2D platformer and space exploration game that will be released for Windows, Mac, and Linux.  It blends a wide variety of genres, as the crew pilots their spaceship, which will let them navigate through space, collect trash, explore planets, while they are dealing with enemies and solving puzzles.

On some planets, they will find entrances to 2D platform stages. In those stages Kepler will need to use his agility to deal with dangers, and his weapons to get rid of his enemies.  If this sounds like something that interests you, head over to The Intergalactic Trashman kickstarter and pick a pledge tier.

Sorcery! 3 Is Out Now

Sorcery! 3, the third part of inkle's narrative fantasy adventure adaptation of the Steve Jackson Sorcery! game books, is out now on iOS at the App Store and for Android through Google Play.