Herokon Online – The Blade of Destiny New region, new campaign and many more features now online

Aventuria expands its borders. With the Thorwal update, development studio Silver Style releases a major content patch for the Dark Eye MMORPG Herokon Online. It includes a special treat for all TDE fans: the sequel to the beloved Blade of Destiny campaign and the new region of Thorwal.

Arcade Chronicles closed beta begins on 16th January sign up link - PC

The Closed Beta access for its latest free-to-play, browser-based MMORPG, Arcane Chronicles, will begin on 16th January. With only a few days to go, all are welcome and encouraged to sign up today at http://arcane.nexoneu.com/, as registration will no longer be available after the Closed Beta testing has started. Players who have received a code will be able to access the game after the start of the Closed Beta testing. In honour of the Closed Beta, Nexon Europe is preparing exclusive welcome events to share unique items and rewards.

Total War: Rome 2 Patch 8.1 - PC

Patch 8.1 - Build 9066.483605 - Technical and Performance Issues

Battle

• Fix for dark squares which appeared on the battle terrain, whilst using the "Shader Model 3" graphics setting.
• Improved performance on the medium Rome siege map.
• Campaign
• Resolved an issue that caused the UI to become unresponsive when the Triumph video plays at the end of a campaign.

Don't Starve game screenshots and trailers - PS4

Don't Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic.
You play as Wilson, an intrepid Gentleman Scientist who has been trapped by a demon and transported to a mysterious wilderness world. Wilson must learn to exploit his environment and its inhabitants if he ever hopes to escape and find his way back home.

Earth Defense Force 2025 - PS3 X360

Earth Defense Force 2025 is the long awaited return in the Earth Defense Force (EDF) series from beloved Japanese developer Sandlot. The insects return from dormancy to disturb the peace with over-the-top action and massive city-leveling explosions that will entrench the EDF and the citizens of earth into a state of emergency.

The Dark Eye: Blackguards Early Mac access anounced

Early Access allows players to play the first chapters of Blackguards months before the official release and to have a chance to influence the development process through their feedback based on pre-release builds.

Blackguards will be published chapter by chapter while in Early Access. As of now, the first three parts of the game are available. All five chapters will be made available in the upcoming weeks.

NASCAR '14 Tony Stewart, Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion on box art - PS3 X360

Recently NASCAR revealed that more than 700,000 votes were cast worldwide in the "Drive for the Cover" contest as fans voted Tony Stewart, the three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion to appear onto the cover of NASCAR '14. The injury that kept Stewart off the track didn't stop fans of the driver of the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1 Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing from beating another fan favorite, four-time champion Jeff Gordon. Stewart plans to return to the track for the Daytona 500 race in February, the same month NASCAR '14 hits store shelves.

New Update for Stronghold Kingdoms Adds Strategy Cards and Player request features

A new community-led client update has just been released for Stronghold Kingdoms, one of the top ten most popular free to play games on Steam. A quick overview of some of the new features can be found here:

• New Strategy Cards – A new set of strategy cards have been introduced affecting different areas of gameplay including farming, religion and combat. Attainable by free players through the Veteran Level free cards system and by paying players through the game’s selection of various card packs, all players will have access to this new content.
  

Get Even 'What Is Real' Teaser

Eschewing the usual clichés and gung-ho settings currently inhabiting the FPS genre, Get Even subtlety removes the classic division between single-player and multiplayer experiences to unfold two linked stories. The game's plot revolves around the memories of its central heroes which have a dramatic effect on how the game progresses.

MineCraft released as a Samsung App - Android

The game has enjoyed huge success, selling over 13 million console copies since its launch five years ago - and the Samsung pocket edition will see it reach a whole new audience of mobile builders and survivors favoring Samsung Android devices.

Minecraft serves as yet another example of the high quality games 100% Indie is bringing to the Samsung marketplace, which continues to grow and offer more great games for the huge audience of Samsung device gamers worldwide,” states Ed Rumley, COO Chillingo.