Dare Academy game design competition reloaded for 2019

Creative teams of student video games developers will be immersed in an intensive summer of industry hot-housing as Abertay University’s Dare Academy competition is reloaded for 2019.

Returning for a third year, Dare Academy will showcase the work of games students from across Abertay’s School of Design and Informatics – home to Europe’s top ranked computer games degrees.

Mortal Kombat 11 new story trailer and Cassie intro - PC PS4 XO

Warner Bros release a new Mortal Kombat 11 Story Trailer, introducing an original, time-bending narrative that continues the franchise’s epic saga. In Mortal Kombat 11, Raiden’s defeat of the evil Elder God, Shinnok, has drawn the ire of Kronika and upset her desired balance between good and evil. To restore stability in the realms, Kronika has only one option – rewind time to its beginning and restart history.

Through the immersive story mode, different eras of the rich Mortal Kombat history collide as players take on the role of a variety of past and present characters who must join forces to defeat Shao Khan’s Outworld armies and solve the temporal crisis at stake.

Valley - first-person adventure game on Switch

Hidden deep within a remote region of the Rocky Mountains, players will find themselves bewildered within a secluded valley.

Empowered with a recently discovered L.E.A.F. suit (Leap Effortlessly through Air Functionality), attempt to uncover the startling secrets of the mysterious valley by running and jumping through beautiful forests, dangerous ruins and vast environments – all the while utilising the suit’s power to control life and death in the nature surrounding you. Players beware of new-found abilities as they come with daunting consequences: the more you experience death within the valley, the more the valley will die off around you.

Free Heavy Metal Machines launches Metal League eSports tournament

Metal League Seasonal Showdowns, the funded esports tournament from Free-to-play car-combat MOBA, kicks off this week

Hoplon, the developers behind post-apocalyptic car-combat MOBA, Heavy Metal Machines, today saw the launch of the ‘Metal League’, a seasonal competitive tournament within the game, with a seasonal prize fund for players of €5,000. The opening weekend and qualifiers for the tournament begin this weekend (9th March 2019 14:00 GMT) and will last through to the final, in partnership with ESL Play, which will be held on 20th April on the European server.

AOC 4K gaming monitor with 1 ms response time

AOC announces a brand-new gaming monitor, the 28” (71.1 cm) G2868PQU with Ultra HD / 4K (3840x2160 pixels) resolution. To meet the demands of gamers looking for crisp and vivid imagery and sharp gameplay, the display boasts a next-gen HDR-ready TN panel with 1 ms response time.

The G2868PQU also supports AMD FreeSync which eliminates stutter and screen-tear caused by mismatched image frames between the graphics card and the monitor. All these features ensure a fluid, smooth 4K gaming experience. The monitor becomes available in Europe as of March 2019.

Warparty game on the rampage new RTS coming to Steam

Epic Real-Time Strategy battles in a mystical Stone-Age setting is making its way to Steam, PS4, Xbox One, & Nintendo Switch, arriving on March 28 for $24.99!

In a prehistoric world of humans, dinosaurs and magic, three chieftains discover artefacts of the Go’n, an ancient race that went extinct after a big war. With these artefacts in hand, they set out to succeed where the Go’n failed, and change the world forever.

Marble Combat out now Free on Steam Early Access

Phantom 8 is back with a total new game concept named Marble Combat. The studio’s first multiplayer game available now in Early Access on Steam and is free to play. Marble Combat will be further developed in an open development style with heavy involvement of the community - listening to the feedback of the fans is the studio’s driving force.

Gameplay style
Marble combat is a physics based multiplayer game for 2 - 8 people. Players compete as magical marbles racing and fighting to dominate capture points and collect power ups. Every player can pick a combination of four abilities which can hinder enemies, boost allies or improve ball control.

Terrorarium Moves Into Steam Early Access March 20 - PC Mac

On a scale of one to ten how much would you (secretly?) love sending adorable little anthropomorphic mushroom creatures to their gory deaths? Yep, us too! It's okay though, the Moogu procreate using the corpses of their dead kin.

You read that right.

Hey, we don't judge.

Terrorarium in Early Access is all about Maker Mode, where the developers over at Stitch Media are committed to letting you live out that, erm, fantasy. Use hundreds of assets and customisation options to build your own minigames and easily share them with fellow creators. Then, take control of The Gardener aka your new favourite space granny and see if you can defeat the challenges set forth by the community.

ARK: Survival Evolved Homestead Update first look

Homestead update for the dinosaur survival action-adventure ARK: Survival Evolved! Homestead is a free update to ARK that improves existing structures, adds many new customizable building pieces with increased placement options, as well as updates the Kibble system for simplifying creature taming! This update is now available to all ARK players on Steam PC, Xbox One and Playstation 4.

Homestead includes the major elements of Structures Plus (S+), a player created Sponsored Mod by Orionsun. Studio Wildcard ran a public beta for the Homestead update, testing the features with the community, and all of the builds you see featured in the video trailer below were made by survivors! Be sure to check out their videos on how to build these incredible structures yourself.

Uncover the secret to eternal life in Pebberley Island, Two Point Hospital’s new DLC

Two Point Hospital: Pebberley Island, the DLC coming to Steam on 18 March for £6.99 - and available to pre-order now with a 10% discount. Legend tells of an immortality granting spring deep in the heart of Two Point County’s tropical Pebberley Island. Part-time explorer and notorious germaphobe Wiggy Silverbottom (voiced here by chap-hop artist Professor Elemental) needs your help sterilising a path to this mystical spring.

Pebberley Island brings new content and challenging gameplay mechanics to the Two Point Hospital formula, as you cure 10 new visual and 24 non-visual illnesses in three new treatment rooms on your quest for better healthcare.