Some games sound great, but then never happen. For a long time, that seemed like it would be a fitting epitaph for The Shadow Sun. Announced all the way back in 2010 with a release pegged for the end of that year, the game seemed to be endlessly in a "we're still working on it, we swear!" state over at Ossian Studios.And now, amazingly, that work is done. The studio has just announced that The Shadow Sun will be hitting your favorite iOS devices one week from today: December 19.Haven't heard of The Shadow Sun yet? Be sure to check out our previous coverage to get up to speed, or just check out the new trailer below. The short version, though, is that The Shadow Sun is a massive RPG from the team that brought you two of the most popular expansions in the Neverwinter Nights series. If that doesn't get your bag of dice tumbling in excitement, I don't know what will.
Looking for a great deal to kick off your winter playtime? GOG's 2013 DRM-Free Winter Sale has just kicked off, and to celebrate, they're giving away the first three classic Fallout games for free. Zero. Zip. Nada.There's no catch. You just need a GOG.com account, which is also free if you don't happen to have one. Clicking here will score you Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics at no cost whatsoever. Just be sure to hurry! As with most amazing promotions, this one is available for a really limited time. This deal disappears Wednesday morning at 6am Pacific.
Boy, it sure feels like Christmas has come early to the App Store today! Not only has Rovio just released their hugely anticipated Angry Birds Go! this morning, but we've also got a huge batch of other great games headed our way by the stroke of midnight as well. Just don't forget to leave out some milk and cookies for the jolly old App Store Claus!And speaking of new big releases, tonight also brings with it another of 2013's most highly anticipated mobile games by the entire community at large. Now I would tell you what that game is right here in this introductory section, but then what fun would it be to keep scrolling down and see all of the new mobile goodies in store for you later on tonight? I guess we all stayed off the mobile gamer naughty list this year!"
We're big fans of pretty much everything Daedalic Entertainment has ever done around these parts, and so when we heard today that one of our favorite developers would be making a sequel to one of their earliest adventure games, there might have been some slight jumping for joy that immediately occurred afterwards. But all extraneous physical activities aside, we can now happily announce that The Whispered World will be getting a sequel in 2014.Dubbed as Silence - The Whispered World 2, the upcoming sequel will have players returning to the dream world of Silence, as they accompany a teenage boy named Noah who is seeking to find his younger sister Renie after her life had been abruptly taken from the living world. Promising another "emotionally rewarding yet humorous story" with plenty of mysteries along the way, The Whispered World 2 is set to feature that pristine point-and-click adventure gameplay that Daedalic has become so well known for, in addition to some fully revamped 3D visuals."We'll be sure to keep you updated on any new information we learn about Silence - The Whispered World 2 before the game hits PC and Mac in the latter half of 2014, but for now you can still check out the debut trailer over on Game Trailers and drool over that beautiful first released piece of concept art right above this paragraph.
DeNA has announced a new partnership today with Crytek, the revered game developer who brought us such gritty console experiences as Far Cry and Crysis, for a brand new third-person mobile shooter called The Collectables. The upcoming action title is filled to the brim with massive gunfights and fearless heroes, and although it's Crytek's first foray into the world of free-to-play mobile games, they've certainly decided to bring their cutting-edge 3D visuals along for the ride.In the game, players will assemble their very own team of action heroes and soldiers, as they upgrade their weapons and land tons of revolving rewards by taking out legions of diverse enemies in heated combat segments. And judging by that first released trailer of The Collectables doing its thing, it would certainly seem that action is the name of the game for this one!The Collectables will be headed to iOS and Android platforms as a free-to-play game sometime in 2014, and interested players are encouraged to sign up and pre-register for notifications on the game's official website, which will net them an exclusive character with limited-edition gear. And when you're done doing that, why not mosey on over to the comments and let us know what you think about Crytek's explosive new entrance into the world of mobile games!
Racers, start your engines, and load up your eggs: Angry Birds Go! has finally been released on mobile devices today! It seems like we've been speculating about the nature of this game for a while now, ever since Rovio began teasing the ambitious Angry-Birds-meets-Mario-Kart project earlier this year. Well now at last we have the chance to hop into the driver's seat for ourselves.Not only is Angry Birds Go! the very first 3D Angry Birds game to grace the gaming world, but it also expands upon a number of great features that have been established in previous installments: from letting players race as either the birds or the pigs, and even bringing back the Telepod technology first introduced in Angry Birds Star Wars II."Angry Birds Go! can be downloaded for free right now on the iOS App Store and the Google Play Marketplace, and you can expect to see our official review of the game in the upcoming days. And after you've finished a few races yourself, be sure to steer your karts on over to the comments section and let us know what you think of Rovio's first exciting foray into the racing genre!
If you're a fan of King's style of play, you've had plenty to get excited about in the last few weeks. Whether it's Papa Pear Saga going mobile worldwide or the launch of Pepper Panic Saga on Facebook, you've no doubt lost more than a few hours to their patented brand of gaming. And now, if you live in Canada, Romania, Sweden or Spain, you're about to lose a few more: Farm Heroes Saga is launching today on mobile devices in your territory.Originally launched on Facebook back in April, Farm Heroes Saga is a match-3 game that swaps the tooth-rotting sweetness of candy for the healthy-inducing sweetness of fruit (and other crops). In our review, we were quick to point out both it' addictive nature and occasionally frustrating difficulty - two hallmarks of King game design. "It's the cutest game you'll ever rage at," reviewer Nadia Oxford said.If you don't live in one of these select markets, you may not have too long to wait. While no definitive date has been given, we've been told that mobile gamers worldwide can be expecting to play this one in early 2014.
Fox Digital Entertainment has announced today that Family Guy will be getting its very first officially licensed mobile game in 2014! As a huge fan of the popular cartoon show, this news couldn't be more exciting, as we've already seen how well some of Fox's other successful primetime cartoons have fared in the mobile games space, such as EA's The Simpsons: Tapped Out. Fox has selected TinyCo to handle the developing duties on this one, the same studio that brought us games like Tiny Monsters and Spellstorm in the past, and who have now doubled their team size to take on this ambitious new task.While specific details about the game are still being kept under wraps for now, TinyCo says that Family Guy will be a simulation game of sorts, in which players will get a chance to recreate the town of Quahog where the Griffins and all of their friends reside on the show. However, both companies felt that similar games on the mobile platform today have been severely lacking in terms of a deep story and character interactions, and so with their new Family Guy game, a big emphasis will be placed on the many characters from the expansive Family Guy universe that fans of the series all know and love."Through the different gameplay mechanics and "strange occurrences" in the story, Family Guy will remain true to the world, the characters, and of course, the humor that has become such a staple in the long-running cartoon series. In fact, the game itself was written by several writers at Fuzzy Door, the same production company that makes Family Guy, and even several actors from the show are currently recording voiceover work for different characters in the game. TinyCo and Fox both feel that the upcoming game will hit the visual style of Family Guy dead-on, with the ultimate goal of having it play just like an episode of the TV show.The free-to-play Family Guy game is currently slated for an early 2014 release, and will be seeing a simultaneous launch on both iOS and Android platforms. We'll be sure to keep you updated in the meantime as soon as more details begin to emerge with regards to the gameplay, the story, and the familiar faces you might see around town (I've got my fingers crossed that Peter's nemesis, the giant chicken, will make an appearance). So now can I get a resounding "Giggity!" on this news?!