Yearly Archives: 2019

Payday 2

Payday 2 is a 3D four-player cooperative shooter developed by Ulf Andersson and is available on Steam for PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, HTV Vive, and Occulus Rift. In Payday 2 players will find themselves working alongside three other players to complete some of the greatest criminal heists of all time in Washington DC.

Contracts will need to be taken to go on missions, and each contract can vary from something as simple as a convenience store robbery up to things as monumental as diamond and bank heists. Contracts will become increasingly more difficult as players progress alongside each other, unlocking more gear and different skills with which they can hone their sinister craft.

Business Model: Retail Purchase

Microtransactions: Yes – Many many DLCs exist, containing new characters, new heists, new weapons, and more.

Key Features:

Mask Customization: Players are able to customize their characters’ own masks with various color combinations and patterns to make sure that they’re memorable.

Skill Trees: Mastermind, Technician, Enforcer, and Ghost are the four skill trees that can be invested in and each one has its own benefits and drawbacks. Skill trees even allow for mixing so that player’s can make sure to find a play-style that they like.

Different heist approaches: Heists can be approached with various levels of subtlety, no matter if you prefer stealth and silence or the deafening sound of machine gun bullets.

Broforce

Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling 2D shooter, featuring over-the-top explosions and patriotic heroism! When evil threatens the world, the world calls on Broforce – an under-funded, over-powered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.

Business Model: Buy-to-Play

Microtransactions: No

Key Features:

Hype Machine: Every combat engagement is fast, savage, and full of explosions. Enemies are chopped, blown to bits, and shot into plumes of red.

Natural Disaster: Environments can be destroyed and utilized to the player’s advantage.

Creative Timebomb: Unleash chaos upon unsuspecting bros through the clever use of the intuitive level editor.

Large Cast of Bros: The Brominator, Rambro, Robrocop, Bronan, Indiana Brones, and others make up the cast of hyper-masculine face-smashers. All of them are taken from various classic action films and TV shows, and given a bro makeover. Each bro has their own unique attacks and playstyle, from overwhelming firepower to melee combat.

Multiplayer Mayhem: With steam support, up to four players can throw down together and blast through the game’s campaign. Bring in fellow bros to crush your enemies and drive them before you.

Tick Tock on the Clock: Team up a fellow bro to take on challenging time attack missions.

 

 

Halo Infinite

The long anticipated return of Master Chief was announced at E3 2018. Developed by 343 Industries, Halo Infinite will arrive holiday 2020 and will be shipped with the XBox Scarlett.

Business Model: Retail

Microtransactions: Unknown

Key Features:

New Engine: Built on the new Slipspace Engine, leading the Halo Franchise, and potentially many other games, into the future.

 

Durango

Durango is a prehistoric survival-MMO warping unsuspecting modern-people to a primitive world filled with frightening dinosaurs.

Business Model: Free-to-Play

Microtransactions: Unknown

Key Features:

Pick Me Up: Scavenge your surroundings for precious food and supplies.

I’ve Got the Brains: Climb the food chain by crafting a variety of tools.

Take Cover: Build a shelter for protection against the unforgiving wilderness.

Dino Rider: Tame and train ferocious primal creatures.

Cooperative: Battle other players over resources or work together and prosper.

Star Citizen

Star Citizen is a first-person sci-fi MMORPG featuring a vast universe packed with unforgettable adventures, awe-inspiring interstellar travel, dynamic engagements, and endless opportunities for exploration. Start your journey off right by earning your United Empire of Earth citizenship by enlisting in their Navy and participating in large-scale galactic combat!

Business Model: Buy-to-Play

Microtransactions: Yes, there are a variety of purchasable in-game ships, cosmetics, items, and other services available.

Key Features:

Something Out There: Plan out your route and sail amongst the stars.

It’s a Living: Pick up an odd job or two such as smuggling and bounty hunting for credits.

Space Trucker: Amass resources by completing the difficult task of transporting goods around the galaxy.

Cool Under Pressure: Stay alive in deadly situations by acting with the g-forces, moving out of the line fire with six degrees of movement, and keeping on top of vital ship functions.

Far Reaches Riches: Lay your claim across the cosmos by discovering jump points and selling them off for profit.

I Am the Senate: Lead a player-run organization to universal fame and fortune.

Making Adjustments: Customize your space ship with all manner of handy parts and stylish cosmetics.

UEE Awaits: Take part in Squadron 42, a narrative-focused campaign playable either solo or with a friend.

 

Cookie Jam

Cookie Jam is a free to play puzzle game developed by Jam City (formerly Social Gaming Network) for iOS, Android, Amazon Fire, and Facebook where players can go on a mouth-watering adventure with their very own traveling bakery. By traveling across various treat-themed islands and whipping up new, exciting treats you’ll be able to spread the influence of your bakery wherever you may go, but watch out for the Gingerbread Man. He will do anything to stop you from spreading your delicious treats around.

Business Model: Free to Play

Microtransactions: Yes – Players may purchase additional puzzle attempts (lives), and power ups to help conquer puzzles.

Key Features:

Ingredient Matching: Match 3 of the same ingredient to make them disappear from the game board, and match four or five ingredients to earn yourself a new ingredient that will take out many ingredients at one time.

Island Traveling: Every island has a different treat theme and new challenges for you conquer. Show them all just how great your treats are!

Power-ups: Use rolling pins, oven mitts, and wooden spoons to help you make your treats at lightning speeds.

Killing Floor 2

Killing Floor 2 is a zombie survival first-person shooter featuring over-the-top gore in variety of terrifying game modes. Band together with other brave mercenaries and put an end to the virus outbreak rapidly infecting continental Europe.

Business Model: Buy-to-Play

Microtransactions: Yes, there are a variety of cosmetics available for purchase.

Key Features:

 

Time’s Ticking: Try to stay alive as long as possible against the incoming horde either by yourself or in a team of six.

Feel Like a Monster: Become the horrific threat itself and fight for humanity’s downfall.

So Visceral: Tear creatures apart limb by limb in epic blood-spilling fashion.

Selected Survivor: Play as one of the many characters among the diverse roster.

Almost There: Dial in your preferred playstyle with the perk system.

Dark Stalker: Master the attributes and patterns of each uniquely-designed enemy.

Sticks and Stones: Pick up all manner of weaponry from a militaristic machine gun to an elegant katana.

Let’s Get Cinematic: Activate Zed Time for a few seconds of slow-motion so you can really soak in those brutal kills.

 

 

Dota 2

Dota 2 is the acclaimed, stand-alone sequel to the Defense of the Ancients mod for Warcraft III. Dota 2 was developed by Valve for PC, Mac, and Linux and it is available for download on Steam. With furious multiplayer arena action, the goal of each match is to destroy your opposition’s stronghold. Getting there will not be easy, however. Players will have to contend with waves of lesser units, as well as other players defending their territory and seeking the destruction of your own.

Business Model: Free to Play

Microtransactions: Yes – Cosmetics for characters as well as announcers and the world around you.

Key Features:

Massive Hero Roster: Dota 2 boasts a seemingly endless array of possible heroes, abilities, and items to utilize. Heroes can fill many different roles, so it’s up to you to experiment and find out what heroes you like to play in what ways!

Free Heroes: All Dota 2 heroes are free for use by all players to keep the game as fair as possible, though if you want to head into the battlefield with style you can purchase different cosmetic items.

Huge Community:
Dota 2 is heavily populated and constantly evolving to keep players engaged. Bring your friends along with you for even more fun in your matches and put your collective skills to the test in ranked games.

Wartune

Wartune is a 2D turn-based fantasy game having players assume a heroic role as they construct and upgrade a city of their own while taking part in a variety of dungeons, quests, and events.

Business Model: Free-to-Play

Microtransactions: Yes, there are optional in-game purchases available.

Key Features:
Classes: Master the arcane arts to heal and damage as a Mage, don impenetrable armor as a front-lining Knight, and pepper enemies from afar as a cunning Archer.

Polaris: Increase your character’s power level by collecting and synthesizing thousands of combinations of stars.

Active Battle: Deal extra damage in combat by completing a random QTE sequence at the right moment!

Creature of Habit: Check back daily for new quests and bounties to take on.

Friendly Rivalry: Compete against other players either head-to-head or apart of small groups in an open arena.

Loot Race: Hunt down epic world bosses with hundreds of other adventurers and be the one to do the most damage for the best reward.