Dark Vale Games’ first foray into the wild, Forge, is proof positive  that failing your Kickstarter isn’t the end of the road. It’s also proof that Steam’s Project Greenlight needs better oversight. Forge is very much in a beta state, yet the store page makes no mention of such. For other games, this has been a serious public relations nightmare, [...]

The MOBA genre has exploded over the last few years, with titles such as Heroes of the Newerth, the original DotA, League of Legends, and Dota 2. Now Monolith and Warner Bros. have decided to enter the fray with Guardians of Middle-earth, a Lord of the Rings-themed MOBA game for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. If you were ever afraid that [...]

The 2D-shooter Awesomenauts is absurd, frantic, and fun to play. The constant challenge of trying to capture an enemy’s base leads to some truly entertaining online matches. As one of the first console-based “multiplayer online battle-arena” games, it is held back by the concessions the developers had to make and the difficulty new players will have to endure. Oversimplifying a traditionally complicated game structure [...]