Xi3, the company that Valve backed for compact computer development has announced the price of Piston, it’s first unofficial Steam Box. It’s scheduled for a Holiday 2013 release date, with a price of $999.99. If you preorder Piston before March 18, 2013 you can get it for $900. Piston is a compact, Linux based gaming PC that is especially designed to work with Steam’s Big … [ Read More... ]
Bungie, the developer of Halo and Marathon, is looking for beta testers for their new IP, Destiny. An exciting possibility for many, especially the Bungie die-hard. For budding game designers, this can also be a way to gain experience in the industry. Destiny is a new FPS which will feature a persistent online world. It will be released for PS3, PS4 and Xbox 360. If … [ Read More... ]
Welcome to Cover Art! A section of the site where we look at a retro video game’s box cover art and briefly discuss it’s gameplay and legacy.
Shadowrun is a cyberpunk themed RPG developed by BlueSky Software, based on the tabletop RPG by FASA. It was released for the Sega Genesis in 1994. It’s worth noting that although it is based in the Shadowrun world, it is a … [ Read More... ]
We love cyberpunk around here, well, at least I do. Check out this great looking gameplay video of the new Shadowrun, Shadowrun Returns.
As you can see, Shadowrun Returns is composed of top-down, isometric graphics, which hearkens back to the Sega Genesis and SNES classics. It looks especially good if you consider that is just “alpha” gameplay footage, meaning it’s not even in the beta stages yet. Comments … [ Read More... ]