Warlock: Master of the Arcane coming to PC

The land is a place of magic and mystery. Mages are powerful and benevolent beings who are looked to, not only for direction and wisdom, but also to rule over the lands they survey. One by one, the Mages came to realise that there is only one solution to the world’s perpetual and perennial problems, one Warlock to rule them all. The bond was struck and the test of might began between all the most powerful wizards in the world, who would become the Warlock?

Nothing less than complete control over the entire world is your ultimate goal in Paradox Interactive’s new upcoming title, Warlock: Master of the Arcane. To be released in the second quarter of this year, this hex-based strategy game looks, on the surface, to be a Civ-like game in a fantasy setting. Judge for yourself with the new trailer unveiled during the recent Game Developers Conference.

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New Wakfu Character Class Videos

Showing off the barbarian Sacrier’s Blood and the clockwork Xelor’s Sandglass character classes, these videos give us a peek at the powers and feel of each of these options. Beautifully rendered, multiplayer Tactical RPG Wakfu by Square-Enix offers up much in the way of choice and strategic action, and the character art is so cute.. Kawaai! ^._.^

Wakfu on the web: http://www.wakfu.com/na/mmorpg

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Defenders of Ardania Coming to XBLA and Windows PC on March 14

The critically-acclaimed iPad sensation, Defenders of Ardania, has been out on the iPad for a while now and is garnering the attention of strategy gamers everywhere. It was instantly recognized as a quality Tower Defence game with a twist, you control only one faction on a field full of other towers. You send your troops across the perilous paths of traps laid by your enemies and set down damage-dealing towers of your own as one of several unique factions making up the denizens of the Majesty universe.

This recent hit now has a date connected to the release of its XBLA and Windows PC iterations, March 14! The wait is almost over and to celebrate, Paradox Interactive has graced us with a new gameplay video. Let’s take a look:

Defenders of Ardania on the web.

Read our review! 

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Sanctum 2 is Coming to PC, XBLA, and PSN

Some of you may know that Sanctum was one of my picks for Game of the Year, so I am definitely excited to announce that one of my favourite genre-defying Tower Defense / First Person Shooters for the PC has a sequel on the horizon. Developers Coffee Stain Studios, have signed on with Reverb Publishing to create Sanctum 2. Princes among recent indie developers, Coffee Stain has produced one of last year’s best multiplayer experiences. Reverb, being always on the lookout for innovative and fun IP’s, has recently published Dungeon Defenders for PC, another Tower Defense game that elevates the genre with it’s RPG-like leveling system and quirky graphical style.

This time, it’s coming to PC, XBLA, and PSN.

In the words of Ted Lange, executive producer of Reverb Publishing,

“Sanctum has been a huge success on Steam for Coffee Stain Studios, and bringing the next version to console players as well as the PC market is a great next step to share this unique experience. We all have logged quite a few hours with Sanctum and can definitively say that what Coffee Stain has in store for Sanctum 2 will blow the minds of Sanctum fans and new gamers alike.”

Sanctum on the web: http://www.coffeestainstudios.com/products.php?id=Sanctum

Reverb Publishing: http://www.reverbpublishing.com/

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Crusader Kings II Pre-Order and Demo Available Now

If you’ve been looking forward to Crusader Kings II, today is your lucky day. In advance celebration of the Paradox Interactive’s Valentine’s Day release, you can now pre-order your copy of CK2. In doing so, you not only secure your copy of the game and show your allegiance to the country you will be ruling over, you will also get ample bonus content.

This bonus content includes a copy of Crusader Kings Complete. The game that started it all, bundled with every DLC package ever released for it. This will keep the royal throne warm until the release of the sequel on February 14th.

You will also receive two additional bonus DLC packs for CK2. Mongol Families will include face combinations unique to characters of the Mongol culture, as well as new units. Dynasty Shield will add 50 unique emblems for the most famous families in Medieval Europe to the game.

Along with today’s pre-order availability comes the official Crusader Kings II demo. If you’ve never heard of the game before now, this would be the most accessible way to begin your conquest of the Known World.

Pre-Order your copy: http://www.crusaderkings.com/buy

Paradox Interactive on the web: http://www.paradoxplaza.com/

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Victoria II: A House Divided Screens and Trailer Available

Paradox Interactive have released the first expansion to their political and military strategy game, Victoria II. Entitled A House Divided, this expansion will focus more on the American Civil War, and include a new starting point to encompass the entirety of the US’ rise to independence and their emergence as a global super power at the beginning of the 20th century.

With this expansion, they have released a new trailer!

Also, here are some new screencaps!

Victoria II: A House Divided is available for the PC.

Victoria II on the web: http://www.victoria2.com/

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Crusader Kings II: Greed in the House of the King

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Following the tradition of the Seven Deadly Sins trailer series, Paradox Interactive has released another satirical video. The  flailing king featured in every trailer is slowly becoming head-canon  as he endearingly fails at everything he does. I believe he survives through an aura of sheer luck, but I have no proof of that.

This particular trailer recreates one moment of gameplay which I experienced and it plays out almost exactly the same. There may have been more explicit language on my part, though the twisted scheme at the end is very accurate.

Read our preview of Crusader Kings II here.

Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Lands HD Screenshots

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Have you ever wanted an app so horror-inducing that it dements the mind and perverts the soul? Have you ever wanted to play a game based on the award-winning Chaosism Call of Cthulhu tabletop role-playing system right in the palm of your hand? Have you been wanting a new tactical turn-based RPG for a portable format? Well it’s coming January 30th and it’s entitled Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Lands.

Set in World War I, you play as a group of investigators and soldiers pitted against, you guessed it, a cult bent on using the anguish and fear of the state of the Theatre of War to open the gates to another dimension. The story screams H.P. Lovecraft, who wrote the Cthulhu mythos and upon who’s works this game is inspired.

Initially to be released on iPhone and iPod formats, indie developer Red Wasp Designs also intends to create versions for the iPad, Android, PC and consoles. The game has been developed in co-operation with Chaosism, so I’m hoping that the basic gameplay mechanics feel authentic and similar to their tabletop counterpart.

Along with this announcement came several HD screenshots to whet our appetites for facing our fears and beating down betentacled fish-men. From what can be told of the screenshots, the game looks like it will implement a gridless tactical combat system with a fairly simple list of what can be done on each combat round, as well as a sanity system. A post by the designers relieves any fears I had about this game having a broken sanity system (as nearly all of these systems are in video games) and leaves me interested to see how their’s actually works within the game.

But instead of telling you, why don’t I just show you?