Many of you haven't seemed too thrilled with EA's free game offerings on Origin, which is understandable -- they've been hit or miss. This one should prove a bit more compelling.
The standard edition of Dragon Age: Origins is free to download on Origin now through Tuesday, October 14. To be clear, if you download the title in that time, it's yours to keep and play as you like. (Some of EA's other promotions don't function this way.)
Yeah, the promo is clearly timed as a lead-in to Dragon Age: Inquisition's impending release, but that's fine. Just glad it's the original we're getting here instead of the sequel.
Feeding watermelon to a hospital patient? What a nice guy, that Octodad. Such large, sharp forks he's got, too. It's a good thing he is an adult human with fully developed motor skills.
Octodad: Dadliest Catch was a treat, but I was left wanting more. Thankfully, more is coming, and it'll be here real soon. The adventures of our favorite secret octopus father continue with two new levels, Dad Romance and Medical Mess, releasing Tuesday for free on PS4, PC, Mac, and Linux.
What's more, Dadliest Catch will be half off next week on PlayStation Network, Steam, and the Humble Store. That brings the game down to $7.50. Pretty good.
The best part of the Star Wars arcade games of yore was how they transported you into the movies, letting you be the one destroying the Death Star and defeating the Empire. A new bunch of Star Wars machines are going to do the same thing for today's audiences, starting next January.
Cripes. I haven't even been able to defeat Master Core on Smash Bros.' harder difficulties at all yet, so watching this Ganondorf defeat a level 9 Master Core without taking any damage is baffling.
I can barely handle this Li Shang version of Ash Ketchum. Heck, I can barely handle most of this parody of Mulan's iconic song, 'Make a Man Out Of You.' It's just too good.
Fairy tales and folklore come from a variety of sources, changing as they are told and retold. And some of these tales have been inspired by real historical figures, whose lives either formed the genesis of the story or altered it along the way. So what is fact and what is fiction?
Guardians of the Constitution, Devolver Digital and Cape Town-based counter-terrorism unit Free Lives have recently released the hefty Bro-ctober Update for their napalm-drenched beacon of freedom and democracy, Broforce .
In this latest update, Free Lives have added two lethal new Bros: the boomerang-wielding, post-apocalyptic road warrior Bro Max; and The Brode, a yellow-clad assassin capable of unleashing the fabled Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique.
Steam Workshop support and an updated level editor have also been added. Players are now at liberty to share user-generated levels and update previously published levels on Workshop, because Freedom.
Online has also seen some much-needed tweaks and improvement by adding an updated lobby for finding and joining games, as well as replacing the previous networking backend with Steam P2P API for better player connectivity. Another welcome feature implemented with this update is the ability to invite patriotic Steam Friends to join your game.
Lastly, to in an effort to make certain that no continent is left behind, new campaign missions set in Eastern Europe have been added to the the game, ensuring that our European counterparts are able to share in the sweet, sweet nectar of democracy that can only truly be provided by superior firepower.
For more detailed intelligence on the Bro-ctober update, or if you'd like to enlist, make sure to pay a visit to the game's star-spangled headquarters on Steam.
God Bless America.
To prepare for next month's Dragon Age: Inquisition (out November 18 for PC/PS3/PS4/XB1/360), EA's giving out the first game in BioWare's fantasy RPG series for the price of absolutely nothing. Right now.
The security system in Highrise Hunting Grounds has gone rogue, and you’ve been sent to shut down the mainframe. With only six initial bullets, you must fight your way through eight levels of neon jungle rife with lethal spiders, turrets, bush worms, and feisty cat-balls.
It’s a good thing your bullets bounce back, because you’ll need them.
Flame Over is what Spelunky would be if you played as a firefighter.
This gorgeous 35th Anniversary Limited Edition of the original Alien is the kind of packaging that one of the greatest films of all time deserves. We just ran a deal on the Alien Anthology set the other day, and when asked by a commenter if they should watch all four films or just the first two, I said "just the first one". [Alien 35th Anniv. LE, $12 with code IPyZ4CRg0lIbsXZm]
