Tower offense Anomaly 2 will launch on May 15, developer 11 Bit Studios has announced, and you can pre-order now for a tasty little bonus. Along with the obligatory 10% discount, bringing it down to $13.49, you'll get a second copy for free to give to a friend or loved one. As the sequel introduces multiplayer, this way you needn't worry about facing those awful people of the Internet. Read more

Telltale's Poker Night 2 surprisingly shows itself to be more than the original game, but still shows some flaws that keep it from hitting the jackpot. Read more

Cyberspace was cut from the original design for Shadowrun Returns to keep the crowdfunded RPG at a reasonable scale and budget, but what's cyberpunk with a virtual world? After tossing out loads of ideas, developer HareBrained Schemes has finally found a way to make the Matrix work, albeit less vast than in the tabletop RPG. Read more

CCP has announced plans to turn its EVE Online game into a television series. Read more

CCP has announced a new collector's edition of their space MMO, EVE Online. Dubbed the "Second Decade" edition, this new $150 bundle commemorates the first ten years of EVE. Read more

Who hasn't dreamed of being in a dogfight in space? CCP, developer of EVE Online, has created a prototype for Oculus Rift that realizes that vision. Read more

"The International" is returning yet another year. Valve's annual Dota 2 tournament will be held in Seattle on August 7th, a few weeks before PAX... Read more

Developer Ambient Studios, launched in 2011 by former Media Molecule veterans, has been forced to close down, the company has announced. It's upcoming game Death Inc. failed to meet a Kickstarter goal earlier this month. Read more

Indie studio Spicy Horse announced its next game today, a hybrid CCG/RTS called Hell Invaders. It's due for PC, Mac, Linux, and tablets this fall. Read more

Original Xcom creator Julian Gollop has played through XCOM: Enemy Unknown and found it to be a great and entertaining game. But that doesn't mean he wouldn't have done some things differently, and probably failed in the process. Read more