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Guacamelee Super Turbo is Free from Humble Store Until May 19th
Free to Keep on your Steam Account The Humble Store is once again offering a free game for the next 72 hours. This time it is DrinkBox Studios’ Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition. Guacamelee is a Metroidvania style 2D-sidescrolling game set in a magical world inspired by traditional Mexican culture…
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Destraint Deluxe Edition is FREE to Keep from GOG Until Jan. 25
FREE Game from GOG In celebration of the launch of DESTRAINT 2, DRM-Free game store GOG is offering DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition for free. Once you add it to your GOG account, it is yours forever to keep. As usual, the copy is DRM free although it supports cloud saves and…
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Super Meat Boy Free from EPIC Games Store Until January 10
Free to Own via EPIC Games Store EPIC recently announced that they are launching their EPIC Games store as a serious contender to Valve‘s Steam platform. In order to increase their userbase, EPIC is giving away a free game every two weeks (every fortnight if you will). Their first free…
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EPIC Games Store to Offer FREE Games Every Two Weeks
Off to a Flying Start EPIC announced that they are launching their EPIC Games store as a serious contender to Valve‘s Steam platform. In fact, they are even offering developers a much larger cut of the pie up to 88%. With developers on board, now EPIC just needs to attract…
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SEGA’s ‘Streets of Rage’ Getting New Sequel After 24 Years
An Arcade Classic Returns After more than two decades, SEGA’s classic arcade side-scrolling beat-em-up game Streets of Rage is getting a sequel. The last Streets of Rage came out all the way back in 1994. Now, a new reveal trailer treats fans to the official announcement of Streets of Rage…
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GOG Celebrates 20 Years of Jazz Jackrabbit 2 with Giveaway
Relive the Classic with a Giveaway from GOG Classic gaming website GOG.com is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Jazz Jackrabbit 2. The classic 2D side-scrolling adventure game originally started in 1994 and the sequel came four years after. It was the brainchild of legendary game developers Arjan Brussee and Cliff…
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Trailer for ‘9 Monkeys of Shaolin’ Released – Arriving Fall 2018
Old-School Brawler Genre Reborn Sobaka Studio is announcing their latest game called the ‘9 Monkeys of Shaolin’. It takes cues from classic martial arts game brawlers, but with updated technology. As a simple fisherman forced to seek revenge against those who killed your family, players will journey through medieval China.…
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Get Turbo Pug DX For Free on Steam Until March 16
Free Game for a Limited Time Back to Basics Gaming’s Turbo Pug DX is currently available for FREE on Steam for a limited time. The game is a throwback 16-bit sidecroller game featuring an adorable little speedy pug. Unlike typical 2D sidescrollers however, the Turbo Pug is constantly running so…
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CAPCOM Announces Mega Man 11 for 2018
Classic 2D sidescroller Mega Man is going to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC with Mega Man 11, coming in late 2018. The game puts the character back in his classic blue bomber costume, in a classic hand-drawn sidescroller adventure. CAPCOM even included some gameplay video for…
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The Mummy Demastered Launching October 24
Sure big-budget AAA games such as Assassin’s Creed: Origins and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus are coming out this week. However, how about trying an old-school 2D-sidscroller based on a big-budget Hollywood movie? Then The Mummy Demastered might be right up your wheelhouse. The title by publisher/developer WayForward studio is…
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Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee is FREE for a Limited Time
Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee is celebrating its 20th anniversary by offering the original game for free for a limited time. The classic platformer is playable on PlayStation as well as MS-DOS Windows PCs back in 1997. For those who are too young and unfamiliar with the classic title, it centers around…
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