After the vertical shoot-em-up's arcade debut in 2001, it was ported over to several home consoles: the GameCube, the Dreamcast, and even the Xbox 360 via the Live Arcade. Heck, there was even an Android port released this January. Now, it's the PC's turn. Read… 10/04/13 6:20am 10/04/13 6:20am

Given that there are so, so many submissions to Valve's Steam Greenlight crowdsourcing approval system, it stands to reason that there will be some pretty goofy entries. And what do you know, that's totally the case! Read… 4/23/13 9:00pm 4/23/13 9:00pm

Steam just got a whole bunch of new games approved by its community. From Japanese RPGs to strategy games to zombies to I-Don't-Even-Know-What-That-Is-But-It-Looks-Pretty to Something-That-Looks-Like-Slender to dungeon crawlers and so many more, there's a ton of interesting new games you can check out. Read… 4/17/13 5:30pm 4/17/13 5:30pm

If you liked the first Syndicate, you may have been less than satisfied with the first-person shooter version that came out last year. Perhaps you'd like a version that's a bit truer to the original, like Firaxis' take on XCOM? In that case, you might enjoy Black Annex, a new indie game that's more or less a moddable … Read… 4/15/13 7:00pm 4/15/13 7:00pm

Lewd adventure game Leisure Suit Larry and the funny parody DLC Quest are among the latest batch of Steam Greenlight games, announced by Valve today. Read… 1/15/13 12:22pm 1/15/13 12:22pm

The PA Report has an incredible account of a circus shooting mistake and its influence on the making of a video game. Discuss… 1/11/13 11:37am 1/11/13 11:37am

Today, Steam announced the third round of titles coming out of the Steam Greenlight process. Steam Greenlight, which is driven by fans voting on projects to be developed and sold on Steam, had stuck solely to games for the first two installments. But today's roster revealed—in addition to games like Dragon's Lair… Read… 11/30/12 12:00pm 11/30/12 12:00pm

You're creeping through the bushes on a jungle island, a map in one hand, an eye out ahead of you. There's something creeping through the underbrush behind you, a beast you'd best avoid. You look down at your map, desperate for the best way out of this canyon. Carefully, you head to the left, and past the cover of a … Read… 11/07/12 12:00pm 11/07/12 12:00pm

Valve's second set of Greenlight games includes an HD remix of The Stanley Parable, Octodad, and Miasmata. Read… 10/15/12 2:20pm 10/15/12 2:20pm

You can go vote for Kingdom Rush, one of the best games on iOS, to be accepted for release on Steam. Discuss… 9/19/12 1:09pm 9/19/12 1:09pm

With over 700 games already submitted to Steam's new Greenlight service, it's getting hard keeping track of things. It's also getting tough having to sift through the joke submissions to find the actual games. Read… 9/04/12 8:15pm 9/04/12 8:15pm

You know what I hate? Audible character heartbeats in games. I can't deal with that. It's too stressful. I start breathing harder and I start to feel my own blood rushing as I start pondering the possibility that somehow—despite all logic—I'm about to suffer a heart attack. I mean, listen to my heart (which is now… Read… 8/31/12 7:30pm 8/31/12 7:30pm

After one day of poking around Steam Greenlight, I feel like I have seen this all before. And then I realize: in a way, Steam's suddenly going all Kickstarter. It's a big new platform that the little guys—and not-so-little-guys—can use to get their project in front of millions. And it's a bit of a mess. Read… 8/31/12 12:00pm 8/31/12 12:00pm