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Steam weekly deals: Velvet Assassin, Syberia games, Greed Corp
This week Steam is hot and cold (yes and no, in and out, up and down), taking a trip to the Asian tundra with a 75 percent off sale on Syberia 1 and 2, and then down to tell the tale of Violette Summer in Velvet Assassin.Also 75 percent off this week are casual platformer Spectraball, action-adventure Gatling Gears and strategy game Greed Corp, which we will pretend take place in hot, cold and hot climates. All six games are on sale through March 11 at 10 a.m. PT.
Syberia series travels to Steam on the cheap
To celebrate the long, dangerous trek that both Syberia and Syberia 2 had to endure to arrive on Steam, both titles are 20 percent off until next Thursday, May 26 at 1PM ET. That's $8 a pop for these two adventure games from the early aughts. Both titles follow Kate Walker, a lawyer from NYC, who is on a journey across Europe to shut down an automaton factory. Along the way, she come across a host of characters and events that change her life irrevocably as she's swept up in all those clickable objects.
GOG.com getting Atari lineup, Syberia series
After leaving us agog with its announcement of Activision support, Good Old Games is extending its lineup of DRM-free downloadable classics further with the aid of Atari. Though the full list of PC titles is set to be unveiled throughout April, GOG.com has already confirmed the following trio: Outcast, Master of Orion and Master of Magic. GOG's predilection for preserving point-and-clickers for posterity hasn't taken a break during this announcement (and accompanying Twitter competition), as it has also noted the addition of Benoit Sokal's s'okay adventure series, Syberia. The first half of the elegiac experience is available now for $9.99, including free soundtrack, wallpaper and GOG avatar. The second part -- along with Amerzone -- will follow in "the coming weeks."
Microids: Syberia 3 real, console release 'essential'
Developer Microids confounded our meager brains on April Fool's with a gag press release announcing a new point-and-click Syberia adventure in which players on both the PlayStation 3 and PC would be able to "collaborate online." Now the French dev sends word that while that announcement may have been all in good fun, the company is working on a third Syberia game. However, president Emmanuel Olivier notes that the game's console hopes rest with Sony. Syberia 3 will get a PC release "for sure," though Microids adds that, given rising development costs, a cross-platform release is "essential." That said, the company writes in a rather frank statement that Sony has a history of turning its nose up at the studio, having previously denied a U.S. release of several unnamed Microids titles including the PS2 version of the original Syberia. The developer calls out Sony for "censorship" and what it deems "exorbitant royalties" demanded by the console manufacturer as part of "the 'rule of the game' imposed by Sony." Microids has gone so far as to launch a letter writing campaign to get its game onto the PS3. We've reached out to Microids for more, if only to ask why it feels that Sony is the only game in town.
GameTap Thursday: Tuesday Edition takes us to Syberia
Fans of the adventure genre should rejoice as GameTap adds 2002's Syberia to its subscription lineup this week. The story follows Kate Walker, a lawyer sent to finalize the takeover of a family-owned French toy factory, who discovers that the owner has died and sets off to find the heir to the company. A fantastical journey follows etc. Syberia (Windows) - Adventure fans should make sure to play this game. Zombie Shooter (Windows) - Kill, kill, kill, the zombie threat. This week, GameTap adds Total Overdose, an over-the-top action romp, to the free games list. Grimm's A Christmas Carol episode continues to be free to play until New Year's Eve. The full gratis list is after the break.
DS releases for the week of November 24th
This week, Japan gets what we desperately want -- another dose of Professor Layton -- but the pain of that is mitigated somewhat by Chrono Trigger and the rest of the North American lineup. Not a bad holiday week all in all! As ever, we're curious what you might be picking up now, and what you're interested in for later. Age of Empire: Mythologies All Star Cheer Squad Chrono Trigger Chrysler Classic Racing Cradle of Rome Emma in the Mountains Imagine: Gymnast Neopets Puzzle Adventure Personal Trainer: Cooking Syberia
Where's my woolly mammoth?
Right, here, in Syberia. You might not know this, but Syberia is one of the best adventure games ever made, and any computer would be honored to have it running. It's like a fine wine, and tastes better than most of the garbage people cram into their PCs these days.Hooray for the DS, because this atmospheric winner is getting a second chance to grab the attention of portable players. We've picked up the first several screenshots, and it appears the updated inventory system will now be fixed at the top, handy for simultaneously controlling Kate Walker via the touch screen. More details as we get them, but ink up that pen for adding this bad boy to your shopping list ultra-soon.%Gallery-24086%
Syberia takes an adventure on the DS
It looks like Myst isn't the only oldschool PC adventure game to be ported to the DS. According to Mindscape, Syberia is on its way, too. Since it's only a port, it won't contain any new content. Yet, we're glad to know that the game will feature touch-screen functionality, since that's always a plus in adventure titles. You can also expect an improved interface and menu system, to make inventories easier to navigate. In Syberia, you take control of businesswomen Kate Walker, who's looking for the long-lost heir of a toy-making family. One of Syberia's best aspects, though, is its surreal, steampunk-esque setting, which we hope translates well onto the DS.The game is scheduled to release in Europe this October, but there's no word yet of a North American localization.[Via Nintendic]
