time-of-shadows posts

Steam is continuing to sneak in some sales and some pre-orders this week. In terms of price cuts, Steam users can get 10 percent off the just released first person shooter Darkest of Days until September 15. Also the upcoming Popcap casual game Zuma's Revenge, due out on September 15, has a 10 percent discount of its own until its release.

Also on sale until tomorrow is the recently zombie shooter Nations Red for 25 percent off its normal price. If you buy the game via Steam you also get an exclusive level and two unique weapons. Also a new Strategy First game collection containing 29 titles is on sale for a mere $49.99. Finally the upcoming fantasy RPG Time of Shadows, due out on September 11, has a 10 percent price cut on its pre-order.

In just a few days, the game industry as a whole enters a period in time that is extremely important to them, at least as it pertains to their wallets. From September to the end of the year the games industry generates well over half of their total yearly revenues. This year is a little different than most, however. Game publishers have moved quite a few of their major titles out of the fall-holiday time period to the first quarter of 2010 or later. The reason? They are not sure if a flood of even highly anticipated games will do well in this current economy.

That said there are still quite a lot of major PC games that will be coming down the pike for gamers to check out in the next few months. In the first part of a three part series, Big Download goes over all of the major games slated for release this fall and gives a little opinion on how well they might do in terms of sales. Keep in mind that the release dates for the games in our series is current to the best of our knowledge and they can, and frequently do, change.

Click on the image above to continue reading The Big PC Games For Fall 2009 - Part 1

Fans of high fantasy PC RPG titles have something new coming up this summer. Kalypso Media has just announced plans to publish Time of Shadows, a fantasy RPG from developer SkyFallen Entertainment. The game will be released this August.

According to the press release we received, players will travel to "a labyrinth of multiple worlds as they uncover sinister plots and battle evil forces in an attempt to save the Earth from imminent disaster." Sounds heavy. Look for over 100 different spells to be used as players "venture forth against the destructive wizardry and might of the Legions of Shadows." You can check out screenshots from the game in our new gallery.

[Via email press release]