2025-06-19 14:36 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Many moons ago, Danish developers Playdead released bleak platformer Limbo and proved beyond reasonable doubt that Gamez R Art, while also giving a bunch of witless scriveners massive arachnophobia. Today, we learn that one of the studio's co-founders, Arnt Jensen, is suing the other, Dino Patti, amid competing claims about the scale of his contribution to Limbo. Because of course all great things must end in calamity. Read more
2025-04-29 09:44 UTC · Community Announcements · sg
Improvements and minor bug fixes.
2023-02-09 13:54 UTC · Community Announcements · sg
Small fixes and improvements
2023-01-12 14:34 UTC · Community Announcements · sg
Minor fixes
2023-01-09 14:31 UTC · Community Announcements · sg
Minor fixes
2019-07-12 18:57 UTC · Eurogamer
It's Friday, which means the weekend, which means a few extra hours to be wrung of all their gaming worth (unless you have other plans, but that's totally okay too). However, should you find yourself inexplicably game-less as all that additional play time stretches ahead of you like an endless road 'neath a moonlight sky, you might like to know that Torchlight is currently free on the Epic Games Store, while Age of Wonders 3 is free on Steam. Torchlight is, of course, the first entry in (sadly now defunct) developer Runic Games' two-strong series of superb fantasy-themed action RPGs. Given tha
2019-07-07 10:29 UTC · Eurogamer
The studio behind WTF-y puzzle-platformers Inside and Limbo, Playdead, has been secreting screenshots of its next project within its job posting advertisements. While it may seem as though Playdead hasn't shared anything concrete beyond a solitary image shared on Twitter way back at the beginning of January 2017 - and then one more in March 2018 - turns out we might just have been looking in the wrong place. A number of screens from a game that we know don't come from either of Playdead's prior releases have been included inside online job listings, and while some were clocked by Resetera a fe
2019-07-05 11:03 UTC · Eurogamer
Subscription gaming services such as Xbox Game Pass, EA Access and PlayStation Now have become a good deal for players - or at least, a good way of ensuring you never reach the bottom of your pile of shame. As this year's E3 festivities made plain, they are now central to platform holder strategy, with Microsoft releasing all its first-party titles on Game Pass, and Google Stadia to ship with its own, currently rather meagre subscription game service. But are they always a fair deal for developers? The details of these partnerships remain closely guarded, but in a panel discussion at Gamelab l
2018-04-24 17:10 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Save big on a variety of games developed in Denmark for this week's Midweek Madness, the Games From Denmark Sale!* Including classics like Hitman and LIMBO, and new favorites like Deep Rock Galactic and A Hat In Time! *Discounts end Friday at 10AM Pacific Time
2018-04-24 17:10 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Save big on a variety of games developed in Denmark for this week's Midweek Madness, the Games From Denmark Sale!* Including classics like Hitman and LIMBO, and new favorites like Deep Rock Galactic and A Hat In Time! *Discounts end Friday at 10AM Pacific Time
2018-03-23 17:00 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Today's Deal: Save 55% on INSIDE and 80% on Limbo!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Sunday at 10AM Pacific Time
2017-06-08 17:05 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Save 40% on INSIDE and 80% on LIMBO as part of this week's Weekend Deal*! *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time
2017-05-05 17:00 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Today's Deal: Save 75% on LIMBO!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Sunday at 10AM Pacific Time
2016-06-21 17:28 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Add LIMBO to your account and play for FREE starting now until June 22nd at 10AM Pacific Time! Once you add the game it will remain in your account after the free period, so don't miss out on this opportunity to play this dark, eerie adventure.
2016-04-17 17:00 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Today's Deal: Save 75% on LIMBO!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Tuesday at 10AM Pacific Time
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