Cross-buy! No, it’s not a ploy to trick people into thinking they’re buyingTitanfall.Titan Invasionis a collection of two indie PC games; theSpace Invaders-styledTitan Attacks!, which won me over with its well-done trailer (above), andRevenge of the Titans, a RTS/tower defense game. Titan Invasionis coming from Curve, the lovely publisher thathas broughtgames likeProteus,Thomas Was Alone,Lone Survivor, andStealth Incto the PlayStation Store. Thanks, Curve, you titans of industry. It’ll be coming out this summer and is cross-buy for all three systems....

Last week, there were some suggestions that I broaden my horizons and look at more than just Steam and Good Old Games. So I headed over to Gamers Gate today and lo and behold, there’s50% off Atari games all this weekincludingMasters of Orion, plus theBaldur’s GateandNeverwinter Nightsfranchises. Over on Steam, the big weekend sale is on the futuristic strategy/city builder titleAnno 2070which isreduced by 40%along with its accompanying DLC. I’ve already mentioned theDungeon Defenders free weekend, so the only other thing of note is today’s daily deal:Rochard,reduced by 50%to celebrate its debut on Mac systems....

Required playing As part of its Black Friday deals week,Amazon has five noteworthy discountson digitally-distributed PC games, includingBioShock,BioShock 2, andBioShock Infinitebundled together for $15. It was not long ago that I wasthrilledto pay nearly double that amount for just the latter title. The other deals areBorderlands Game of the YearandBorderlands 2($11.99);Civilization Vand theBrave New Worldexpansion ($19.99);Max Payne 3with its DLC season Pass ($6.99); andBully,Manhunt,Manhunt 2, andMidnight Club 2($7.99). With the exception ofManhunt 2, these games are redeemable on Steam....

Well at least not anytime soon, as DLC is top priority In a recent post on theBatman: Arkham Originssupport forms, it has been stated that there are no current plans to fix any more of the numerous progression blocking bugs that have yet to be addressed. Instead, all efforts by the game’s development team are centered on finishing the upcoming story DLC that current season pass holders have been waiting for....

We noted a few months ago that Square Enix was busily working onseveral new offeringsin their SQ remix album series. We now have more information, asBeer SQ,Battle SQ, andSQ Chips2have all been announced for release this coming July.Beer SQandBattle SQ, both with July 4 release dates, will be available in both standard and limited editions, with the latter sporting two discs for only a few dollars more, whileSQ Chips2will hit on July 25 and will come as a single-disc standard release only....

Good show, Treyarch Call of Duty: Black Ops IIIis going to look a whole lot different next year on PC. Series fans have wanted robust mod support for years now, and Treyarch is listening. Players will be able to create not only maps inBlack Ops III, but whole modes. Lots of potential for remixing existing content (Zombies,Freerun) or spinning it off into something unrecognizable. There aren’t many specifics yet, but this is what we do know:...

The picture above is the result of some dweeb trying to get creative during a photoshoot for a product and veering wildly down the wrong wroad. ThePSP 2K/3K Multi-shape Cobra Stand Bundle Kitis designed to give you a fully bendable stand for your PSP, but by wrapping it around your arm you just look like some dbag trying to look cool and failing miserably. The gallery contains a second variation which is also equally retarded, although it may help you to look more like a Borg....

I am not a hugeHalofan. I don’t hate it by any means, but with all the other games to play, I usually put theHaloseries on the back-burner. But this new image forHalo 4just released afterMicrosoft’s press conferenceis pretty stunning. Stunning and quite beautiful. (Check out the entire image in the gallery.) Between this and the nice demo shown earlier during the press conference,Halo 4is starting to suck me in!...

For thisMajor League Baseball 2K9teaser trailer, 2K Sports put together an in-game version of the bottom of the first inning of Game 2 of the 2008 American League Championship Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays. After Rays first baseman Carlos Peña hit a two-out double to left-center field, third baseman Evan Longoria (no relation toDesperate Housewiveshottie Eva Longoria-Parker) stepped into the box and took Red Sox starter Josh Beckett deep to left to tie the game at 2....

Co-op update is live There’s this Discovery show calledNaked and Afraidin which two nude strangers survive in the wilderness for three weeks. It’s alright but the novelty wears off fast. Imagine how much more entertaining it’d be if there were cannibal mutants scurrying around. Until American television reaches that point, here’s the next best thing: cooperative play inThe Forest. Endnight Games hasreleased an updatethat allows players to pair up. It’s also “slowed down [the] tennis ball throw massively” so they can play catch....

Fuel Entertainment and Playbrains’ previously PlayStation Network-only urban platformerSideway New Yorkhas come to Steam. The game will regularly go for $9.99, but currently, a 15% price reduction for early buyers has been adopted. Having played much of the PlayStation 3 version cooperatively with Conrad, I feel pretty good about callingSidewaya solid title. The enjoyment you get from traversing a 3D world as a 2D character inevitably starts to diminish after a few hours, though the areas prior to that point are worth experiencing....

Also, here’s more info on Spartan Ops The blowout post goes through quite a bit ofHalo 4info, from Spartan Ops play stats, to complete summaries of the episodic stories so far, to a teaser for Episode 6. On Monday, January 21, Episode 6 will drop, as will the “Community Forge Test” playlist, which cycles in community made maps. As a reminder, two of the specializations will unlock for people who didn’t get the Legendary Edition or the launch window codes....

Lukewarm Media has posted new (and the last) Alpha gameplay footage ofPrimal Carnage, an upcoming UDK-powered indie title that lets you control either the humans keeping them at bayorthe dinosaurs. Yes, you can play as a dinosaur. Not just any dinosaur either; all the dinosaurs. As soon as I saw a T-Rex eating a human, I instantly knew this was going to be the greatest thing to ever happen to me....