Harrowing conflict survive-'em-up This War of Mine has released a tiny new DLC pack. The snappily titled War Child Charity DLC adds new street art to the walls and buildings of the game. It's a small thing, but (as its name suggests) the add-on has been designed to help the War Child charity.
100% of the proceeds from the DLC's sales will go to War Child. The pack costs either 0.79/$1, 7/$10 or 15/$20. Whatever price point you pick, you'll get the same contents—the amount reflects only how much you're willing to donate.
Artists involved include M-City, Gabriel "Specter" Reese, SeaCreative, Emir Cerimovic, Fauxreel and Mateusz Walu . On the one hand, it's hardly a game changing addition. On the other, it's for a good cause—and will likely enhance the atmosphere of a game our reviewer described as one of the most thematically interesting of last year.
Winners have won, partiers have partied, and another year’s Independent Game Festival awards are done. It was a less predictable list of finalists this year than in recent times, and in turn the winners weren’t ones you could spot a mile off or who’d already won in years past. I’m happy about that, though it does leave me in the mildly awkward situation of not having played most of the winners yet.
Sci-fi exploration title Outer Wilds (which we’ve only ever mentioned here, more fool us) proved to be the festival darling of 2015, taking home both the Grand Prize and the Excellence In Design award. while This War Of Mine also wandered off with a gong. The full list is below, you’ll be unsurprised to hear. … [visit site to read more]