Dealings with the Devil

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron releases this week, along with the free-to-play launch of Age of Empires Online. Toy Soldiers: The Cold War rounds out Xbox Live’s Summer of Arcade, and From Dust comes to PC. Tuesday • Age of Empires Online (PC)—At a time when real-time strategy games are slinking away to the casual sector, this venerable brand tries to bring a hardcore gameplay ethic to the free-to-play model, You’ll get out of it what you put into it, and that means money.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); https://kotaku.com/why-you-need-to-play-age-of-empires-online-and-belie-5830262 • El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (PS3, 360)—Drawing on Japanese influences, Western themes and Biblical parables, El Shaddai has stoked critical attention since its coming-out at E3 2010. w69 เข้าสู่ระบบ​ It’s an epic tale blended with platforming gameplay and a unique, anime-inspired art style with stained-glass motifs. Also: Bastion h25 com สล็อต​ (PC); No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise (PS3); Puzzler World 2 (DS) H25 สล็อต Wednesday • From Dust (PC) • Toy Soldiers: Cold War (XBLA) Looking Ahead Aug. 23: Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Aug. 30: Madden NFL 12. Sept 6: Driver: San Francisco, Dead Island, Resistance 3, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine. Sept. 13: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad, NHL 12. Sept. 20: Gears of War 3 What are you getting? What do you want? What are you looking forward to? Sound it off below, and at #twig Sources: Video Game Release Calendar; GameStop You can contact Owen Good, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.