Sega unlocks their gaming classics for free on iOS and Android under Sega Forever label

By Hitech Century | June 24, 2017 |

Sega has a massive library of gaming classics from their old consoles like the Sega Master System and the only credible competitor to the venerable Nintendo Super NES back in the day – the Super Megadrive. The consoles are veritable antiques now and though the ROMs are available on emulators after a fashion, there hasn’t…

11street’s personality test wins you awesome prizes

By Hitech Century | December 2, 2016 |

Sure, you see a ton of them on Facebook that aim to delve into your deepest inner soul to find out just what makes you tick but 11street’s personality test for the coming New Year pays off in a far better way rather than enlightenment and a few more likes on Facebook – you get…

[Free Stuff] Limbo the platformer free on Steam today and tomorrow

By Hitech Century | June 22, 2016 |

When it was launched back in 2010, Limbo was the celebrated poster child of a new wave of platformers. Rather than involving the usual gun-heavy hijinks so beloved of shooters of the time or hopping about collecting random junk like coins or rings, Limbo had you as a mysterious unnamed boy wandering around in a…

[Free Stuff] Visit a mutant-cyborg infested starship and ancient Persia for free

By Hitech Century | June 18, 2016 |

If you’re keen on scoring some free games and have a fetish for sci-fi survival horror and fiendishly difficult Errol Flynn-style platformers you’re in luck. In light of Ubisoft’s recent 30th anniversary, they’re offering a free game a month u stretching all the way to Christmas 2016. The first game that they have up for…

[Free Stuff] WhatsApp is now free. Yay?

By Hitech Century | January 18, 2016 |

Image of a phone with WhatsApp installed

If you’ve been hard up paying a dollar a year to use WhatsApp on your phone, you may now rejoice: WhatsApp announced in their blog that they’re now free: “That’s why we’re happy to announce that WhatsApp will no longer charge subscription fees. For many years, we’ve asked some people to pay a fee for…

John Romero makes first level in years for classic Doom

By Hitech Century | January 17, 2016 |

The original Doom released back in 1993 was amazing for its time as first person shooters went. Any gamer worth their salt will likely have traipsed through its demon infested halls to the tune of the melodious racking of the game’s signature pump action shotgun at least once. Unlike the travesty that was Doom 3…

[Free Stuff] Square Enix offering Omikron: The Nomad Soul starring David Bowie for free

By Hitech Century | January 16, 2016 |

The late David Bowie was an artist and visionary who dabbled in all things artistic including gaming in the form of Omikron: The Nomad Soul that was published in 1999. The game was novel for its time and rather trippy with breaks through the fourth wall large enough to drive a wagon through. Assuming that…

Epic Games’ Shadow Complex sneaks onto the free list for the holiday season

By Hitech Century | December 4, 2015 |

While good things rarely come free, Epic Games has decided to buck the rule this time and has released, at least for the duration of the holiday season, their side scrolling action game Shadow Complex for the low low price of nought for the PC. For the uninitiated, Shadow Complex is a post-modern side scrolling…