The PC as a gaming platform is at the top of it’s game, with a myriad of game developers, from the big names like EA and Ubisoft, to small indie developers and to the classic and iconic developers like id and Valve Software that have always backed the PC as a solid and reliable gaming platform.

The PC has always been a forerunning in gaming, swapping affordability for flexibility. Power can have it’s advantages if the gamer is willing to put a bit more time and effort into chasing down their favorite hobby. It can certainly get pricey and you’ve got all the overhead and more that comes with any personal computer, but it’s well worth the investment of time and money, specially with products like Steam, and now Valve’s new expansion into their own Operating System and specially branded “Steam Box.” Very soon, gamers won’t even need to drop a small fortune to get a high powered, PC running a new version of Linux. Yes, no doubt, that the up and coming 2014 is going to be an excellent year for PC gaming.

Note: List is in random order.

Eden Star:

Are you into Minecraft, but may want something a bit new? Or may be you are really big space nerd as well. Did you happen to enjoy the hell out of games like Portal and Portal 2? Well then, Eden Star may be a game for you. This first person, survival and world manipulation title, is the ultimate sandbox with a twist. The player can manipulate the environment with what looks like an anti-gravity glove, as well as explore a new mysterious and content with its native population.

A new sci-fi survival sandbox game, Eden Star, has been launched on Kickstarter. There have been rumors surrounding the kickstarter launch for several weeks now. The game is a first-person survival/creation style game, which utilizes fully destructible environments, the ability to construct pretty much whatever you want, and physics-based combat.

The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic world; long after humanity has been all but wiped out. The only hope of mankind is the discovery of a new mineral, which holds within it the secret to space travel, and humanity’s salvation. After the first colonization of a new planet, missions to other planets are underway to expand mankind’s place in the universe. When a mission yields the disappearance of an entire crew, the Eden Star ship is sent to investigate.

The game’s key features include:

– Interactive environments, which can be controlled or manipulated in a real time physics environment.
– Adaptive and free from combat, which places very few limitations on the way you can fight. Survival is in your hands.
– A resource system that consists of dematerializing objects, structures, and minerals.
– Build your own base; your own hideout; your own world.
– Objects and environments that you damage will deteriorate in real time in accordance with the physics engine.

Eden Star’s goal is set at a lofty £620,000.