PC World AU’s Fergus Halliday featured Hyper Jam and Route 59 Games‘ Necrobarista as two of the most exciting indie titles at PAX Aus 2018. Calling Hyper Jam “a neon-lit futuristic arena brawler that’s retro in vibe but modern in Read more…
Kotaku AU’s Alex Walker discussed the highlights of PAX Aus, including Speaking Simulator, the awkwardly hilarious title from Affable Games where an android struggles to infiltrate human society. Alex wrote about how the experience’s physics and mechanics are surprisingly challenging: It’s the kind of Read more…
Rock Paper Shotgun’s Alice O’Connor investigated the Early Access launch of The Blackout Club from Question, a team of BioShock veterans at Question. O’Connor delves into what she finds compelling about the cooperative paranormal horror mystery: As you might expect from a studio with immersive Read more…
GameSpot’s Ginny Woo revisited Armello, the digital board game by League of Geeks, and updated the site’s original review by Janine Hawkins after playing the recently-released Nintendo Switch version. In the review, Woo praised The Usurpers DLC, noting that the heroes “are brimming Read more…
IGN’s Jessie Wade spreads the word that Cory Barlog, game director on 2018’s critically-acclaimed God of War, is the “Storytime” keynote speaker at PAX South 2019, happening January 18-20 in San Antonio, TX. Wade recaps Barlog’s impressive career: Barlog served as Read more…
Kotaku AU shared the news that Ion Maiden, the upcoming old-school first-person shooter from 3D Realms, is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One alongside its PC release in Q2 2019. Players will soon be able to gib cybernetic cultists Read more…
Touch Arcade’s Mikhail Madnani called Blowfish Studios’ Stormboy, the adaptation of Colin Thiele’s classic 1964 Australian novel exploring the friendship between a child and his pet pelican, “gorgeous” in his coverage of its Nov. 20 launch date on iOS and Android. Stormboy: The Read more…
Twitch content creator Cryaotic investigated the occult conspiracy afoot in The Blackout Club, from the senior BioShock veterans at Question. Cry and his fellow Blackout Club member Angel work together to record evidence of the conspiracy, and explore the subterranean, labyrinthine tunnels where sleepwalkers and an Read more…
Eurogamer’s Matt Wales shared details about the new Defiant Development‘s Hand of Fate 2 “The Servant and The Beast” DLC. Calling the game an “excellent deck-building dungeon-crawler,” Matt highlighted the DLC’s main features: a new campaign challenge and companion character to the Read more…
Modern Storyteller Creative Director Nick Pearce (The Forgotten City) will take part in the “How Should Games Make Moral Choices Matter?” panel at PAX AUS 2018 on Friday, October 26 at 1:30 PM in the Galah Theatre. Joining a group of industry luminaries including Defiant Read more…
