Kotaku’s editor-in-chief, Stephen Totilo, has praised Paper Beast, the poetic journey through a blossoming virtual world by renowned game designer Eric Chahi at indie studio Pixel Reef, as his new favorite PSVR game. Stephen mentioned being harder to sell on VR titles in the past, but Paper Beast has once again warmed him to the VR […]
Kotaku’s Ethan Gach shared word of a new adventure beckoning to Nintendo Switch owners: Riverbond. This four-player shoot-and-slash dungeon crawler from Cococucumber embarks on a Nintendo Switch quest later this year with a brand-new world also coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Gach remarked on how well Riverbond fits the Switch : The beautiful blocky destruction game Riverbond is […]
Kotaku Australia showers praise on the iPhone and iPad version of The Gardens Between, the adventure puzzle game from The Voxel Agents in which players manipulate time to guide two best friends through a surreal world of mysterious garden islands. Kotaku’s Alex Walker spoke to Simon Joslin, co-founder of The Voxel Agents about how the game is on par visually […]
Kotaku’s Mike Fahey perked up the ears of PlayStation 4 adventurers by sharing the release date for Caravan Stories, the free-to-play, anime-inspired MMORPG played by more than 2 million adventurers in Japan. Developed by Aiming Inc., Caravan Stories journeys to PS4 in North America on July 23, with an open beta launching July 16. Fahey called out the […]
Kotaku recently interviewed the creator of Paper Beast, a playful exploration game from Éric Chahi, the legendary designer behind Another World and From Dust, coming to PlayStation VR this year. Éric had this to say about creating Paper Beast: From the beginning, we decided to create a VR game”, Chahi says. “We have this desire to explore a new way of interaction. It […]
Kotaku recently shared the 15 indie games at PAX East 2019 that caught their eye, including WORLD OF HORROR, N1RV Ann-A and WRATH: Aeon of Ruin. Ethan Gach touched on WRATH‘s supremely fluid feeling and usage of the Quake engine: It’s built in the original Quake engine, and as a result, it moves and controls […]
Kotaku rejoices that ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! “reconjures the magic” in its review of the latest entry in the beloved, funkadelic action roguelike series from HumaNature Studios. Author Ethan Gach found the re-imagining of the Sega Genesis classic to successfully live up to the original game’s legacy. …playing a new ToeJam & Earl has been surprisingly […]
Kotaku’s Tim Rogers went hands-on with Planetoid Pioneers and was joined by Dan Tabar, the founder of Data Realms. During their let’s play, they explored the starting area of the game and experimented with the game’s wacky physics engine. Together they commentated on the protagonist’s struggle to traverse the planetoids and the inclusion of Data Realms’ custom-made engine […]
Hand of Fate 2, the acclaimed deckbuilding action role-playing game from Brisbane-based indie developer Defiant Development, was recently named among Kotaku Senior Reporter Mike Fahey‘s Top 10 Games of 2017. “The world’s best dungeon master returns for another round of card-based role-playing adventure.” -Mike Fahey, Senior Reporter, Kotaku You can read more of Fahey’s Top […]
Kotaku Australia mentioned Brawlhalla on their list of the most worthwhile free-to-play PS4 games! Check out the entire list here. Brawlhalla is the epic platform fighter with more than 8 million players and was the most played fighting game on Steam in 2016 and 2017. Brawlhalla is free-to-play, but players can purchase the All Legends Pack […]