Fresh off PAX West 2024, Kotaku’s Alessandro Fillari was caught in the hype explosion for ANTONBLAST, the fast-paced explosive action platformer developed by Summitsphere and published by Joystick Venture. The nostalgically designed platformer throws players into the role of Dynamite Anton or “cranked-out coworker” Annie and against a world full Read more…
Kotaku runs, jumps, and falls in love in Kitsune Tails, a platformer inspired by the classics and steeped in Japanese mythology, developed by Kitsune Games and published by Midboss. Yuzu, a young Kitsune, embarks on a hero’s journey while serving the goddess Inari. Along the way, she finds herself at the Read more…
Kotaku explores the unsettling and eerie premise of Slay the Princess, the fully-voiced surreal horror visual novel developed by Black Tabby Games (Scarlet Hollow), available now on PC and Mac via Steam. Embark on a story filled with twist and turns in a uniquely meta-narrative experience that is unpredictable in each Read more…
Kotaku’s Luke Plunkett lifts off with excitement for Jumplight Odyssey, a roguelite colony sim inspired by genre staples and classic 70s sci-fi anime from League of Geeks coming to Steam for PC in 2023. “…Jumplight Odyssey, which might be of interest to anyone who enjoys management games, spaceships and/or old Read more…
Ruby Innes at Kotaku Australia shared the news of Pathea Games‘ second “My Time” title with My Time at Sandrock enjoying a successful Early Access launch that nearly doubled its concurrent user count over its previous all-time high with My Time at Portia. The sequel hit early access just last Read more…
Kotaku’s Sisi Jiang went on a nostalgic action-RPG adventure playing as a grape named Concord in Garden Story from developer Rose City Games. The young grape, Concord, protects and rebuilds a whimsical community from bosses and rot monsters in a cute pixel experience. When I first watched the trailer for Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…