In their recent article about GDC’s cancellation in the wake of COVID-19, The Hollywood Reporter shared the news of IGDA, the International Game Developers Association, and GameDev.World‘s partnership to help game developers around the world impacted by the pandemic. “With the effect of COVID-19 on conferences and international travel, many companies and developers have not Read more…
GameSpot went hands-on with 30XX, Batterystaple Games’ follow-up to the acclaimed co-op roguelike platformer 20XX and shared eight minutes of direct-feed footage from PAX East. The video shows off 30XX‘s new hi-bit art style, along with Nina’s new Power Fusion system and Ace’s distinct move set of comboable Techniques. GameSpot’s Jean-Luc Bernard says of the game: Read more…
Sometimes, the best offense is a hell of a lot of defenses. At least, that’s what PC Invasion’s Andrew Farrell found when previewing Dungeon Defenders: Awakened, Chromatic Games‘ new co-op tower defense action RPG. Dungeon Defenders: Awakened launched on Steam Early Access on Feb. 21 and Farrell journeyed to Etheria to see Read more…
IGN got its hands on WORLD OF HORROR, the 1-bit roguelite with turn-based combat, terrifying cosmic old gods, and art that was made entirely using Microsoft Paint by one-man studio panstasz and publisher Ysbryd Games. WORLD OF HORROR is currently out on Steam Early Access, headed for 1.0 release on Nintendo Switch, Read more…
Destructoid’s Jordan Devore praised the lo-fi horror RPG WORLD OF HORROR as “one to remember.” The title, developed by panstasz and published by Ysbryd Games, arrives for Steam Early Access on Feb. 20 before hitting up Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Steam for PC before the end of the year. Uzumaki seems like a Read more…
Screenrant shared 3D Realms‘ plans to release Kingpin: Reloaded, the remastered, enhanced version of the crime-themed first-person shooter Kingpin: Life of Crime with Interplay later this year on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam for Windows PC. Released through Interplay and developed by Xatrix Entertainment (the now-defunct studio behind the Redneck Rampage series), the Read more…
PC Gamer’s Fraser Brown reported Shiro Games‘ new co-op zombie survival action game Darksburg‘s Early Access launch, available now on Steam. Players can join up to three other survivors from the “eclectic mix” of an armoured nun, a hirsute gormet, an intimidating bounty hunter and her chipmunk companion, or a big ol’ werewolf to defend Read more…
Eurogamer’s Wesley Yin-Poole knows that some games have reputations as cult classics. Last week, Yin-Poole shared news that one infamous game, 1999’s Kingpin, will have a chance to showcase its no-nonsense depiction of crime for an all-new audience. Dubbed Kingpin: Reloaded, the remastered, enhanced version of the crime-themed first-person shooter developed and published Read more…
The pen may be mightier than the sword, but what happens if you use both equally? Gamers will find out on Jan. 30, when Bookbound Brigade, the side-scrolling action platformer starring legendary literary and historical characters from developer Digital Tales and publisher Intragames, turns to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Steam for Read more…
IGN’s Tom Marks has some SUPER news to share with comic fans. Marks recently reported that Blowfish Studios has partnered with Valiant Entertainment to develop multiple games set in its acclaimed comic book universe. Valiant’s roster of heroes is home to over 2,000 characters, include fan-favorites like Bloodshot. Marks writes: Comic book publisher Read more…