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 Read more…
PlayStation Lifestyle‘s Aidan Simonds provided insight into the 2.0 update for Armello, the acclaimed fantasy digital board game from League of Geeks. In his coverage, Simonds touched on some of the improvements coming to Aremello’s multiplayer. He continued by explaining a few “head turning” features and how the community should welcome these Read more…
Engadget’s Jessica Conditt sat down with celebrity and retro game lover Macaulay Culkin to pick his brain about his role as executive producer on HumaNature Studio’s ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove, which launches on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch this Friday! Here’s Culkin himself explaining to Read more…
In a round-up of role-playing games launching this month, Forbes’ Kevin Murnane shared the good word about Evoland: Legendary Edition release this week. Shiro Games’ journey through the history of action/adventure gaming, Evoland: Legendary Edition, is now available for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Murnane described the game’s design transformations and reference Read more…
PlayStation LifeStyle’s Matthew Hayes shared the console release dates for Shiro Games’ Evoland Legendary Edition. The genre-shifting adventure game arrives on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One this week. Here’s PlayStation LifeStyle on what players can expect from this entertaining mash-up: At one point, you may find yourself punching and kicking Read more…
Fanbyte’s Eric Van Allen played WORLD OF HORROR, the unsettling cosmic horror retro RPG from Panstasz and Ysbryd Games, at PAX South 2019. Eric reports that WORLD OF HORROR is a memorable experience, marked by its creepy, distinct visuals and haunting music. Maybe best described as a narrative roguelike by way of Read more…
Forbes contributor Keith Murnane placed YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG, the surreal Japanese-style RPG set at the end of last millennium from Ysbryd Games and Ackk Studios, in a jam-packed list of January’s prolific RPG releases. Murnane had this to say about YIIK: Remember Y2K? YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG is a “surreal Japanese-style RPG” in which “friendly misfits from the internet” Read more…
The Kinda Funny Games Showcase revealed that YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG, the surreal Japanese-style RPG set at the end of last millennium from Ysbryd Games and Ackk Studios, launches on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PC and Mac on Jan. 17, 2019, while a PS Vita version will follow later in the year. The Kinda Funny 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 Development Co-Founder Morgan Jaffit (Hand of Fate 2), the panel will discuss Read more…
Rock, Paper, Shotgun’s Alice O’Connor reported on Ysbryd Games‘ upcoming release N1RV ANN-A, the sequel to cyberpunk bartending RPG novel VA-11 HALL-A. Praising VA-11 HALL-A‘s original gameplay, where “drinkers respond differently to different drinks, sometimes shaping their moods and stories,” Alice mentioned the new game “will go down in Saint Alicia, where bartender Read more…