At PAX East last week, Peter Glagowski of Destructoid noted that he was “kind of in love” with 3D Realms’ demo of Ion Maiden, the new old-school first-person shooter created in the Build engine that powered classics like Duke Nukem 3D, Blood, and Shadow Warrior. “Repeat playthroughs will probably see Read more…
Rolling Stone’s Aron Garst recently got his hands on City of Brass, the Arabian Nights-inspired, first-person rogue-lite adventure from BioShock veterans at Uppercut Games. The direction is impressive right from the start, visuals look like a quirkier Sea of Thieves and it’s combat feels like a slightly better version of Skyrim. Read more…
Polygon’s Owen Good reported on the announcement of The Blackout Club, a cooperative paranormal horror mystery from BioShock and Dishonored alumni at Question Games: After one of their group goes missing and the grownups don’t seem to care, the kids begin their own investigation….The Blackout Club’s makers are pitching stealth gameplay — Read more…
Laguna Levine of Cliqist went hands on with Solo, the introspective puzzle journey through a dreamlike archipelago from Team Gotham, at GDC. Levine also had an opportunity to chat with the game’s Art Director and Game Designer, Juan de la Torre. Levine described Solo as a personal experience, stating that the complicated themes were Read more…
Gematsu’s Sal Romano reported that Super Daryl Deluxe, the RPGvania with a brawler-style combat system and hand-drawn comic aesthetic from Dan & Gary Games, will head to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC April 10, 2018. Sal shared details of the press release, explaining the game’s story and combat mechanics. Water Falls Read more…
IGN’s Jordan Sirani shared the announcement that PUBG creator Brendan Green will deliver the keynote speech for PAX East 2018 on Thursday, April 5 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Sirani highlighted PAX’s long list of previous keynote speakers for the event and summarized the topics Greene will touch on, Read more…
Kotaku’s Luke Plunkett reported on Ion Maiden, the old-school first-person shooter from 3D Realms and Voidpoint, coming to Steam Early Access. Plunkett specifically mentioned that “unlike a load of modern games that are built to look like they’re using old tech, [Ion Maiden] actually is: it’s built on the Build Engine, which Read more…
Rock Paper Shotgun’s Dominic Tarason covered the release date announcement for Super Daryl Deluxe, the RPGvania with a brawler-style combat system and hand-drawn comic aesthetic from Dan & Gary Games, coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC April 10, 2018. Dominic compared the combat in Super Daryl Deluxe to classics from the Nintendo Read more…
Jon Fingas of Engadget reported on the reveal of Question‘s cooperative paranormal horror mystery The Blackout Club, focusing on the fact that the game lets players share their scares instead of the usually solitary experience found in horror games. Many horror games are solitary affairs — a little odd when horror movies are frequently shared experiences. Read more…
Destructoid‘s Chris Carter reviewed Immortal Redneck, the Egyptian-themed first-person shooter with roguelike elements from Crema, awarding the game an 8/10! If you end up biting it you’ll start all over, spend your earnings on stat increases and upgrades, and start again. It’s a roguelike, there’s no doubt. But the way that Redneck plays is Read more…