Hardcore Gamer quickly glanced and found that Screencheat: Unplugged, the fully remastered and revamped version of Samurai Punk’s chaotic party split-screen first-person shooter where everyone is invisible, is now available for Nintendo Switch. Fran Soto discusses just how this game intentionally messes with the norms of splitscreen multiplayer: Long has it been etiquette that, when playing splitscreen PvP, one does […]
PC Gamer‘s Andy Chalk recently shared the funkadelic news: ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove, the fourth entry of the beloved action roguelike franchise from series co-creator Greg Johnson’s HumaNature Studios, comes to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on March 1st, 2019. Andy also added some information about the new Kickstarter survey: […]
Mike Futter, who has worked as a gaming journalist for more than 8 years and been published at outlets including Variety, Game Informer, Polygon, Mashable and more, has just released his new book, The GameDev Budgeting Handbook. In it, Mike takes a deeper look at costs in video game development to help indie and other developers in […]
Rock Paper Shotgun delved into co-op paranormal horror mystery The Blackout Club and discovered six ways the game gets co-op survival horror right. Noa Smith discusses how Question, the team of industry veterans featuring BioShock 2’s creative director/lead writer and BioShock Infinite’s lead effects artist, offer a variety of powers and abilities to illuminate the experience: Unsurprising from the creative minds […]
Waypoint’s Patrick Klepek recommended The Gardens Between, The Voxel Agents‘ puzzle adventure game about manipulating time to guide two best friends through a surreal world of mysterious garden islands, calling it “charming, engaging, and the right kind of hard,” in his article. After calling the puzzler “delightful” and “deeply chill,” Patrick mentions that he wants The Gardens […]
Nintendo Life’s Ryan Craddock reported the release date of Samurai Punk‘s remastered version of the beloved first-person shooter party game where everyone is invisible Screencheat: Unplugged, that’s coming out exclusively to Nintendo Switch on Nov. 29. In his article, Ryan highlighted the game’s updates and new features, calling to all “sneaky players” who “can finally give in to the […]
Touch Arcade’s Eli Hodapp covered the launch of Storm Boy: The Game, the adaptation of Colin Thiele’s classic 1964 Australian novel exploring the friendship between a child and his pet pelican. The game is now available for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC via Steam, iOS, and Android. Hodapp notes in their coverage that Touch Arcade has continued to cover Blowfish Studio’s […]
Bloody Disgusting‘s Jim Hargreaves recently previewed The Blackout Club, the co-op horror title from Question, saying the game’s Steam Early Access release “is already shaping up to be one of the most unique co-op video games out there.” “This early look certainly shows promise. Once it’s been fleshed out and those rough edges softened down, this could easily be […]
Engadget’s AJ Dellinger reports Astroneer, the accessible interplanetary survival sandbox played by more than 2 million space explorers during Steam Early Access, is coming to Xbox One and PC on Feb. 6, 2019 with crossplay. Dellinger talks a little about what to expect from Astroneer: In Astroneer, you play as a space explorer trying to survive and thrive […]
Bleeding Cool’s Gavin Sheehan rolled his d20 and successfully revealed the news that Jeremy Crawford, lead rules designer on Dungeons and Dragons at Wizards of the Coast, will be the “Storytime” keynote speaker at PAX Unplugged 2018, happening Nov. 30 – Dec. 2 in Philadelphia, PA. Sheehan discusses Crawford’s impressive credentials: If you’re not familiar with Crawford, he’s […]