PCGamesN’s Joe Robinson gushed about Northgard, the acclaimed Viking strategy game from developer Shiro Games with more than 2 million Steam units sold, in an article about the free Expeditions update, which introduces several new questlines and more than 50 cosmetic treasures to discover. Viking-themed RTS game Northgard has been quietly dominating since its full release in […]
Game Rant delivers some spooky news: ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights, a dark fantasy metroidvania fairy tale from publisher Binary Haze Interactive, out now on Steam Early Access. Console releases will follow in Q2 2021. Author Jared Carvalho discusses how the world of the game comes together: One major departure that ENDER LILIES takes from other Metroidvanias and […]
Roguelikes come in all shapes and sizes. The subgenre casts a wide net, tying together varied aesthetics, systems, and camera perspectives under the unifying banner of random-generation and challenging gameplay that often means starting over upon dying. 30XX, the follow-up to the acclaimed, best-selling Megaroguelike action-platformer 20XX from developer Battlestaple Games, prepares to mix up […]
Working together with the IGDA Foundation, Stride PR assisted the San Francisco Chronicle on a beautiful piece about the life and impact Jerry Lawson had on the tech industry. He’ll be forever honored by IGDA-F’s Jerry A. Lawson Award for Achievement in Game Development. Through his own research, he discovered that ham radio stations transmitted […]
Slant Magazine has just released its “The 25 Best Video Games of 2020” and Signs of the Sojourner, the introspective narrative from Echodog Games about learning the art of human connection through an emotive deck of cards, made the popular list as “a whimsical life simulator, which, in just a few hours, powerfully demonstrates the […]
Matthew Castle at Rock Paper Shotgun managed to tally 1,423 deaths—each one a learning experience—while reviewing Ghostrunner, the difficult first-person cyber-ninja slasher from co-publishers 505 Games and All in! Games with development by One More Level, 3D Realms, and Slipgate Ironworks™. Ghostrunner keeps things fresh throughout the entire campaign, constantly giving you new obstacles during […]
Jenni Lada at Siliconera received a calling card from Persona 5 Royal’s Phantom Thieves of Heart. Fan-favorites Violet and Skull have joined Joker and Morgana in Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space, the mobile adventure game from WFS, expanding the playable roster of hundreds of heroes even further: The Another Eden Persona 5 […]
GameSpot detailed the limited-time demo of Echo Generation, the turn-based adventure from Cococucumber where a gang of kids investigate supernatural occurrences to save their small town, which released this week in collaboration with The Game Awards Festival. Playable on PC via Steam and Xbox Series X|S and One, the demo will be available until December 15. Echo […]
Pocket Gamer dove into the details of the launch of Oceans Lite, the digital adaptation of the species building tabletop strategy game Oceans, developed by North Star Digital Studios and out now on Android and iOS as a free download worldwide: The randomly selected Scenario cards also change the seascape of each playthrough, ensuring that every […]
The team at GoNintendo lit their torches to illuminate Nine Witches: Family Disruption, the IndieCade-nominated comedic alternate-history occult adventure game from developer Indiesruption and publisher Blowfish Studios, releasing on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PC on December 4. “Dare you dabble in the stranger side of history? Nine Witches: Family Disruption takes […]