Tom’s Guide’s Marshall Honorof posted his “The Best Games of PAX West 2018” list, featuring Merge Games’ Sparlike as one of the winners! Marshall praised the game’s looks, saying: The charming retro graphics and top-down exploration made this one easy to pick up and play. To learn more, check out the full article Read more…
Destructoid’s Brett Makedonski went in-depth with his preview on Question Games‘ cooperative horror experience The Blackout Club, including some background on the National Quiet Radio Zone and some strategies on how to deal with “The Shape.” Brett gave a brief strategy on how to distract “The Shape” so he doesn’t take out Read more…
Paste Magazine’s Shonté Daniels reviewed Destination Primus Vita – Episode 1: Austin, the episodic first-person space puzzler crafted by a team of Ubisoft veterans. Daniels praised how Austin’s role in the episode allows for the personalities of other crew members to come through, and how the episode balances exploring the narrative of Crew Read more…
Variety’s Mike Futter previewed UNTIES‘ The Good Life during PAX West 2018 and interviewed the mind behind it, Japanese developer Hidetaka “SWERY” Suehiro from White Owls Inc. During the talk, SWERY shared great insight into how the game came about and the lessons he learned while trying to crowdfund it as an indie Read more…
PC Gamer’s James Davenport visited The Blackout Club at PAX West 2018, and played with Question co-founder and legendary game designer Jordan Thomas. Davenport shares his experience of investigating the town’s mysteries, and trying to survive the supernatural horror known as The Shape. The Shape will casually stroll from the biggest sinner to Read more…
TouchArcade’s Jared Nelson praised Blowfish Studios‘ Storm Boy adaptation of Colin Thiele’s classic 1964 Australian novel exploring the friendship between a child and his pet pelican. Jared had the chance to check out the game’s demo during his recent visit to PAX West 2018 and highlighted the likeness to the novel, calling it Read more…
Siliconera reported on the Nintendo Switch launch of Azure Reflections, the vibrant, side-scrolling Touhou Project bullet hell from Sony publishing label UNTIES and developer Souvenir Circ. where performance against bosses branches the story, out on Aug. 30. To celebrate the release, UNTIES is offering a 30% discount on the title for Read more…
Polygon’s Dante Douglas reported on how the upcoming launch of Killer Queen Black from Liquid Bit and BumbleBear Games is making Killer Queen Arcade players hopeful for a positive impact on the competitive scene. The addition of Killer Queen Black “could change the small but dedicated community forever,” says Douglas. Douglas also Read more…
Nintendo Life’s Ryan Craddock reported on the upcoming release of Chiki-Chiki Boxy Racers, the colorful slot car racing party game from Sony publishing label UNTIES and Pocket for up to eight players online or locally, out for Nintendo Switch tomorrow, Aug. 30. In the article, Ryan highlighted the game’s four competitive battle Read more…
Destructoid’s CJ Andriessen covered the release date announcement for The Gardens Between, the adventure puzzle game from The Voxel Agents in which players manipulate time to guide two best friends through a surreal world of mysterious garden islands, out September 20th on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PC, and Mac. In his article, CJ Read more…