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 Read more…
Rock Paper Shotgun’s Alice O’Connor investigated the Early Access launch of The Blackout Club from Question, a team of BioShock veterans at Question. O’Connor delves into what she finds compelling about the cooperative paranormal horror mystery: As you might expect from a studio with immersive sim roots, we can get around the neighbourhood by clambering, Read more…
Twitch content creator Cryaotic investigated the occult conspiracy afoot in The Blackout Club, from the senior BioShock veterans at Question. Cry and his fellow Blackout Club member Angel work together to record evidence of the conspiracy, and explore the subterranean, labyrinthine tunnels where sleepwalkers and an invisible, otherworldly entity further their malevolent plans. Eventually, just when everything seems Read more…
Eurogamer’s Matt Wales shared details about the new Defiant Development‘s Hand of Fate 2 “The Servant and The Beast” DLC. Calling the game an “excellent deck-building dungeon-crawler,” Matt highlighted the DLC’s main features: a new campaign challenge and companion character to the core game. As a companion character, Veles will join players Read more…
While at PAX West 2018, Bleeding Cool’s Gavin Sheehan had a chance to get a hands-on demonstration of Question Games upcoming cooperative horror game The Blackout Club. Calling it an “homage” to popular Netflix show Stranger Things, Gavin mentioned how eager the team is to try out the game’s full version. A first-person Read more…
Robert Workman of ComicBook.com recently reviewed the retro platformer, FOX n FORESTS, from publisher EuroVideo and developer Bonus Level Entertainment. Robert commended the creativity of the game’s seasonal change mechanics and its nostalgic art style. It’s fun to play and feels like one of those classic 16-bit platformers you played back Read more…
Peter Glagowski of Destructoid recently shared his review of FOX n FORESTS, the retro platformer from publisher EuroVideo and developer Bonus Level Entertainment. Being quite familiar with FOX n FORESTS since previewing it at PAX East, Peter reviewed the title in its entirety and commended it for staying true to its retro roots. He notes that it Read more…
Bleeding Cool’s Gavin Sheehan went hands-on with City of the Shroud, the real-time tactical RPG and social experiment from Abyssal Arts, at PAX East last month. Gavin mentions that City of the Shroud has a “few new tricks” as a tactical RPG. After an explanation of the Combo Wheel, he Read more…
While at PAX East 2018, Lauren Morten of PC Gamer went head-to-head with horrific bosses in Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption, the boss battler from Another Indie. Lauren expressed interest in distinct mechanics that Sinner brings to the genre, such as leveling-down the protagonist after defeating enemies rather than gaining strength or XP. This mechanic Read more…
During a recent Let’s Play, SplatterCatGaming journeyed to the Wild West in Bombslinger, the action-maze game from Mode4 filled with more explosives than a whiskey-fueled Fourth of July. SplatterCat was very enthusiastic about Bomslinger’s roguelike elements and replayability, noting that he was impressed by the level variety and randomized boss battles. He also made some endearing Read more…