GamesBeat’s Dean Takahashi interviewed current executive director of the International Game Developers Association IGDA), Renee Gittins, about the outcomes of its recent industry survey. The survey is based on responses from more than 1,000 game developers and Takahashi engaged in an extensive discussion regarding the data it showed. Gittins indicated to Takahashi that while “we’re clearly not Read more…
Pocket Gamer’s Dave Aubrey previewed MADFINGER Games‘ most recent addition to the long running Shadowgun series – Shadowgun War Games. The PVP focused gameplay impressed with intense, hero-driven 5v5 battles diverting from the traditionally single-player focused franchise. Combining familiar and original aspects of fast-paced team multiplayer shooters, Shadowgun War Games looks Read more…
Shacknews’ Riley Little delivered the news comic publisher Valiant has teamed up with game developer and publisher Blowfish Studios. The partnership is Valiant Comics’ first foray into the world of video games, with Blowfish Studios lending their game-making expertise to develop multiple titles based on Valiant’s superhero properties. Little noted that the move into games was Read more…
WCCF Tech’s Kai Powell ran along the back of endless space dragons in their review of Cleaversoft‘s mystical platformer Earth Night. Each level of EarthNight features a fairly straightforward formula: land on one end of the giant wyrm and run your way to its head. What you encounter along the way Read more…
WORLD OF HORROR, the unsettling cosmic horror retro RPG from panstasz and Ysbryd Games, has enthralled Engadget’s Christine Fisher ahead of its Steam Early Access release on Feb. 20. Fisher unravels developer Pawel Kozminski’s inspirations, spanning from Japanese horror artist Junji Ito to eldritch horror master H.P. Lovecraft. These culminate in a mysterious Japanese town full Read more…
Bloody Disgusting has shared the release date for Nom Nom Apocalypse, Deadleaf Games‘ upcoming top-down roguelite shooter set in a post-apocalyptic city plagued by mutant food monstrosities, coming to Steam Feb. 13. The “horror lite” game pays homage to kaiju films and features an arsenal of more than 30 culinary weapons to Read more…
Speaking Simulator, from Affable Games, released a campaign trailer ahead of the upcoming launch with Shacknew’s Sam Chandler sharing the news of earth’s new potential overlord leader. The hilarious game about an android struggling to infiltrate human society revealed it will bring its tongue-flapping, teeth-flying action to Nintendo Switch alongside PC in late January. Chandler remarked Read more…
Eurogamer’s Wesley Yin-Poole knows that some games have reputations as cult classics. Last week, Yin-Poole shared news that one infamous game, 1999’s Kingpin, will have a chance to showcase its no-nonsense depiction of crime for an all-new audience. Dubbed Kingpin: Reloaded, the remastered, enhanced version of the crime-themed first-person shooter developed and published Read more…
YouTube content creator Sp00nerism showcased FYQD Studio’s new early access update for Bright Memory in a video which can be seen below: The early access update added brand new English and Japanese voice-overs as well as new user interface options like ultra-widescreen support. For more information about FYQD Studio, follow @FYQD_Studio Read more…
Thanks to the organizational wizardry of the folks over at Humble Bundle, 29 games are on offer to help raise funds supporting the relief efforts for the devastating Australian bushfires estimated to have killed more than one billion animals. Past and current Stride PR partners including Defiant Development, The Voxel Agents, League of Geeks, Witch Read more…