While at PAX West, Jason Bohn of Harcore Gamer went hands-on with Planetoid Pioneers, the metroidvania-like space crafter from independent developer Data Realms. Jason was impressed by the ability to solve puzzles in diverse ways and commented on its sense of charm and distinct atmosphere. “It looks weird in trailers and it Read more…
Touch Arcade’s Jared Nelson named Morphite, the Sci-Fi atmospheric FPS from Blowfish Studios, Crescent Moon Games, and We’re Five Games, its game of the week! Nelson praised that Morphite has “that special sauce that makes a game just fun to play,” and that it’s a “fantastic game for creating your own Read more…
Siliconera reports that the ambient trailers for The Voxel Agents’ The Gardens Between set the game’s “relaxed, soothing tone” and take the listener on an audiovisual journey through the game’s beautiful yet mysterious world. The Gardens Between is an adventure puzzle game that follows best friends Arina and Frendt across Read more…
Kotaku’s Cecilia D’Anastasio reviewed Original Journey, from publisher Another Indie and developer Bonfire Entertainment, and in her article applauded the action rogue-like’s comic book aesthetic and compelling gameplay. D’Anastasio writes “Original Journey entices with its hand-drawn pencil art of alien mutant egg creatures…[and] they feel as good to bombard with cannons as they do to look Read more…
Defiant Development has revealed Hand of Fate 2, the sequel to Defiant’s action RPG hybrid with board game and collectible card game elements. IGN’s Luke Reilly shared the reveal with his readers, highlighting Hand of Fate 2’s new enemy suits, equipment types and early 2017 release on Windows, Mac and Read more…
Epistory is an atmospheric adventure where players guide a girl and her tri-tailed young fox through a origami world, unfolding new areas and the game’s narrative as the journey progresses. Kotaku’s Mike Fahey braved Epistory’s molten dungeon and S-H-A-R-E-D his impressions with a writeup and gameplay clip, complete with voiceover. Read more…
Marble Mountain is Lightning Rock’s VR-compatible platformer that draws inspiration from the classic action of Marble Madness and Super Monkey Ball as well as the cinematic set pieces of Indiana Jones. Polygon’s Colin Campbell played Marble Mountain using a HTC Vive during a GDC 2016 demo and shared his hands-on Read more…
Kinda Funny Games’ GDC 2016 livestream coverage included Epistory, the atmospheric adventure game from Fishing Cactus. The stream demonstrated how players can solve puzzles, defeat waves of enemies and explore a magical papercraft world using Epistory’s typing mechanics. To view the archive, please jump to the 2:38:15 timestamp here: https://www.twitch.tv/kindafunnygames/v/54790364
Rock Paper Shotgun’s Melody covered the March 30 release date of Epistory on PC, Mac and Linux via Steam. Epistory is an atmospheric adventure game following a young girl in a vivid origami world. To read the full article, please visit: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/02/28/epistory-release-date/