GamesIndustry.biz’s Rebekah Valentine took a look at the International Game Developer Association’s (IGDA) 2019 Developer Satisfaction Survey (DSS) results and broke down the comparisons between 2019 and 2017 respectively. 1116 people were surveyed, most of whom were primarily game developers, though others were included who make games as a small portion Read more…
During PAX East, Greysun Morales of Twinfinite went hands-on with Ghostrunner, the stylized action game from All In! Games, 3D Realms, Slipgate Ironworks, and One More Level. Getting kills is extremely satisfying in Ghostrunner and whenever I did die, I never wanted to stop playing. The intense gameplay and smoothness of it all makes you want Read more…
30XX, the megaroguelike from Batterystaple Games, was “perhaps, the best game [Marshall Honorof from Tom’s Guide] played at PAX East 2020.” Right from the first moment, the gameplay was pure Mega Man-style fun. We made our way through the stage, running, jumping and dashing our way past obstacles, as well as shooting enemies or Read more…
Wccftech’s Alessio Palumbo sat down with FYQD Studio‘s sole developer, Xiancheng Zeng, to talk about the implementation of Ray Tracing technology in Bright Memory: Infinite, coming later this year and published by PLAYISM. The release of Bright Memory on Steam Early Access was overwhelmingly positive. How did you feel about that? Was the feedback Read more…
PC Gamer’s Fraser Brown reported Shiro Games‘ new co-op zombie survival action game Darksburg‘s Early Access launch, available now on Steam. Players can join up to three other survivors from the “eclectic mix” of an armoured nun, a hirsute gormet, an intimidating bounty hunter and her chipmunk companion, or a big ol’ werewolf to defend Read more…
Tokyo Dark – Remembrance – has released on PlayStation 4 and Gematsu’s Sal Romano pieced together all the clues to reveal the definitive edition adds extra content to the anime-style murder mystery, which merges visual novel and adventure features with new animated sequences, a New Game+ and additional story content. Romano laid out all the Read more…
Hardcore Gamer’s Jason Bohn felt like a hero dashing through the cyberpunk streets of Ghostrunner at PAX South 2020. The first-person cyber-punk parkour action game from developers 3D Realms, One More Level, Slipgate Ironworks™ and publisher All In! Games, showed off an action-packed demo at the show featuring the main wall-running and quick-paced sword 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…
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…