Rock Paper Shotgun’s Colm Ahern compiled his most anticipated games releasing on PC this February and included Batterystaple Games’ Megaroguelike action platformer 30XX in the lineup. The sequel to Batterystaple Games’ Mega Man-inspired, run-and-gun roguelike is even more like Capcom’s creation now, as they’ve ditched the cartoony style of its Read more…
Rock Paper Shotgun has some steaming hot news: Necrobarista, the cinematic cel-shaded visual novel from Route 59 Games, pours onto Steam for Windows PC on July 22, 2020. Author Lauren Morton sets the stage for what to expect from this tale of death and decaf: You play as local barista Maddy Xiāo, incidental brewer Read more…
Rock Paper Shotgun’s Alice O’Connor shared the Steam™y release date for the clashing crustacean combat arena brawler from PLAYISM and Nussoft, coming to PC on July 30th. From the studio which brought you Neo Aquarium: The King Of Crustaceans and Ace Of Seafood comes a game whose name tells you everything: Fight Crab. We’ve marvelled before at Read more…
What do living statues, sinners, and time paradoxes have in common? A lot, actually, as Rock Paper Shotgun’s Katherine Castle discovered at PAX East 2019 during a demo of The Forgotten City, a time loop murder mystery, by Modern Storyteller. Castle spent 30 minutes exploring The Forgotten City before sitting down with developer Nick Pearce to Read more…
Rock Paper Shotgun’s Dominic Tarason served readers with the news that Necrobarista, the gorgeous cinematic cel-shaded visual novel from Route 59 Games, hits Steam for PC with a double-shot, no water kick of magic, myth, and necromancy on August 8, 2019. In this modern-day tale, players serve up foamy, caffeinated drinks Read more…
Rock Paper Shotgun didn’t forget, and you shouldn’t either: The Forgotten City, a time loop murder mystery from Modern Storyteller, will come PC and Xbox One in late 2019. Dominic Tarason shares some reasons why you should remember this re-imagining of the award-winning mod with more than 2 million downloads across PC and Xbox: While I’ve never played Read more…
Rock Paper Shotgun delved into co-op paranormal horror mystery The Blackout Club and discovered six ways the game gets co-op survival horror right. Noa Smith discusses how Question, the team of industry veterans featuring BioShock 2’s creative director/lead writer and BioShock Infinite’s lead effects artist, offer a variety of powers and abilities to illuminate the experience: 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…
Dominic Tarason wrote on RockPaperShotgun about Hand of Fate 2‘s new Endless Mode, calling it “a great reason to come back and ask The Dealer for a fresh hand.” While Hand of Fate 2 was already a significantly higher-budget game than the original, I’m surprised at how much love and effort Read more…
Rock Paper Shotgun’s Dominic Tarason covered the release date announcement for Super Daryl Deluxe, the RPGvania with a brawler-style combat system and hand-drawn comic aesthetic from Dan & Gary Games, coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC April 10, 2018. Dominic compared the combat in Super Daryl Deluxe to classics from the Nintendo Read more…