Paste Magazine went hands-on with Route 59 Games’ Necrobarista at PAX West 2017, calling it “a visual novel unlike any [they’ve] seen,” and naming it one of the 10 best games at the show. “Combining traditional narrative game formats with a fully 3D gameworld and player agency turns Necrobarista into Read more…
Blowfish Studio’s Gunscape got a spooky sci-fi horror makeover today with the new Seismic DLC pack. The first-person shooter/world-building hybrid that’s been downloaded over 350,000 times is adding ghoulish flesh-machine abominations and a suite of cybernetic level creation tools. These will help players to branch out and create the horrific levels they’ve been dreaming Read more…
Do you live in the Melbourne area or plan to be there this weekend? If so, make a visit to Federation Square, where PAX Aus will be hosting a pop-up event on Friday and Saturday, 1-2 September! Free and open to the public, attendees will get a taste of what’s 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…
Rock Paper Shotgun’s Samuel Horti wrote an article about Graceful Explosion Machine, the vibrant side-scrolling shooter from Vertex Pop. Vertex Pop is a Toronto-based game development studio dedicated to creating non-stop action games for console and PC platforms. In Graceful Explosion Machine, the player is the lone surviving pilot in an alien attack, and must Read more…
GameSpot reports that Brawlhalla, the epic free-to-play platform fighter from Blue Mammoth Games, is getting PS4-PC cross-play! It is currently in closed beta, but this functionality will go live once Brawlhalla launches. Those interested in jumping into the closed beta can do so by purchasing a Founder’s Pack for $20.00, Read more…
PC Gamer’s Joe Donnelly shares the announcement of Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption, a boss battler action RPG from Another Indie and Dark Star Game Studios. Dark Star Game Studios is a new studio composed of AAA veterans including a former Ubisoft art director, a Blizzard technical artist, and a Konami Read more…
Destiny 2 game director Luke Smith will deliver the opening keynote alongside Penny Arcade co-founder Jerry Holkins at PAX West 2017, taking place Sept. 1-4 in Seattle, WA. Smith joined Bungie in 2007, two years after publishing a feature titled “Broken Halo: Five Ways Bungie Can Fix Halo 2” during his time as Read more…
Epic Tavern, the tavern management sim with high-fantasy RPG storytelling from Los Angeles-based Hyperkinetic Studios, pours pints on Sept. 7 via Steam Early Access. Classic role-playing, roster management, and social elements are all brewed together in Epic Tavern. Players will manager the titular tavern and serve drinks while recruiting their patrons Read more…