Bleeding Cool’s Gavin Sheehan rolled his d20 and successfully revealed the news that Jeremy Crawford, lead rules designer on Dungeons and Dragons at Wizards of the Coast, will be the “Storytime” keynote speaker at PAX Unplugged 2018, happening Nov. 30 – Dec. 2 in Philadelphia, PA. Sheehan discusses Crawford’s impressive credentials: If you’re Read more…
Kotaku AU’s Alex Walker discussed the highlights of PAX Aus, including Speaking Simulator, the awkwardly hilarious title from Affable Games where an android struggles to infiltrate human society. Alex wrote about how the experience’s physics and mechanics are surprisingly challenging: It’s the kind of game that’s infectious to watch, but the mechanics are surprisingly Read more…
GameSpot’s Ginny Woo revisited Armello, the digital board game by League of Geeks, and updated the site’s original review by Janine Hawkins after playing the recently-released Nintendo Switch version. In the review, Woo praised The Usurpers DLC, noting that the heroes “are brimming with devilish personality.” She also notes that even after a Read more…
IGN’s Jessie Wade spreads the word that Cory Barlog, game director on 2018’s critically-acclaimed God of War, is the “Storytime” keynote speaker at PAX South 2019, happening January 18-20 in San Antonio, TX. Wade recaps Barlog’s impressive career: Barlog served as the lead animator on the original God of War after Read more…
Kotaku AU shared the news that Ion Maiden, the upcoming old-school first-person shooter from 3D Realms, is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One alongside its PC release in Q2 2019. Players will soon be able to gib cybernetic cultists no matter what their preferred platform. Check out the full Read more…
Touch Arcade’s Mikhail Madnani called Blowfish Studios’ Stormboy, the adaptation of Colin Thiele’s classic 1964 Australian novel exploring the friendship between a child and his pet pelican, “gorgeous” in his coverage of its Nov. 20 launch date on iOS and Android. Stormboy: The Game will also launch on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox Read more…
Modern Storyteller Creative Director Nick Pearce (The Forgotten City) will take part in the “How Should Games Make Moral Choices Matter?” panel at PAX AUS 2018 on Friday, October 26 at 1:30 PM in the Galah Theatre. Joining a group of industry luminaries including Defiant Development Co-Founder Morgan Jaffit (Hand of Fate 2), the panel will discuss Read more…
Scott Miller, founder of 3D Realms, recently sat down with IGN’s Ryan McCaffrey for the latest episode of IGN Unfiltered. The pair discuss Miller’s long and storied career in the world of video games, touching on many of the legendary titles he worked on, including Wolfenstein 3D, Commander Keen, Rise of the Triad, Shadow Read more…
Popular YouTube content creator and voice actor Jesse Cox recently featured Cleaversoft’s EarthNight, the hand-painted platformer about surviving the dragon apocalypse, in his weekly series where he plays the games fans ask for, #FanFriday. Watch run and jump across massive dragons to try and take them down in this intense platformer. EarthNight Read more…
Unwinnable’s Alyse Stanley shared her experience with the surreal and serious heartwarming adventure game My Brother Rabbit from Artifex Mundi. Alyse highlights how the artwork and puzzle design show the child-like influence: The random combinations of the backgrounds seem pulled straight from a child’s brain, content as nonsensical as a dream but Read more…