Nintendo Life shared the reveal trailer for Aztech Forgotten Gods, the Latinx-Futurism cyberstone colossus fighter from award-winning Mulaka developer Lienzo. The action-adventure title is set in a Mesoamerican alternate reality where European powers never disturbed the storied land. Launching on Switch later this year, the game follows soon-to-be heroine Achtli Read more…
GameSpot’s Otto Kratky reminisced on the games published by Apogee Software in the ’90s in his piece on where the company is headed next. Rebranded now as Apogee Entertainment, the original indie game publisher behind groundbreaking titles like Duke Nukem, Max Payne, and Wolfenstein 3D will seek out diamonds in Read more…
Game Informer’s Marcus Stewart shares the goods on the latest expansion for Ion Fury: Aftershock, the old-school first-person shooter developed by Voidpoint and published by 3D Realms and 1C Entertainment, coming Summer 2021 to Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Aftershock sees heroine Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison Read more…
Bleeding Cool’s Gavin Sheehan dives into the strike zone of KungFu Kickball’s early access trailer. This team-based sports platform fighter from publisher Blowfish Studios and developer WhaleFood Games delivers an exciting mix of martial arts and competitive gaming. Available today on Steam Early Access for Windows PC and Mac, KungFu Read more…
BaronVonGames tackled the strategy shooter hybrid Eximius: Seize the Frontline from Ammobox Studios, fusing FPS and RTS action into wildly entertaining content: Control the battlefield your way as a Commander or Officer in 5v5 multiplayer warfare. As a Commander, deploy tide-turning support abilities, manage a base, and train NPC soldiers Read more…
PCGamesN’s Joe Robinson gushed about Northgard, the acclaimed Viking strategy game from developer Shiro Games with more than 2 million Steam units sold, in an article about the free Expeditions update, which introduces several new questlines and more than 50 cosmetic treasures to discover. Viking-themed RTS game Northgard has been quietly dominating Read more…
Game Rant delivers some spooky news: ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights, a dark fantasy metroidvania fairy tale from publisher Binary Haze Interactive, out now on Steam Early Access. Console releases will follow in Q2 2021. Author Jared Carvalho discusses how the world of the game comes together: One major departure that ENDER Read more…
Roguelikes come in all shapes and sizes. The subgenre casts a wide net, tying together varied aesthetics, systems, and camera perspectives under the unifying banner of random-generation and challenging gameplay that often means starting over upon dying. 30XX, the follow-up to the acclaimed, best-selling Megaroguelike action-platformer 20XX from developer Battlestaple Read more…
Working together with the IGDA Foundation, Stride PR assisted the San Francisco Chronicle on a beautiful piece about the life and impact Jerry Lawson had on the tech industry. He’ll be forever honored by IGDA-F’s Jerry A. Lawson Award for Achievement in Game Development. Through his own research, he discovered Read more…
Slant Magazine has just released its “The 25 Best Video Games of 2020” and Signs of the Sojourner, the introspective narrative from Echodog Games about learning the art of human connection through an emotive deck of cards, made the popular list as “a whimsical life simulator, which, in just a Read more…