William D’Angelo at VGChartz covered the reveal of ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights, a dark fantasy metroidvania fairy tale from Japanese publisher Binary Haze Interactive in development by Live Wire and Adglobe. Along with sharing the trailer, he mentioned it will launch in Winter 2020, with a soundtrack from Read more…
What do an escaped werewolf, a portly gourmet, and a macabre plague doctor have in common? At first glance, not a whole lot. But in Darksburg, the co-op zombie action roguelite from Shiro Games, they’re three characters capable of culling hundreds of zombies. Add them to a roster of five playable Read more…
Dreams are funny things. Little fragments of hopes, fears, and interactions twisted and warped into barely-remembered nighty vignettes. But while most people’s dreams are little more than vague recollections, for the protagonist of Dreamscaper, the lucid dreaming action roguelite RPG from publisher Freedom Games and developer Afterburner Studios, they’re recurring and inescapable Read more…
UploadVR shared news of the Q4 2020 release window for Rhythm of the Universe: IONIA, the debut episode of the fantasy adventure series about preserving the environment with the power of music, coming to PC VR platforms. Supported platforms include Valve Index, Oculus Rift S, Oculus Quest via Link, HTC Vive and Vive Read more…
Nintendo Life’s Ollie Reynolds went on an escape mission with Rayark Games‘ 2D Metroidvania platformer MO:Astray in a review awarding the title a 9/10. You play as an unassuming blob called MO. Initially, MO’s movements are severely restrained, and it can only slide across the ground in a rather pitiful manner. Read more…
Siliconera’s Jenni Lada reported that 30XX, the follow-up to Batterystaple Games’ best-selling action platformer 20XX, will introduce a new permadeath-free game type called Mega Mode alongside the returning roguelike Arcade Mode. Lada explains how the new game mode operates: If you go through the Mega Mode, you’ll still have procedurally generated levels. However, dying won’t Read more…
As part of his PAX Online coverage, Peter Glagowski at TheGamer wrote an in-depth analysis of the reveal trailer for ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights, a challenging dark fantasy metroidvania from publisher Binary Haze Interactive and developers Live Wire and Adglobe. Headed to Windows PC via Steam as well Read more…
IGN shared some good news for hungry cyberpunk fans: Ghostrunner, the first-person cyberpunk parkour action game from co-publishers All in! Games and 505 Games and developers One More Level, 3D Realms, and Slipgate Ironworks™, launches on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC via Steam, GOG, and Epic Games Store October 27. IGN’s Adam Bankhurst gave a rundown on Read more…
PCInvasion’s Steven Wong reviewed his experience in 3 out of 10, the episodic playable sitcom about life at the world’s worst game development studio from Terrible Posture Games. He praises the wacky title, offering some insight on what makes the game so enjoyable: …3 out of 10 manages to make it work Read more…
VICE’s Patrick Klepek got the chance to ask some hard-pinching questions with the mind behind Fight Crab, Masafumi Onuki, an arena brawler published by PLAYISM, in a recent interview, and discuss the inspirations behind this crustacean combat contest: VICE Games: You could have made anything fight against each other. Why these poor Read more…