Eurogamer’s Matt Wales ushered in gripping, goth news for Xbox fans: Salt and Sanctuary, Ska Studios‘ brutal hand-drawn 2D Soulslike platformer with over 900,000 downloads, brings forgotten cities and blood-soaked dungeons to Xbox One February 6, 2019. Matt laid out what Souls fans can expect from this challenging platformer: Although the term “Souls-like” gets bandied around all Read more…
Geekwire’s Tim Ellis reported on Penny Arcade‘s new partnership with Wizards of the Coast to publish the official Acquisitions Incorporated Dungeon Manual and interviewed Penny Arcade’s Jerry Holkins and producer Elyssa Grant. In his article, Ellis explains the origins of Acquisitions Incorporated and how the 11-year-old podcast evolved into a Read more…
PC Gamer dropped a bowling bomb: Ion Maiden, the old school, high-speed shooter created by Voidpoint and published by 3D Realms and 1C Entertainment received an new update this week. Author Evan Lahti explored the new second level, Heskel’s House of Horrors, and ironed out the details of what the new update contains: Read more…
PlayStation LifeStyle blasted out the news that Hyper Jam, the neon-soaked arena brawler from Bit Dragon, releases on Feb. 12. Author Janet Garcia picked up her sledgehammer and slammed down the details on what this explosive, synthwave-fueled experience offers: Jump into any battle with 2-4 players. Don’t worry about the platform Read more…
Touch Arcade’s Eli Hodapp covered the release date announcement for Evolution, the strategy game of adaptation from North Star Digital Studios headed to PC, Mac, iOS and Android on Feb. 12, 2019. In Hodapp’s article, he touches on points he finds interesting regarding the degree of variety and viable options for exploring different Read more…
Polygon wrapped up 2018 by posting its list of the best games of 2018. The Gardens Between, the adventure puzzle game from The Voxel Agents in which players manipulate time to guide two best friends through a surreal world of mysterious garden islands, landed a spot in their top 50 with a rationale Read more…
Eurogamer whipped up a post on exciting news for Nintendo fans: City of Brass, the Arabian Nights-inspired first-person rogue-lite adventure from the BioShock veterans at Uppercut Games, comes to Nintendo Switch February 8 and adds 3 new unlockable characters. Here’s Matt Wales on what players can expect from the cursed city: Your ultimate goal is Read more…
Forbes contributor Keith Murnane placed YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG, the surreal Japanese-style RPG set at the end of last millennium from Ysbryd Games and Ackk Studios, in a jam-packed list of January’s prolific RPG releases. Murnane had this to say about YIIK: Remember Y2K? YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG is a “surreal Japanese-style RPG” in which “friendly misfits from the internet” Read more…
Variety’s Stefani Fogal covered the changes in leadership in the International Game Developers Association (IGDA): Vesa Raudasoja has stepped into the role as the new chair of the board of directors while board member Emily Greer transitioned into the vice-chair position. In her coverage, Fogal touches on the departure of David Seltzer Read more…
Destructoid hosted a PAX South 2019 three-day badge giveaway, and five lucky winners have a great trip to San Antonio ahead of them. Wes Tacos highlighted just a few of the things the winners will be able to see at PAX South: If you’re looking for a weekend of gaming Read more…