VG247’s Kirk McKeand interviewed Question Co-Founder Jordan Thomas about cooperative paranormal horror mystery The Blackout Club. In this long-form interview, McKeand explains that Thomas’s history with horror goes back a couple decades through games: “As well as creating the infamously unsettling Shalebridge Cradle level in Thief: Deadly Shadows, he is the designer responsible for Read more…
PC Gamer’s Austin Wood reviewed Solo, the introspective puzzler from Team Gotham set on a gorgeous and surreal archipelago. Wood praised Solo’s art style and enjoyed its “wistful commentary.” He went on to explain the game’s flexible puzzle mechanics, describing one in particular he was fond of. Virtually every puzzle has multiple solutions, Read more…
John Abrena of PlayStation LifeStyle recently shared the details of Defiant Development’s new Endless Mode in Hand of Fate 2. John reports on the new Endless Mode, which allows players to climb the ranks of the leaderboards in the card-based dungeon crawler with the addition of infinite quests! These are replayable and bring Read more…
Alissa McAloon of Gamasutra covered MSNBC’s interview with International Game Developers Association (IGDA) executive director Jen MacLean. In her coverage, Alissa gives context to the interview as it originally aired just as President Trump was meeting with representatives from the video game industry. The interview comes at a time when Read more…
Sam Prell from GamesRadar+ wrote about 3D Realms’ and Voidpoint’s Ion Maiden using the same engine that powered Duke Nukem 3D. So what does a 2018 game built on 1996 code look like? Pretty damn cool, actually. This isn’t another modern game just trying to look the part of a retro Read more…
When Katie Brace of WBZ CBS Boston attended PAX East 2018 a few weeks ago, she dubbed it “Disneyland for gamers.” Not only was Katie able to get her feet wet with some VR, playing Audioshield on the HTC Vive, she also had time to speak with many of the Read more…
Bleeding Cool’s Gavin Sheehan stopped by Ysbryd Games’ booth at PAX East to go hands-on with VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, the booze em’up about waifus, technology, and post-dystopia life with more than 200,000 copies sold on Steam from Sukeban Games. VA-11 HALL-A is already available on Steam and PS Vita, but Gavin Read more…
Destructoid’s Kevin Mesereau reviewed Super Daryl Deluxe, the RPGvania with a brawler-style combat system and hand-drawn comic aesthetic from Dan & Gary Games. Without a doubt, Super Daryl Deluxe definitely has a different tone and personality. Kevin had plenty to say about the distinctive aspects of Daryl’s high school adventure and went Read more…
While at PAX East 2018, Lauren Morten of PC Gamer went head-to-head with horrific bosses in Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption, the boss battler from Another Indie. Lauren expressed interest in distinct mechanics that Sinner brings to the genre, such as leveling-down the protagonist after defeating enemies rather than gaining strength or XP. This mechanic Read more…
At PAX East 2018, Sydnee Goodman of IGN interviewed We Are Fuzzy about Sleep Tight, an adrenaline-pumping arcade-style twin-stick shooter with base-building elements. Creative Director Maxx Burman, a Hollywood VFX veteran who has worked on a myriad of projects ranging from Far Cry 5 and Destiny to Game of Thrones and Mindhunter, described the game to IGN: Read more…