For games, of the PC variety.
Headup, the celebrated publisher of independent games, is thrilled to announce today that comically creepy 3D platformer from developer Nicolas Meyssonnier, Pumpkin Jack, will make its way to PC and consoles in Q4 2020! Fans of games like Medievil and Jak & Daxter will enjoy engaging in an epic battle of evil against good as you jump, dodge, and carve … [Read more…]
Publisher Super.com and developer PortaPlay announced a February 25, 2020 release date on PC (with Nintendo Switch release coming soon after) for their upcoming narrative-driven tactical-RPG, Broken Lines. The game drops players behind enemy lines in an alternate-history WWII, where they take control of a squad of soldiers who must fight not only battlefield enemies; but with … [Read more…]
Independent developer and publisher Blue Isle Studios announced its competitive sports game Broomstick League is coming to Steam Early Access on March 5. In Broomstick League, players take to the sky to compete in up to 3 versus 3 matches with and against other would be wizards from around the world in a high flying, trick shot scoring … [Read more…]
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint has started its Kickstarter run with a bang: Trese Brothers Games’ follow-up to the wildly successful, award-winning RPG Star Traders: Frontiers, Cyber Knights: Flashpoint has already raised more than $65,000 – exceeding its $50,000 Kickstarter goal in less than 12 hours. Cyber Knights: Flashpoint is a turn-based squad tactics RPG inspired in part by fan favorite X-COM. The … [Read more…]
Release Date: 10/23/2015 Publisher: Funcom Platform: PC As a horror blogger, I’m sad to say that I don’t play many horror games. I’ll watch horror movies until the world ends, but there’s something about being an active participant in horror that’s absolutely terrifying. This game was no exception. What’s it about? Based on a portion … [Read more…]
Editor’s note: I haven’t completed the game yet, it’s a long game and I want to enjoy every nook and cranny, so I won’t be going into a review of the story here, or elements of the game that I haven’t experienced yet, that wouldn’t be fair to assess at this time. This is our … [Read more…]
This past weekend, at PAX South, ArenaNet finally let us in on the secret of the ending of the Living Story Season 2 for Guild Wars. Rumors have been rampant on social media when people started completing the last episode of the Living Story and its cutscene ending with the HoT logo, and saw that heartofthorns.guildwars2.com … [Read more…]
Editor’s note, disclosure, the RIGHT thing to do: I want to first say, by way of trying to have some ethics, I am a supporter of the group that is fighting games journalist corruption and has adopted the tag #GamerGate. The image on the left says it all. If you want to get past the … [Read more…]
With the uproar of #GamerGate and the vitriol among a minority of both sides of the debate about ethics in games journalism there’s a message that is often being drowned out, or in some cases used against others. No one in their right mind thinks that the game industry should be a white male dominated … [Read more…]
Every game has its elitists and its casual players. The former take pride in learning every aspect of the game, and squeezing just a couple more percentage points out of a build or skill. The latter prefer just to play the game, have some fun in their free time, but not spend all their time … [Read more…]