Picture: Böses Reich / Triple-i initiative / Kotaku Big Gaming Showcases should not only be for large console manufacturers and Geoff Keighley, which is why the team behind it should be Dead cellsThe Evil Empire, the Böde Empire, launched the Triple-I initiative last year. The event puts smaller projects in the spotlight before the summer ...
Picture: Future Game Show Spring Showcase Spring has arrived and the Equinox was shaped by a Marathon Future Games Showcase, which contained a few new trailers for upcoming games and extensions. The event also included first -time games for the first time, many of which looked really good. My personal favorite was a cozy dark ...
The Crimson Diamond looks and plays like something from 1988, an adventure game with beautiful, vibrant EGA graphics and a text parser interface. Yes, this means you actually have to type things like “look” and “open door,” a thought that may cause some potential players to roll their eyes, but it’s actually great! The game ...
Screenshot: Deck Nine Games / Square Enix / Kotaku The original Life is strangefrom developer Don’t Nod, as an episodic, story-driven adventure game released by Square Enix in 2015. That was surprisingly almost a decade ago and I feel old remembering the previews and press screens of the game back then. But here we are, ...
Picture: Armor Games Studios Everything about role-playing adventures walker is bursting with charm. The Paper Mario–The inspired art, funny dialogue, and choose-your-own-adventure tabletop story are all beautifully crafted. Take on the role of one of four adventures, walker encourages players to embark on their own adventure and find out where it takes them. It’s a ...
square enix, a publisher that’s never afraid to embarrass itself with the latest technological fad, has quietly released an “AI-driven” game on Steam. and it sucks. Blade’s Book Club is the best thing about Marvel’s Midnight Suns Not the game itself! Say The case of the Portopia serial murder is a bad game is unfair ...
picture: Somerville Somerville is one of the coolest video games I’ve played in years. It’s also one of the most frustrating. Something like a spiritual successor to 2D classics limbo and Inside (both developed by Playdead, whose co-founder contributed to them), Somerville sees her take on the role of a man who must pull himself ...
picture: Stormind games Video game marketing season is an exercise in duality. For each Sony state of affairs or Geoff Keigh3there is a lower key event—a day of developers, say, or a Devolver Digital Showcase. Today’s big one is the one-year-old Guerrilla Collective Livestream. Now in its third year, the Guerrilla Collective has nailed a ...
In the year the changewho borrow generously of a popular promotional screenshot for a specific other cyberpunk game.Screenshot: Blitz games It’s officially E3 season. Between the marquee E3 presser (Microsoft, Square Enix, Ubisoft, etc.) and individual events from publishers, the E3 villains (What’s up Sony) you can watch a handful of events with an emphasis ...
