Tag: news
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How the Two-Person Team Forged a West Souls-Like Masterpiece
Bleeding for Bullets The indie scene is currently drowning in games trying to bottle the FromSoftware lightning, but very few actually manage to find a voice of their own. Tombwater is a rare exception. Built by a tiny two-person team, the game is a gritty collision of sun-baked “Weird West” aesthetics and the kind of…
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Capitalizing on the Chaos: GTA Online’s Massive 420 Update
Rockstar is ramping up GTA Online’s economy for its late-April LD Organics event. Instead of the usual small weekly bonuses, this update offers massive cash payouts across several offbeat activities. Or, to put it simply: If you need in-game money, now is the time to log in. Surviving Aliens and Fast Food The main attraction…
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Sanity and Screaming at Your Friends: First Look at LightSup!
We recently checked out an exclusive, media-only early build of LightSup! In this cartoony title, you and up to three friends get tossed into a fantasy world that’s trapped in a permanent eclipse. What’s a permanent eclipse without a legion of monsters? Glad you asked, because that’s exactly what you’ll be doing – fighting waves…
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Blood Reaver is a Blast from the Past with Huge Potential
It’s really hard not to get sick of Early Access roadmaps masquerading as playable games. Nowdays, you can’t throw a rock without hitting a dozen such games. When Blood Reaver dropped into our lap promising a gritty, dark-fantasy co-op shooter, we couldn’t help but roll out eyes, thinking: here comes another one. But then we…
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Bringing Classic Warhammer Games Back from the Dead
There is a unique kind of heartbreak familiar to veteran PC gamer. You dust off a beloved CD-ROM from the late 90s. You slot it into a modern rig. And, finally, before you even get to try your favorite snack, you are met with a wall of compatibility errors. For decades, preserving digital history has…
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Regions of Ruin: Runegate: Will you clock in?
We’re not sure if we’re a hero or just a middle manager with a sword. In Regions of Ruin: Runegate, you’re basically bleeding food to keep a settlement alive. It sometimes feel as exhausting as it is ambitious. It’s a sprawling loop of side-scrolling combat and town management that somehow makes “grinding for apples” feel…
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Tense, Claustrophobic Arcade Survival in Subway Invasion
Developed by QH Studios and published by indie.io, Subway Invasion is a first-person shooter that drops you into the shoes of a regular transit security guard. You are stuck underground and tasked with defending a train full of panicking civilians from an extraterrestrial assault. No need for exploration. Your focus is on the dark, claustrophobic…
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Before Fate is a Gorgeous Survival Trip
You play as a brilliant scientist trying to save the universe. It sounds epic. But then the hunger meter drops. Before Fate takes the standard survival grind, filters it through a stunning 1970s comic book aesthetic, and throws in classic point-and-click puzzles. It’s a huge achievement for the studio. It also comes with some serious…
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Syncing Netcode: Inside the Gothic Grind of Blood Reaver
Modern wave shooters often prioritize pure adrenaline over atmosphere. Hell Byte Studios wants to have it both ways. Their upcoming co-op shooter, Blood Reaver, pitches itself as a chaotic, blood-soaked arena game wrapped in a deliberately paced, gothic shell. To figure out how they plan to pull off this balancing act without crashing their servers,…
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The Complex Russian Roulette that is Sol Cesto
Games that pretend to be fair are simply the worst. You know the ones. The shiny new roguelites that pat you on the head and promise that if you just learn the attack patterns perfectly, you will definitely survive. Sol Cesto throws away any pretense. It drops you onto a 2D grid and then spins…
