Flush with the success of the Edgerunners anime series, the Cyberpunk 2077 game is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, with millions of players diving back into Night City’s dark utopia. And thankfully, the developers have released another patch that adds a bit more single player content and quite a few nods to Edgerunners.
C.A.R.L., a game created by well-known YouTube personality Andrew Kenady and co-developed by Matt Bitner of Morningstar Game Studio (developer of A Robot Named Fight!), is launching today on all major consoles and Steam. Inspired by PC classics such as Cave Story, Speedy Eggbert, and Jazz Jackrabbit, C.A.R.L. blends classic platformer action with quirky RPG and story elements to deliver a clever, humorous, infinitely satisfying retro romp. Get in the shiny metal shoes of C.A.R.L. (Computer Automated Resource Locator) – a small but daring automaton lost within the sprawling Kent Industries. Brave each perilous factory floor to collect Tech Units … Continue reading Retro Platformer C.A.R.L. Launches to Consoles and Steam
This week our Save State columnist, Vincent Mahoney, takes a break from all the retro gaming he has done over the past few weeks to play a much more modern game, the visually stunning and unique Soul Hackers 2.
Call of Duty players made the Modern Warfare II Open Beta the biggest Beta in Call of Duty history — the most players, most hours played, and most matches played across PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X|S, and PC platforms combined. This was only a slice of all the new content coming in Modern Warfare II when it launches this fall. In the weeks ahead, players who pre-order Modern Warfare II will get up to one week of Early Campaign access before its global launch on Oct. 28th. Soon after comes the launch of the all-new, free-to-play … Continue reading Call of Duty Modern Warfare II Beta Breaks Franchise Records
The latest installment of the popular Construction Simulator series from astragon Entertainment and Weltenbauer software Entwicklung is now available for PC and consoles in retail and digital stores – including a co-op multiplayer for up to four players, the largest fleet of vehicles in the history of the series and numerous new and once again significantly expanded features in a completely revised, modern look. To date, more than 30 million simulator fans have already created their own empire in the Construction Simulator series. True to the tagline “GET TO WORK.” in Construction Simulator, anyone can work their way up from … Continue reading Construction Simulator Now Available for PC and Consoles
Over the past two weekends, Activision opened up a Call of Duty Modern Warfare II beta to the press and other invited guests. GiN had a handful of reviewers, columnists, and podcasters in the thick of the action. This is what three of them found in this thoroughly modern take on shooters.
Cult of the Lamb is a unique game that combines elements of village-building, community management, role-playing, and combat. As the newly resurrected lamb cult leader, the player is tasked with going into the various regions to build a community of followers, and then lead the flock while keeping them in order, content, and safe.
South of the Circle is an interactive novel type of game set during the Cold War in a place that is even more frigid, Antarctica. This carefully crafted adventure is a cinematic experience with top notch storytelling.
The team at Ghost Pattern is ecstatic to announce their lovingly crafted simultaneously-told narrative adventure, Wayward Strand is now available for PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One X. The inaugural title from the Australian indie studio, Wayward Strand is inspired by interactive theater: characters and their stories play out in real-time, and it’s up to the player to choose which characters to talk with or stories to follow. Centering on Casey, an intrepid teenage journalist embarking on her first trip aboard a wondrous flying ship-turned-hospital above a small Australian town in the summer … Continue reading Narrative Adventure Wayward Strand Ready to Set Sail
Stray is one of the most unique games to come out in a long time. It offers players an open cyberpunk world to explore, and places them into the paws of a cat as the main character. And experiencing this brilliant sci-fi world through the eyes of a clever cat is absolute purr-fection.
