This week, special guest columnist John Breeden highlights developer Hinterland Studios for forgoing immediate profit to instead go back and improve the core gameplay of their signature title, The Long Dark. It’s a selfless and gamer-focused model that other development teams should try and follow.
The Low Road is a clever point and click adventure game set in the 1970s. The hero wants to be a James Bond type secret agent, but ends up working in corporate espionage for an evil car company. It’s quirky, cool and a fun experience.
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year. • Face ethical dilemmas. Do you really want to spend money on that proper hotdog meat for the festival when you have so many resources lying around? • Gather valuable resources & craft new items. Expand your Graveyard into a thriving business, go ahead and gather valuable resources scattered in the surrounding areas, and explore what this land has to offer. • Make business alliances. These dead bodies don’t need all that blood, … Continue reading Graveyard Keeper Now Available on Steam
Leading video game developer and publisher BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. is excited to announce today that TALES OF VESPERIA: Definitive Edition is now available for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system, Nintendo Switch console, and PC via STEAM for $49.99. TALES OF VESPERIA: Definitive Edition comes with updated HD graphics and new content that has never been released outside of Japan until today, including; new playable characters, story segments, music, and costumes. TALES OF VESPERIA: Definitive Edition is an adventure that follows Yuri Lowell, a former Imperial Knight, as he travels around the world of Terca Lumireis … Continue reading TALES OF VESPERIA: Definitive Edition Now Available
The art of aerial dogfighting is one of the most dynamic forms of combat, experienced in three dimensions, setting the stage for a highly unique and challenging battleground. Now, with ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN’s multiplayer mode, players can enter dogfights with their friends and coordinate battle strategy to take out opposing players. ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN’s multiplayer mode will consist of two gameplay variants; the first variant takes on a team death match format featuring 4 vs. 4 dogfights. The second multiplayer variant takes on a traditional death match format, enabling up to eight players to blow each … Continue reading ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN Adds Multiplayer Combat
Combining elements of DOTA-style, real-time arena combat with the deep strategic thinking of an advanced computer card game, Artifact is one of the most unique, challenging and fun CCGs to come out in a very long time.
Escape Doodland is designed to mimic the drawings of a middle school age kid as you race through the game’s platforming mechanic. While the setting is sophomoric, the difficult gameplay is probably more college-like.
Todd has made his list and checked it twice. It’s now time to find out the best and worst games of the year, according to Todd. This year he has five amazingly great games, and one that is almost too terrible to mention.
Based off a Swedish role-playing game, Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden combines darkly comical characters including a mutant pig and a duck, with turn-based tactical combat and exploration. It’s a little rough, but still a gem.
Lucid Dream follows a depressed little wheelchair-bound girl as she struggles to escape her dreary world though a series of colorful dreams. But this classic take on point and click adventures may not be everyone’s cup of tea.
