Joystiq Streams: You, Me, and Gods Will Be Watching [UPDATE: It’s over!]
Gods Will Be Watching is appropriately named. The idea of all-powerful beings observing you – passively omniscient, always there and out of sight – is disconcerting, and Deconstructeam’s adventure game conjures up that paranoia with just a title and the angular look of its pixelated stars. That the game then...
Jet Set Radio and Mirror’s Edge had a baby and named it Hover
Hover: Revolt of Gamers is inspired by Jet Set Radio‘s “crazy and fun” atmosphere, parkour aspects of Mirror’s Edge and the sci-fi vibe of Star Wars – so it’s no wonder it reached its crowdfunding goal weeks before the deadline. Hover has raised more than $60,000 of a $38,000 goal,...
Minecraft finds vein of money, reaches 15 million sold on PC
The original, PC version of Minecraft recently reached 15 million in sales, according to a tweet from the game’s creator, Markus “Notch” Persson. The game passed 14 million sold on PC in early ebruary, and hit two other sales milestones on other platforms this month: 12 million copies on Xbox...
Clockwork Empires turns back Early Access to summer
Clockwork Empires is moving the hand on its buy in-alpha program to summer. Developer Gaslamp Games, the team behind Dungeons of Dredmor, originally planned for the game to accept settlers this spring, but the ambitious project needs a little more tinkering. The PC, Mac and Linux steampunk Tropico meets Don’t...
Transfer your PC, Mac saves to FTL iOS
Those who have made the leap from the PC and Mac incarnations of interstellar roguelike FTL: Faster Than Light to the newly-launched iOS version of the game don’t need to worry about unlocking all of those ships and achievements again, thanks to a relatively simple trick. The process is outlined...
Towerfall PS4 trumps PC as multiplayer hit tops $500,000 sales
Local multiplayer obsession Towerfall has proven incredibly successful, to the tune of more than $500,000 in sales to date, but according to creator Matt Thorsen, the nascent PlayStation 4 version of TowerFall has outpaced its PC predecessor. “It’s actually doing better on PS4, but it’s still doing well on PC,”...
Hearthmind brings the ‘Twitch Plays’ phenomenon to Hearthstone
Ever since Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft launched on PC and Mac in March, we’ve been asking ourselves one question: How would this strategic card game behave if a democratic octopus were in control? That question is now partially answered thanks to Hearthmind, a website that blends Blizzard’s CCG with the...
Funcom nets additional $1.6 million to fund Lego Minifigures Online
Online game developer Funcom has received an additional 9.7 million Norwegian krone ($1.6 million) to continue developing its upcoming kid-friendly MMO Lego Minifigures Online, the company announced this week. The funding arrives as part of a standby equity facility agreement with Yorkville Advisors, a firm that agreed to provide Funcom...
Child of Light review: Roses are red, violets are blue, this game is okay
It took me several hours to realize what was troubling me about Child of Light. It’s a stunning game, with lovely music, endearing characters and complex combat mechanics – in short, a laundry list of RPG aspects that I adore. And yet something was off. I flew, I slew, searched...
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare digs its roots into PC June 24
Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, the third-person multiplayer shooter from the green-thumbed developers at PopCap, will arrive on PC on June 24. The game launched on Xbox One and Xbox 360 in February and received additional downloadable content packs since, such as Zomboss Down and Garden Variety. Those pieces of...