Resident Evil re-remake set for early 2015
The original Resident Evil is being reanimated once again in early 2015. That’s not entirely precise. The original Resident Evil launched in 1996 and was put under the knife and remade in 2002. According to publisher Capcom, this HD remix is the “definitive re-visit of that iconic” remake from 2002....
Humble Flash Bundle features Aaaaa! creator Dejobaan
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! …is what you might say upon learning that you can purchase the majority of Dejobaan Games’ PC catalog for $8 as part of today’s Humble Flash Sale. Pay any amount for the package and you’ll get Dejobaan’s skydiving sim Aaaaa! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity and Katamari-like The...
Double Action is a shooter dictated by the Rule of Cool
Do you long for the days of bullet-time and John Woo-style spontaneous dove-bustion? Are you a cool guy who doesn’t look at explosions? Then friend, you just might be the type of cowboy boots-wearing, name-taking badass suited for Double Action, a game that’s all about Newton’s First Law of Ass-Kicking:...
Mutant Mudds dev reveals Metroidvania-style Xeodrifter
Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham has announced that development on Treasurenauts is now on hiatus so that the studio can instead focus on Xeodrifter, an exploratory platformer set in deep space. “I am a huge fan of Super Metroid, Metroid: Zero Mission, and Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, and have...
Rogue Legacy review: An addictive family business
“Six generations ago the Barbarian Queen Chun Li slew the eyeball beast Khidr. Given her extreme glaucoma there was a nice irony in that moment, but she never saw it. Of course, her offspring were a total disappointment. Her son couldn’t stop swearing and his daughter was a dwarf with...
Thailand’s military junta blocks sales of Tropico 5
Tropico 5 won’t appear on store shelves in Thailand thanks to fears that the game’s themes of iron-fisted dictatorship might spark unrest in a country that lost its civilian government to military coup less than three months ago. According to Nonglak Sahavattanapong, marketing manager at Thai publisher New Era Games,...
Wasteland 2 slips to September, new beta released
InXile Entertainment revealed that its Kickstarter-funded open-world RPG Wasteland 2 is now “likely” due to launch in early September, pushing past a previously announced August release window. InXile attributes the delay to fulfillment and shipping of backer pledge rewards, including game discs and physical bonuses. Today’s announcement accompanies the release...
Journey through Viking purgatory with Jotun
We’ve seen games about Vikings and we’ve seen games about purgatory – but this is the first time we’ve seen a game about Viking purgatory. Jotun is a top-down, 2D, action-exploration game with mechanics inspired by classics such as The Legend of Zelda and Super Smash Bros. It’s not hack-and-slash,...
Sunless Sea Emerald update adds new regions to sail, fear
A few patches of the Unterzee’s oceanic void Contributing Editor Mike Suszek approached in our Early Access Sunless Sea review have been properly charted – as in, developer Failbetter Games has actually implemented those areas into the build available via Steam in this week’s Emerald update.Players can now explore the...
Randal from Kevin Smith’s Clerks to voice Randal’s Monday
Fans of Kevin Smith’s 1994 geek-comedy film Clerks (or its raunchy 2006 sequel) might want to take note of Randal’s Monday, a point-and-click adventure game from Daedalic Entertainment and Nexus Game Studios coming this fall to PC. Why? Because Randal of Randal’s Monday will be voiced by Randal of Clerks,...