Jason Rohrer’s new game is a devilish gamble with real money
Jason Rohrer’s games are often somewhat … unconventional. Passage was a game about growing old, and Sleep is Death required players to constantly be engaged with the story they were creating in order to keep the game alive. Now, Rohrer is developing Cordial Minuet, a gambling game with an occult...
SpeedRunners reaches $1 million in sales, 162 years playtime
SpeedRunners, a game about superheroes racing one another to the scene of a crime, has racked up 162 years of total playtime and $1 million worth of sales, according to an infographic from No Time To Explain studio and SpeedRunners publisher, tinyBuild. You can check out the full list of...
Viking Squad plans loot-fueled voyages to PS4, PC, Mac
At first glance, you might dismiss Viking Squad as a Castle Crashers imitator and carry on with your day. There are comparisons to be made, sure – both are side-scrolling multiplayer brawlers with leveling characters – but Slick Entertainment has added a few elements to the brawler formula that might...
Hearthstone in real life is beautiful, but complicated
Ever wonder what it would be like to feel the virtual cards from Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft in your hands? Well, Chinese bootleggers have you covered, friend. Website Games in Asia recently discovered and played a physical version of Blizzard’s digital card game, and the results were … well, let’s...
Dragon Ball Xenoverse casts you as a super saiyan savior
Anime icon Goku may be the hero of the Dragon Ball universe, but in Dragon Ball Xenoverse, that responsibility falls to you. Developer Dimps and publisher Bandai Namco are crafting a new storyline that allows players to insert themselves into Dragon Ball Z history by creating a custom character that...
Paradise Lost: First Contact to break free in mid-2015
Paradise Lost: First Contact won’t escape from the metaphorical glass tube of development until “mid-2015,” according to developer Asthree Works’ update on Kickstarter. Planning a telekinetic alien lifeform’s romp through a science facility is proving a little more complex than Asthree initially imagined. To be more specific, the team has...
Definitive Edition trailer shows Sleeping Dogs’ new tricks
The old Sleeping Dogs – okay, maybe “old” is a bit strong of a word for a game that was originally released in 2012 – is coming to Xbox One, PS4 and PC with few new tricks up its sleeve, and publisher Square Enix is eager to show them to...