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Outbreak: You Only Live Once
Dead Drop Studios launched Outbreak on Steam. The cooperative top-down shooter challenges players to survive an outbreak of the undead after a government-funded cancer research project takes a deadly turn. In Outbreak, up to four players can team up to investigate the...
Throne of Lies: To Deceive, or Not to Deceive
Imperium42 successfully completed its Kickstarter campaign for Throne of Lies: The Online Game of Lies & Deceit. The campaign ended at $21,795 dollars, surpassing the company's $20,000 goal. Throne of Lies is an online multiplayer deduction game that will...
Linelight: On the Right Path
My Dog Zorro launched Linelight on Steam and PS4. The minimalist puzzle game challenges players to complete 300 levels across six worlds made entirely of lines. In Linelight, players control a special line named Dash, and they must activate color-coded switches in...
Do Not Feed the Monkeys: Prying Eyes
Fictiorama Studios, the studio behind the unsettling, Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today, describes its upcoming game as a narrative-driven, voyeuristic experience that allows you to invade the privacy of strangers and witness their most intimate moments. Sound...
Vostok Inc: Live Long & Be Prosperous!
As the newly appointed CEO of Vostok Inc., you have one ambition – to be filthy rich! While this may sound simple, it certainly won’t be an easy intergalactic journey -- mining asteroids, building factories, exploiting workers, and “liquidating” alien assets to rack...
YO-KAI WATCH Wibble Wobble: Befriend Camellia & Earn Christmas Coins
This year may be over soon, but Springdale is still as busy as ever in YO-KAI WATCH Wibble Wobble. The Holiday Season content is getting a running start with a new character (Camellia) -- plus the all-new “Terror Time” special event map 🙂 Two new bosses are joining...
BOOR: Multiply Yourself
BadLand Games has signed with developer Dazlog Studio to publish BOOR, a new 2D puzzle platformer set to arrive on Steam early next year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v569iH83Bro Eden, a faraway human colony, was meant to offer humans a fresh start. To ensure a...
YO-KAI WATCH Wibble Wobble: Befriend Komajiro S & Earn Thanksgiving Coins
Brown leaves, a cozy fireplace... It seems that Thanksgiving has arrived in YO-KAI WATCH Wibble Wobble 🙂 Now is the time to befriend another powerful Yo-kai, Komajiro S. Don’t take too long, though: It will all be over on November 27. Get cracking on those mission...
8DAYS: Long Live 8-Bit (on Console)!
Publisher BadLand Games and Spanish studio Santa Clara Games are getting ready to release the 8-bit top-down shooter 8DAYS on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One (digital) February 7, 2017 🙂 A pixelated exercise in precision, patience, and peacekeeping, 8DAYS is already...
Rank17: VR Fun for the Whole Year
VR-focused developer and publisher Rank17 announced its lineup of titles for 2017, which will offer a variety of experiences to players. First in the lineup is Super Pixel Smash, a retro arcade title that will see players use pixelated paddles to hit an orb toward...
BladeShield: Akimbo!
Survival isn’t always of the fittest. Sometimes, even the most unlikely of individuals can become the strongest survivors. In the intense VR sci-fi action wave defender, BladeShield -- developed by Rank17 -- take on the role of a lone security officer aboard the...
Cyber Chicken: The Toughest Poultry-est Hero of New York City
Prepare to take the role of an 8-foot, 375-pound killing machine full of protein in WHOA!’s and Groupees’ 2.5D side-scrolling action adventure platformer Cyber Chicken. As the toughest poultry-est hero of a dystopian New York City of the future, you’re on a quixotic...
Velocity 2X: Play It Again, Kai
Spanish publisher BadLand Games and developer FuturLab signed a deal to release Velocity 2X in boxed editions on PlayStation 4 and PS Vita. The award-winning title is a mix between a side-scrolling platformer and a top-down shooter, and it challenges players to help a...
Spryke: Identity Crisis
From the creative mind of solo Australian developer Dave Bleja comes Spryke -- a challenging platformer that features an adorable cyberfish. Spryke is a hybrid of two species -- one from under the surface of the deep seas of the planet Kespuron, and the other from the...
Megalo Polis: The Silly Season
The election may be in the rear-view mirror -- but the campaign trail lives on in Megalo Polis. Playing as one of the game’s presidential candidates, your job is to jump head first into the "silly season" and persuade one district at a time in this political strategy...
Adaeus: Rogue Planet — Tread Carefully
In Adaeus: Rogue Planet -- a 2D sci-fi Metroidvania roguelike platformer developed by OMGWTF Games -- you’ll have to hack, slash, and shoot your way to survive on a deadly planet. Use Nanites and Credits to modify your suit and upgrade your equipment to increase your...
Totem Forge: Beat Golems into Submission!
Novy enjoyed working with Russian developer Alexander Samarin of Exaltrix, who has a knack for creating compelling, deceptively simple gameplay. In addition to helping Alexander polish Totem Forge -- an atmospheric puzzle game with high-end music and art -- we were...
Blast Brawl 2: Bloody Boogaloo — One Hit & That’s It!
Novy got a chance to work with Chris Molini at Mind's Eye Games a second time for the Blast Brawl 2: Bloody Boogaloo Early Access and Xbox One (Game Preview) campaigns! The game is an action-packed arcade, beat 'em up bonanza where players pulverize waves and waves of...
Rockin’ Out at Fan Fest 2016
With so many huge gaming events held each year, it’s often easy to forget that even a single game’s following can be equally—if not more—ravenous. Outside of the world’s PAXes and E3s and Gamescoms, we have Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival, the alliterative mouthful of...
Ginger: Beyond the Crystal — Nostalgia-Induced Fun
Remember the good old days of punching, double-jumping, bouncing, and exploring your way through vibrant levels while collecting crystals and defeating enemies on a quest to restore peace? Ginger: Beyond the Crystal, developed by Drakhar Studio and published by...