If board games are your thing, The Witcher: Old World could be right down your street. As we set our sights on Netflix’s The Witcher season two, we certainly need something to make the time go in and also get our Geralt of Rivia fix. CD Projekt and publisher Go On Board have headed to Kickstarter
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If you love an exploration game that promotes Celtic, Gaelic and Anglo Saxon culture as well as implementing a puzzle system, action-roguelike, platforming and psychological horror, you may very well enjoy The Silent Tombs. Primordial Game Studios who are based in Dundee, Scotland, are launching their brand new Kickstarter next month that will allow players
Suikoden spiritual successor Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes finally ended its phenomenally successful Kickstarter campaign at $4,571,418, making it the third most successful Kickstarter video game campaign ever. And as a huge surprise, Rabbit & Bear Studios revealed their final secret stretch goal: the studio plans to partner with Natsume-Atari to create a Town Creation RPG.
The New Game+ Expo is well underway, and a whole plethora of new games have already been revealed, including Koji Igarashi’s next game, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2. The game, which was revealed during the showcase by Iga himself, has been announced for Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC, however sadly no solid release
With what’s been happening in the past and especially in light of current events, it’s important to reflect on the video games that have centered or been inclusive of black characters, as well as games led by black developers. Representation has been an ongoing conversation in video games (and other forms of media), and the
In 2013, PlatinumGames released The Wonderful 101, and it almost seemed doomed from the start. It was an experimental action game coming from a studio that, while highly respected, wasn’t known for producing titles that broke the bank. On top of that, the game was a Nintendo-published exclusive to the Wii U, a console that
Maybe it was to be expected at this point, but nonetheless, The Wonderful 101: Remastered’s retail release and shipments of its backer rewards have been delayed. Developer PlatinumGames notified its Kickstarter backers of the delays on Thursday, citing the coronavirus pandemic’s effect on production and distribution as the cause. Physical copies are now set to
A 60-second trailer for The Wonderful 101: Remastered released Wednesday, giving players a quick introduction — or reintroduction — to the game’s core cast, the Unite Morph abilities, and the game’s highly creative, albeit outright insane, boss battles. PlatinumGames’ unique action title is coming to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Steam on May 19
Sabotage Studio wears its love for the games of yesteryear proudly on its sleeve. The developer’s first project, the 2018 release of The Messenger, paid homage to 2D platformers of the past, such as Ninja Gaiden, while simultaneously providing all-new twists and turns that the genre hadn’t seen before. The final result was one that
After releasing its first game back in 2018 with The Messenger, Sabotage Studio has today unveiled its next project and it’s a far cry from what you might initially expect. Sea of Stars is the name of Sabotage’s upcoming game and it sees the studio spurning the 2D platformer genre to instead jump into the realm
Neon City Riders is an upcoming 2D action-adventure game for Mecha Studios. The game was originally funded on Kickstarter back in 2017, but is finally getting its big moment soon. The 80s-inspired beat ’em up launches next week. Mecha Studios’ new trailer provides a great overview of all the sci-fi mayhem coming your way. Give
While it launched just over a week ago, it took less than 24 hours for Platinum Games’ Wonderful 101 Remastered Kickstarter campaign to hit the 1.5 million mark. Needless to say, it’s been a success on the crowdfunding platform and for fans that have been waiting for this cult classic action game to return. If
Momentum for The Wonderful 101 hasn’t let up. Now at more than 23,000 backers, with 25 days still left to go, the Kickstarter campaign for The Wonderful 101: Remastered has surpassed the $1.5-million mark. As a result, the addition of the epilogue side-scroller “Luka’s First Mission” has been guaranteed, and “Luka’s Second Mission” has been
There are 29 days left in The Wonderful 101: Remastered’s Kickstarter campaign, but with more than $1.3 million raised and counting, it’s safe to say that PlatinumGames’ gamble on its overlooked action game has more than paid off. It’s with that success that director Hideki Kamiya has chosen to take a trip down memory lane,
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is one of my all-time favourite games. Sure; it didn’t set the world on fire. Some may have said that it’s a ‘Crash Bandicoot clone‘ that ‘makes no effort [to] hid[e] its influences.‘ That doesn’t stop me loving it as much as I do. People like me might be in the minority,
PlatinumGames is having a pretty good year so far. In fact, the past couple of years have been good for the emergent Japanese studio. They’ve published multiple critically acclaimed titles: Bayonetta, Astral Chain, and NeiR Automata all come to mind. So why are there rumors of Microsoft passing over the company last year in their search for Xbox Series
Temtem is a lot like Pokemon. Let’s get that out in the open right away. Developer Crema has described Temtem as “a massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure inspired by Pokemon” on their Steam page. Their inspirations are open and unabashed. Many will look at this and simply dismiss it as a Pokemon clone, or an ascended
Early this month, Yacht Club Games and Panda Cult Games teamed up and revealed what sounded like a dream come true for Shovel Knight fans: a themed board game that would be hitting Kickstarter called Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels. However, just recently there was an update to the Panda Cult Games Kickstarter page announcing that
Granzella, developer of City Shrouded in Shadow and Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories, is trying to revive the R-Type Final series with a sequel. Unlike Disaster Report 4, which was revived in a more conventional sense, Granzella is hoping to raise funds for R-Type Final 2 via a Kickstarter campaign that launched today. R-Type
Granzella announced today a worldwide Kickstarter crowdfunding for R-Type Final 2 will be launching on June 4, midnight JST. Following a poll asking the fans’ opinions, the game’s platforms were also revealed: R-Type Final 2 is supposed to launch for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam. The Kickstarter page will go live at a
Kingdoms of the Dump is a turn-based RPG that is launching a Kickstarter campaign in July. The game looks like it was released back in the mid-90s and features a unique theme. Check out the first trailer for it below. Players will begin the game as Dustin Binsley an esteemed trashcan knight in training. The
CHROMATOSE, the successfully Kickstarter funded visual novel and JRPG inspired by the likes of Persona 3, Catherine, and Monogatari, has been getting tons of updates through AkaBaka’s Twitter account this past month. Some highlights include screenshots of the game’s backgrounds, UI updates and improvements, character art, and dialogue screens. On a roll with background art
Last month, I highlighted Descend, a unique looking RPG with puzzle and platforming elements from the fledgling Twinspell Studio. The game was on Kickstarter then with a goal of $37,167; unfortunately, it did not meet that goal and only raised $19,314 before today. Despite this, the game’s developers still pledged to finish Descend on the game’s
Twinspell Studio is an up and coming developer made up of 5 recent college graduates, and their first game looks great. Titled Descend, Twinspell’s firs project is an RPG with puzzle and platforming elements that takes place in a gorgeous and creative world of Hemonnet. Check out the game’s latest trailer below: Descend currently has
The Persona 3, Catherine, and Monogatari inspired visual novel CHROMATOSE has gotten a new update on their official Kickstarter page. The update includes several quality of life changes and additions, as well as a new character and a new pause menu interface. In the Kickstarter update, the developers revealed they are currently implementing a skip
CHROMATOSE, a visual novel and JRPG inspired by the likes of Persona 3, Catherine, and Monogatari, has managed to pass their Kickstarter goal of $22,000 — reaching $25,084 in total raised funds with 669 backers — as revealed on their main Kickstarter page. The team at Akabaka even released new artwork (which have major Persona vibes) as
CHROMATOSE, a visual novel seeking funding on Kickstarter, is a unique blend of both JRPG and visual novel inspired by the likes of Persona 3, Catherine, and Monogatari. The premise of CHROMATOSE is simple enough, according to the campaign page: “You’ve awakened in a strange nightmare after a fall that should have ended your life.
Not only is the introduction of Facebook’s “Fan Subscription” a bad sign for independent creators hoping to make a living through crowdfunded means, but it’s also another entry on the long list of ways that corporations place profit above art. As has already been pointed out by outlets such as The Verge and TechCrunch, as
The Blind Prophet will be a point and click adventure game coming to PC sometime next year and was created all by one person. Everything in the game is completely made from scratch by him, including the hand-drawn graphics, programming, and writing. The Blind Prophet will feature traditional point and click mechanics, in-depth puzzles, choices
WayForward Technologies, developers of the Shantae series among many other titles, are joining ArtPlay and DICO to aid in the creation of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. In a Kickstarter update, Koji Igarashi announced that WayForward would be, “helping the development team realize my vision for this game.” Igarashi, frequently referred to as IGA, is best known