Stiff Controller Fast Striker is a 2D vertical shoot’em up (shmup) composed of six stages, boss battles, four difficulty settings for replay value, and a ton of bullets. Contrary to its name, this bullethell isn’t exactly fast paced. While the screen is often filled with projectiles, especially in the later stages, the player’s ship actually […]
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REVIEW – Soulblight (Switch)Cool Name. Poor Gameplay. Soulblight, a top-down Roguelike action RPG, separates itself by use of the taint system. Not to be confused with the area of your body where the sun don’t shine, this system does not involve traditional leveling or grinding but rather a give-and-take system. “Gluttony, Lust, Cannibalism – how far will you […]
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NEWS – Zarvot, a game about cubes, coming to Switch next weekNew York-based independent studio, snowhydra games will debut its quirky arcade shooter Zarvot on the Nintendo Switch eShop October 18th for $19.99. Zarvot is a whimsical game about cubes that sometimes love and sometimes hate each other. Featuring ultra responsive controls rendered at a silky smooth 60fps, Zarvot tasks players with blitzing around as an […]
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REVIEW – The Swindle: A Steampunk Cybercrime Caper (Xbox One)Stealing Stealthily If you mixed the randomly generated 2D action of Spelunky with stealth and light RPG elements, you would get The Swindle. The goal is to infiltrate banks and steal their money without setting off alarms, evading guards, and not getting zapped or blown up. Controls are simple enough, there is jump and melee […]
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NEWS – Xbox sales for the week of October 9, 2018The following discounts are available to Xbox Live Gold members now through October 15, 2018. There is also a Spotlight Sale. Xbox One: Content Title Content Type Discount Notes Black Mirror* Xbox One Game 80% DWG Child of Light – Dark Pack Add-On 50% Spotlight Child of Light – Light Pack Add-On 50% Spotlight Child […]
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REVIEW – Jake Hunter Detective Story: Ghost of the Dusk (3DS)3DS Reading Here in the West, the Jake Hunter series is mostly unknown despite its Famicon roots in Japan. Jake Hunter: Memories of the Past was released on the original DS in 2007 as an experiment, more or less, by Aksys Games to see if a visual novel could gain any traction during the DS […]
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NEWS – Save me Mr Tako! gets release dateOn World Octopus Day, Nicalis, Ink. announced the release date for Save me Mr Tako!, the all-new platforming adventure coming to Nintendo Switch and Steam. The charming throwback-style game stars a friendly octopus named Mr Tako and will celebrate October as “The Month of the Octopus” by releasing on October 30, 2018. Save me Mr […]
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NEWS – Retro Shmup Fast Striker will support cross-buy on PS4 and VitaDeveloper NGDEV and publisher eastasiasoft are proud to announce their single-player vertical scrolling shoot ’em up Fast Striker is coming to PlayStation 4 and PS Vita on October 16th in North America and October 17th in Europe with cross-buy support. Fast Striker will also be available in a physical limited edition through Playasia.com. Fast Striker […]
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Zarvot is a new multiplayer Switch title set for Oct release – trailer hereNew York-based independent studio, snowhydra games has released a developer walkthrough demonstrating both the competitive multiplayer and solo story campaign in Zarvot, a whimsical game about cubes that sometimes love and sometimes hate each other. Launching exclusively on Nintendo Switch this October, Zarvot features four-player local multiplayer as players assume the role of anthropomorphic cubes […]
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VIDEOCAST – The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows DeepThis week, Gillman and Zack test out The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep, the first game in the series in about 30 years. Along the way, they try to understand the unique combat mechanic, how to save, and sit through the long load times. Enjoy the stream embedded below:
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