Ambition: A Minuet in Power Announced
Peanut butter and chocolate. Ice cream and summer evenings. Motorcycles and twisty roads. All great things that go great together. How about Roguelikes and dating sims? That’s exactly what newly founded indie studio Joy Manufacturing Co. aims to accomplish with their debut title Ambition: A Minuet in Power.
505 Games Partners with Flat Earth Games to Publish Objects in Space
Publisher 505 Games has announced a partnership with Sydney-based indie developer Flat Earth Games to bring their retro open-world stealth-action space game Objects in Space to PC, Mac, and Linux in 2018. Objects in Space was the winner of the PAX Australia Indie Showcase, and also an alt.ctrl GDC finalist.
GIGANTIC Airship Supply Drop Giveaway!
Since its launch on Steam, a bunch of us here at Marooners’ Rock have been playing a ton of Gigantic, Motiga’s new free-to-play strategic hero shooter. And now we’ve teamed up with Motiga and publisher Perfect World to give everyone a leg up on the competition!
Futurama World of Tomorrow Review (iOS, Android)
Futurama really should have gotten more seasons. Even as the Simpsons train continues on with no end in sight, Futurama fans just count ourselves lucky that we got a few extra seasons courtesy of Comedy Central. Thus the announcement of a new Futurama game, one featuring much of the original voice cast and writes, came as a welcome surprise.
The Great Western Express Arrives in Train Sim World
Dovetail games announces that next expansion of their next-generation train simulator – Train Sim World – will be Britain’s Great Western Express, and its iconic HST (High Speed Train) will open up a whole new continent to the Train Sim World community.
Full Classic Roster for F1 2017 Revealed
Codemasters has finally pulled the wraps off of the last four cars in its classic list for the upcoming F1 2017, the official videogame of the 2017 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP! The addition of four classic McLarens (although “classic” may be stretching the point a bit in at least one case) brings the total roster of previous season F1 cars to twelve.
Aksys Games Brings Drive Girls to North American PS Vita
As a racing game fan, I’m always on the lookout for fresh takes on the standard driving formula. Aksys Games is definitely bringing something different to North America with a localized version of Japanese PS Vita title Drive Girls, scheduled to release on September 8th.
NASCAR Heat 2 First Official Gameplay Trailer Released
It’s not the green flag yet, but you could call this the qualifying laps: the first gameplay trailer for NASCAR Heat 2 has been released by 704Games! The trailer shows off the variety of tracks and cars that players can expect, while also calling out some of the major multiplayer features.
Backlog Burndown #23 – X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
Greetings Backloggers! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Summer vacation has hit hard, and with it, backlog progress has largely ground to a halt. There is one game that I’ve finally finished, however, and that would be the late ’90s classic Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter – Balance of Power!
Everspace Review (Xbox One)
I had made it to Sector 2 with seconds to spare, a wave of alien fighters hot on my tail. I’d lost my pursuers in the jump, but with failing life support and a hull damaged in more places than I cared to count, I was in serious need of repairs. A derelict shipwreck promised a chance for the materials I needed to fix my damaged ship, but that’s when a scavenger and two drone fighters ju...[Read More]
MXGP3 – The Official Motocross Videogame Hits PC, PS4, and Xbox One
Time to get dirty! MXGP3 – The Official Motocross Videogame gets the green flag on June 20, 2017 to bring some serious off-road dirt bike action to consoles and PCs. There aren’t a lot of motorcycle racing games around (there aren’t even a lot of recent racing games outside of The Crew that even include motorcycles) so it’s always nice to see a new two-wheeled contender join the ranks.
Symphonic Rain HD Remaster Arrives on Steam
There aren’t very many games that combine the visual novel and music genres. One of the best from the early 2000s was Symphonic Rain, which just got a remaster and Steam release! Featuring visuals remastered by the original character artist Siro, and with an official English translation, this HD translation is one fans of visual novels won’t want to miss.