Frenemy Pastry Party Coming To America This Fall!!!
Taiwanese card game Frenemy Pastry Party is being translated into English and ought to arrive this fall! Designed by Jessie Li (designer of Ponzi Scheme) and originally published by Mizo Games, Frenemy has now been adopted by Solis Game Studio.
Nookazon: Animal Crossing Item Trading Website
Someone named Daniel Luu (@squishguin) has created a website where you can buy and sell in-game items from Animal Crossing: New Horizons! If there are items that you want, but cannot get on your own, or if you want to diversify who you sell to, this website could be useful!
Hellpoint Potentially Delayed to the End of Quarter 2
Cradle Games and tinyBuild have decided to postpone releasing Hellpoint until later in Quarter 2. That is any time between now and the end of June. This dark sci-fi RPG was originally scheduled to hit PC and consoles in April.
A Fold Apart Bridges Distances Next Week
Lightning Rod Games’s narrative-driven, paper-folding puzzle game A Fold Apart releases on April 17th! It will appear on Apple Arcade for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV, and Mac. A Fold Apart will likewise be on the Nintendo Switch and for Windows via Steam. Looking at their website, they also seem to have plans for PS4 and Xbox One releases! Think about it, though. What game could be mo...[Read More]
Home Is Where You Can Play D&D
I just came back from a year of working in Tokyo. While that might sound like a great, interesting experience, it was also an isolating one. See, my Japanese is mediocre at best and Tokyo is much like New York City; busy, impersonal, unfriendly, and sometimes hostile, though in a more passive-aggressive way than NYC. Between the language barrier, Japanese shyness, and a fairly prevalent distrust o...[Read More]
ID@Xbox Spotlight: Indie Developed Games
Xbox.com has released a new series of YouTube videos to showcase games developed by indie studios: ID@Xbox Spotlight! Due to the coronavirus pandemic canceling road shows and in-person press previews, ID@Xbox wanted independent developers to still have their time to shine. This includes updates on upcoming projects as well as announcements for new games coming to Xbox! Since these are from a video...[Read More]
HyperParasite Releases Next Week
Troglobytes Games rogue-like shooter and brawler HyperParasite will release on April 2nd for North America and the European and on April 3rd for Japan! This body-snatching dystopia is coming to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch.
Unless It Moves The Human Heart – The Last of Us
According to author and professor Roger Rosenblatt, writing is not worth much “unless it moves the human heart.” As far as I am concerned, that standard should apply to all forms of art, and video games, my friends, are an art form. In my experience, few games have illustrated the ability to inspire emotion more profoundly than The Last of Us. While weaving a soul tearing narrative and...[Read More]
Boss Rush Eldest Souls Showcased Today
Fallen Flag Studio and the publisher United Label today showcased their pixel-art boss rush game Eldest Souls for the Nintendo Switch! During the Indie World Showcase, we caught a glimpse of gameplay footage. This revealed some of the game’s areas, NPCs, and the Ancient Gods that players will encounter in this game when it releases in the summer. Oh, and speaking of Ancient Gods, did I menti...[Read More]
Hero Syndrome Kickstarter Launches!
Indie developer Big Rook Games today announced their next Kickstarter and biggest project yet. Their upcoming title Hero Syndrome is a fast-paced, sci-fi third-person shooter and puzzle game blend. Lead developer Jake Jameson is hoping to raise $80,000, which will allow his team to launch the game on PC, PS4, and Xbox One toward the end of this year. If they meet their stretch goals, Big Rook Game...[Read More]
Lust for Darkness: Dawn Edition Rerelease
After a controversial release and swift recall for extremely “adult” content, Lust for Darkness: Dawn Edition will return to the Nintendo Switch’s American eShop. Developer SimFabric worked long and hard to create this psychological horror game. However, they went too far last time according to the American eShop and ESRB raters. They deemed the game too erotic for even America&#...[Read More]
Hell Warders Hits Store Shelves
The tower defense-action RPG hybrid Hell Warders has released physical copies for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. European stores already have access to these, but developer Anti-Gravity and PQube announced that physical editions will reach North America on Tuesday, March 17th.