It’s an interesting time to be a fan of sailing games. Normally a largely overlooked genre, March has seen the introduction to open beta or Steam Early Access of three vastly different takes on the concept. Make Sail takes an interesting blend of robust vehicle construction, open world exploration, and the vast loneliness of an empty sea to make a game that’s interesting from the moment it hits Ea...[Read More]
Flashbulb Games has announced that their game, Trailmakers, will be arriving on Steam Early Access on January 31st. The open world vehicle driving/constructing game is the studio’s first title, and is expected to be in Early Access for approximately a year.
Nexon America has officially announced the date for their side-scrolling MOBA Hyper Universe to depart from Steam’s Early Access program and go into full Free To Play mode on both Steam and the Nexon Launcher. Accompanying the launch will be a rebalancing of the game’s major mechanics to increase emphasis on both individual skill and coordinated teamplay.
Samurai Edo period team dodgeball. No, this isn’t a typo, Japanese videogame publisher Happinet is announcing the new game Dodgeball Rising! coming to Steam Early access. Set during an alternative history take on Japan’s Edo period, where swords and duels have been banned by the government, everyone from Samurai to Geisha have no choice but to settle their conflicts with Dodgeball. It&...[Read More]
Fortnite’s “Survive the Storm” update was expected to roll through starting tomorrow, August 29. However, it seems there has been a slight delay. The Fortnite team had this to say on their forums earlier today:
Only one day to go until Conan Exiles makes its much anticipated launch on Xbox One. It will be part of the Game Preview program which is the equivalent to Early Access for PC releases. Included in the release will be the free brand new expansion update The Frozen North. In this update there will be the introduction of a ton of new content and features and an expansion of the base game world by 70...[Read More]
Epic Games has released the full list of Trophies and Achievements for its upcoming action-building title Fortnite, and there looks to be plenty of challenges that will keep you and your friends occupied for hours on end. For those unfamiliar, Fortnite allows you and your friends to build up giant forts in hopes to defend against hordes of monsters. They claim “no two games are ever the same...[Read More]
The first person sci fi horror title, Dead Effect 2, has now released as a VR game for Steam Early Access for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Developer BadFly Interactive has built the original game from the ground up with VR optimized controls, weapon dual wielding, and improved weapon models. The original game, for those unfamiliar, takes place on a spaceship where crew members must survive against a ...[Read More]
When I last had a hands-on with Lightspeed Frontier, it was on the crowded show floor of PAX South, where I managed to (mostly) successfully navigate my way through the tutorial under the helpful tutelage of members of the dev team. However, with the game now launched in Steam Early Access, I’m free to spend a lot more time with this open universe/starship builder hybrid.
I recently had the opportunity to sample Can’t Drive This, a new cooperative arcade racing game from Pixel Maniacs. Can’t Drive This differentiates itself from other arcade racers by requiring two players to work together. While Player One drives a car in a standard 3rd-person viewpoint, Player Two utilizes a top-down view to lay down the track ahead of their comrade. It’s dynamic, fast-paced, and...[Read More]
Space is filled with possibilities, but if the people at Graphite Labs have anything to say about it, space is filled with alien bugs ready to rip the faces off of anyone in their way. That’s where the Jumpers come in, equipped with high tech weaponry, gadgets, and armor. Players will be able to take up the cause and bring the fight to the bugs with Hive Jump, a run-and-gun action game with ...[Read More]