Rogue like
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.
MISTOVER Gets Launch Date and Additional Platform
It’s no secret that several of us here on Marooners’ Rock are very excited about MISTOVER, the upcoming turn-based RPG from KRAFTON Game Union. Now it looks as though the wait is nearing an end. Not only that, but gamers will have another option for which platform to experience this anticipated game.
Void Bastards Gets a Launch Date
Get ready, here come the bastards! Today. Humble Bundle announced an official release date for Void Bastards, the cel-shaded, roguelike, FPS from Blue Manchu and directed by Jonathan Chey.
AurumDust Releases Meet The Team Video for Ash of Gods: Redemption
We love behind the scenes videos here, especially when they offer the chance to get a look behind the scenes at a new team. It’s a joy to see a team like AurumDust release a Meet the Team video ahead of the release for their upcoming RPG Ash of Gods: Redemption.
Phantom Trigger Alpha Impressions
Desperate for recovery from a strange illness, Stan agrees to a unusual test that has him exploring a surreal, neon world. Phantom Trigger is a new project being published by Tiny Build and is being developed by the two man team, Bread Team. Players will control Stan as he hacks and slashes his way through pixelated enemies in a weird environment, meeting quirky characters and exploring his psyche...[Read More]
Risk of Rain Limited Run Launches Tomorrow
Get them before they’re gone! Risk of Rain, one of my favorite rogue-like games ever, was announced a while back to be getting the Limited Run Games treatment and that day is fast approaching. Customers will be able to pick up physical editions of Risk of Rain on PSVita or PS4 tomorrow. A vinyl soundtrack will also be available for purchase, a fantastic collection of excellent tracks.
Risk of Rain 2 is in Early Development
One of the first PC games I picked up when I first built my PC was Risk of Rain, a cheap little rogue-like that was published by Chucklefish. What I found was one of my favorite co-op games with an addictive set of mechanics that play with risk and reward. Not only that, but the art style and music was just incredibly compelling. Now, Hopoo Games has tentatively announced that they are working on ...[Read More]
Mothergunship Hands-On Impressions from PAX East
When I saw the trailer for Mothergunship, I was immediately reminded of Doom in the best of ways. This is what sparked me to set up a press appointment with the folks at Grip Digital and Terrible Posture Games to try it out. What I discovered was a crazy addictive, over the top, skill-based, rogue-like shooter that deserves way more attention.
Hive Jump by Graphite Labs is Out Now on Steam
A while back, I was writing for a much smaller indie magazine known as Giga Geek Magazine. It was my first time publishing any sort of writing on video games, even though I had made plenty of opinion-based videos on Youtube prior to joining the magazine. Oddly enough, it wasn’t long before we started seeing indie game developers reach out to us. I quickly learned how to use Twitter out of sh...[Read More]
Quest of Dungeons Review
The rogue-like genre has always been about the risk/reward system that usually comes from only having one life. Typically, the genre focuses on tight decisions, incredible skill, and a little luck. Quest of Dungeons is a rougue-like dungeon-crawler that emulates the Mystery Dungeon series, but in a much smaller fashion. Where I had trouble getting into games like Shiren the Wanderer, which had lay...[Read More]
Quest of Dungeons
Quest of Dungeons is a simple rouge-like, dungeon-crawler that has been on a multitude of consoles in the past couple years. The addictive game is now available on the Nintendo 3DS' E-Shop, completing the game's simplicity with portability.
Shiren The Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate
Shiren the Wanderer makes his third appearance outside of Japan on the Vita. Players tackle the Tower of Fate with rogue-like RPG elements to chance fate. Take on randomized towers with death being permanent, losing items and levels.