Is it possible to make a blandly inoffensive adventure game that focuses on sex-comedy and the hookup culture of 2018? Can a franchise rooted in the sensibilities of the ‘80s and ‘90s work when deprived of its lead writer and released in The Era of That’s Not Funny? These were the major questions I had going into a playthrough of Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry, a sort of but not quite re...[Read More]
One more New Year’s celebration. That’s all gamers are going to have to wait before finally getting their hands on YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG. On January 17th, 2019, the indie Japanese-style RPG from Ysbryd Games and Ackk Studios will be available for the Nintendo Switch, Sony PlayStation®4, and PCs and Mac computers via Steam.
During the TEKKEN World Tour Finals event in Amsterdam yesterday, Bandai Namco announced the next fighters headed for TEKKEN 7 in the current Season 2 pass. The first two, Armor King and Craig Marduk, are available starting today, December 3rd.
Greetings Backloggers! Backlog progress severely stalled out over the summer, and I’ve once again been wracking up more free games to play than I’ve been finishing. The main backlog highlight of Fall has been the completion of a roughly three-and-a-half-year project to play through all of the games in the Star Wars: X-Wing series!
Already twitchy about battling Black Friday crowds, and stores haven’t even opened yet? Frustrated because someone thought Thanksgiving dinner would be the perfect time to start a political debate? Just plain tired because you were one of the unfortunate ones stuck working on Thanksgiving day? Whatever your reason for having anger and frustration this year, THQ Nordic has the solution with t...[Read More]
Not long ago, I got the chance to review Little Dragons Café for the Nintendo Switch. I will state here, the game was quite nice and relaxing and I spent a good time playing. While I do recommend this game as something you should play on the Nintendo Switch. Aksys Games is now giving PC users a chance to play. Aksys Games is pleased to announce that the sleeper hit Little Dragons Café is now avail...[Read More]
So just the other day I was casually surfing Twitter to see a video about some game called SkateBIRD. I’ll admit at first I swore I read it as Skate Birb, but would totally approve that as well since I have tons of Birb avatars in the game VR Chat. However, after watching the trailer for SkateBIRD I’ve been instantly hooked to see what’s coming next from Megan Fox and the team at...[Read More]
Assuming no premature releases (a situation Larry’s definitely never had to deal with), Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don’t Dry will be released next week. To keep fans happy until then, Assemble Entertainment is teasing us with a new gameplay trailer showing off Larry’s new old-school adventure style.
Here in the Upper Midwest, farmers are trying to get the last of their crops harvested before everything starts getting covered with snow. However, virtual farmers had best start getting ready for a whole new round of crop harvesting, vehicle driving, and animal raising with Farming Simulator 19 coming out in November. Today this popular sim released a new gameplay trailer showing off the livestoc...[Read More]
With the PC launch of Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales less than a week away, CD PROJEKT RED is still hard at work building up the hype. Today they released their latest trailer, showcasing a taste of the gameplay that players can expect in this isometric RPG/card battle spinoff tale set in the Witcher universe.
Do you have a soft spot for fixed position rail-shooter FPS games such as Beach Head 2000? Then have we got some great news this week, as Indie developer Mastiff is launching Heavy Fire: Red Shadow on the PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and Steam platforms this week!
Inspired by 8-bit action classics, Haxor features chunky pixel art and a 16-color palette straight out of the golden era of console gaming. The chiptune soundtrack sets the mood for nostalgia-filled alien blasting. This alone sounds like something that would be nice to play for someone who enjoys a good platformer. Now if you’re like me, when can we play? The retro action platformer from Fat...[Read More]