By Joey Davidson |
Here’s a concept: why not make a game where players control two characters? So far, that’s been done. In LocoCycle, one of those characters is a high-tech military motorcycle being sought by her creators. The second character is Pablo, a Mexican mechanic stuck on the…
By Joey Davidson |
In Octodad: Dadliest Catch, the sequel from Young Horses’ free student project called Octodad, players are tasked with living the life of a father of two and husband to one. Sounds simple, right? Hold on. You play an octopus. No one else knows you’re an octopus. Octodad…
By Joey Davidson |
Splinter Cell: Blacklist is the upcoming entry in the long-loved series that once focused on stealth so much that it drove fans absolutely mad. This is the first Splinter Cell title to release in four years; the last was the fanbase splitting Conviction. We were fortunate enough…
By Joey Davidson |
Guacamelee is the next game from Drinkbox Studios, the folks behind Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack. This action title is coming exclusively, at least at first, to the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita. It features CrossPlay and CrossSave functionality. If we had to hazard…
By Joey Davidson |
Legend of Dungeon is the Kickstarted and Steam Greenlight candidate from RobotLovesKitty. According to the developers, it’s all about death and treasure. We met with Calvin and Alix, the husband and wife duo that makes up the freshly formed RobotLovesKitty development studio, on the show…
By Joey Davidson |
Transistor was just announced last week. This project from Supergiant Games currently has no release date (though they’re aiming for 2014) and has no announced platforms. We had a chance to play it this weekend at PAX East. That “Bastion” Feeling When I first fired…
By Joey Davidson |
Imagine a game where players are tasked with running virtual heists from a hacker’s headquarters. Within those virtual heists, players will drop portable computers and fire up, stay with me, a legitimate version of DOS to hack security cameras, open locked doors and shut off…
By Joey Davidson |
We were invited to go behind closed doors for a special presentation from Ubisoft’s Darby McDevitt, the Lead Writer for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, during the first day of PAX East. Over the course of his presentation, which amounted to covering a few Powerpoint slides…
By Joey Davidson |
One of our first stops on the PAX East 2013 show floor was The Behemoth’s booth. These folks are about to unleash a game that’s been almost five years in the making. I personally had a chance to check BattleBlock Theater four years ago at…
