Red Hook’s premier title is making its way to the Switch, luring in a fresh flock of first-time players in the process. With about a dozen patches and two DLC factored in over the past year, the Darkest Dungeon experience of 2018 is altogether a different beast than it…
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Since its first appearance, Darkest Dungeon has been an indie darling. It met high praise on Kickstarter – as well as earning over $313,000 – and got rave reviews upon entering Steam Early Access in 2015. Even now Darkest Dungeon is beloved for its tough…
Since first releasing in early access two-and-a-half years ago, Darkest Dungeon has had a memorable journey. Development ran the gamut of reactions, from high praise to piercing criticism. Even after release Red Hook Studios regularly patches the game with alternations and additions. June marked the…
It’s been a few weeks now since Red Hook Studios unveiled Steam Workshop support for their Kickstarted, gothic roguelike, Darkest Dungeon. While the crowdfunding campaign was hugely successful it fell just shy of the $350,000 mod support stretch goal. Thanks to the success of early…
The finalists for the Steam Awards have been announced and I’m very happy to see they include three Kickstarter titles. Tabletop Simulator, Undertale and Darkest Dungeon are among the 52 games shortlisted in 12 different categories. Admittedly the awards themselves aren’t too serious (one of…
Transparency is a large part of what makes crowdfunding so exciting. It allows gamers to sneak a peek behind the scenes and see what makes their favorite indie games tick. Occasionally a game will really take off and manage to sell a million copies. It’s…
There’s a good chance you’ve heard of the figurine and collectable company Sideshow, even if you’re unfamiliar with the name. Since 1994 they’ve been creating memorabilia for several popular franchises, including The Walking Dead and Star Wars. The gruesome Court of the Dead is the first…
It entered the crowdfunding realm on March 14, 2014. It covered its $75,000 goal in less than 24 hours. A year later, it was seen regularly on Twitch.tv’s top 10 streamed games despite only being in the infancy of its Early Access life cycle. No, this…
Darkest Dungeon, one of Kickstarter’s latest darlings and a model for the Early Access game, has finally been released. That means gamers can finally “Go to Hell.” I assume the developers are referring to the games full release, and not something more nefarious. The bad news, if…
[dropcap size=big]D[/dropcap]arkest Dungeon lives up to its name: it’s dark, and not simply in traditional dungeon crawler ways. Red Hook Studios’ turn-based role playing game delves into psychology, a realm many games sidestep. This mental probing explores the effects on in-game characters, and through clever…
[dropcap size=big]D[/dropcap]arkest Dungeon is a phenomenal dungeon crawler from Red Hook Studios. The unique gem of a game just launched its Steam Early Access phase, and it’s one of the best releases of 2015. Red Hook Studios’ masterpiece features gorgeous environments, challenging but rewarding gameplay,…
If you haven’t heard of Darkest Dungeon from Red Hook Studios yet then you must not pay attention to crowdfunding. Since launching on Kickstarter on February 10th with a total funding target of $75,000, the creepy looking RPG has gone on to get press everywhere…
I’m about to tell you the most depressing story you’ll likely hear all week. Sorry. I had a friend several years ago that grew up wanting to be a cop, it’s all he wanted to do in his life. He took the appropriate tests but…
It is a truth universally acknowledged that scavenging the floating wrecks of dilapidated space freighters is going to result in at least one conflict with space pirates. That’s just the rules. I didn’t make the rules. H.G Wells made the rules, then Asimov and Delany…
Heart Shaped Games has announced their newest project, We Are The Caretakers. The announcement teaser just went up and a playable version was available at PAX East. Heart Shaped Games are the creators of mobile game Hero Generations. HG is a roguelike mobile strategy game…
Mittelborg: City of Mages is an interesting game recently released on Steam early access. It bills itself as a rogue-like strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of mages and demons and features a branching story filled with difficult choices and dark consequences. In…