When Dead State first shambled its way out of Early Access last December, the game was riddled with glitches. While some of them were certainly amusing (like zombies walking endlessly into walls, blissfully unaware of your party members attacking them), most of the bugs were…
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[dropcap size=big]A[/dropcap]h, zombies. They’re practically everywhere at this point, shambling their way into virtually every form of media. DoubleBear Productions have taken a bite out of the CRPG genre with Dead State, a RPG set in the midst of a zombie outbreak. But is it…
Dead State, one of Kickstarter’s most funded projects to date, has been unleashed onto the world via Steam. Given that the Steam release is considered Early Access, expect the game to be a work in progress, complete with bugs, crashes, and gameplay issue. That being said,…
The very basis of a platformer is predicated on a player’s determination. “Thank you, Mario! But our princess is in another castle!” is the defining instance of the genre’s inherent notion of insisting on progression in the face of adversity. Without an end goal, however…
There have been some, not so subtle, hints that CrashGem had run into trouble with development of their turn-based RPG, Churbles. Initially funded for $28,487 on Kickstarter back in late 2013, the project blew right past it’s expected 2014 release date. News of the delay…
‘No dead weight, just pure bosses!’ That ably sums up Dead from indie developer Milo Games. This top-down shooter skips the waiting and goes straight for the end-game with ten deadly bosses to defeat. Boss battle games certainly seem to be in vogue at the…
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…
If you’ve been around the gaming section of Kickstarter for a while now, odds are that you’ve stumbled across Camelot Unchained at some point. The game collected over two million dollars worth of donations with nearly fifteen thousand backers. This is a pretty incredible feat…
Despite being a fan of the strange and macabre, zombie stories have never really appealed to me. Perhaps it’s because most games feature just you, and maybe a few friends, taking on hordes of these undead without any real substance beyond getting gooey rotting bits…
Just a few nights ago, Deadly Venoms was up and running on its Kickstarter campaign. The cute little 2D, beat ‘em up brawler showed potential, it was unique, fast-paced and seemingly action-packed. However, it was recently announced that Firebutton, the developers of Deadly Venoms have…
[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]f Neverending Nightmares taught me one thing it’s to wear a clean pair of underwear while playing. And Devastated Dreams looks to up the ante with an even more nightmarish landscape where the monsters are lurking in the darkness ready to pounce. I decided, rather…
[dropcap size=big]”Y[/dropcap]ou gotta do what you gotta do.” That seems to be the motto in every post-apocalyptic wasteland tale since the dawn of the genre, but this mantra is beat into you throughout Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today, a dark point-and-click adventure game set in…
I misspoke a few articles back, in a way, by condemning this fading fad of zombie-related games. Now, I absolutely have no intention to withdraw any statement I’ve made, because I really do hope the fad itself passes, but every once in awhile a game…
I See Dead People – Whispering Willows Reviewed By Julie Morley [divider] For the entirety of Chapters 1-3, I was on the edge of my seat. With a captivating story meshed with complicated puzzles, Whispering Willows is an absolute must play for a pleasant scare…
Dead Syncrhonicity : Tomorrow Comes Today By Julie Morley [divider] Point and click adventures have come back with one heck of a boom lately, I must say. Plenty of crowdfunded and indie projects have popped up recently that are trying to return to the…
We’re in the thick of Halloween season, so what better time to roll out a gruesome looking zombie horde simulator like Undead Overlord? The brainchild of Cryptic Studios founder Cameron Petty, Undead Overlord puts players in control of a zombie horde hell bent on world…