With the launch of The Wild Eight’s pre-alpha demo last week week, we reached out to developer 8pts to address some of the complaints and inquiries that have been previously brought up about the game on Cliqist. As of May 5th, 8pts has fully funded the…
Felix Wong
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Felix spent a large chunk of his youth behind a 24 inch monitor and intends to do the same with the rest of his adult life. For reasons still unbeknownst to friends and family, he decided to eschew a more conventional career path to instead become a guy who writes about video games for cash and coin.
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After recently covering Spellbook’s upcoming RPG, Heroes of Dire, lead developer Ozymandias reached out to me to address some of the concerns I had voiced in my article. Before I first started digging into the ambitious project, my editor, Greg Micek had a few choice…
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I’ve played rhythm games (Guitar Hero, karaoke in Sleeping Dogs), and hack n’ slash games (Diablo, Devil May Cry), but never a rhythm hack n’ slash game. Well, that is, not until I got my hands on GODHOOD’s demo. The game is a “short” rhythm…
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Since I started writing for Cliqist, I have to say that my favourite demos to play have been platformers. They don’t take much time or effort to learn but mastering them is a whole other can of worms. The best platformer demos I’ve had the…
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Chronicles of Elyria, the #1 hyped RPG on MMORPG.com, has launched its Kickstarter campaign, and it has already funded nearly $400,000 of the $900,000 it’s asking for. This early surge brings back memories of Divinity: Original Sin 2’s campaign, which quickly surpassed its $500,000 in the…
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With the wealth of platformers out in the market today, developers have to make their own project stand out from the crowd with a unique look and innovative gameplay. The art style has to be eye-catching; if it isn’t, potential backers will back away without…
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FarSight Studios, creator of the immensely successful, critically acclaimed Pinball Arcade, are back on Kickstarter, this time asking for $108,435 to help bring the AC/DC pinball table to mobile, consoles, and VR. Pinball Arcade, dubbed “Rolling Thunder” on IGN, is without a doubt the most…
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Video games have the power to make you laugh. To make you cry. To make you think. To make you feel. For many individuals, it also gives them the freedom to explore places they’ve never been, to be people they’ve never been able to be,…
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Fear effect Sedna’s first gameplay video has just been released, as well as a Kickstarter update stating that the game will also be ported to Xbox One and PS4. Seeing that the original Fear Effect games were released on Playstation back in the early 2000s,…
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The three developers behind Kôna, a classic survival adventure game, have delayed the game’s release yet again to Q3 2016 (roughly August/September). The game’s launch has already undergone several pushbacks—the last we covered Kôna on Cliqist the developers were “ambitiously” increasing the project in scope…
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I’ve covered LUNA: The Shadow Dust since the inception of its Kickstarter campaign, and I’m happy to report that the campaign has wrapped up and they’ve raised a more than they asked for. My first article on LUNA predicted that the campaign would reach its…
Felix Wong
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Spellbook has been hard at work on their MMORPG Heroes of Dire for the last couple of months, and are now asking for funding through Kickstarter—$20,000 to be precise—to bring their heroes to the fore. Although I’m a fan of the art style—which brings back…
Felix Wong
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Everything about Ren Hu: Rebel Yell, from the “bitstream” art style to the cheesy guitar music, screams throwback. “Throwback” games certainly aren’t for everyone, but who doesn’t love a great beat em’ up? Ren Hu, developed by Lethal Games, is a “hardcore strategic” brawler featuring…
Felix Wong
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I’ve been playing games like Dragon Age and Diablo my whole life, and I sure love me some isometric RPG. Stellar Tactics looks to be in the same vein of those great games, albeit rooted in the sci-fi universe. Developed by Maverick Games, it features…
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To paraphrase Danny O’Dwyer from Gamespot, “The word MOBA is like mustard. There are no in-betweens; you either love it or you hate it.” I’m betting that Mech Wars, a post-apocalyptic, uh, MOBA, is going to be equally divisive. The single and multiplayer game with…
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In an era where games are saturated with laser cannons, sniper rifles, and .44 magnums, it’s refreshing to see a game where all that mindless shooting and killing is null and void. As Kevin Chen, the director of Four Horsemen puts it, “There is combat…