Last Week, Io-Interactive CEO, Hakan Abrak revealed that the developer had successfully negotiated a management buyout with Square Enix. In addition to a return to its independent roots, IO also managed to retain all rights to their Hitman IP. “IOI started as an independent studio…
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It’s Summer here in the Northern Hemisphere; which means it’s time to spend some beautifully sunny days sequestered inside frigidly air conditioned gaming caves. It also means that at E3 2017 an army of publisher PR flacks unleashed a torrent of silver tongued promises. As…
Like a wistful dream, E3 2017 has come and gone, and we’re left scratching our heads. Was any of it real? What actually happened? Why did it have to go away? The most pressing question of all is “where were the indie games?” For a…
Focus Home Interactive kicked off this year’s E3 with a brand new trailer for Dontnod’s bloodsucking RPG, Vampyr. The trailer seemed to portray a very different game than what we’ve seen previously. Suddenly the moody, atmospheric tale of a doctor turned vampire in the midst…
Sometimes you just wanna be Nikola Tesla blowing through Nazi robots with a Death Ray. You may have not even realized this was something you wanted, but now that you’ve had a moment to think about it you’ve slowly begun to nod your head. A…
A Plague Tale: Innocence is doing something not many games shown at E3 this year are: taking us back in time. Set in 1349, Asobo Studio is showing us what life was like in Europe during the time of the Black Plague. Imagine the rats…
The world is not the same as it once was. Governments have fallen, armies of undead and unthinking masses roam the wastes, and you’re left all alone to defend yourself and your family. The societal structure that you trusted to keep peace and order has…
Knights and Bikes and Ooblets will be playable today at MIX, an event being held at (or at least near) E3 this year. At first glance, neither of these games seem to have much in common. But they’re both being published by the same company…
There is no need to produce a prequel to Life is Strange. That goes double when the original developer, Dontnod, isn’t involved. That goes triple when voice actress Ashly Burch isn’t returning to play the lead character, Chloe, who remains the best part of the…
Undertale isn’t the only digital download indie game getting physical this week. Limited Run Games releases physical editions of largely digital only games in limited quantities. Yesterday, they announced a string of new games they’ll be releasing in physical form throughout the year. In a…
“Digital games killed the gaming store.” The idea that digital downloads of video games would obliterate physical games has been around for as long as the medium itself. “Just wait,” advocates of digital games would say, “a reckoning is coming for brick and mortar game…
Microsoft’s E3 trailer for The Darwin Project opens on a desolate night as a man furtively tries to warm his bloodied hands by a fire. Turning away to investigate a noise, he doesn’t see an assailant sneaking up behind him. After a flurry of combat,…
During the PC Gaming Conference at E3 2017, developer Klei Interactive announced Griftlands, an RPG with a huge emphasis on player freedom. As the Steam page states “everything is negotiable: money, loyalty—even morality.” Not much was shown of the game, but the short minute long…
E3 press conferences are usually kinda terrible. There are always great games, sure. But all the bits in-between of corporate executives trying to look cool, and socially awkward developers mumbling about their game really sucks. Good thing Devolver Digital showed the industry how to do…
Look no further than New York-based developer Mighty Morgan if you’re on a quest to unleash your inner lawman. Their new crowdfunded game places you front and center as two digitized cops looking to rid the land of scumbags and the like. Police Stories, a…
Life comes at you fast, as did Dontnod’s episode adventure game Life is Strange. After a rocky start with the first episode’s hit or miss writing, the series took off. It eventually sold over three million copies, and remains one of the most grounded and…
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