Game Industry News

This week Billy is checking out a promotional game for pop group Team Shachi called Rockman 20XX that features Mega Man as an old…man? Robot?

Set in the dark streets of Paris and seen through the rainy windows of a busy night shift taxi, you play a driver with a silver tongue in the Noir-like adventure Night Call. Talk to your passengers. Observe the world around you. And don’t get framed for your own attempted murder.

Make Your Own Pixel Art is a fun guide to help young people get started making art and animations with pixels, and forming the basis for either a hobby or even full career in game design.

What happens when you take a real-time multiplayer battlefield type game and add a single player story mode? That’s what Dustwind did, and we find out what happens next in our review.

Billy’s time wasting this week was brought to a sudden halt when a slew of ads sprung forth from Shootout 3D and buried him alive.

The billions of zombies in They Are Billions gave the bite down to many PC gamers, and now this hardcore RTS masterpiece is marching over to consoles. The game is solid there, but the real enemy might be managing a difficult war against the undead with an Xbox or PlayStation controller.

The Acquisitions Incorporated supplement for Dungeons and Dragons is packed with the same kind of wacky, over the top corporate humor found in the famous Penny Arcade podcasts and comics of the same name. If you love those, then this is your game.

With smooth controls, slick artwork, unique gameplay mechanics and an engaging story, Robbie Swifthand and the Orb of Mysteries could be one of the best 2D platformers that we have played in quite some time.

The time wasting from Billy this week is still on PC and it looks like he’s going to be ducking and dodging though obstacles in Marble Trap.

Plagued with problems at launch, Pathfinder: Kingmaker finally is patched up and refined enough to offer an interesting role-playing and kingdom management hybrid game that is as fun to play as it is unique.

In the Alex and Cassidy spy thriller we have been covering by author Nancy Ann Healy, this is the book that finally provides the big answers. And it doesn’t disappoint. Conspiracy is a delight for fans of the previous books, or simply fans of spy thrillers.

Zombie Driver: Immortal Edition is a Nintendo Switch port of the classic vehicular zombie slaughter title of the same name released for the PC back in 2009. The game has aged fairly well, but never had too much depth in the first place.

With rumors of the next generation consoles on the horizon, Todd celebrates the games that made top marks on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Steam and the PC. Yes, there are still more titles yet to come, but these are his picks of the generation’s best games so far.

Michael’s back with this week’s Serial Saturday with the second entry in Jade’s adventures. It’s Siphon Volume 2 by Jay Boyce!

The most recent Nintendo Direct was great for Super Smash Bros. players with a slew of new content being announced for the game.

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3 as it is commonly called, was another exciting event this time around. Although the show was not quite as crazy as in previous years, and there were a few notable absences, there were plenty of surprises, and lots of gaming news, sometimes from unexpected and interesting places.

This official communique from a researcher employed by the Federal Bureau of Control is strictly for the recipient’s eyes only. Do not read this letter unless you are Cedric’s mum. Failure to comply may result in severe consequences, such as the universe turning inside-out.

Argue Toss is back with the must play games and must watch films of autumn 2019

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. and the Konami Group today announced at Tokyo Game Show 2019 that the company will establish an esports complex within the Konami Creative Center Ginza (KCC GINZA), which is under construction at its new business base in Japan. It is scheduled to open next year.