Grimm Bros today announced that it will showcase the latest demo of their debut title, Dragon Fin Soup, at PAX East in Boston March 6-8. Dragon Fin Soup is an homage to the classic NES RPGs that aims to seamlessly blend genres to create a fresh experience: half story-driven strategy RPG and half high-stakes roguelike, with a pinch of crass humor and a heaping helping of cohesive, comprehensive world-building. Continue reading Hybrid Roguelike/JRPG “Dragon Fin Soup” to Be Shown at This Year’s PAX East
SEGA Buys New Studios, Notably Demiurge
SEGA Networks recently bought its way into a few western developers. For those of whom are unaware SEGA Networks is SEGA of Japan’s Mobile division so I typically wouldn’t report on this except one of the studios, Demiurge, has a history of making more fully featured content. Continue reading SEGA Buys New Studios, Notably Demiurge
Solarix – First Impressions + 10 Minutes Playthrough
KISS Ltd has provided us with a Steam key for Solarix; a first-person science-fiction horror game developed by Pulsetense Games and powered by UDK. Solarix aims to offer open-ended levels for both combative and stealth-focused playstyles, and below you can read our First Impressions of it. Continue reading Solarix – First Impressions + 10 Minutes Playthrough
Stomping Land Might Be Another Kickstarter Bust
While it’s not uncommon it’s always a shame to see it happen. Another Kickstarted project appears to have bitten the proverbial dust. This time Stomping Land, which raised $100,000 on the crowd funding service. Continue reading Stomping Land Might Be Another Kickstarter Bust
Project CARS Delayed, Now Coming in April 2015
Bandai Namco and Slightly Mad Studios announced today that Project CARS will be slightly delayed, and is now planned for an April 2nd release on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. According to the development team, this delay will let it further enhance and polish the game. Continue reading Project CARS Delayed, Now Coming in April 2015
Grow Home – First Update Released – Fixes Various Bugs, Adds New Side Quest for B.U.D
Ubisoft and Reflections released today the first update for Grow Home. According to its changelog, this update adds a new side quest for B.U.D (to investigate some rare flora and fauna has been recently detected). By completing this side quest, players will unlock an advanced galactic gardening skin. This update will be auto-downloaded and you can view its complete changelog below. Continue reading Grow Home – First Update Released – Fixes Various Bugs, Adds New Side Quest for B.U.D
Bladestorm Nightmare Coming to the PC This May
Koei Tecmo has announced that Bladestorm Nightmare will be released on Steam this May. Bladestorm: Nightmare is a strategy game where the player takes the role of a mercenary and chooses to fight either for England or for France in missions inspired by real events and battles of the era dubbed ‘the Hundred Years War’(1337-1453). Continue reading Bladestorm Nightmare Coming to the PC This May
MINIDAYZ Gets New Update That Fixes Lots of Bugs & Adds Crafting Mechanics
Bohemia Interactive announced today the release of an extensive new update for MINIDAYZ which as well as including a number of fixes and game additions adds an all new crafting mechanic as a significant gameplay feature. Continue reading MINIDAYZ Gets New Update That Fixes Lots of Bugs & Adds Crafting Mechanics
Lost Ark May Not Be a F2P Title, Will Eventually Come to the West, Won’t Feature Real-Time Dynamic Weather
Our dear friends over at WorldsFactory published an interesting interview for Smilegate’s upcoming Unreal Engine 3-powered hack n slash title, Lost Ark. As Smilegate revealed, it is considering bringing this gorgeous-looking action RPG to the West, though it is currently committed on its Korean release. Continue reading Lost Ark May Not Be a F2P Title, Will Eventually Come to the West, Won’t Feature Real-Time Dynamic Weather
DX12 versus DX11 – Over 100fps Difference on Unreleased GPU in New Test, “Way beyond Console Stuff”
Over the past few days, Stardock’s CEO, Brad Wardell, has been tweeting some really interesting details about DX12. As Brad Wardell noted, in a recent test he saw over 100fps difference between DX11 and DX12. This test was conducted on an unreleased GPU and as Wardell claimed, this performance boost was on a system that was ‘way beyond console stuff’. Continue reading DX12 versus DX11 – Over 100fps Difference on Unreleased GPU in New Test, “Way beyond Console Stuff”