Dinosaur Polo Club‘s minimalist strategy game Mini Motorways is coming to Steam in July 20 and to Switch early next year, the Wellington-based studio announced this week. Mini Motorways follows a similar vein to Mini Metro, Dinosaur Polo Club’s excellent previous game: a strategy simulation game about building up a …
The “Jaws effect,” named after Steven Spielberg’s terrifying shark-murder-fest, refers to the way that Jaws transformed an entire generation’s perception of these teethy sea beasts into something resembling horror. Ocean conservationists have been battling against misconceptions around sharks since the release of Jaws in 1975. Despite those efforts, this deeply …
I didn’t really go into Strangeland with any preconceived notions, other than a fondness for Wormwood Studios previous game, Primordia. It’d be a strange, surreal ride regardless, but coming in with no expectations, knowing nothing about it other than the title, and letting it just overwhelm the senses is Strangeland …
I often found myself markedly impressed at the scale of Biomutant. It is a game developed chiefly by a mere 20 developers, some of whom are alumni of Avalanche Studios, the team behind the Just Cause franchise. Yet despite the relatively small development team, the world they have created is …
SEGA is never shy about re-releasing Sonic the Hedgehog and Shinobi games on every new console under the sun, but is oddly conservative when it comes to Wonder Boy / Monster World (different names due to localisation history, but the same series). With more focus on adventure and exploration and …
On 1 June, the first day of Pride Month, LEGO will release its new Everyone is Awesome set, designed to celebrate diversity and the LGBTQIA+ community. Everyone is Awesome is based on the “Progress” variation of the Pride flag, and updated version of the original six-colour rainbow flag that adds …
TimeSplitters fans have long been wishing for a new game in this eclectic time travel first-person shooter series. Koch Media acquiring the license in 2018 was cause for hope, but there’s been little to come from that—until now. Today, Deep Silver (a division of Koch) officially announced that development is …
Layers of Fear seems like a game that should be a perfect fit for VR. A first-person psychological horror with an emphasis on atmosphere is the textbook case of something that should benefit greatly from virtual reality’s ability to shut out the rest of the world and let a game overwhelm …
Few game developers have quite the mastery of psychological horror as Bloober Team. Layers of Fear 2, originally released for other platforms in 2019, and now making its way to Switch, is an especially potent case study in how the a surreal, eerie atmosphere and the fractured, tragic story of …
Essays on Empathy is so much more than just an anthology of games; it’s a candid reflection on Deconstructeam’s history and creative process. There’s no other developer quite like Deconstructeam. Even if you only look at their commercial releases, Gods Will Be Watching and The Red Strings Club show a …
