About two weeks ago Pera Games (An indie studio from Istanbul, Turkey) hit the jackpot on Kickstarter with their diplomacy/fantasy/RPG/ game “Overfall” (for Windows, MAC, Linux, iOS, Android, PS4 and Xbox One). Due to the fact that 1,430 backers pledged over $67,000 to the games Kickstarter campaign. Not only that, “Overfall”...
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I´ve been rather curious about Nintendo´s “The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes” (which is set for a release to the 3DS on the 23rd of October) ever since I saw some gameplay footage from the Gamescom event earlier this year. As “Tri Force Heroes” made me think about “Four Swords Adventures.” Well, I don´t know about ...
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Let me just point out a couple of things BEFORE you start to hate and rant on me. 1. I´m not talking about who´s console that´s the best in terms of raw console power (hardware), 2. And I´m neither talking about whose console that has the most awesome games. No, I’m talking about the actual fans themselves (Sony, MS and Nintendo)....
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It is no exaggeration that the game market is flooded with RPG/adventure/fantasy games. In fact, it feels like there are at least one (or two) games like that every week now. So as you might imagine, it´s really hard for a small indie developers to reach out with their games within those genres. However, if you have the ingredients to...
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Harebrained Schemes has had one Kickstarter success after another. First, it was “Shadowrun Returns” (36,276 backers pledged +$1,8 million dollars), then “Shadowrun: Hong Kong” (31,497 backers pledged +1.2 million dollars). And now it´s time for Harebrained Schemes tactical mecha combat game “BattleTech” to try i...
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It´s never wrong to have dreams, life goals or ambitions, but sometimes you just have to realize that your dream (s) may be nothing more than a dead-end. And that´s pretty much what I felt when I heard about the Retro VGS console (it´s made by Retro Entertainment Technology). Sure, I like the idea of having a retro console that plays new games......
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I don´t know about you guys, but I have enjoyed Michal “MM” Marcinkowski´s 2D multiplayer game “Soldat” for years now (the game was originally released back in 2002). Because “Soldat” is like an ultra violent real-time version of Team 17´s “Worms,” and it´s extremely fun to play with friends locally (...
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Mother 1,2 and 3 + The NX Console = True? As there have been quite a lot of rumors and speculations going around about Nintendo´s upcoming NX console (it´s been like that for months), I just thought that it could be a good idea to speculate about the chances of Nintendo reviving HAL Laboratory´s Mother series to the NX console (and “maybeR...
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