Professor Layton is a god! The dude is calm under duress, always witty and willing to help those in need of obtuse puzzle solutions. He does it all and looks dapper while doing it. It seems, though, that Level-5 can't quite figure out how t...   read

After Square Enix announced that it was dropping subsidiary IO Interactive, all eyes were on the Hitman series. Sure IO has done a few extra projects in the past like Mini Ninjas (funnily enough I was playing this on PC yesterday) and the K...   read

The metroidvania genre brings to mind quite a few things: wide exploration, backtracking, and a hearty level of difficulty. But what you don't imagine is that someone could mix it with a completely different style of gameplay. Before playin...   read

You've probably never heard of the game studio Lienzo or their new game Mulaka, but once you see the trailer you'll likely keep it on your radar. If I had to describe it to someone in an elevator I might say that Journey and Colosse had a ...   read

Amidst the chaos of Sony's E3 conference, Wayforward let loose the reveal trailer for the upcoming DLC expansion to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero called Pirate Queen's Quest. It looks like the story will run parallel to the events of the main ga...   read

We've known about Secret Legend for a while, but it's actually be renamed as Tunic during E3. A new trailer was shown during the PC Gaming Show, which will arrive on PC, Mac, Linux, and "consoles," in 2018 -- it looks perfect for the Switch...   read

In the sizzle reel near the end of Microsoft's press conference yesterday, Ooblets was one of several that jumped out at me. Double Fine is bringing this Glumberland game to Xbox One and PC via Steam in 2018. Described as a mix of "Pokemon...   read

Fans of Japanese indie games who were disappointed by the decidedly neon green teraflops flavored first day of E3, this one is for you. Former Dtoid video producer Jon Carnage just squeezed an exclusive out of Nicalis's Tyrone Rodrieguez w...   read

Those rumors of a Life is Strange prequel ended up being true. Surprising absolutely no one, Square Enix showed off Life is Strange: Before the Storm during Microsoft's E3 conference. The biggest takeaway from the trailer was that this won'...   read

There's a huge list of indies coming to Xbox One soon. I'm really looking forward to the super cute Ooblets myself, and Dunk Lords so I can dunk on all my buddies. Check out the sizzle reel for a peek at all of these:  Osiris: New Daw...   read

For the 14th consecutive E3 (all numbers approximate), Cuphead was involved in Xbox's E3 press conference. But, for the 1st consecutive E3, Cuphead has a release date. September 29. That's when we can allegedly play Cuphead. I'm n...   read

Cyberpunk cinematic platformer The Last Night made an appearance at Microsoft's E3 presser and still looks absolutely jaw-dropping.  Aside from the trailer, it comes with the additional news that it will be a console exclusive to Xbox...   read

While State of Decay 2 isn't a new announcement, we finally got our first real good look at it. From the sound of things, there will be a bigger emphasis on base building and more dramatic choices about who you save or kill. It seems to pac...   read

Famed writer/director Josef Fares (who helped write Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons) is working with EA to give us A Way Out, a cooperative focused story experience that is made to be splitscreen only. The game stars Vincent and Leo, two guys ...   read

For the weekend leading up to E3, Ubisoft has decided to discount a bunch of their games on Uplay to get people ready for upcoming games...somehow. I'm not sure how that works, but if you've been holding out to get some Ubisoft titles on PC...   read

While it was not so surprising that Axiom Verge would be making the jump to the Switch, what is super neat is that developer Thomas Happ Games has partnered with BadLand Games to create a physical edition of the game for consoles. Dubbed th...   read

Fans of realistic racing sim Project CARS will be happy to hear that its sequel, the creatively named Project CARS 2, will be releasing worldwide on September 22 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. To commemorate the announcement, publisher Bandai Na...   read

It must suck to be a vampire, unless you're from Twilight. You have an allergy to garlic, holy water becomes like acid and you can't go outside during the day. Then again, I don't spend that much time in the sun...or at churches...or eating...   read

The developers of Hollow Knight are conspiring against my plans to hold off playing it until the distant Nintendo Switch port comes out. A free content pack, Hidden Dreams, is scheduled for PC in July. 2 New Bosses - Leap into battle with ...   read

Everything, the universe-spanning, philosophically-minded game from developer David OReilly is the first video game to qualify for an Academy Award. According to a tweet from OReilly, his game earned the Oscar nod after winning the Jury's P...   read

Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac designer Edmund McMillen has been off creating a new platformer with Tyler Glaiel (Closure, The Basement Collection) that fans of the former game will probably be way, way into. It's called The End is...   read

The dungeons of Zelda, the cute characters of Undertale, and Geometry Wars had a threeway and gave birth to this wonderful roguelike that I've been having a deeply romantic affair with for the past couple weeks. When I come home I just...   read

One of the last ever games to make it onto Steam Greenlight (an alternative program is coming next week) is Lust for Darkness, a first-person psychological horror game with "with erotic and occult themes" set in "the Yelvertones' victorian...   read

A lot of people missed out on Outland back in 2011. Ubisoft didn't do a lot to promote the title and its release at the beginning of the Spring basically condemned it to die an unnoticed death. To add more insult to injury, it took a few ye...   read

The Swords of Ditto is a game about legends, legacies, and gigantic cats. In the newly announced game, players will take up arms either alone or with a co-op partner and attempt to free the island of Ditto from an evil entity called Mormo. ...   read