Category: video games

  • A Metroidvania Called A Robot Named Fight Released

    If you’ve ever wanted to fight meat in a 2d side-scrolling procedurally-generated metroidvania, then Matt Bitner has good news for you. His game, A Robot Named Fight, is out on Steam for Windows and macOS today for $10 or $7.50 during its launch sale.  

  • Wattam Has a Steam Page

    Keita Takahashi is the beloved creator of Katamari Damacy, and he is working on a new project, Wattam. That game finally has a page on Steam you can go to and wishlist so that the store notifies you when it is ready for your money to receive the game or pre-order it when it is released…

  • It’s 2017 and Windjammers is Available Again

    Speaking of games that have left a void and been inexpertly filled by well-intentioned developers. The Neo Geo classic disc tossing game that’s basically pong if it involved a gruff euro beach 90’s future aesthetic,  Windjammers, has been riffed on so many times. It’s actually been thrilling to see who gets the closest to surpassing the…

  • Advance Wars Gets Unofficial Sequel in Tiny Metal

    It has been almost a decade since Nintendo and Intelligent Systems released Advance Wars: Days of Ruin for the Nintendo DS. This void in the turn-based-strategy-with-cute-troops genre has been poorly filled by third party developers looking to recreate the past. We’ve got another challenger to fill the TBSWCT hole in our hearts. The development group Area35 are…

  • Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is Another Surprise

    Ubisoft has developed XCOM: Baby Mode with a Nintendo license for the Switch called Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. It reminds me of my favorite JRPG, Super Mario RPG, because both games were developed by third-parties using a Mario license to get a genre of games out to more people than would normally try them.…