Truly the Basement Jaxx of videogames, shooty wobbly platforming sequel Gonner2 is almost ready to start asking where your head’s at. The sequel to Ditto’s absolute stunner of a side-scrolling roguelite, Gonner 2 dives into the underworld next Thursday, promising an even greater explosion of colour that threaten to knock the skull right off you.
I will not give in and turn my heating on, not until November. You cannot make me. Okay, maybe on Halloween, because it’d be nice to be all roasty-toasty drinking hot chocolate and watching horror films. Alright, maybe the 30th, so I can warm my flat up a bit first. Or the 29th to get the first-heat-of-the-year stench of burnt dust out. Or the 28th to help with the humidity. But no sooner. I refuse. I’m no coward.
What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’re clicking on!
The gaming history buffs of the Video Game History Foundation have unveiled a new project called the “video game source project” for preserving content from game development. They’re kicking it off by going to the human source of The Secret Of Monkey Island. On October 30th they’ll be hosting an event where Ron Gilbert, one of the original creators, will dig into cut content and stories from yon old adventure game.
season two is trucking along with new surprises each week. Today, the gauntlet playlist has been thrown out and been replaced with the Slime Survivor show instead. Mediatonic have also bumped up the rate at which you’ll see the new medieval rounds in rotation. They’ve mentioned some other requested features coming next week as well.
Demon exorcising detective game Lucifer Within Us has arrived with its mysterious tech utopia plots. As an exorcist for the Inquisition, it’s your job to banish digital daemons after sussing out who’s been possessed. You can jump in now to figure out who’s been wreaking havoc in the last city of humans.
has been out for over a month now, during which time the superhero service game has been bracing through some speedbumps. Since launch, Crystal Dynamics say they’ve been taking on feedback while solving bugs, matchmaking issues, and game stability. They’ve outlined some player-requested features and raid-style missions currently in the works, though the addition of Hawkeye Kate Bishop is getting pushed back. Oh, and they’re handing out some freebies as a thanks for your patience.
Fast and loose, or tight and controlled? That’s the question I ask myself at the start of any run in a game with permadeath – that is, a game that sends me back to the beginning upon death. On this particular life, am I going to try my hardest, and aim for deliberate progress toward a specific goal, or am I going to throw caution to the wind, leg it as fast and as far as I can, and see what I learn from the chaos?
When it comes to chaos, no game does it better than Noita.
As is, the Frog Fractions: Game Of The Decade Edition had secrets aplenty already. That’s not just an amphibian with a gift for mathematics and that hat DLC is more than a fashion choice. It turned out that the Hop’s Iconic Cap DLC was sort of another Frog Fractions sequel. Talk about bigger on the inside. Quite a cap. The game’s developer says that as of today, Hop’s Cap has gotten stuffed with even more secrets.
Ten years after the StarCraft II saga started and five after its final episode, Blizzard have announced they’re winding down development. They still plan to tweak balance, but won’t be making new paid content. Not putting a pillow over its spaceface, but shuffling it off to a spacehome. Their announcement also muttered about thinking about what’s next for StarCraft, though I wouldn’t take that as them announcing a sequel or anything just yet.
Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s multiplayer open beta kicks off this Saturday on PC and as you’d expect, it presents quite the hefty download. Thankfully you can preload it right now regardless of whether you’ve pre-ordered the game or not.
