The makers of Samorost, Botanicula and Machinarium have announced a new game. It s called Chuchel [official site] and judging by these two teasers it looks in keeping with the studio’s tradition of odd games with even odder names. We don t have much else to go on yet, however, just a couple of short trailers showing off what I m guessing is the grumpy protagonist. Come and enjoy his garbled ranting. … [visit site to read more]

It’s rather lovely when you learn of a tiny company consistently making splendid games is succeeding, rather than struggling to stay alive. Amanita Design, who RPS have championed for their witty, beautiful and smart adventure games since we launched, sent us some very interesting sales information about their robotic point-and-clicker, Machinarium [official site], after its four millionth sale.

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