Jukai Studio, the developer of othe action-horror game Stray Souls has announced its shutdown. This follows the closure (at least in its previous form) of the game's publisher Versus Evil.…
December 24, 2023 | 01:04 EST
Another company and its employees have fallen victim to what appears to be one of the worst years ever for employment in the gaming industry, Versus Evil. The Baltimore, Maryland-based publisher…
December 22, 2023 | 01:59 EST
First Class Trouble is a multiplayer social deduction game created by Invisible Walls and developed by Versus Evil. Each match is set aboard the ISS Alithea, an intergalactic cruise ship that has…
January 7, 2023 | 03:24 EST
With COVID-19 and subsequent limitations on travel, various occupations, and so on, total game-streaming viewers and hours recorded reached new heights in 2020. One of the biggest draws wasn't the…
November 22, 2021 | 01:00 EST
UnMetal is an over-the-top indie action-adventure game that parodies the likes of classic Metal Gear Solid titles. Play as Jesse Fox, a highly trained covert agent who is imprisoned on a secret…
September 29, 2021 | 09:39 EDT
It's very rare to find a comedy game that actually makes you laugh. Comedy is a really subjective genre, which is why comedy movies have this tendency to not review so well unless they having…
September 27, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
Collectible card games can be a lot of fun. Especially if you don't have to worry about actually spending money on cards. At least that way you won't have to worry about becoming addicted to opening…
December 28, 2019 | 12:00 EST
With the recent release of The Outer Worlds by Obsidian, there has been a revival of talk regarding their other IPs and franchises, most notably Pillars of Eternity. Josh Sawyer, the…
November 11, 2019 | 04:54 EST
RPG card battler Cardpocalypse has a release date on consoles. The game will land on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on December 12th. Cardpocalypse comes from the developer…
November 7, 2019 | 11:30 EST
Cardpocalypse is an RPG with deck-building and trading card game elements. You play as Jess, a 10-year-old girl who accidentally gets everyone's favorite collectible card game banned. The game goes…
November 7, 2019 | 08:19 EST
It’s much more difficult to end on a high note than to make a great first impression. The base experience of Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire was an innovative and refreshing take on the traditional…
February 20, 2019 | 12:00 EST
Both my reviews of Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire and its first DLC Beast of Winter were quite positive. Seeker, Slayer, Survivor is the second DLC, released along with the 3.0 patch back in…
January 25, 2019 | 12:00 EST
Obsidian Entertainment released Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire back in May 2018 to a great critical reception. The commercial reception, however, was reportedly poorer. There are many factors that…
January 22, 2019 | 10:00 EST
Pillars of Eternity was supposed to play just like Baldur’s Gate. BioWare’s first CRPG popularized pausable real-time combat back in the 90s, successfully implementing the Dungeons & Dragons 2nd…
January 22, 2019 | 10:00 EST
In my review of Deadfire, I wrote about the inevitability of chaos and entropy. Later I was eager to learn more about the first DLC in an interview with Game Director Brandon Adler. Beast of Winter…
August 17, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
Brandon Adler has been with Obsidian Entertainment since Neverwinter Nights 2, where he started as a Quality Assurance tester. Since then he has also worked in Design and Production. His…
July 31, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Brand new DLC for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire will be released by Obsidian on August 2nd. Titled Beasts of Winter, the DLC will see the watcher and their crew sail towards the southern-most…
July 12, 2018 | 07:31 EDT
Patch 1.2.0 for Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire has landed, and it's a big one. The actual patch notes for this update are incredibly numerous and in-depth, so we'll focus on the two main additions…
July 4, 2018 | 08:27 EDT
“The Deadfire is a maelstrom of competing interests and clashing powers,” one of your wisest companions will tell you at some point. “Someone needs to bring order to the chaos.” Try as you might,…
June 25, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is a role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Versus Evil. It is the sequel to the 2015's Pillars of Eternity, and was released…
May 14, 2018 | 02:00 EDT
Obsidian Entertainment has officially announced Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, and that the game is to be crowdfunded using Fig. After a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign for the first…
January 27, 2017 | 12:56 EST
After about two years of Kickstarter, development time and delays, Pencil Test Studios has finally released Armikrog, a spiritual successor to the 1996 claymation point-and-click adventure The…
October 2, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of Kuma Volume One is an episodic hack and slash brawler based off the Afro Samurai anime and a sequel to the 2009 game. The game follows Kuma's journey during the unseen time…
September 25, 2015 | 12:00 EDT
Skyshine’s Bedlam is a post-apocalyptic roguelite with turn-based, tactical, combat, and a strong Moebius-meets-Borderlands aesthetic. It’s along the same vein as FTL and The Oregon Trail in that you…
September 23, 2015 | 10:00 EDT
Kyn is an action RPG developed by Tangrin games. The studio is made by only 2 people who developed the art, code, level design and pretty much everything else with some help from contractors. This…
August 21, 2015 | 01:00 EDT
Guild of Dungeoneering is a game by Gambrinous, purchasable here at GOG for $15 or from other outlets seen on their website. It's a turn-based dungeon crawler that gets its originality by building…
July 26, 2015 | 09:00 EDT
Often games fall into a trap of trying to do too much, leaving their game unfocused and difficult to follow. Stoic did not have that issue with The Banner Saga, which places you in an interesting…
March 19, 2014 | 10:00 EDT