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How Uppercut Games Designs Chill Experiences

During the early 2010s, a time of tremendous indie growth within the console, mobile, and PC spaces, Uppercut Games was founded. Their humbler origins on mobile blossomed into something more with…

April 20, 2022 | 11:00 EDT

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Interview - Tweaking and Upgrading The Ascent

A few days ago, I sat down with developer Neon Giant and played the latest build of their upcoming action RPG, The Ascent. Better still, I managed to spend some time with the developers to discuss…

May 24, 2021 | 12:00 EDT

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How Lost Words: Beyond the Page Teaches You To Platform Through Grief

In a year of loss and grief, Lost Words: Beyond the Page came at an eerily good time. Written by Rhianna Pratchett (Tomb Raider, Mirror's Edge), this unique little platformer was initially released…

April 9, 2021 | 12:00 EDT

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PAX Online: Chris King, 30XX, and Indie Development

Just because we're in the middle of a global pandemic doesn't mean we can't enjoy the pleasures that come with booths and presentations at PAX. Granted, something is lost without physically being on…

September 21, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

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World of Warships Producer Discusses Working With Warhammer 40K

A historically based game centered around naval battles and the grimdark science-fiction universe of Warhammer 40,000 might not seem to be a natural collaboration, but Wargaming has announced that…

May 21, 2020 | 01:00 EDT

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Cloudpunk Takes on Various Cyberpunk Themes

Cyberpunk, a genre of speculative fiction popularized by works like William Gibson's novel Neuromancer and Katsuhiro Otomo's manga Akira, has been a major part of the sci-fi genre since its rise in…

April 22, 2020 | 11:00 EDT

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Decoy Games and the Final Push to Finish Swimsanity!

Those familiar with our coverage of Play NYC likely remember the multiplayer action title Swimsanity! The debut project by indie developer Decoy Games, Swimsanity! has enjoyed great success on the…

January 8, 2020 | 01:00 EST

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We Spoke to Bloober Team About Blair Witch, Bullet, and Their Approach to Horror

Not too long ago we got the chance to sit down with Maciek Glomb, a member of the crew over at Bloober Team, to talk about their upcoming psychological horror title: Blair Witch. After a hands-on…

October 27, 2019 | 07:57 EDT

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Indivisible Brings the Fight to RPGs

Across the years, we’ve seen a variety of RPGs tackle a menagerie of battle systems. Turn-based combat became a stalwart staple in the genre, while action RPGs like Diablo still carry the torch for…

October 3, 2019 | 05:39 EDT

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Multiplayer Mayhem: How Midwinter Playtests for Scavengers

If you haven't heard of Scavengers or the up-and-coming Midwinter Entertainment, they'll probably be on your radar soon. A few months back at E3, TechRaptor gave Scavengers one of the website's 10…

September 19, 2019 | 02:00 EDT

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QuakeCon 2019: Doom Eternal Interview with Marty Stratton and Hugo Martin

During QuakeCon 2019, I had the chance to sit down as part of a round-table interview with Marty Stratton and Hugo Martin, executive producer and creative director, respectively, at id Software, and…

July 29, 2019 | 11:00 EDT

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A Chat with Carolina Ravassa on Sombra, Hispanglosaxons, and The 3rd Annual Bit Awards

Carolina Ravassa is a woman who is well-known to the gaming world as the voice of Sombra in Overwatch. Ms. Ravassa will be acting as the emcee for Playcrafting's The 3rd Annual Bit Awards, which is…

January 28, 2019 | 02:00 EST

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Erich Schaefer Talks Rebel Galaxy Outlaw - Missiles, Music, and Mods

Rebel Galaxy was one of my favorite games that I reviewed during my first year at TechRaptor. This inaugural title by Double Damage Games challenged me in a way that I deeply appreciated in the age…

October 25, 2018 | 02:00 EDT

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Astroneer PAX West Interview - Player Customization, Planet Technology, and More

While at PAX West 2018, I had the chance to see what was new with developer System Era's Astroneer, a space sandbox adventure game (learn more about it here). I spoke with System Era's Communication…

September 10, 2018 | 02:00 EDT

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How To Fight A God – Q&A With Director of Deadfire DLC Beast of Winter

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

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Beamdog Interview - Neverwinter Nights: EE Offered Best Chance At Success

In 2002, Bioware released Neverwinter Nights. It joined a handful of games based on the ruleset of Dungeons & Dragons at the time, although it possessed several novel features that set it apart…

March 23, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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An Interview with Fatshark on Vermintide 2: Lore, Gameplay, and More!

In anticipation of the release of Vermintide 2, the latest entry in the Warhammer series developed by Fatshark, we sat down to ask the developers some questions about this much anticipated sequel.…

January 10, 2018 | 01:00 EST

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Rhianna Pratchett on Tomb Raider, Rise, and Donald Trump

In the second of our ongoing series of interviews  from the Yorkshire Games Festival, TechRaptor's Dom O'Leary speaks to Rhianna Pratchett, the script writer behind such well-known titles as Overlord…

November 19, 2016 | 11:00 EST

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Interview: Matt Hamlin - Creator of Fallout 4 Based Rick and Morty Remake

Regular readers will know that we recently shone the spotlight on a series of videos by Matt Hamlin, which aim to fully recreate the Rick and Morty episode "Look Who's Purging Now" In Fallout 4.…

October 14, 2016 | 09:00 EDT

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Indie Interview: Hypnospace Outlaw

Last year, I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Jay Tholen about his delightful point and click adventure Dropsy, which managed to melt my cold, frosted heart. So when I heard he had started a…

September 28, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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E3 2016 Interview - CD Projekt Red Talks About Gwent

In the fantastic and expansive world of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, there were some players content to sit around and play cards with bartenders, enough so that developers CD Projekt Red decided to…

June 18, 2016 | 12:34 EDT

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E3 2016 - Interview with Witcher 3 Director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz

Just after we finished our interview with Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz, we were asked if there was an interest in another interview, this time with Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, one of the directors of The Witcher…

June 16, 2016 | 05:32 EDT

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Many A True Nerd Interview Part 3 - Fallout 4's Features, Foibles, and Forebears

Here we are in the third of four parts of my interview with the delightful YouTuber Many A True Nerd. So far, we've discussed YouTube in general in the first part and the mechanics of "You Only Live…

May 11, 2016 | 09:00 EDT

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Interview with CD Projekt Red {EXCLUSIVE}

The gaming industry has risen so drastically in popularity over the past decade that game studio developers need big budget publishing companies to help fund and advertise their games. EA (Electronic…

March 12, 2014 | 10:00 EDT