Entirely hand-drawn and featuring frame-by-frame 2D animation,Tales from Candleforth offers a twist on the puzzle genre by blending folk horror with escape room mechanics.

Under the umbrella of publisher Feardemic, this first project from Under the Bed Games studio has had an amazing reception at gaming events, being part of the 10th anniversary selection at the Day of the Devs and won several awards such as ‘Best Puzzle Game’ at IndieDevDay 2023, ‘Best Art’ at Gamepolis 2022 or ‘Game of the Year’ at Indie Games Málaga 2023.

Embark on the surreal horror adventure of Tales from Candleforth, coming to GOG, Steam, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch on April 30th, 2024!

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Now a wholly-owned subsidiary of VoxPop, Celebrity Games previously developed mobile apps integrating actors, athletes, and musicians, including Derrick Lewis, Ric Flair, and Riff Raff. These celebrities would not only contribute their likenesses to the games, but would also contribute prizes that the player base could win, such as private livestreams or signed merchandise. Now, with their combination, Celebrity’s assets are coming to the VoxPop Platform. 

“Celebrity cameos are a mainstay in AAA gaming – think Keanu Reeves in Cyberpunk, or Nikki Minaj in Call of Duty,” said VoxPop CEO Charles Yu. “Smaller studios may not consider it due to budget constraints or not knowing where to start negotiating with talent. We see tremendous potential in helping indie game developers find the right celebrity integrations for their games. Plus, our new celebrity friends can submit game ideas through our platform and recruit their fans to help them build their own games!” 

John Euliano, managing partner of Rainmaker Strategic Capital, explained that this investment serves as the first salvo in a new fundraising round.  

“From the day Charles shared his vision for the acquisition, I was sold,” said Euliano. “Given the recent failures of large studios we think investing in indie studios that bring innovative and creative games to life is important and others will see the growth opportunity in our offering and look forward to meeting like-minded investors.” 

The merger comes on the heels of VoxPop’s new career readiness initiative, connecting university students with job opportunities in gaming. The program is for students of all disciplines – not just STEM related majors – looking to break into the games industry. Participating universities include Marist College, Stony Brook University, and Bradley University. The initiative along with the Celebrity Games merger, and bringing their first title Outer Terror to consoles this month, VoxPop is well-positioned as a developer-focused leader in the indie publishing space. 

“We couldn’t be happier with the VoxPop partnership,” said Kyle Grenier, a Disaster Golf developer and Bradley University graduate. “As a student development team creating Disaster Golf as a capstone project, we were total neophytes when it came to the business side of launching a game. VoxPop saw something in us and were instrumental in marketing the game and guiding us through the publishing process. Now we have a hit game on Steam with great reviews because of this key partnership.”

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The dynamic and mysterious world of Solasta features brand new elements of verticality, allowing players to use their surroundings as an element of strategy. Position ranged characters on high vantage points or send your thief down into shafts and caverns to scope out what’s ahead. Utilize light as a tool to explore the depths and hollows of dungeons or use it as a weapon against the creatures of the dark. Solasta is a unique team-based adventure where each character plays a critical role in the campaign and can be a hero. Players must take advantage of each character’s strengths and weaknesses if they are to succeed.

Players will have the opportunity to get in on the adventure before it even starts when Tactical Adventures launches its Kickstarter campaign at the end of summer. Players will be able to back Solasta: Crown of the Magister on Kickstarter and link arms with the developers, joining the Solasta community and being rewarded for doing so!

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Creativity meets freedom: Create your own crazy machines and solve challenging tasks your way. Crazy Machines 3 is based on the successful Crazy Machines series, with brand new gameplay and community features, as well as hyper-realistic simulation attributes.

fischertechnik customers can access the new PC gaming world when purchasing the fischertechnik Dynamic L2 cooperative construction kit with Crazy Machines 3, which also includes the download code for the PC game.

The content update is free if you already own Crazy Machines 3.

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As the newly-appointed CEO of Vostok Inc., you have one goal: to become filthy, stinking rich. Piloting your very own ship, explore and exploit more than 40 planets across six different solar systems in your quest to earn ludicrous amounts of MOOLAH! Start by landing on any planet to begin colonization, build factories, and rake in the big bucks. Once the MOOLAH starts flowing, you’ll be able to upgrade your ship’s weapons and augmentations. Increase profits even further by finding and recruiting managers, consultants, and executives scattered throughout the galaxy.

Of course, Vostok Inc. wouldn’t be much of a shooter if there weren’t enemies to blast on the way to untold riches. You’ll encounter a variety of different alien races (each with their own agenda) with assets ready for “liquidation.” Each dead enemy, defeated boss, and vanquished environmental hazard drops loot, making every encounter a ripe business opportunity.

Need to take a break from all the mayhem? Kick back and enjoy one of Vostok Inc.’s retro-inspired 13 mini-games. Even the most (money hungry) hard-working CEOs deserve a rest!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghXeDxSszYQ

* Explore more than 40 planets over 6 solar systems.
* Land on any planet to begin extracting resources.
* Craft and upgrade an arsenal of 40+ diverse weapons and ship augmentations.
* Collect loot from fallen enemies, bosses or environmental hazards.
* Find and recruit managers, consultants, and executives scattered throughout the galaxy, and keep them happy to boost planetside production.
* Play 13 minigames to unlock massive ship and weapon upgrades.
* Enjoy an adaptive audio system, with music that constantly evolves as you play!
* Use the same save game across a variety of devices.

Vostok Inc. will launch in 2017 on Steam, PlayStation 4, PS Vita and Xbox One as digital and physical editions.* Pricing and exact launch date to be confirmed in 2017.

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Encouraging players to cosplay their cats as a variety of games, film, comic book and pop culture characters from The Notorious C.A.T. to Purr-fessor Dumbleclaw; Fancy Cats has been described as the ultimate cat cosplay adventure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK6jNJ2y85w

This latest partnership follows All 4 Games recently being nominated “Publishing Hero” at the prestigious Develop Awards, which will be held in Brighton, UK next month.

Genix Lab is All 4 Games’ first ever collaboration with a development team outside of Europe since the label launched back in September 2015.

“We’re excited to be partnering with the talented team at Genix Lab – All 4 Games’ first relationship with a developer team outside of Europe” said Colin Macdonald, Channel 4’s Games Commissioner and Head of All 4 Games. “Fancy Cats has lots of personality and capitalises on the rising popularity of the cosplay scene. This is a game that will not only appeal to younger games players akin with Channel 4’s core viewership, but to a wider mainstream audience.”

Phong Thai at Genix Lab commented: “We’re thrilled to launch our first game as a collective, under the guidance of All 4 Games. It has been a refreshing partnership working with a nimble and friendly team, and most importantly, a team with broad mobile games experience. They’re the perfect publishing partner for Fancy Cats and we’re looking forward to its global release.”

Further games features and release date will be announced shortly.

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The game combines the classic FPS action of games like Doom and Quake, with the randomness and difficulty of modern roguelikes like Binding of Isaac and Spelunky.

Features

• Unique FPS/Roguelike combination
• Procedurally generated levels
• Impossibly fast gameplay
• Hidden levels
• Over 100 items
• 40+ enemies
• Ridiculous bosses
• Dubstep soundtrack

Check it out on June 1st worldwide on PSN!

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“7th Guest” redefined the gaming industry at the time. The title was the first PC game to release on CD format. A rich plot coupled with clever B movie type acting made it an instant cult classic. To answer the surge in popularity a sequel to “7th Guest” released two years later. The title to the sequel is called “11th Hour”. A third chapter to the franchise was aimed for production. Unfortunately, the project failed to come into fruition.

Fast forward to the present day. Darkstone Entertainment and Trilobyte have collaborated to resurrect “7th Guest” for modern audiences. The project is bound to introduce a sense of nostalgia. A ten episodic web series will debut next year. The Horror Mystery series will be directed by John Johnson. Actor Robert and “7th Guest” original composer George Sanger confirmed for the project. A teaser trailer to “7th Guest” web series was released.

Source: decaymag.com

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The quest is to discover your own identity as you face the perils in which you find yourself. With three worlds to explore with brain taxing puzzles which will challenge and test the skill of the player in ever evolving and changing scenarios. Ecotone has twists and turns behind a backdrop story with unique surprises. With new gameplay on each of the 15 levels that make up the worlds, exploring is made even more chaotic and fun with reversed gravity and various speeds of play. Platforming has never been this much fun… but watch out for the traps.

Developer Ludovic Espérou says, “ We are excited to see Ecotone released on Steam. We are offering a very unique retro platform game that has lots of depth and above all a real challenge with lots of hidden surprises. The look, the ambience, are all facets of the game we have worked on to make Ecotone, different and more rewarding?”

www.ecotonegame.com

Ecotone, the inventive indie platform adventure from French developers Sundae Factory, is released on Steam. Available for $8.99, 8.99€ or £5.99
http://store.steampowered.com/app/446070/

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The InSomnia Prologue is an introduction, where you play as Typer – a possible future companion in the final build of the game. The story of this chapter takes place a few days before your main character finds themselves in a cryogenic chamber, contained within the Urb.

The aim of the Prologue Chapter is to introduce the player to the many mechanics of the final game. However, it’s still treated as alpha-version; there are still many aspects that will be changed in the future. Within the Prologue are elements that will teach the player the prehistory of InSomnia and to get you familiar with the controls, the combat situations and to introduce you to the game’s world – Object 6.

Prologue Chapter Download – http://insomnia-project.com/demo/

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WTF is Extra Chunky?!
Dragon Fin Soup: Extra Chunky Edition includes the latest 1.07 “Community ChowDown!” update from STEAM which has tons of new features, fixes, and refinements. Grimm Bros will also be adding…

• Ability to feed pets to level them up
• Toggle button for the grid view
• New “Black Knight” pet inspired by Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• New dungeons
• New “Trash Talk” system
• New items, recipes, weapons
• And much much more!

“I’m really excited to be working with Ash, Randis, and the rest of the Grimm Bros team!”, said Jim Buck, CEO of Twitchy Thumbs Entertainment. “A Sony Alumni who has been working on PlayStation platforms since the original Playstation over 20 years ago, I started Twitchy Thumbs Entertainment, Inc. in 2005 and have known Ash and Randis for a very long time. Together we have quite a lineup of new features in store for Dragon Fin Soup this year and are happy to be able to welcome Xbox One, mobile, Mac, Linux and FireTV players as well”.

A word about the delayed updates to PSN

Grimm Bros’ CEO, Ash Monif, says: “We want to apologize again to all our PSN players in the community. We had no intention of leaving you hanging for so long after the initial version of DFS launched, and there has been a lot of confusion, frustration, and false information. It has been a difficult and complicated process to say the least, but we are making headway. We know you are beyond resilient and patient, and we are forever grateful to you all.”

“In addition to the upcoming re-port of DFS:ECE to PSN, we will send all of you who purchased a copy of DFS for PSN a free STEAM or DRM key to hold you over until the update goes live. We know many of you have been waiting to play Dragon Fin Soup and hope this helps quench your RPG appetite. Thanks again for your continued support, and stay tuned for more updates and news coming during PAX East this year, including how to redeem your free STEAM/DRM copy”.

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The STEM Challenge is open to middle school and high school students in the U.S. in grades five through twelve. Students may enter as individuals or as teams of up to four members. Entries can be created using any game creation platform such as Gamestar Mechanic, Unity, GameMaker, and Scratch or as a written game design document. The deadline to submit entries is August 15, 2016. Each winner will receive a cash prize of $1,000, as well as game design and educational software. Student winners will be invited to a special event at National Geographic in Washington, DC in November 2016.

“Video games inspire and improve the lives of millions of our nation’s students. We look forward to an outstanding competition and to experience remarkably innovative video games,” said Michael D. Gallagher, president and CEO of the Entertainment Software Association, which represents the U.S. video game industry. “We are also delighted to partner with National Geographic and its outstanding creative team and legacy of remarkable, mesmerizing entertainment content.”

Sponsored by the National Geographic Society, Nat Geo Explore is a new prize stream that invites students to bring the spirit of exploration to video game design. Winners will have their games or design documents featured on the National Geographic Education website, which reaches more than 1 million visitors a month.

“For more than 128 years, the National Geographic Society has been a pioneer in exploration and storytelling, and has educated future generations to be responsible global citizens. Our participation in the National STEM Video Game Challenge allows us to help kids create and explore through their inspiring game designs, and reemphasizes our commitment to education,” said Kathleen Schwille, vice president of curriculum at the National Geographic Society.

A full calendar of workshops and events along with submission rules, game development and design tools, and STEM resources for participants and mentors can be found on the STEM Challenge website: http://stemchallenge.org/

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Well, the starting point is that, the game is about a fish with memory problems, yes, like Dory from Finding Nemo. He has big muscles, so winning fights is not a problem, but acting fast, before the memory goes off is a must.

The game may resemble classic shooters like Parodius and Cho Aniki, but the action here is fast, you will shoot a little and then back to select and upgrade powerups, and then back to the action.

There are a lot of different enemies, gameplay is smooth, and the bosses are challenging. It looks great on the Wii U controller screen.

The game has local co-op mode, so it’s twice the fun if you invite someone around who was just watching you play.

The game is also available on PS4, PS Vita, PC and Mac, so there’s an option for almost everybody.

We liked the game a lot, it has that nonsense retro feeling some games have lost or try to have, without success. So, if you like shmups, go and buy it!

OUR RATING: 4.5 out of 5

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The Solus Project is a first-person survival adventure game, set on a deserted alien planet. Unlike most other survival games, The Solus Project is not a sandbox game with an open world, but rather more linear single-player experience, with survival elements and ten large and complex environments to explore.

The story goes that you crash-landed on an alien planet and every other member of your crew is dead. While exploring the barren surroundings you find out that you are not the first intelligent being to set foot here. Mankind is on the verge of extinction and you were supposed to be the last hope to find a safe haven to set up a colony. You have no choice, but to survive, as the fate of mankind rests in your hands.

The Solus Project is an experience of intense isolation. “Solus” is Latin for “alone”. You are light years from any human contact and there are no other ships that can come to your rescue. You are completely alone.

The Solus Project will be available on Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview in early February 2016.

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In Smash Derby players can enter the arena solo, against AI hovercars, against other players in a fierce competition, or in a team based battle arena, demolishing everything in sight. During the mass carnage damaged hovercars lose control, drive erratically and blow up upon impact. Charge your booster to build a massive burst attack causing huge amounts of damage, sending competition flying to their doom. And if that’s not enough destruction, plant mines, turrets, and lasers, blasting any stragglers completely out of the arena!

Smash your cursor into the “play” button below, and watch the announcement trailer:

Features of Smash Derby include:

• Competitive and Co-op local multiplayer, Deathmatch and Team Based modes
• Single player Arcade, Survival, and Strategy modes
• Explosive and diverse Hovercars
• Deploy a complete arsenal of Defense Units
• A wide range of arena hazards and traps
• Old-school arcade action with comically over-the-top game show hosts
• Amazing lighting and particle FX

For more information on Smash Derby, visit
http://fenixfire.com/games/smash-derby/

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“The Kickstarter campaign was nerve wracking, but we made it! Dungeons of Aledorn will become a reality, thanks to you all!” said Danny Nezmar, producer. “We’d now like to extend our campaign. So, if you’ve not already pledged there are still some fantastic rewards on offer and with your help, we can reach further stretch goals!”

Inspired by classical RPGs such as Betrayal at Krondor and King’s Bounty, the world of Dungeons of Aledorn is stricken by war, and the once defeated Orc tribes have again gathered their strengths and gained new allies to help them re-conquer their lost lands. It’s a harsh time when deserters and cowards plunder and prey upon the weak and kill on the whim; a world that’s in desperate need of a band of heroes to rally and save the day.

Players use their wits in exploration mode to engage enemies at suitable locations and use the scenery to your advantage to increase your chances of success; whilst managing characters´ actions, even during travelling and camping in order to craft, repair or find useful items or just to protect yourself against enemy ambushes.

You can find the webstore at: www.aledorn.com

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Rhodri Broadbent, founder of Dakko Dakko said “It’s really exciting to see Wii U players get their hands on our game, take to their spinboards and start blasting away at the hordes of mutated rodents that have run amok in the world of Scram Kitty”.

Featuring a unique control system that allows for 360 degree platforming action and thrilling 2D shooting, Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails sees players glide along colourfully glowing rails, leaping across deep chasms and blasting back endless hordes of enemy rodents. The titular Scram Kitty offers helpful tips and feedback in real-time via the TV screen as the player battles on the Wii U GamePad.

And for those truly awesome and dedicated riders, Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails features an addictive arcade-style ‘Challenge Mode’ wherein players race the clock to free as many cats as possible and make it out of the space station in one piece.

Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails is available to download exclusively from the Nintendo eShop on Wii U, priced $9.99.

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Indie developer, Wyrmbyte, today announced that a new dragon, Bilebite, and a new weapon, Winter Floe, are now available for players to master in their fast paced MOBA Dragons and Titans which offers gamers shorter match times and unique RPG elements.

The Bilebite are blindingly fast, and prone to swarm. Part insect, these sinister creatures fly on four transparent wings. Their tiny eyes are faceted like cut gems, and their abdomens are segmented like a stinging hornet. Bright jungle colors belie the virulent poisons that brew in the gut of the beast, and needle-like fangs crowd their narrow jaws. This dragon’s special abilities include Bile Shot, where the Bilebite’s venom glands store up a thick blast of bilious acid which can be spat all in one burst, or in individual shots for each chosen enemy and Buzzbombs, which are six exploding beetle escorts that can precede the Bilebite into combat, or act as cover in a retreat.

The newly released weapon, Winter Floe, has two special abilities; Ice Stars, where small blades of ice are thrown at your enemy, potentially deflecting damage they intercept away from you while also damaging foes that are struck, and Cold Razor, where you can throw it to unleash its true power, showering your foes in the shards of ice it spawns as it flies.

Dragons and Titans is free-to-play and is available now on Facebook and Steam.

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