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That was quick. Hot off the heels of the Pagan Min DLC, the next Far Cry 6 DLC may be out sooner than expected. Ubisoft announced that the Far Cry 6 DLC titled Joseph: Collapse will be out on 8 February for PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PS4, and PS5. https://twitter.com/Ubisoft/status/1489282920128950276 The DLC will be focused on Far Cry 5's...
If you feel like your roguelike/roguelites need a dash of that lovely voxel Minecraft-style graphics and ronins, Samurai Bringer should be up your alley. Samurai Bringer is an upcoming roguelite set in ancient Japanese times where you can create your own samurai and defeat hundreds of samurai warriors ancient Japanese mythical creatures like Yam...
From December 2021 to January 2022, Kakuchopurei will be revealing its top 30 games of 2021 bit by bit. Here's number 14. #14: Loop Hero Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch In a year filled with too many roguelikes games vying for the throne Hades sat on last year, Loop Hero at least does something a bit more esoteric. It uses a more retro-acti...
Every day from December to January, we'll be posting our top 30 games of 2021 daily. Here's number 26. #26: Returnal Platforms: PS5 Housemarque surprised us all with a familiar yet different kind of shooter experience. We proudly declare its sole PS5 entry Returnal the Dark Souls of roguelikes; an apt description if there ever was one. Jus...
Need a high octane platformer where you play a firefighter in 2D form? Look no further than Firegirl: Hack 'n Splash Rescue. Firegirl is published by Thunderful Publishing and Dejima, and features 2D platforming with axes and firehoses that double as jetpacks, as well as roguelite elements. You'll be rescuing folks and putting out fires in b...
Far Cry 6's first DLC expansion, Vaas: Insanity, will be out later this month on 16th November. The DLC will put players in the shoes of Vaas Montenegro, the main bad guy of Far Cry 3. Michael Mando will be playing the role of Vaas yet again, with the game being a roguelike-style shooter with a new map and new gameplay system. Here's a back-of-t...
In the future, robots will take over the world, and humanity is given the not-so-happy task of killing every single one of them. And in a roguelike fashion. In this wacky future of Synthetik 2, you play as a soldier fighting his/her way to the top to stop the Heart of Armageddon that's protected by an armada of robots and soldier bots ready to t...
Darkest Dungeon 2 will be out next week on PC via Epic Games. Developer Red Hook just released a launch trailer to remind us of its RPG goodness. And by "goodness", I mean multiple deaths and dread. The launch trailer showcases a montage of stabbings, poisonings, and burnings involving enemies and your part members as they get more and more depr...
Need more beat-em-up action and need a break from Streets of Rage 4's DLC? You should check out this cute upcoming beat-em-up called Tunche then. Featuring Amazon warriors with various superpowers and that Hat Kid from A Hat In Time, Tunche is a co-op beat-em-up with lush artwork and tons of action along with roguelike mechanics. It's slated for...
A while back, we covered a game called Aeon Must Die, an awesome-looking RPG beat-em-up hybrid that was cancelled due to bad management. The designers and programmers from that former studio formed a new company called Mishura Games and recently announced a brand-new title. The new game is called Immortal: And The Death That Follows, a slick-loo...
The manly sport of golf gets a 2D representation set in the underworld thanks to this upcoming indie game. Thunderful Publishing and developer Chuhai Labs have announced a 2D roguelike action title called Cursed to Golf, and it is what it sounds like: golf your way out of the underworld. Here's a story blurb: "Play as The Cursed Golfer, trapped...
We played Dreamscaper during its Early Access phase, and it was pretty sweet and melancholy in its delivery and mix of action RPG roguelike combat. So it's pretty awesome that the complete version of the game is slated later this year. Dreamscaper will be escaping its Early Access phase and be a fully-updated 1.0 launch title this 12th August. I...
What kind of mechanics can spice up a top-down action RPG similar to Diablo? If you said "puzzle mechanics", you're on the right track with Loot River. Made by Straka Studios, Loot River is a roguelike dungeon crawler that combines the action RPG bits of that Blizzard title with dungeon shifting mechanics. See, the levels in Loot River feature b...
Platforms: PS5 Genre: Third-Person Roguelike Action Bullet Hell Game Returnal is the PS5’s first true exclusive in a while and it has a lot to prove. Developer Housemarque is best known for 2013’s Resogun and 2016’s Alienation), but this is their first attempt at making a AAA game. After finally playing it, I can say ...
Returnal is the PS5's first true exclusive in a while since February 2021's Destruction All-Stars, if you count that. And it has a lot riding on it. After spending several hours with the latest game by developer Housemarque (best known for 2013's Resogun and 2016's Alienation), I can say that this is definitely a roguelike game that isn't afraid to...
Platform: PC Genre: Isometric roguelike dungeon crawler with magicians You have to hand it to last year's GOTY material Hades, a monumental feat of indie achievement that not only entertains and delight, but also will inspire many, MANY indie devs to create their own breakout isometric action game with roguelike mechanics. This isn't an issu...
Last year's Hades was a godsend for fans of indie gaming, good storytelling in games, and action titles in general. So it's no surprise that Supergiant's Hades won big at this year's prestigious BAFTA Games Awards ceremony. The BAFTAs, or the British Academy Film Awards, is a pretty big deal for the entertainment industry, and happen to be one of t...
Indie game fans have a ton to look forward to this year and the next, as the past weekend's Game Dev Direct livestream announced a huge number of titles. This event also showcases a number of games from Japan indie group Bitsummit. Here are our top picks: Godstrike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6DIg40IHaQ A bullet hell twin-stick shooter...
This guide will be periodically updated. Loop Hero is out on PC, so if you fancy a hybrid auto-battler RPG type experience presented as an 80s title, this game will sort you out! You select your unlocked character classes, create a deck that lets you lay out tiles to power up your hero and create obstacles for him to get stronger with, and keep ...
Steam's February game festival, aptly called the Steam Game Festival: February 2021 Edition, is now live. The week-long online event from the 4th to 10th February (GMT+8) not only features developer livestreams and chats, but more than 500 PC game demos of various genres for you to try out. Here are our picks, in case you don't want to wade thro...
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