Tag: Gamescom 2020
GRIME is the next Souls-like you’re going to get sucked into
GRIME is an upcoming Metroidvania action-RPG developed by Clover Bite and published by Akupara games. It was revealed during Gamescom 2020 with a gameplay trailer that shows a lot of its promising features.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUJ5NYOO7Pg&ab_channel=AkuparaGames
A weird unknown material collapses in on itself and starts pulling in everything, like a black hole. Eventually, you come into existence in the dark and gritty...
The Signifier invites you to solve a murder by exploring the victim’s mind
The Signifier is a slow-paced murder investigation game where you explore the victim’s memories, subconscious, and dreams. It’s also a tech-noir mystery that asks some serious questions about how technology affects our minds and shapes our reality.
Since weird investigation games are my jam, I went online to speak with David Fenner, the creative director of The Signifier, over at...
Chicken Police mixes noir and buddy-cop themes into one bizarre visual novel
Chicken Police (not to be confused with the Freelance Police) is a noir visual novel about two chickens who are also police detectives.
It might be strange in any other city, but Clawville isn’t “any other city.” It’s a place where crime, corruption, and, well, claws, are around every corner. Animal-human hybrids roam its streets, clubs, and yes - police...
Sam and Max are headed to VR in Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual
Sam and Max, the world's weirdest private detective duo, are back in a new adventure. This time, the suit-wearing dog and the hyperkinetic rabbit-like thing are invading virtual reality.
Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual was announced during Gamescom 2020 as the Freelance Police's first adventure in over a decade. Here's a trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=545igXyVGMQ
In This Time It's Virtual, you don't...
Of Bird and Cage is part epic metal album, part adventure game
Of Bird and Cage is something a little different than what we're used to. According to developer Capricia Productions and publisher All in! Games, it's a "metal music-driven adventure game."
Gamescom 2020 was the first time we saw any new footage from the game in a long time. The last time was 2014 when it was still called The Birdcage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irRDAva-cfY
Of...
Teardown, the heist game where you break everything, is coming to Early Access
Teardown isn't your typical heist game. For starters, it's very loud. You don't sneak around or smooth-talk your way into a restricted area. No, you set a truck on fire and drive it into a house.
Watch more well-planned destruction in Teardown's Gamescom 2020 gameplay trailer. It's really something else.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov5GxFlHqUQ
Teardown is destructible sandbox, where you need to collect your targets...
Chorus, the game about a sentient space jet, gets a gameplay trailer
In Chorus, you play as two protagonists: Nara, an ex-cultist and an ace fighter pilot, and a sentient starfighter named Forsaken. The two team up to take down an oppressive cult in fast-paced dogfights in space.
We now get to see these fights in action, thanks to a new Chorus gameplay trailer released during Gamescom 2020 Opening Night Live.
Chorus was...
In Mindcop, you solve crime with the power of psychic surfing
Mindcop is a non-linear detective game with time management elements, where you investigate the murder of a young woman in a small town in the middle of nowhere.
You play the titular Mindcop, a veteran detective with a unique ability - to surf his suspects' brain waves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgcxhg5Sf5Q
Time and Punishment
I recently had a chance to play a short demo of Mindcop...
Fall Guys Season 2 rounds and costumes revealed in a sneak peek trailer
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockdown is heading into season 2, and developer Mediatonic shared a new trailer with the new rounds and costumes we can expect to see once to starts in October.
The trailer was shown during Gamescom Opening Night Live, as a "sneak peek" by the game's lead designer Joseph Walsh. What the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IrOC-UtBQ8
Fall Guys Season 2 has...
Unknown 9: Awakening announced with a cinematic teaser trailer
Unknown 9: Awakening is a third-person, narrative-driven action-adventure game set within a larger Unknown 9 universe.
The game was just revealed during Gamescom Opening Night Live with a cinematic trailer focusing on protagonist Haroona and her "Fold" ability.
"Raised on the streets of Kolkata India and haunted by visions of her own death, Haroona struggles to understand her mysterious innate abilities to...