Roguelike

The Last Of Us Part 2 Remastered was announced last month, and one of the most interesting new features it will add is a roguelike survival mode called No Return. Naughty Dog has now released a trailer that shows what players can expect when they take on the Infected, Clickers and more in this all-new way to play.No Return will let players choose between multiple familiar faces from TLOU2, with Dina, Jesse, Lev, and Manny all shown on the character-select screen. Other names seen on the character menu…

Developer Modus Games revealed an all-new strategy-FPS titled Wild Bastards. The cosmic spaghetti western serves as a standalone successor to the hit roguelike FPS Void Bastards. Players will jump into the role of the leader of a gang of intergalactic outlaws as they shoot their way through the galactic Wild West. Wild Bastards is releasing on PC in 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-iBW-A9m3o In Wild Bastards, players will roam the galaxy across multiple planets as they perform space heists. Each character…

The Last of Us Part II is being Remastered for the PlayStation 5, developers Naughty Dog have announced. The studio is promising a slew of technological improvements, new game modes, and other additions in a bid to make the remaster for a game, that came out on the PS4 in 2020, worth picking up on the PS5. Notably, the sequel to The Last of Us is playable on Sony's current-gen console via backwards compatibility and had already received a PS5 update in 2021 that added support for 60fps. The Last of Us Part II Remastered…

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered has leaked online via psdeals.net, a website that tracks PlayStation Store listings. Never-before-seen cover art featuring the game's characters, Ellie and Abby, is featured in the listing alongside details on the game's new modes and other changes. While the listing includes only a placeholder launch date, shortly after this initial leak, a trailer was shared exclusively by Insider Gaming which includes a launch date of January 19, 2024. You can see the listing for…

Zagreus has found his new home: Netflix. Revealed during Netflix Geeked Week, Supergiant Games’ Hades is coming to Netflix’s gaming service in 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRDeQoad80s The 2020 roguelike is joining the ranks of Immortality, Spiritfarer, and Oxenfree as one of the available games in the service. Netflix Gaming is free for all Netflix subscribers, so owners of the streaming giant can play at no extra cost. The announcement also came with the news that Braid, Death’s Door, and Katana Zero would be…

How do you create a large audience for a game's spiritual sequel? Make sure everyone has played the original. Sega and Amplitude Studios have made Dungeon of the Endless available for free on Steam before its follow-up, Endless Dungeon, arrives on October 19th. You have until July 27th to grab the freebie. You can also download both DLC packs through the community hub "while supplies last," according to the developers. The older game is available for both Mac and PC, although it won't work with Macs running macOS Catalina…

Despite the fact that I can run console-quality games on my Steam Deck, that’s not usually what I actually want play on the device. Instead, I’m always looking for smaller games that are better suited to the console’s portable nature — ones that won’t drain my battery in under two hours. I dug into Brotato earlier this summer and have been slowly making my way through Dave the Diver, but my latest handheld obsession is even smaller: a quirky indie puzzle game called Let’s! Revolution! Let's! Revolution! - Official…

While some game series are lost to the annals of the industry’s history, others meet a fate that’s a bit worse in some ways. I’m talking about franchises like Star Fox or Double Dragon that just keep going but almost solely focus on recapturing their former glory. Yes, Double Dragon continued after its heyday in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but it’s also a series that feels stuck in the designs and iconography of that era. Games like Double Dragon Advance, Double Dragon Neon, and Double Dragon IV called back to…

“Synapse is a flashy PlayStation VR2 exclusive roguelite that gets too repetitive for its own good.” Pros Stunning visuals Telekinetic powers Intriguing story Cons Lack of content variety Linear roguelite structure I’ve never reviewed a game in VR before, so Synapse was a pretty mind-bending…

Indie studio Thunder Lotus announced a game today that invites you to “Face the Wrath of God.” 33 Immortals is the Spiritfarer developer’s new co-op action / roguelike that supports up to 33 players. “Pick-up and raid, cooperate to survive hordes of monsters and rise above the Almighty,” the title’s description reads. The game’s trailer shows 33-player co-op rendered with an art style that reminds me of old Space Ghost cartoons (meant as a compliment). However, the somewhat retro appearance may have made it easier for…