Blog & Reviews
[Review] Dustborn
It has now been five years since Quantic Dream jumped aboard the publishing train with Spotlight. Since then, it has published games like Under the Waves, Lysfanga, and the Sea of Solitude: The Director’s Cut for Nintendo Switch. Its next release, developed by Red Thread Games, is about to land on PC and on Sony and Microsoft’s eighth- and ninth-generation consoles. Dustborn throws you into a hilarious narrative action-adventure with a comic-book aesthetic...
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[Review] The Pixel Pulps Collection
The creative talents of Nico Saraintaris and Fernando Martínez Ruppel, novelist and artist respectively, come together in this first volume of the Pixel Pulps anthology. This collection of three video games, inspired by 1950s pulp fiction and 1980s computer graphics, pays tribute to the golden age of adventure games. Something that becomes evident shortly after starting these adventures is their exquisite narrative writing and striking illustration...
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[Review] Sociable Soccer 24
The classic video game series Sensible Soccer, popular in the early 1990s, has received a spiritual successor led by Jon Hare and developed by Tower Studios and Combo Breaker. Football is one of the most widely played sports worldwide, so it’s no surprise that this type of game is so successful, as it allows football fans to enjoy the sport from home. In an industry dominated by Electronic Arts with its FC 24...
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[Review] Horror Tales: The Beggar
Horror Tales: The Beggar is the latest horror release from Carlos Coronado, a true master of video game development in Unreal Engine, published by Jandusoft. Coronado is a certified authorized instructor and has won numerous awards, including several MegaGrants granted by Epic Games itself. This title is the sequel to The Wine, the first installment of the Horror Tales saga...
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U-TALK with Michael Santorum: “Riot Games allowed us to tell a story about friendship, in a game filled with violence”
This past Wednesday, we had the great pleasure of attending the talk given by Michael Santorum at U-tad on “how video games tell stories.” He is a game developer and instructor who began his career in the industry as a designer on Commandos 2 and Commandos 3. Later in his career, he worked as Lead QA on Castlevania: Lords of Shadow...
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[Review] The Suicide of Rachel Foster
The genre of first-person narrative adventures, commonly known as walking simulators, has been gaining presence in the video game industry over the years. We’ve been able to enjoy great titles in this genre such as Gone Home, Firewatch, What Remains of Edith Finch, or Virginia, where the experience focuses on narrative progression through environmental exploration...
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[Review] After Us
Have you ever imagined what the world would look like after facing the devastation caused by human beings? Piccolo Studio brings us this wonderful, thought-provoking experience that criticizes the environmental impact human actions have had on nature.
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[Review] Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is a love letter to fans of the saga starring those blue beings who, at first glance, have very human-like features, the Na’vi. Together with the release of Avatar 2: The Way of Water, the game has reignited many people’s interest. Massive Entertainment, a Ubisoft studio and developer of titles such as Far Cry 3...
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[Review] McPixel 3
Once again, Sos Sosowski, originally known as Mikołaj Kamiński, surprises us with a new installment of the hilarious McPixel. In this sequel to the comedic graphic adventure, we take on the role of the character who gives the game its name, on his mission to become a hero, facing strange situations in which we must make the decisions we consider most correct...
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