Twinworld Game Reviews

Wednesday October 9th, 2024. Today sees the long awaited release of Fossil Games’ slasher horror ‘Camp Sunshine’ on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox One & Series X and S – and is already available on PC on Steam.

In this chilling sequel to Sunshine Manor, guide Jez through a blood-soaked summer camp under siege by a relentless killer. As you explore the camp’s dark secrets, every shadow could hide your doom, and survival becomes a nightmarish game of cat and mouse. With time running out, you must uncover the twisted mystery behind the Summer Camp Slasher, where the camp’s terrifying past may be deadlier than the killer stalking you.

Will Jez escape, or will the truth claim another victim? Every second counts…Act NOW, the terror has only just started!

Features

• A deadly game of survival where the killer could strike at any moment.
• Explore the haunting grounds of a fully detailed summer camp.
• Experience a gripping, spine-chilling narrative that keeps you on edge.
• Test your wits with devious puzzles that add to the terror.
• Discover the dark secrets of Isaac Illerman through hidden diary pages.
• Face the Serial Slasher—survive two hits or it’s game over.
• Packed with jump scares and horror tributes. Perfect for Halloween Streams!

…Just Don’t Run Out Of Batteries For Your Torch!

“We’re so pleased to finally be able to bring Camp Sunshine to consoles – it’s been a long wait and we’ve been bowled over by the excitement from our fans. Now players can finally experience our love letter to 80s horror movies! Camp Sunshine is waiting for you!” – Paul, one half of Fossil Games.

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3rd of October, 2024 – Today WhisperGames is excited to announce that ASTLIBRA Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist will be coming to Nintendo Switch on October 17th. The PC version of ASTLIBRA Gaiden was originally released this February on Steam as DLC for ASTLIBRA Revision.

However, this time Gaiden is coming as a standalone title on Nintendo Switch; players do not need to own ASTLIBRA Revision or start it up to play Gaiden.

Gaiden is a side story to ASTLIBRA Revision, starring a new (but very familiar!) female protagonist in a 20+ hour-long adventure. Take control of the baker’s reclusive daughter as she challenges randomly generated dungeons in a roguelike fashion.

ASTLIBRA Revision Gaiden: The Cave Phantom Mist offers a fresh perspective on the ASTLIBRA saga, delving deeper into the intricacies of the game’s world and character relationships and elevating the original game’s randomized maze elements — richer variety of rooms, challenges, and experiences that are as strong and immersive as fans have come to expect from ASTLIBRA!

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October 3, 2024. Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo – Neos Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, Chair of the Board: Masashi Ikeda), a subsidiary of Tecmira Holdings, Inc., is proud to announce the release of “Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town” on Steam for worldwide distribution and on Nintendo Switch in Western markets on October 24, 2024 at a price of 29.99 USD/EUR and 39.99 USD/EUR respectively. The title will be on sale on Steam for 26.99 USD/EUR from the launch until November 7, 2024. The game was released in Japan and Asia earlier this year and won the Visual Arts Excellence Award at the CEDEC AWARDS 2024.

A bundle sale will be held on both platforms from the start of sales until November 7, during which time this title and “Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation -The Endless Seven-Day Journey-,” which marks the 3rd anniversary of its release, will be available for purchase at a discounted price of 39.99 USD/EUR on Steam and 49.99 USD/EUR on Nintendo Switch. Additionally, the price of this previous Shin chan title on Steam will be revised from 39.99 USD, 49.99 EUR to 29.99 USD/EUR, matching the price of “Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town.”

In addition, in partnership with U.S. game publisher Limited Run Games, the game will also be released in a physical version for Nintendo Switch in the U.S. and Europe. This edition will be available for pre-order at LRG’s official online store for a limited time this fall.

Experience a New Adventure in the World of Shin chan

In “Shin chan: Shiro and the Coal Town,” Shin chan and the Nohara family visit the town of Akita. The game depicts Shin chan’s daily life as he and Shiro experience various things while travelling between the two worlds of reality and a mysterious town. The game can be enjoyed by people of all ages and genders, from “Crayon Shin chan” fans to video game fans who want to experience a full-fledged story.

The Nohara Family Goes to Akita Prefecture!

Hiroshi is sent on a sudden business trip to his native Akita. The Nohara family arrives in a small village near Hiroshi’s parents’ home and rents a traditional Japanese farmhouse. Nestled in this tranquil rural landscape, they begin their carefree and quiet life in the countryside. Shinnosuke’s grandfather, Ginnosuke, teaches him the secrets of countryside games such as bug catching and fishing. In the evenings, everyone enjoys sitting around the sunken hearth to savour delicious Akita dishes. In the village, Shinnosuke interacts with farmers and makes new friends. Every day, he enjoys his life to the fullest until…

Shinnosuke Follows After a Soot-Covered Shiro

One morning, Shiro shows up at the house, covered in soot. As a confused Shinnosuke looks on, Shiro suddenly runs away…! Shinnosuke chases after Shiro, and he notices a mysterious train he’s never seen before. Shinnosuke follows after Shiro and accidentally boards this train.

Welcome to Coal Town

The mysterious train stops in a lively and prosperous town that seems to have been frozen in time since the Showa era. In this town, called Coal Town, energetic working class people go about their daily lives. After meeting a mysterious young girl, Shinnosuke becomes friends with these people. And so begins Shinnosuke’s newest adventure…!

Shin chan’s mysterious daily life begins, as he travels between the two worlds: the village in Akita and Coal Town.

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Geel, Belgium – October 3rd 2024 – Rogueside is pleased to unveil its new narrative-driven murder mystery game coming to PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch, Best Served Cold. Set in the fictional Tzaran capital of Bukovie, you play as a bartender at a speakeasy where potential suspects and witnesses gather. The police are stumped by a series of murders shaking the local community and an ambitious young detective has forcefully recruited you to help crack the cases in exchange for letting you off the hook for running a speakeasy. Serve your patrons cocktails to loosen their tongues, allowing you to gather the clues you need to solve the murders.

Meet a fascinating cast of intriguing characters seeking solace or stirring up trouble in ‘The Nightcap’, a bar renowned for attracting a varied clientele that spans the social strata. Lend an ear to your patrons and form a bond as you get to know their backstories – you’ll no doubt fall in love with the fascinating cast, but you’ll still have to coax out confessions and uncover clues in spite of the friendships you build. Remember, even the tightest of lips can be loosened with the right mix of charm, persuasion and alcohol.

At the end of each day, you will find yourself back at your apartment with an evidence board that displays the clues you’ve collected. Connect related clues to make new deductions that you can take back to the bar the next day to interrogate customers with, while you soothe their moods by serving the right drinks and lending a sympathetic ear. Build your case piece by piece, then present your findings to solve a series of thrilling murder mysteries.

In Best Served Cold, you will experience a richly crafted world inspired by the cultural and artistic revival of 1920’s Bucharest. The intriguing characters you meet in The Nightcap – an illegal bar in the basement of an upscale bookstore – serve as a lens through which you learn about a city where cultural, political and economic shifts are fragmenting the old order, creating new tensions in a changing world. Learn how this backdrop ties into the lives of your patrons and the whirlwind of a murder mystery you’ve been thrust into in a story crafted by writers Joshua Aldred and Thomas Welsh, known for his work on Cloudpunk.

“We’re thrilled to reveal Best Served Cold for PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch with our new trailer,” said Antje Van den Heuvel, Art Director at Rogueside. “We’ve crafted an atmospheric world filled with fascinating characters that we know players are going to love getting to know as you serve them their favourite drinks, along with an intriguing mystery that’s going to hook you in and bring you along for all the twists and turns.”

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October 1st – Steel yourself for Monarchy! A new medieval side-scrolling strategy adventure is coming next month, courtesy of storied indie developer, Brain Seal Entertainment.

Take to the field and build up your base, pull from your coffers to recruit your troops, and take your retinue out to conquer every cave, castle, and dungeon that dares to house enemies to your realm.

Monarchy will be coming to Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, & Xbox Series X|S|One on November 6th for $14.99, wishlist it on Steam now to pledge your loyalty to the crown.

About Monarchy

Unleash your strategic brilliance in this 2D side-scrolling strategy game, where you must build a base, manage resources, explore the mysterious forest and conquer your enemies.

Feature List:

• Building System – Place down your buildings anywhere you want using a dynamic building system to create a vibrant base!
• Hunting – Use your follower archer to hunt down wild animals in the forest and protect yourself from danger!
• Military – Unified military system that once trained it follows you around and engages in combat automatically.
• Cave Exploration – Explore the numerous caves throughout the forest to find treasures, enemies and unexpected surprises!
• Unique Experiences
  • Bandit Land: The bandits are hiding in caves, and you must clear them out in a summer setting.
  • The Siege: Build a mighty trebuchet and siege the enemy castle walls in this autumn setting where enemies come only from one direction.
  • Winter Knight: The harsh winter has many secrets waiting to be discovered, find them and survive them in this winter setting where enemies attack randomly from one side each night.
• Cart and Monolith –  Use the cart to bring coins or people every to balance your playthrough and use the power of the monolith to acquire unique upgrades each playthrough.
• Traps – Purchase spears traps and place them down to protect your base from any enemies that pass through your main defense.
• Cooperative – Play together with your friends and family and build amazing memories!

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October 1st, 2024. After another successful digital release of Aero the Acro-Bat 1 & 2 today sees Indie publisher Ratalaika Games and Tokyo-based publisher LLC Shinyuden pleased to reveal that Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel is set to release October 6th, 2024 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch!

A Bad Guy Turned Good?

Who said bad guys cannot be heroes? Aero the Acro-Bat’s infamous enemy comes for some ninja squirrel action with an adventure of his own!

During the events of Aero the Acrobat 2 Zero receives a telegram from his girlfriend Amy notifying him that an evil lumberjack named Jacques Le Sheets is cutting down their forest homeland to make counterfeit money and has abducted her father as a way of stopping any opposition.

When Zero tells Edgar that he needs to go to protect his forest, Edgar refuses, so Zero leaves without permission. Unfortunately for Zero, Jacques Le Sheets shoots down the squirrel’s plane on his journey home and so the aerodynamic rodent must make his way home on foot.

Features

• Play through 15 stages full of ninja action, including stages with rides
• Use Zero’s combat skills to defeat all kinds of enemies
• Fight against powerful bosses
• Choose between the English and the Japanese version
• Rewind/Turbo function: repeat something till you achieve perfection or speed things up
• Save state function: save wherever you want and restart from that exact point
• Screen filters: select from several filters to modify the game’s looks (retro-style monitor, black-and-white, etc.)
• Gallery: check images from the original game’s illustrations, posters, box design, etc.
• Cheats function: activate several cheats that will make things easier (infinite energy, infinite lives, invulnerability, etc.)

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We are thrilled to share that REYNATIS is out now for Nintendo Switch, PS4/PS5, and Steam! Today’s launch trailer includes a special message from Creative Producer TAKUMI and a look at the upcoming free content updates.

Starting October 1, 2024, REYNATIS will receive a free content update on the first of every month through April 1, 2025. These updates include new story episodes for main characters Marin Kirizumi and Sari Nishijima and a secret episode filled with new action, magical clashes, and additional story insights.

About REYNATIS

REYNATIS is an atmospheric urban fantasy set in a realistic recreation of Shibuya, Tokyo, where the ultimate clash between magic and order is about to unfold. Seeking freedom through strength, the wizard Marin heads to Shibuya, where he meets Sari, an officer of the M.E.A., an organization dedicated to keeping wizards under control.

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Montpellier, France – September 27, 2024. Dear Villagers and Sunny Syrup Studio are proud to announce the release of Spirit Mancer this November 7 on PC, PS5 and Nintendo Switch. The title, which has just launched a demo on Steam, offers a 2D Hack and Slash adventure with deck-building mechanics inspired by classics like Mega Man, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure and Pokemon. Players are in the role of a modern-day demon hunter, they can go alone or also can join forces with a friend in local couch co-op mode. Slash, Shoot and Break hordes of demons from Ars Goetia and stop the evil queen with the power of the Spirit Mancer. Capture their spirits and summon them out into battle in the beautiful yet dangerous world of Inferno!

Spirit Mancer is getting a great recognition lately, as the game won 6 awards at the Play Prime Awards, also it is currently participating of the Tokyo Game Show, and got shortlisted as finalist in the SEA Games Award 2024 in Malaysia, which will have its winners announced by next week, on the 2nd of October.

New Feature Revealed: Develop your Village and build your character!

Meet the Anans! a low level demon class that lives across the inferno, they don’t have a special power but they are very adaptable to any condition and also are very good at following orders, that will help our heroes. As you progress in the game, the city will be offering you new facilities built the Anans, like stores that will allow you to trade and buy new items, a bar where you can access new side and main missions, a potion store where you will be able to find summoning cards, a bank, fishery, a gun store. You will even find the Anan adventurer’s guild, which will allow you to send them on expeditions in search of more resources!

Key Features

Hack and Slash action combines with deck building elements.

With a skill base card, you can summon demons to do your bidding and help you during combat.

Local co-op support.

Like in the old arcade times, join forces with a friend and jump together for an epic battle into a colourful and vibrant inferno.

100+ Unique enemies you can fight and capture

Huge variety of unique monsters and demons that you can fight and capture.

Summon captured enemies to battle as spirit cards

Capture any demons into spirit cards then summon them out into battle as your friends.

Deck building with 100+ spirit cards

Build your deck with demon spirits that you want in your pocket.

10+ Guns and weapons to be used

Blast any foes with a large variety of weapons.

8+ levels for you to explore

Beautiful beach, Volcanic fortress, Lush forest, and more Adventure a huge fantasy world of inferno with 20+ biomes to explore.

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We are proud to announce that Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero will be launching on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 on January 30, 2025 (Steam version to follow in Spring 2025)!

Preorders for the Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero Limited Edition, exclusive to the NIS Online Store, are now available for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. The contents of the Limited Edition include a Deluxe Edition copy of the game, an Art Book, a soundtrack, an acrylic diorama stand, and a coaster.

Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle Remastered Coming to PlayStation 5

In addition to today’s release date announcement, Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle Remastered is coming to PlayStation 5! Embark on the heartfelt first adventure of Marona and her Phantom friend Ash in Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle Remastered on November 7, 2024.

About Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero

In Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero, the story follows Marona – a gifted young girl with the power to speak to Phantoms – as she traverses the ocean world of Ivoire, providing aid to those in need. When a fleet of ghost ships attack, it’s up to Marona and her new friend Apricot to assemble the legendary crew that once defeated these spectral foes.

Recruit Phantoms, bind them to objects, combine them with Gadgets, and even merge them with Marona herself to unleash show-stopping abilities and sink the Shipwreck Fleet!

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September 25th, 2024. Today Fossil Games, alongside publisher Hound Picked Games, is thrilled to announce that ‘Camp Sunshine’ is coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X & S, and Nintendo Switch! Get ready to dive into the murderous mascot mayhem on October 9th!

The Only Thing To Fear Is Fear Itself

In Camp Sunshine, players step into the shoes of Jez, a kid dropped off at summer camp for what’s supposed to be a fun, unforgettable experience. But when Jez wakes up in the dead of night, things take a terrifying turn. Blood stains the campgrounds, and a relentless killer is on the hunt, slaughtering everyone in sight. Now, you must survive a nightmarish game of cat and mouse, where every shadow hides danger and escape is anything but guaranteed.

No Tears, Please. It’s A Waste Of Good Suffering!

In a brutal race for survival, Jez must unravel the twisted mystery behind the Summer Camp Slasher. As the blood-soaked history of the camp unravels, the truth becomes more terrifying than the killer’s rampage. Only by confronting these horrifying secrets can Jez hope to end the night of terror and escape with his life. Time is running out, and the nightmare is just beginning!

“We couldn’t be more thrilled to announce that Camp Sunshine is finally making its terrifying debut on consoles. Back in 2016, when our little two-person team unleashed it on Steam, we were blown away by the incredible response. Now, bringing our love letter to 1980s slasher horror to a whole new audience feels like a hauntingly perfect dream come true. The game was born out of our obsession with horror, and we can’t wait for players to dive into the nightmare once again!” – Paul, one half of Fossil Games.

Players can expect beautifully hand drawn 16-bit style pixel-art and one of the best John Carpenter inspired synthwave soundtracks in a game.

Features

• A deadly game of survival where the killer could strike at any moment.
• Explore the haunting grounds of a fully detailed summer camp.
• Experience a gripping, spine-chilling narrative that keeps you on edge.
• Unique lighting mechanics heighten the tension and atmosphere.
• Discover the dark secrets of Isaac Illerman through hidden diary pages.
• Face the Serial Slasher—survive two hits or it’s game over.
• Packed with jump scares, eerie moments, and tributes to classic horror franchises.
• Test your wits with devious puzzles that add to the terror.

Just Don’t Run Out Of Batteries For Your Torch!

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