Twinworld Game Reviews

Archive for June, 2018

KATOWICE, POLAND – June 27, 2018 – My Brother Rabbit, the heartwarming adventure game from Artifex Mundi, invites players on an emotional trip into the dreamlands of imagination in Fall 2018.

A picture-perfect, loving family discovers that their daughter has fallen ill. While her parents set out to get her the treatment she needs, her determined older brother turns to the power of imagination to help both of them cope. While the outside world offers tragedy, these pure children envision a fantastic, surreal world that provides the innocent fun they deserve.

In this magnificent land of make-believe, a cute little rabbit living underground wants to nurse his ill friend, a flower, back to health however he can. To do so, he must use his wits to decipher puzzles inspired by classic point and clicks, uncover hidden objects, and play minigames to continue his adventure. Calmly and casually collect hidden butterflies, balloons, and other items before solving intriguing enigmas.

Devoted to this unusual journey, the innocent children continue to conjure up this increasingly curious land, incorporating components of the bleak real realm. The gorgeously odd painted vistas introduce off-putting tones the closer Toy Rabbit gets to helping the Flower. Visions of reality in the hospital creep through, but the children’s realm of escapism is always inviting. As children are wont to do, their creative minds find more and more reasons to be hopeful despite the adversity they face.

Renowned indie composer Arkadiusz Reikowski of Layers of Fear and Seven: The Days Long Gone fame has penned a score that soars around this strange scene. The wondrous sights and sounds make gorgeous, hand-painted My Brother Rabbit’s dream logic come together and invites players to rekindle the flames of their imagination.

“My Brother Rabbit’s spiritual journey recalls the power and depth of the mind’s eye,” said Maciej Binkowski, publishing director at Artifex Mundi. “The universes humans can develop can be beautifully surreal, and we want to invite players into the strange machinations in our heads.”

My Brother Rabbit will be available in Q3 2018.

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SANTA CRUZ, California, June 27, 2018 — Edmund McMillen today announced that the crowd-funded Kickstarter campaign for The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls has launched and is now open for backing. The all-new project from Edmund McMillen, the video game designer and creator of indie mega-hits Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac, is a card game based on the themes and storylines presented in The Binding of Isaac series.

The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls will take elements of what fans experienced in the iconic video game series and drop it in physical form onto players’ card gaming location of choice. 2-4 players can randomly choose from four different playable characters, each with their own unique abilities that can affect the gameplay. Once started, players will have the opportunity to encounter an endless array of familiar monsters and items from the video game series as they decide whether to barter, play cooperatively or betray their opponents.

“Designing this was fun and easy and I’m treating this as I would any video game that I’ve ever worked on,” said designer Edmund McMillen. “The goal is to make a very playable and entertaining card game that has a lot of strategy to it and embodies everything that’s unique about The Binding of Isaac.”

In order to make this dream not a nightmare, a Kickstarter campaign has been created forThe Binding of Isaac: Four Souls with a 30-day target goal of $50,000. If met, backers who provided monetary pledges will receive their tier of goods, which range from digital items to the base game plus expansion packs, collector’s editions, bonus swag items and more! With love and support and crowdsourcing help from fans, The Binding of Isaac: Four Soulscard game will release in winter 2018.

A working prototype for The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls has already been created and includes 100 Monster Cards, 100 Loot Cards, 100 Treasure Cards, 100 Pennies, 4 Character Cards, 4 Power Cards and 2 dice. Each game begins with players selecting a Character Card and receiving 3 Loot Cards and 3 Pennies. Players then take turns playing Loot Cards to attack monsters in order to gain resources that can be used to purchase items. Once strong enough, players can battle boss monsters that will yield souls. The first player to end their turn with four souls is crowned the winner.

For more details on The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls card game and for information on the Kickstarter campaign, go HERE

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We’re happy to announce that Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA is out now on Nintendo Switch! The definitive edition of this thrilling tale comes with all content originally released on the PS4 and 18 pieces of cosmetic DLC from the PS Vita and PS4 releases.

Check out the Launch Trailer now. Ys VIII brings back the series onto a major Nintendo console after 20 years, and it’s the most exhilarating chapter in Adol’s adventures yet!

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BORDEAUX, France (June 26, 2018) — Motion Twin is excited to announce Mac and Linux versions of Dead Cells are available today on Steam and GOG.com.

This update coincides with the game being 40% off in the Steam Summer Sale. So, people that have been waiting for these versions should grab it before the price increases on July 6 from $19.99 to $24.99.

Motion Twin is also adding partial mod support to Dead Cells. For more information, read the documentation here.

Dead Cells is currently available in Early Access on Steam and GOG.com for $19.99 USD. A full launch is planned for PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in August 2018.

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June 26, 2018 — Passtech Games are always looking to surprise fans, and what better way to do that than with a free update and a bunch of discounts for every platform (up to 50% off!) for Masters of Anima. The adventure-strategy game with RPG elements received a warm welcome from players and press when it released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC last April.

Starting today, Shapers all over the world and across all platforms, will be able to adapt the game’s difficulty to their liking. From Apprentice, to Shaper and onto Master difficulty, every aspirant can now choose the challenge they want to face in the Level Selection Menu. The higher the difficulty, the less time players will have to defeat their enemies before their Primal Rage kicks in, and the less Anima will be retrieved when their Guardians are destroyed.

Get to know the game’s addictive tactical action experience and its gorgeous art style giving life to a colorful universe while using the game’s innovative control scheme to command 100 individual guardians.

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I would like to announce that SONKA will be releasing VSR: Void Space Racing on Nintendo Switch on July 20th for $9.99/€9.99, which will be available for preorder on July 10th for $7.99/€7.99, 20% off.

If you’re looking for your generic futuristic racer, look for it elsewhere – this game is not for the faint of heart! Impactful and challenging, VSR: Void Space Racing gives you the opportunity to fly through vast and diverse locations in outer space and prove yourself worthy of the first place!

Compete for the highscore online. Unlock new colorful stages by completing single mode races. Challenge a friend in local multiplayer. Drift in space like there’s no tomorrow!

Main features:

• No friction
• Online highscores
• Split-screen local multiplayer
• Unlockable spaceships and exciting stages
• Challenging gameplay for racing connoisseurs
• Thrilling electronic soundtrack

To adapt the game for a new platform, instead of straight up porting the game to Nintendo Switch, we changed the flight model, available modes, AI, music and the name, altered graphics and added local multiplayer, online leaderboards and HD Rumble.

VSR: Void Space Racing is based on a game Orbital Racer by Paweł Dywelski, published on PC by Movie Games

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POZNAN, PL — June 26, 2018 – Today, developer Robot Gentleman is excited to announce that 60 Seconds!, everyone’s favourite dark comedy simulation game about surviving the apocalypse with cans of soup, has sold one million units, reaching a seriously impressive milestone. Originally launching on May 25, 2015, the team at Robot Gentleman has continued to support this indie darling through numerous DLC launches, challenge updates and ports to additional platforms. And just because the world’s ending, doesn’t mean they’re showing any signs of stopping…

To celebrate one million units sold, the team have prepared an onslaught of new content, coming to all existing platforms (and maybe even some new ones)! Read on to find out what they have in store:

• Steam Workshop support – Coming in 2019 – Create and share your own atomic adventures and make the story your own with custom events, endings, characters, items, visuals and music.
• Dolores DLC debuting to PC – Coming in 2018 – It’s time for Dolores to take centre stage with the launch of her very own DLC. Learn about the family’s complex relationship as you dig into their backstories and do your darndest to survive with all-new content.
• CATomic Adventure DLC coming to Switch – Coming in 2018 – Do you like cats? We sure hope so, because now that the apocalypse is here, they’re everywhere! Take on all manner of fiendishly feline-focused events as you fight for your family’s lives.
• Rocket Science DLC coming to Android + iOS – Coming in 2018 – Get ready to face a brand new challenge mode on mobile, which will put your scavenge phase skills to the test.
• 60 Seconds! coming to even more consoles – Coming in 2019 – We can’t say any more quite yet, but if you’ve been yearning to dig into this apocalyptic adventure from the comfort of your couch, there’s reason to be excited right around the corner.

But wait, there’s more! 60 Parsecs! is Robot Gentleman’s next game, which is set to take the scavenging and survival you know and love, toss it into a centrifuge, and launch it into the atomic space age. The team’s been hard at work and will be revealing launch details soon. In the meantime, we wanted to give you a sneak peek at the upcoming game’s brand new scavenge and survival mechanics, while urging you to add the game to your Steam wishlist to stay up-to-date with the latest details.

60 Seconds! is out now on PC, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and Mac, with additional console releases coming soon. Want more? Stay tuned for more information about 60 Parsecs! coming soon, including date, platforms, and price. For more information and to follow the game’s development, follow @robotgentleman on Twitter, or visit http://robotgentleman.com/60parsecs/

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – June 26, 2018: Danish developer Zaxis is excited to announce it’s partnered with Munich-based publisher EuroVideo to bring comic-action-adventure Fimbul to PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC later this year.

Derived from the long, cruel winter preceding the Viking apocalypse – better known as Ragnarok by all those au fait with Norse mythology – Fimbul tells the tale of an aging berserker Kveldulver, who travels through the frozen Midgard taking on Trolls and Jotuns to reclaim an ancient artifact that might, just might prevent the end of the world.

It’s a game inspired by the Saxo Grammaticus – the Danish Book of Kings – and intertwines northern European legend with a comic book-style narrative, exploration elements and a weapons-based combat system.

The non-linear story is heavily influenced by the player’s actions. Thanks to an autosave feature called “The Thread of Life”, players will be able to come back to crucial moments in the story to explore alternative branches at any moment. Fimbul will reward exploring its world with lots of secret areas and encounters that will shine a new light on the background of different characters.

The combat system is designed to be easy to learn but difficult to master. Kveldulver will have to get to grips with a wide variety of weaponry, matching up his arsenal with an array of different enemies taking him on in a range of diverse environments.
On his journey, the berserker will also encounter other Vikings which can be recruited into his party. Players will have to use their Vikings’ individual skills and different items to survive against enemy warriors and dangerous creatures like hungry wolves, monsters, and the giant Jotun.

More about the world of Fimbul can be found on Steam. The game will be published under EuroVideo’s Wild River label.

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You asked, so here it is! #Runbow is coming to #NintendoSwitch and #PS4 on July 3rd! Over 145 single player levels, achievements, trophies, over 40 costumes, 19 guest characters, and 6 game modes! The ultimate party is coming to a console (and handheld) near you! pic.twitter.com/VHQR1AHOYU

— 13AM Games @ E3 2018! (@13amgames) June 20, 2018

Los Angeles, CA – June 14th, 2018 – Flying Tiger Entertainment presents the Japanese arcade hit, Wizard Fire, the sixth action game release from Johnny Turbo’s Arcade, featuring classics by Data East.

Launching today for $7.99 in America. Coming soon in selected European territories.

Wizard Fire is the sequel to the original hit 90’s classic arcade game, Gate of Doom/Dark Seal, with 2-player Co-Op play action. Choose a hero from the cast of characters and lead them on a quest to quell the Evil Emperor Doom. Collect experience points by stopping your foes, and use them to gain magic spells.

Who will save us from these heralds of darkness? Come one, come all, come and hear the tale of Valiant Knights of the Wizard Fire.

Wizard Fire: Collect treasures, cast spells and save the world from villainous sorcerers and ghoulish zombies.

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