Twinworld Game Reviews

Dive into the magical music of The Cruel King and the Great Hero with this brand new music video! Created by song-writer and composer Akiko Shikata, “Txilrcka” is beautiful piece that truly captures the awe and wonder of the storybook world!

Check out the “Hero Story” contest for your chance to win a custom-made set of patches inspired by the characters of The Cruel King and the Great Hero! The contest takes place January 11, 2022 through January 25, 2022.

Learn more about The Cruel King and the Great Hero by visiting the official website, and be sure to preorder your Storybook or Treasure Trove Edition before supplies run out!

The Cruel King and the Great Hero is coming to PS4™ and Nintendo Switch™ on  March 1, 2022.

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Copenhagen, Denmark – 4th January 2022 – Award-winning games studio Northplay announced today that Headland is launching on Nintendo Switch on January 13th. Featuring fast-paced action set in a beautifully fantastical world, Headland is a little adventure about a big imagination, coming soon!

“Headland was really well received when we launched it on iOS and Android, but we’ve added a bunch of new content and features that set it apart from the mobile game and tailor it to the Switch audience,” said Michael Flarup from Northplay. “Given that it was crafted as a premium experience from the start, Headland is a perfect fit for the platform and we can’t wait to open the gates to the magical world we’ve built for Switch players in this fun action adventure next week!”

A powerful force has destroyed the Imagination Core inside Nor’s Headland, stealing away the color and inspiration from his world. Now he must journey into the lush fantasy of his imagination to fight monsters and gather the scattered fragments of his creativity.

As you explore the grassy meadows, deep caves and dark castles of Headland’s dreamlike world, you will encounter a host of monsters to be defeated using Nor’s trusty sword and quick reflexes in an adventure full of varied challenges for you to overcome on your path to unlocking the full power of Nor’s imagination.

To help you succeed on your quest, you’ll want to collect as many resources as you can while exploring. New weapons can be unlocked in arenas and then upgraded using the resources you’ve gathered, giving you the power to define your own playstyle as part of a satisfying loop of resource gathering, upgrading, and equipping new tools to try out.

Headland delivers all this in a vivid and magical world brought to life through it’s engaging story and a delightful cast of new robot friends that you can meet during your journey. Together with Nor and his robot buddies, help uncover the mysteries behind the dark force in order to rebuild the Imagination Core and save Headland!

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Experience “Eufloria HD”, the new edition of Eufloria, an incredibly addictive ambient strategy game that anyone can play!

Explore a beautifully realized universe rendered in a style that is unique and compelling.
Engage in space exploration, conquest, plant growth and bio mechanical evolution. Conquer asteroids in deep space and use their resources to grow and nurture semi-organic plants and creatures to do your bidding. Plan your strategy against AI opponents that all vie for the same resources and offer fierce opposition.
Eufloria is easy to learn, and enjoyable to master. It’s a game for everyone. Try it now!

Features:

• A 25 level “Story Mode” with many hours of gameplay.
• “Relaxed Mode”, for a more ambient experience which anyone can enjoy.
• “Skirmish Levels” that can be played over and over.
• “Dark Matter Mode” for a stylish, more challenging way to play.
• Original ambient soundtrack by “Milieu”.
• Many procedurally generated levels which are different every time!

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Planet Quiz – Learn & Discover it’s an educational and challenging environmental quiz. The game contains 1000+ entries, from topics like animals, people, food, cities etc., in 450+ questions divided to 3 levels of difficulty. Planet Quiz allows you to challenge yourself or up to 3 friends at the time. All beautifully designed & packed in a 3D Planet Earth with areas and precise locations.

In game / Features:

• 4 ways to interact – Campaign, Quick Play, Tournament, Quizpedia
• Single as well as multiplayer, up to 4 players, mode
• Questions with different level of difficulty
• Various subjects covered in categories: cities, countries, mountains, waters, people, animals, architecture, food, nature wonders
• Beautiful, handcrafted graphic

Campaign /single player/ mode

• In general is about matching “things” with locations
• Questions divided to 8 categories: Earth, Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia and Oceania, Polar Regions
• Each category contains 3 chapters – easy, medium and hard.
• In each chapter ~15 questions
• After completing a question quick check with a fun fact about every entry (eg. match the flag with a country – info on every country)
• Questions covering countries’ flags, cities locations, animals locations

Quick play mode

• Custom settings: player avatar, questions difficulty (any from: easy, medium, hard), regions (any from: Earth, Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia and Oceania, Polar Regions), number of rounds (rounds=tasks/questions; 1-15), time for answer question / round (3-20s)
• Showing the location and asking “what is here?”; also comparison (animals, countries, rivers etc)
• Summary screen with points

Tournament mode

• challenge 1-3 friends (2-4 players mode)

Quizpedia mode

• All entries appearing in the quiz in one place
• 18 categories of entries
• short and enhanced descriptions

Planet Quiz: DLC Oceans

Sail through the Planet Quiz questions about oceans, reefs, and islands in the Oceans DLC. Planet Quiz Learn & Discover: Oceans is an additional package enriching the game with questions and entries about marine life and geography.

• 100+ new Quizpedia entries.
• New questions in all gameplay modes.
• More handcrafted drawings.

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Amsterdam, Netherlands – 16th December, 2021 – Video game company Mindscape, in partnership with French publisher Just For Games and developer FRAG Games, announced today a new farming-adventure game, Life in Willowdale: Farm Adventures, coming in 2022 to Nintendo Switch, Steam and PlayStation. Not your garden variety farming game, Life in Willowdale features an expansive world to explore as you start sowing, growing and harvesting, with mysterious creatures and uncommon encounters!

The once thriving community of Willowdale is in ruins, as the mayor’s daughter Penny is turning the town into a tourist trap, driving away the animals and upsetting the balance of nature. Amid public outcry, your uncle, the mayor, has asked you to return to your family farm to help restore harmony and town spirit in Willowdale. But it may not be that easy…

Life in Willowdale: Farm Adventures features farming gameplay, a cozy town filled with friendly locals and adventures across the region. In addition to farming, the game will have lots more on offer for an engaging and fun experience.

Life in Willowdale: Farm Adventures will launch on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and PC for Steam in Spring 2022.

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Stuttgart, Germany – December 16th, 2021 – Strictly Limited Games, in partnership with two-man developer team Mad Fellows are proud to announce that the indie-hit Aaero: Complete Edition will receive a much deserved, limited boxed release on the Nintendo Switch. This rhythm rail-shooter synergizes high-speed sci-fi shooting action with an incredible licensed EDM soundtrack, to deliver a uniquely exhilarating audio-visual experience that received much praise from press and players at launch.

Aaero: Complete Edition contains all DLC content in one package and will be available as a boxed Limited Edition and Special Limited Edition, with pre-orders kicking off on Sunday, December 19th, at 12 AM CET (midnight), only at Strictly Limited Games.

About the Game

Speed through stunning, futuristic environments in a stylish spacecraft, tracing ribbons of light that visualize the EDM songs while evading obstacles, eliminating approaching enemies and overcoming epic boss battles. The game controls like a twin-stick shooter with the left stick controlling the ship, which has to grind along the musical ribbon and the right stick for targeting enemies. If you play well, your score multiplier will build up and you can chase that high score on the leaderboard, for an extra dose of adrenaline.

Key Features

• Pilot your spacecraft through dynamic environments, negotiating obstacles and battling enemies and monstrous boss creatures, all synced to a banging soundtrack.
• Experience a unique sensation of speed and tunnel-vision as the levels warp and twist around you, perfectly combining music, gameplay and visuals.
• Vibe with licensed music from superstars of the EDM genre, including Noisia, Flux Pavilion, Katy B, Neosignal, Astronaut, Barely Alive and many more.
• Soar through 21 different levels, each painstakingly crafted to match the music.
• Four game modes – Normal, Advanced, Master, and Chill-out (a relaxed, practice-focused mode).
• Aaero: Complete Edition for Nintendo Switch includes all additional DLC content in one package: the 1000DaysWasted: Drum & Bass Pack, the Monstercat Pack as well as the Comet, Phaser, and Sol ship skins.

Strictly Limited Editions for musical speed-demons

Strictly Limited Games is giving Aaero the immortal, boxed legacy it deserves, with two unique limited editions, available for pre-order exclusively via the Strictly Limited Games online shop.

The Limited Edition includes the Nintendo Switch game and a colorful game manual for 29.99€, limited to 2,200 copies.

The Special Limited Edition is limited to 1,800 copies for Nintendo Switch at a price of 49.99€, including lots of cool EDM-festival themed collectibles:

• Nintendo Switch game
• Special Limited Edition Box
• Colorful Game Manual
• Stylish spaceship acrylic standee
• EDM-festival-style wristband
• EDM-festival-style ticket (replica, individually numbered)
• EDM-concert-style poster (DIN A3)
• Aaero logo fabric patch
• Bottle opener

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Paris, December 15th, 2021 – DONTNOD Entertainment, French independent video games publisher and developer, is very proud to present Gerda: A Flame in Winter. Unveiled during the Nintendo Indie World Showcase, this brand-new narrative game is developed by Danish studio PortaPlay and is the first third-party game to be published by DONTNOD.

Due for release in 2022, Gerda: A Flame in Winter is an intimate narrative RPG-lite experience set during World War 2 and the German occupation of Denmark. In this poignant story-driven game inspired by real life events, players will walk the path of Gerda, a nurse whose life is turned upside down overnight. Armed only with her wits and knowledge of her community, Gerda must try to save her loved ones while staying true to herself. A tale told not on the front line, but in the intimate setting of the small Danish village she grew up in.

Choices are made through a mix of exploration, dialog, and resource and relationship management. Gerda’s personality traits are her skills, and her connection with others will also determine how the story unfolds. Every dilemma is challenging and every decision critical in times of turmoil and war, and this game poses the question: how far would you go to protect your loved ones?

Gerda: A Flame in Winter will be available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Steam) and will be released in 2022.

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Paris – December 14, 2021 – Studio Revolution Software, creators of the popular Broken Sword series, and French publisher Microids, are delighted to announce that Beyond a Steel Sky is now available digitally on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles and Nintendo Switch. The retail versions will hit the stores on December 21st!

From Charles Cecil, creator of the Broken Sword series, with art direction by Dave Gibbons, legendary comic book artist behind Watchmen, Beyond A Steel Sky is the spiritual successor to the classic Beneath a Steel Sky.

The console versions of the game feature new improvements, including 4K resolution on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions, and many gameplay enhancements such as controller vibration.

Beyond a Steel Sky stands as a thrilling story of loyalty and redemption set in an eerie and terrifying world of AI-driven social controls. Set a decade after the events of the first game, Beyond a Steel Sky immerses players once again in the captivating Union City – a dystopian cyberpunk city full of mysterious, sinister secrets.

With Dave Gibbons’s breathtaking comic book art style, the game is a hugely ambitious adventure which redefines the genre by allowing the player to subvert the world, populated by AI-driven characters, with interesting solutions to puzzles emerging from their actions.

“I am hugely excited that Beyond a Steel Sky has now released on consoles, courtesy of Microids. We have had the chance to substantially improve and enhance the game and I am thrilled with the result. After the critical acclaim on earlier formats, I can’t wait to hear the response from console gamers, whether they are new to the series or fans of the original.” says Charles Cecil, Founder and CEO of Revolution Software.

Key features:

• A fascinating sci-fi world – An adventure set within a dynamic world, populated by willful characters driven by motivations that the player can subvert. In combination with a unique hacking tool, multiple solutions to puzzles emerge from player choices.

• A thrilling story full of humor – Unravel dark conspiracies, defeat a terrifying antagonist in this dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller, which explores contemporary themes: social control, AI, and total surveillance.

• A unique 3D comic book art style – A beautifully detailed, comic-book styled world, from the mind of legendary comic artist Dave Gibbons.

• Ingenious puzzles – Intelligent puzzles are interwoven with an intriguing dramatic narrative to deliver a compelling gameplay experience.

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Stuttgart, December 14th, 2021: ININ Games and BBG Entertainment are truly excited to announce a collection of all time classics in gaming history. The Boulder Dash Ultimate Collection will release a boxed version of this bygone gaming experience that captivated the hearts of many gamers. The action puzzle retro classic will be available for Nintendo Switch in North America and Europe.

The Boulder Dash Ultimate Collection delivers both, the fresh 2021 relaunch, Boulder Dash Deluxe and Boulder Dash 30th Anniversary – now available for pre-order!

Boulder Dash Deluxe

The original Boulder Dash set a milestone in interactive gaming back in the ‘80s. For many players, regardless of age, the action puzzle adventures with Rockford were a challenge but also a delight to master. Loyal fans of this classic and new players alike can now take up the challenge again – Rockford is back in the awesome 2021 relaunch of this action-puzzle digging and collection game!

Boulder Dash Deluxe comes with some amazing new content, features and fresh graphics:

• 180 all-new levels with advanced features!
• Includes 20 levels from the original 1984 Boulder Dash® version
• 9 exciting new worlds with high-end graphics, having their own, unique textures, go to Macmarnua Sea or Urath Castle – or back in time to the classic 1984 world with its caves
• 15 new special opponents like Octopus, Shark Polar bear, and Snow tiger will keep your mind agile and you on your toes.
• Full character customization of your game character Rockford™, e.g. shirt, pants, shoes, eyewear, headgear, hair, and facial hair

Boulder Dash 30th Anniversary

Guide Rockford™ and help him dig his way through spectacular caves and collect as many diamonds as required whilst avoiding the many dangers that surround you. Watch out for falling boulders, discover treasure chests, collect potent power-ups and unlock 9 other playable characters.

Coming with family-friendly, pretty pixel-art style, it seems like a nice puzzle experience, but beware! One wrong move could end in disaster. Boulder Dash offers an all encompassing challenge for all gamers – from newbies to hard-core players!

• 280 all-new levels with advanced physics!
• 12 Never-before-seen worlds, with new creatures with 3D animations!
• Premium world by videogame legend Peter Liepa – with 20 of the most mind-bending levels yet!
• New multicolored gem combos, treasure chests, rare collectibles and spectacular power-ups!
• Play as Rockford™ or unlock 9 other playable male and female characters including Crystal!
• First Boulder Dash game ever to include diagonal walls and movement!

With this Collection, players get the ultimate Boulder Dash experience – more than 400 levels across both games waiting to be mastered. There are several different beautiful game worlds to discover, created by the video game legend Peter Liepa, making his return to the game he created 30 years ago.

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A mysterious new power, a loved one slain, and a dark deal with Demons.

Rei must face the corrupted denizens of Purgatory, as well as the darkness within herself if she hopes to save her sister. Watch her story unfold in CRYSTAR, and get a glimpse into this dark tale with the newest trailer.

Coming March 29, 2022 to Nintendo Switch.