Twinworld Game Reviews

Paris – September 2^nd, 2021 – Studio Revolution Software, creators of the popular Broken Sword series, and publisher Microids, are delighted to announce that Beyond a Steel Sky will launch November 30 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles and Nintendo Switch.

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, launched more than two decades ago.

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 comicbook 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.

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.

“I am thrilled to be able to open the gates to Union City once more, and welcome console players to Beyond a Steel Sky which launches this winter.” says Charles Cecil, Founder and CEO of Revolution Software. “It has been a pleasure and privilege to have had the opportunity to collaborate with Dave Gibbons again in bringing Robert Foster back after an absence of two decades – and what an extraordinary change there has been!”

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Labyrinth Legend is on the way!

The kingdom of Kanata is home to a mysterious labyrinth that houses a lost royal treasure, and it is up to you to claim it! Choose your character from a set of three classes, which offer their own distinct abilities, and embark on your journey. As the story progresses, learn more about the Labyrinth, grinding through auto-generated dungeons, finding new loot, and experiencing unlimited replay possibilities.

Labyrinth Legend will be available digitally on the Nintendo Switch.

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Shadow Corridor is around the corner, and so are the ghosts.

Set in traditional Japanese locales, Shadow Corridor provides a unique survival horror experience. Each map is randomly generated, making every playthrough new and different, and helpful items are scattered throughout the map, making exploration a must. Shadow Corridor features intuitive ghost AI utilized by the spirits of the cursed Noh mask which respond to a variety of stimuli–players beware! Immerse yourself in the darkness, for only the determined will survive.

Shadow Corridor will be available digitally on Nintendo Switch on October 26, 2021!

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Two classic RPGs are making a comeback with Prinny Presents NIS Classics Vol. 1, dood! Dive into island adventures and summon forth powerful allies in Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle Remastered, and carve out your dark legend alongside an army of your own design in Soul Nomad & the World Eaters.

Each feature unique gameplay mechanics, up-scaled artwork, and all DLC from the original releases, making this a collection you don’t want to miss!

Prinny Presents NIS Classics Vol.1 is available now on Nintendo Switch.

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Melbourne, Australia – August 31, 2021 — Fellow Traveller and Torpor Games are very pleased to bring Suzerain, the tale of political intrigue where your choices have consequences, to the Nintendo Switch on September 23, 2021.

Winner of the People’s Choice Award and nominee for Most Innovative Game at the 2021 Games For Change Awards, Suzerain is a deeply intricate political drama set in the fictional nation of Sordland. As the newly elected president, you will be tackling difficult choices on issues such as immigration, healthcare, law enforcement, and more. You can’t please everyone, and every choice will have its consequences. How will you lead?

Suzerain comes to Nintendo Switch on September 23, 2021 for $17.99 USD. It will be discounted by 20% for pre-orders starting on September 16. The 20% launch discount runs until September 30th.

About Suzerain

As President Rayne, lead the nation of Sordland during your first term in this text-based role-playing game. Navigate a complex political drama driven by conversations with your cabinet members. With looming border conflict, entrenched corruption, economic crisis and reform needed, the difficult choices fall on your shoulders. How will you lead?

Key Features

• Revamped UI Designed for Switch Gaming
  • The Dev team has spent months redesigning the Suzerain experience so it plays intuitively and accurately on Switch. The new Switch interface and other improvements have made the handheld experience the best way to experience Suzerain.
• Weighty, dramatic conversations
  •  Navigate intricate conversations in this 400K-word branching political drama.
• Every choice has consequences
  • Make difficult choices on security, economy, diplomacy and more. Even outside the office, your values and beliefs will be challenged.
• Make allies and enemies
  • Interact with a wide array of characters with different personalities and ideologies.
• The oath of office versus family and values:
  • See the real impact of the choices made in office on your family and close relationships
• Pay attention to current events
  • Follow the situation in Sordland through reports and news.
• What will your legacy be?
  • You can take the country in many different directions, resulting in one of 9 different major endings.
• Every decision you make is final
  • There is an autosave feature that does not allow loading earlier saves. Make choices carefully.

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Golfenburg, Sweden – August 30th, 2021 – Thunderful Publishing & independent developer Chuhai Labs are excited to announce Cursed to Golf, a roguelike golf adventure that tasks the player with ridding themselves of an ancient curse and making it out of Golf Purgatory to become a Golfing Legend. With its beau-tee-ful pixel art, hole-some story and innovative gameplay, Cursed to Golf is a real hole-in-one.

You play as The Cursed Golfer, trapped in Golf Purgatory after a lightning strike stops you in your tracks just as you are going to take the winning putt in an acclaimed golf tournament! Unfortunately there are no mulligans in life, so to lift the curse and ascend back to the land of the living, you’ll need to play through the 18 dungeon-like holes Golf Purgatory, a feat only possible for a true Golfing Legend. Divided into 4 distinct biomes, each area of the course is governed by a ghostly Legendary Caddie, who will aid you on your quest for redemption and revival. Are you up to par with the mythical challenges of Golf Purgatory…? Will you ever be able to reclaim your corporeal form…? Will you be crowned a Golfing Legend…? Or will you forever be… Cursed to Golf!?

Cursed to Golf offers a fresh take on the golfing and roguelike subgenres. Played like a golfinated turn-based 2D side scrolling puzzle platformer, attempt to survive each hole by reaching the flag within the PAR Count; a designated amount of swings you have to reach the end. If the PAR Count reaches zero you’ll get sucked through a purgatorial vortex back to the beginning of the course. While classic golf obstacles like the water hazards and bunkers will make an appearance, you’ll also come across high powered fans, spikes, vines, TNT boxes, teleporters and a whole load more variables that can be a help or a hindrance on your way to the hole. It’s all par for the course in this twisted take on the classic game!

With all those devious traps and pitfalls you’ll definitely need a helping hand. Use Birdie-Eye to catch a view of the Hole and see what trials lie ahead. PAR Count running low? Luckily,  gold and silver Shot Idols are peppered throughout the holes, smashing through them with a cinematic flourish will replenish your shots. Every pro player also has an ace up their sleeve, and in this game you have a whole deck! Ace Cards will turn the odds back in your favour, offering you otherworldly powers to manipulate the game in incredible ways. Rewind time with a Mulligan, shoot a triple ball Scattershot, slow down time and redirect the ball with a U-Turn or control the ball in mid-air at high speed with a Rocketball. With over 20 Ace Cards in your arsenal, look forward to some un-fore-gettable gameplay moments.

Cursed to Golf offers players a new experience every time they step out onto the course. Offering the surprise of a roguelike challenge and the precision of traditional handmade level design. Chuhai Labs have created over 80+ holes of unique and varying challenge, that are randomly-ordered to make up a new challenging course every time you jump in.

“It’s incredible to finally reveal Cursed to Golf to the world. I got so much feedback and support from the original concept on itch.io that I wanted to go all out and create the ultimate version of that initial idea,” said Liam Edwards, Game Director at Chuhai Labs. “I can’t wait to see how people react to the game when it’s in their hands. I can confidently say that it’s the best roguelike golf adventure set in Golf Purgatory that you’ll play in 2022 — by par!”

Cursed to Golf will launch in 2022 for Nintendo Switch and PC (Steam).

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Paris – August 27th 2021 – Gamescom 2021 – Microids is delighted to unveil the first trailer for Marsupilami: Hoobadventure!

The three Marsupilamis Punch, Twister and Hope are on their way and will reach your gaming platform of choice November 16th, would it be the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One or PC. Get ready to travel through various environments and jump all over to save the animals from a terrible curse.

About Marsupilami: Hoobadventure

Punch, Twister and Hope are three Marsupilamis living a peaceful life in Palombia. Their lives are about to take a drastic turn when they accidentally open a sarcophagus whilst playing with debris on a beach, releasing a mysterious ghost cursing all the animals! Thankfully, our three Marsupilamis are immune to the curse and decide to set out on an adventure and find the ghost and reverse the curse.

Inspired by the comic book Marsupilami from Franquin, this 2.5D platformer will take you on a colorful journey through the Palombian jungle, a coastal city and even an abandoned temple. Jump, punch, dash and swing with your tail like only Marsupilamis do!

While mainly targeting a younger audience, the most dedicated gamers would be delighted to learn a Time Attack mode will challenge them to finish each level as fast as they can. And for the completionist, a beautiful artwork gallery will be unlocked after collecting hidden feathers and visiting secret dojos.

The Marsupilami is a fictional animal created by André Franquin appearing for the first time in the “Spirou & Fantasio” comic book series. The Marsupilami was so popular it earned its own dedicated hard cover series published by Dupuis.

Marsupilami: Hoobadventure will be released on November 16th 2021 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. The game will be compatible with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

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26 August, 2021 – Indie publisher Digerati is monstrously excited to confirm the news that it’s bringing retro city smash ’em up Terror of Hemasaurus to PC and consoles (Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S) early next year. A modern arcade experience, Terror of Hemasaurus is the next game from Super Blood Hockey developer, Loren Lemcke.

As part of a dubious plan by The Church of the Holy Lizard to save humanity from its own reckless disregard of the planet, players embark on a rampaging, hugely satisfying, and darkly funny trail of destruction across multiple stages as one of four monsters – Hemasaurus, Clocksloth, Salamandrah, and Autonomous Hemasaurus.

Terror of Hemasaurus combines awesome pixel devastation and stupidly big explosions with farcical fatalities and comedic catastrophe in one monster-sized blast of apocalyptic good times. Players will be able to enjoy the end-of-the-world fun alone, or with up to three friends in local co-op.

About the game

Play as a giant monster and wreak havoc on humanity in this retro city smash ‘em up! Punch buildings, slap helicopters, eat humans, kick cars – enjoy multiple ways to cause carnage! Satisfying arcade action and mindless destruction for up to 4-players!

Key Features

• MONSTERS! Hemasaurus! Clocksloth! Salamandrah! Autonomous Hemasaurus! Four terrifying (but also kind of adorable) beasts, each with their own killer moves!
• DESTRUCTION! Explosive pixel devastation and mayhem on a monstrous scale! Reduce buildings to dust. Topple skyscrapers. Destroy everything!
• DEATH! Hurl humans into helicopter blades! Butt slam into crowds of terrified citizens! Eat people for nourishment! Smoosh them all to save the planet!
• STAGES! Do what the game tells you across a variety of levels! Kick cars into buildings! Rescue the cats and dogs! Total a tower in record time!
• FRIENDS! Got buddies? Good for you! Put them to use by getting them to join you for some local co-op carnage! Up to four friends can cause terror together!

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NIS America is excited to announce that the story trailer for The Cruel King and the Great Hero is here!

A heroic adventure awaits you in The Cruel King and the Great Hero! Explore a charming world, meet strange and quirky characters, and discover the true meanings of heroism and friendship.

Coming Early 2022 to Nintendo Switch and PS4.

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Breda, The Netherlands – August 26, 2021 – Firenut Games is proud to announce that their first title, Have a Blast, a multiplayer space shooter that is available now on Steam and Nintendo Switch.

Have a Blast is a high-energy, kinetic, multiplayer party shooter. Blast through the most ridiculously hazardous corners of the galaxy using your surroundings to your advantage as you outmaneuver your friends and shatter your enemies into colorful little bits. Battle your way through fifteen unique arenas, like asteroids, icy comets, mythical monsters, and derelict machinery.

There are five ships for you to choose from, each has its own unique ability and requires a slightly different approach. Remember, even the strongest attacks can be countered, it’s never too late to turn the tide of battle.

FEATURES

• 15 arenas to enjoy with your Friends
• 5 ships with unique specs
• Variety of game modes: Deathmatch, Mothership, Team match, Challenges
• Play locally with up to 4 players

GAME MODES

• Deathmatch – The last pilot standing wins the round. The first to win five rounds wins the match.
• Mothership – Keep your mothership safe and it will provide you with health, ammo, and refuge. Lose your mothership and you’ll be sleeping with the space fishes
• Team match – Befriend your enemies and ruin friendships in this team-based competition. Any combination of players is possible in a team vs team play.
• Challenges – Demonstrate your mastery of space by completing specific challenges against AI opponents.

The game is available on the Nintendo Switch eShop and Steam for €14.99 / £ 13.99/ $17.99 USD.

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