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Yearly Archives: 2017
Dying Light: “Lethal Inventions” Content Drop #1 Out Now
“Lethal Inventions”, the first content drop for Dying Light is out now! Complete Bounties to earn brand new, unique weapons that grant special abilities.
Street Fighter V: Zeku Reveal Trailer
The final character to come to Street Fighter V is Zeku! Guy’s former teacher, he brings Bushinryu to the game to round out Season 2!
Portal Knights launches New Update
Portal Knights‘ dev team have heard the requests, and have answered with V. 1.2 of the game! It brings a new feature that many have requested: Vacant Islands! They will allow players to build structures freely, where they can store their treasure without worrying about clearing out/keeping out monsters or other buildings. The merchants in-game grant access to these, and players will also receive unlimited resources for this in change for gold coins! Adding a personal touch to your home in Portal Knights is now much easier as the decorative props found in dungeons can now be mined and placed. Gather a selection of paintings, books, bottles, plates and more to make your house feel like home! In addition, there are new quests/more content to challenge than ever before! New enemies, new characters and these new Portal Guardians hide behind gateways so players will have to complete unique questlines to get to these formidable foes! There will also be random events that occur every hour. PLayers are now more likely to experience changes like this, and two new enemy invasion events have also been added in this update!
This update is on Steam now and will be on PS4/Xbox One soon!
Bloody Zombies: Side-Scrolling Zombie Beating Goodness
by Jason Parker (Ragachak)
Bloody Zombies is not just a pun! Though the pun is delightful and made me laugh far more than I’m willing to admit. But since this takes place in the UK, “Bloody Zombies” is certainly fitting. However, a bit of a preamble: I did not play this in VR, which apparently make this the game far more interesting and worth the price of admission. But this is also up to four player online co-op. I also did not manage to find a single online match, not in the week and a half that I tried to. That was incredibly frustrating in and of itself, but the game is fun and I enjoyed playing it alone as is. Bloody Zombies is exactly what it says it is: Bloody. Zombies. Set in the United Kingdom during a zombie apocalypse, four “heroes” stand up and fight for Queen and Country. Or at least, to not die and be swarmed under by a horde of vile undead.
You know what I do like about this game though? It’s a throwback to Double Dragon II, Streets of Rage, Combatribes and all the other side-scrolling beat ‘em ups of my youth. So I was used to playing those titles solo anyway, so I made due. You have four characters to choose from: Eddie, a green-haired tattooed punk, Mick, who looks like a metal worker with an inverted pentagram necklace, Rei, a spikey-haired punk, and the very dapper Teller. But what makes this unlike some of those other beat ‘em ups, is you can unlock/purchase skills. You can equip one per color (Red, Green, Blue, Yellow) and can have modifications to them such as charge, explosive, et cetera. Some of them are also passives, and it appears that the Yellow skills fill that role. Each skill has a button combination to use it, and you can power them up if you find or purchase them again. The cost in coins goes up exponentially though, so be aware you’ll probably have to grind a bit for those.
Each character has its own weapon it uses, for one of their special attacks. It blasts enemies back and gives a far more gory kill. For example, Teller uses a Naginata (for reasons that frankly baffle me), and Rei has an electric guitar that she maims people with. Though speaking of special attacks, I’m grateful that the skills you acquire carry over across characters, as long as you’re playing on that save file. You also have another desperation special move, like in the older TMNT games. If you hit R1+L1 at the same time, you spin around and slash zombies that are surrounding you. Don’t hit it unless you’re in need though! It drains 100 points of health each time you do it! So you only want to use it in case of an emergency.
The stages are pretty straightforward and get harder as you progress. You scroll to the right and kill all the zombies that appear before moving on. Occasionally you’ll find a shop to buy skills with, or secret areas (which I imagine are easier to see in VR). They’re usually hidden in the background, with things you can jump over or climb onto. Here you’ll find coins, health and other goodies, like Skills. You’ll also come across weapons in these stages, like Katana. You can use them until they break, so lump a group of Zombies together and get those bloody kills! There are obstacles and traps to avoid, zombies, crawl out of the ground, and when you get to the end of the stage, you fight a hulking, far more powerful zombie boss. This feels definitely like the arcade games of the 90s. This is when the combo system really comes in handy, as does the dropkick. I felt like I was playing TMNT: Turtles in Time/The Arcade Game with how often I jump kick during boss fights. You learn their pattern and do as much damage as you can without taking hits. You have a few lives, and can get 1UPS, but these stages can be terribly unforgiving anyway. The game also keeps track of how many hits you do, how far you can string a combo together. It doesn’t seem to benefit you, but it does look very cool! The combat’s one of the things I love about this game. You can combo together your regular hits, jumping attacks and special attacks in crazy ways, and experimenting will help you deal damage in an efficient, violent manner. The combat definitely felt worthwhile, from grabbing their heads and punching to uppercutting, or dashing forward, jump-kicking and swinging my guitar right afterward. Though I do feel like the walking/running is slow or awkward but this too fits that old style of game. But it was frustrating nonetheless.
Welcome To Die: ⅗
This game is definitely fun, but I feel like I was missing something without VR. I did do some research and found that when you play in VR, the screen’s a bit closed off, so you can’t see a lot of the enemies coming. From everything I’ve seen, it’s way better with VR, but it allows regular players to join in the fun as well, which I appreciate. It has couch co-op (but only one person can use VR there) and up to four players online. The special attacks are needlessly complex. They aren’t hard but they are tedious and failure turns you around (like if it’s back-forward-triangle) and it seemed like they were very easy to miss. The characters are fantastic, the blood and violence were plentiful, and the areas were fantastic in this particular art-style. But I would have had more fun in VR or with multiple parties involved. However, for what it is, it’s definitely fun and will offer a challenge, from hardcore mode to the normal mode. If you enjoy the beat ‘em ups of old and have VR, you won’t want to miss this. Even if you don’t, it’s worth a playthrough. The combat and challenge will keep you coming back for more.
Blood Ancestors Announcement Trailer
The official announcement trailer for Blood Ancestors, and upcoming fantasy MOBA to be available on Steam.
Lord of Dice
Lord of Dice is a free-to-play RPG with strategic elements developed by Ciousya for iOS and Android. In Lord of Dice players can become a “breaker”, a team made up of different characters fighting to get their memories back and escape from the Tower of Eternity. Lord of Dice contains a unique mix of cuteness, intensity, and strategy that will leave you ready for more. Hidden complexities will keep you intrigued and trying to discover even more strategies to take down your enemies!
Features:
Chibi Characters: The Dicers have forgotten their memories and been reduced to chibi forms of themselves. Help them regain their memories and change with each evolution.
Board Battles: Throw dice to move your Dicers around the battlefield while eliminating monsters and avoiding traps in the process.
PvP Matches: Fight on enclosed boards in PvP battles that don’t have an endpoint like regular PvE boards. Here you will have to eliminate your foes to succeed.
Robots.io
Robots.io is a classic top-down MMO shooter developed by Super Games Studio for iOS, Android, PC, and is available for download on Steam. In Robots.io players can customize their own robot and take control of them in arena battles, fighting until their robot can’t continue the fight any longer. In a game all about reaction time those with the most nimble fingers will be able to blast their opponents first. Fight with your friends anywhere and show them who is the king of the arena!
Features:
Robot Customization: Outfit your robot with parts on 2 arm hardpoints, 2 shoulder hardpoints, and a special equipment bay.
Clans: Make a clan with your friends so you can chat more easily and take over battlefields as a collective unit.
Constant Updates: Enjoy fresh gameplay with new maps, weapons, and other features getting regularly added into the game!
Antaria Online
Antaria Online is a free-to-play, cross-platform MMORPG developed by Antaria, LLC and is available to download for PC and Mac on Steam. In Antaria Online players find themselves washed up on the shores of a far off island, unknown to anyone but those there. The island is filled with monsters, meaning you’d better be ready to fight an uphill battle if you want to become a hero in this new land. Will you go from zero to hero in this new land?
Features:
Character Jobs: Every character begins with the job of Adventurer, but as they gain experience they will be able to change jobs with new job releases like the Bandit job.
Board Battles: Throw dice to move your Dicers around the battlefield while eliminating monsters and avoiding traps in the process.
Great Plans: More zones are intended to be released in the future that will increase the level cap and come with new monsters, quests, and loot as well! There are also plans for future job releases so you have more choices for specializing your character.
Blood Ancestors
Blood Ancestors is a competitive fantasy MOBA developed by SnowPeak Studio for PC and will be available for download on Steam in 2018. Intending to fill the gap between medieval fantasy games and fast-paced modern gameplay, Blood Ancestors gives players the chance to fight in action-packed, arena-like battles with classic fantasy elements. The battle between Light and Darkness is unleashing a series of planetary energies which are driving the world towards destruction. With the only way to save the crumbling universe being recapturing the ancestral relic and feeding it with Earthly bloodshed you had better be ready to fight for your life in more ways than one! Play a pivotal part in deciding the prevailing force of the universe in Blood Ancestors!
Features:
Three Factions: Play as one of three different factions: the Blood, the Light, or the Darkness.
Character Classes: Cast magic or use physical weaponry. Blood Ancestors has six character types and eighteen classes for you to choose from!
Team-Based: Cooperate with your team to acquire the relic and take it back to your world through your portal. You won’t be able to handle such a feat on your own!





