Yearly Archives: 2019

Shovel Knight: King of Cards

The Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove platformer series will reach its conclusion with Shovel Knight: King of Cards, coming to Nintendo Wii U, 3DS, and Switch, as well as Playstation 3 and 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac, Linux, and Amazon Fire TV.

Business Model: Retail Purchase $9.99, or free update with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove

Microtransactions: No

Key Features:

All the Things: A plethora of new weapons, armors, abilities, and followers await you in the final Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove adventure.

Mini-Games: Need a break from adventuring? Try your hand at card battles.

Like a Boss: Use King Knight’s bash, bounce, and bounds playstyle to defeat all the bosses. Then beat them again in challenge modes.

Project Witchstone

Enter a living world where your every action causes ripples in the world around you in the sandbox RPG Project Witchstone, by Spearhead Games. Coming to PC, XBox One and Playstation 4.

Business Model: Retail

Microtransactions: Unknown

Key Features:

Player Driven Story: The story evolves based on your actions and the NPCs change their reactions and dialogue based on what has happened before.

Pen-and-Paper Inspired: Project Witchstone is meant to play out like a tabletop gaming session with your friends, offering a full living and breathing world.

Outriders

Jump into the game or drop-out seamlessly in the co-op action shooter Outriders, coming to Playstation 4, XBox One, and PC.

Business Model: Retail Purchase

Microtransactions: Unknown

Key Features:

Drop-in/Drop-out Co-op: Play as one of the three Outriders as you try to save the world of Enoch.

Feature #2: TBA

Feature #3: TBA

Night of the Full Moon

Seek out granny, solve the mystery of the haunted forest, and seek the truth about the corrupt church in the rogue-like deck-building adventure Night of the Full Moon. Available for Steam, iOS, and Android.

Business Model: Free-to-play base game with unlockable features.

Microtransactions: Yes – Unlock additional playable classes.

Key Features:

Classes: Base Classes: Knight, Ranger. Premium Classes: Magician, Apothecary, Nun, Witch, and… one more (spoiler).

Rogue-like Progression: Each play-through is different with randomly generated encounters.

Choices Matter: How you play can influence your story.

Deep Story: You won’t get all the story with a single playthrough as each boss will give you a different piece of the puzzle.

Liberated

Enter a dark and dystopic future where technology paved the way for authoritarianism in Liberated, from Atomic Wolf.

Business Model: Retail

Microtransactions: No

Key Features:

Cyberpunk: Stand as one of the Liberated against a government that uses technology to track every move of the people.

Graphic Novel Noir: A monochrome and paneled graphic novel like display gives the game a dark feel while putting you in the story.

Platform: 2D platforming levels carry you from place to place as you unlock the story and seek true freedom.