Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night received an unexpected free update recently for Steam, GOG, PS4 and Xbox. November 10th brought two pieces of content, the chroma wheel customization option and a new playable character. Bloodless is a fan favorite character, but is she fun to play?
Romancelvania – Kickstarter Spotlight
Leave it to the combo of Kickstarter and indie developers to bring gamers another original, interesting, if not polarizing game concept in Romancelvania. Coined "Dracula meets the Bachelor", this gaming convection of genres coming from a slew of industry veterans aims to fill a void that Metroidvania and RPG fans were unaware existed. Developer The Deep End Games has made pretty good progress in meeting their $200k funding goal over the last month and with only 3 days left in the campaign, this is crunch time for fans of quirky Metroidvania titles and just creative game design in general to consider helping put a stake through the heart of the remaining $70k.
Rogue Legacy 2 Early Access Release Date
2013's Rogue Legacy was an instant classic and it's no surprise that Cellar Door Games is looking to bring fans another dose of family dysfunction and rock solid 2D exploration in 2020. The developers just dropped a rather quirky trailer to announce that Early Access is right around the corner.
Metroidvania Digital Sales – 8/28/2017
Only a small handful of Metroidvanias on sale this week on Steam. Hopefully more to come. Check these sales out before the end of the week and make sure to check back every Monday for digital deals on the web straight from BreakableWalls.com.
Nakawak – Kickstarter Spotlight
Who doesn't want more adventure games inspired by the heydays of the GameBoy? Probably not many, but after stumbling upon the Kickstarter campaign for Nakawak, I can't help but be impressed by the lone developers attempt at creating a GameBoy inspired Metroidvania title coming to Steam hopefully sooner than later.
Necrocosmos – Kickstarter Spotlight
To be released on PC, Mac, Linux, PS4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One, Necrocosmos is bringing a new spin to the Metroid formula, introducing survival elements with a splash of randomized progression. Put simply, players will be challenged to explore multiple planets with unique environments and inhabitants, but the developers claim that progression will be randomly generated from player-to-player. An ambitious idea that I hope can be delivered upon. Check out our review of the Kickstarter campaign and demo.
Unformed – Kickstarter Spotlight
This week I wanted to highlight an interesting non-linear action platformer called Blasphemous that is nearing the end of it’s Kickstarter campaign and is worthy of the attention of any Metroidvania fan. One look at the pixel art and smooth animation is enough to get any fan of the genre on board with what this dark and grisly title has to offer.
Xeodrifter Review
Quality Metroid clones don't come around everyday and Xeodrifter, even for it's flaws, is one of the most fun I've experienced. For some the 10 dollar price tag and relatively short 3-4 hours worth of gameplay might be off putting, but Xeodrifter provides an unoriginal, but enjoyable few hours of exploring various alien worlds while … Continue reading Xeodrifter Review
Blasphemous – Kickstarter Spotlight
This week I wanted to highlight an interesting non-linear action platformer called Blasphemous that is nearing the end of it's Kickstarter campaign and is worthy of the attention of any Metroidvania fan. One look at the pixel art and smooth animation is enough to get any fan of the genre on board with what this dark and grisly title has to offer.
Bloodstained E3 2017 Demo Gameplay Analysis
https://youtu.be/KuTksXNEQwo Thanks to Gematsu's Youtube channel the community has access to 12 minutes of gameplay from this year's playable demo at E3. There's a lot to take in, but it looks like the development team has brought back many more staple weapons and abilities that should make fans feel right at home. As mentioned … Continue reading Bloodstained E3 2017 Demo Gameplay Analysis
Bloodstained E3 2017 Trailer Analysis
E3 2017 is well underway and there has been a handful of surprises already, but my most anticipated game of 2018 recently had a new trailer drop and thought I'd take some time to do a bit of analysis on some of the details. Checkout the trailer below. https://youtu.be/jdPW472Nq4U The most promising aspect of the … Continue reading Bloodstained E3 2017 Trailer Analysis