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Deathloop Was Made Due To Bethesda’s Uncertainty Over Dishonored 3

Many folks wanted a new entry to the Dishonored games from Arkane Studios. Its publisher Bethesda? Not so much. See, Arkane's last game Deathloop, which we loved a lot, was made out of the publisher's uncertainty over whether it wants to go forward with Dishonored 3 according to Arkane founder Raphaël Colantonio (via Rock Paper Shotgun). Deathl...

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Vampire Movie Renfield Gets Vampire Survivors Tie-In Game

Who knew that license movie games can come back in style and be good? Especially when it's cribbing off an already-established genre of last year? That's the new Renfield game from Mega Cat Studios, titled Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood. The game is a top-down action roguelike in the veins (heh) of Vampire Survivors. And it looks really good, wi...

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Anno: Mutationem Gets Free Mysterious Game Console DLC That’s Basically Enter The Gungeon

Anno: Mutationem is shining the spotlight on the game's side character Ayane. The purple-haired handler in the game now gets her side story in the form of a free DLC called Mysterious Game Console. Here, she receives a package which ends up being an old gaming console where she plays a roguelike mini-game to help whoever is stuck inside. Said...

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Vampire Survivor Gets New DLC Tides Of The Foscari

Vampire Survivor developer poncle is expanding his hit auto-attacking roguelike game further with a new expansion. The DLC is called Tides of the Foscari and it's coming out on 13 April. The DLC will be US$1.99. The new stage you'll be in is Lake Foscari, an enchanted forest stuffed with fae mysteries and flora/fauna from RPG bestiaries. New ...

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Wildfrost Launches 12 April

The next game from publisher Chucklefish will be a tactical roguelike deckbuilder that's cold as ice. Wildfrost will be out for PC and Nintendo Switch on 12 April according to Chucklefish and the game's developer Deadpan Games. The card game revolves around your character surviving the eternal winter while battling their way against enemies and ...

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Hyper Light Breaker Gets Delayed To Late 2023

Gearbox Publishing and developer Heart Machine will be pushing back its upcoming roguelite action game Hyper Light Breaker, a spin-off of the latter company's Hyper Light Drifter action-adventure title. The upcoming game will be out in Fall 2023 instead of Spring 2023. The Early Access version of the title will be released for PC via Steam. Here...

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Dark And Darker Gets Another Playtest Session In April

Due to the overwhelming popularity of the Dark and Darker alpha playtest, developer Ironmace is hosting another one later this year. The company is hosting another round of playtesting before a planned launch in Early Access. The next playtest will happen on 14-19 April. "We hope to test some pretty substantial additions for this playtest tha...

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Roguelike Management Game Backpack Hero Slated For All Platforms In May

Backpack Hero, a popular roguelike management game, is set to launch for PS5, Xbox Series X | S, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam in May. Publisher and developer Jaspel, along with co-publishers Different Tales and IndieArk, made the announcement. The game first launched in Early Access for PC via Steam on 15 August 2022 and has attracted...

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For The King II Has A New Trailer & It Looks Pretty Good

For The King II, the highly-anticipated cooperative RPG which is set to release in 2023, has just released a new trailer titled Resistance. The game features new inventions, such as land boats that can carry the party and magical pets that will fight alongside you, and hired mercenaries. The trailer also hints at a new plot: characters being for...

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Ravenswatch Launches In Early Access On PC In April

Ravenswatch, a new top-down roguelike game coming to Steam Early Access on 6 April. Developed by Passtech Games and published by Nacon, the game promises intense real-time combat, deep gameplay, and endless replay value. The game takes inspiration from the success of Passtech's previous title, Curse of the Dead Gods. With a fresh formula, Ravens...

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Returnal PC Port Launches Next Month; Specs Revealed

The hardcore roguelike third-person shooter Returnal, exclusive to PS5, will be out on PC next month. Housemarque's latest action title will be on PC this 15th February for Steam and Epic Games Store, and will cost US$59.99. If you pre-order the game early, you'll get early access to the following in-game items: Electropylon Driver weapon ...

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Kakuchopurei Best 30 Games Of 2022: #4

For the rest of the list, head here. For #5, head here. #4. Cult of the Lamb (PS5, Xbox Series X | S, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC) The silence of the lambs. Literally. The real meat of Massive Monster's Cult of the Lamb is the cult management and cult simulator mechanics. It's a very enjoyable and fun mini town-management type of game, where yo...

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Kakuchopurei Best 30 Games Of 2022: #6

For the rest of the list, head here. For #7, head here. #6. Sifu (PS5, PS4, Switch, PC) Despite not much attention being given to Sloclap's latest beat' em' up martial arts game, Sifu is definitely the 2022 current-gen spiritual successor to Karateka in plot and design. But with kung-fu, naturally. Take control as the 20-year-old kung fu e...

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Kakuchopurei Best 30 Games Of 2022: #8

Head here for the full list. #8: Vampire Survivors AND Holocure We’re giving one of our prestigious top 10 spots between two titles that share a common new genre: one we affectionally call the WASD game. It’s 8 at night. You play a 2D character in a 2D environment with enemy sprites looking like legally-distinct Castlevania enemies...

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Risk Of Rain Returns Is Hopoo Games’ Farewell To The 2D Roguelike Platformer

2013 2D action platformer roguelike title Risk Of Rain was a pioneer in the day, with many people still swearing by it up until now. Next year, the game will get its biggest and last update. Developer Hopoo said that the next big Risk of Rain update, dubbed Risk of Rain Returns, will be in remastered form and will be out sometime in 2023; probab...

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How Gimped Is The Sifu Experience On The Nintendo Switch?

Platform: Nintendo Switch Genre: Fighting, Martial-Arts, Action-Adventure, Roguelike, Puzzle, Indie   Sifu is a third-person action game with outstanding music, visuals, gameplay, and storyline; it sure as heck impressed (and infuriated) my colleague Mr Toffee when it debuted in February. But what about the new Nintendo Switch ve...

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Ex-Capcom Veteran Game Devs Are Making A New Edo Haunted House Roguelike

You may not be familiar with the names Kenichi Iwao and Tatsuya Yoshikawa, but they're well-known in their game developer circles as they've worked at some renowned game companies. Iwao worked on the first Resident Evil game and directed Parasite Eve II for Square Enix, while Yoshikawa did the artwork for Capcom's Breath of Fire RPG series (notably...

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Dragon Quest The Adventure Of Dai Gets Video Game Spin-Off

If you love the recent Dragon Quest anime on Netflix, but want a real-time playable version of it that's not on mobile, Square Enix has news for you. The company has shown off new gameplay of the upcoming video game adaptation of Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai, subtitled Infinity Strash. Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai (or ...

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Sunsoft Is Rereleasing Ikki As A 16-Player Vampire Survivor Clone

Sunsoft are known not just for their awesome 90s NES titles, but also arcade games like Ikki, where you play a farmer fighting off the daimyo and his army of ninjas in pixel art shooting glory. It wasn't that good, but Japan seems very fond of the classic. Which is why Sunsoft is bringing it back as a "roguelike" called Ikki Unite. Instead of on...

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Hades Gets Sweet New Fangamer Merch Treatment

It looks like video game merchandise company Fangamer is hitting all the right buttons on choosing their game for merch collection yet again. You can now get the merchandise of the massively popular game, Hades, which we named as one of the best games of 2020. Fangamer revealed in a tweet that the award-winning roguelike action dungeon cra...

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