Friday, July 26, 2013

News::Mike Tyson: 'I couldn't even beat Glass f**kin' Joe!'


Out of 100 fights, Glass Joe only won a single match. Now we know who that one guy was.


Mike Tyson -- I SUCKED AT PUNCH-OUT ... Couldn't Even beat Glass Joe [TMZ via NeoGAF]


Mike Tyson: 'I couldn't even beat Glass f**kin' Joe!' screenshot






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News::ZTGD | Dusty Revenge (PC) Review

Drew Leachman writes: The 80s and 90s had their fair share of beat em ups, both in arcades and on consoles. As of late, numerous new titles in the genre have released; usually combining the action game play with some RPG elements. This new hybrid can make for some rather interesting experiences. Dusty Revenge falls into that category, with a nice art style and only a handful of RPG pieces dropped in.



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News::Lost Planet 3 Now Available For Pre-Order

Now the Lost Planet series has always been a mysterious series for the longest time. The way the games are presented as well as the combat give you a very unnatural feel to an otherwise completely natural concept and now everyone can experience it again with Lost Planet 3.



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News::FIFA Online 3 leading revenue and traffic in Korea

The free-to-play version of EA's FIFA franchise is the number one online sports game on traffic and revenue in Korea.



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News::How World of Warcraft Makes Us More Employable

Since Vanilla is Exilic's sort-of-weekly World of Warcraft Column. This week, we'll take a look a few skills that we can't help but pick up as chronic MMO players, and discuss how those translate to the workplace. How do you market your valuable MMO skills without mentioning the game?



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News::Over 3 Million Sign Up for War Thunder Beta

Today, Gaijin Entertainment announced that the Open Beta sign ups for their self published title, War Thunder, has topped the 3 million mark. The game has grown rapidly since the Beta release on January 28th, 2013.



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News::Bioshock Infinite Walkthrough / FAQ [Guide]

This guide to Bioshock Infinite will walk you through all aspects of the game and give you a leg up on the competition.



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News::Project Ravensdale - Kickstarter Knugget

Black Forest Games, an independent studio from Offenburg - Germany, have already made a competent contribution to the indie scene and it looks as if their second offering will be just as inventive, maybe even half-crazy. Project Ravensdale, or Ravensdale as it will eventually be known, is Black Forest's answer to cooperative, side-scrolling, monster-mashing mayhem. You'll play as one of four knights who've been tasked with clearing out various towns of an orcish/goblin invasion. Each of the knights sports a "gas" powered suit of armor and by working together they can initiate powerful special attacks to put entire groups of orcs down for good.



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News::Warmachine: Tactics - Kickstarter Knugget

Warmachine is a turn-based tabletop miniatures game that has players facing off against each other using armies of soldiers, sorcerers and bipedal machs called Warjacks. In 2003 Privateer Press started publishing and manufacturing the game and in the last decade it has enjoyed a fair amount of success. Competing with the likes of giants like Warhammer, BattleTech and Necromunda is no easy task. These are franchises who've had years to flesh out their stories and they've also accumulated hundreds of thousands of fans all around the world. When these companies want to make the jump to other forms of media you best watch out for their landings.



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News::Big Ant Studios announces Cricket 14 with gameplay teaser

While the studio was scheduled to unveil the game formerly today, that didnt quite happen. What we did get, however, was the official name of the game Cricket 14 as well as a brief teaser video showcasing some batting gameplay.



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News::Mars: War Logs Available On Xbox Live Arcade Today. PSN Version Coming Soon.

Home Focus Interactive have released Mars: War Logs into XBLA, with a PSN version to follow soon.



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News::Endless Space: Disharmony [CheatMasters]

A year ago, we looked at Endless Space and thought that it was good. The realm of 4X strategy has become bigger thanks to it, as well as other titles like Sins of a Solar Empire and Sid Meiers Civilization V. It seems that its not only those two titles that would be getting expansions as Endless Space: Disharmony has been released to captivate strategy gamers even more.



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News::Development on Xbox One is a wonderful idea, says Notch

Markus "Notch" Persson


Mojang boss Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has welcomed Microsoft’s move to turn every Xbox One into a devkit, describing it as a “wonderful idea”.


Microsoft confirmed earlier this week that it will allow developers to publish their own titles on Xbox One, while also revealing that every Xbox One can be used for development.


“I think it’s a wonderful idea to have the actual box be the dev kits,” Notch told us. “This makes is easier for both the developer and for Microsoft, and presumably they could make it a lot cheaper since they’d only sell unlock codes. I realize there are other factors at play here, though, like a perceived need to make sure only ‘legitimate’ developers get access to it, so a monetary barrier might still be in place.”


Notch’s optimism tallies with those of the other developers we’ve spoken to on this subject – you can read their thoughts here.


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News::Drakensang Online review [CheatMasters]

Drakensang Online is yet another hack and slash action MMORPG, where everything aside from the fast paced, monster annihilating combat is just icing on the cake. The game isnt spectacularly innovative or even significantly better at the standard features of the genre, but it is certainly an enjoyable title and free to play to boot.



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News::Mega Man Board Game Facebook page opens

Remember that amazing Mega Man Board Game that was revealed a short while back? Now it has an official Facebook page, promising updates and info very soon. While we don't know a whole lot right now, due to the first Facebook update, it looks like the Archie comics may be an inspiration, or the main art style focus.


It seems like everyone other than Capcom is ready to honor the Blue Bomber's legacy these days. Collectors, ready your credit cards!


Mega Man The Board Game [Facebook via Mega Man Network]


Mega Man Board Game Facebook page opens screenshot






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News::New Avatars Coming to Silkroad Online

Joymax has announced that it will be introducing six new avatars for its hugely popular massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), Silkroad Online and Silkroad-R. This summer Silkroad Online and Silkroad-R have updated their Avatar sales system allowing players to now purchase Avatars for permanent use, and to celebrate six new avatars will soon be made available.



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News::Black Desert Korean teaser website arrives with new trailer

After months of teasing in the global media, the Korean teaser website for Black Desert is finally up and running. Developed by PearlAbyss, the game is led by the core staff behind Continent of the Ninth. A medieval open-world action MMORPG, Black Desert has so far charmed many English gamers.



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News::Payday 2 Developer Diary

Overkill Softwares newest title, Payday 2 is set for release in less than a month. To keep our mouths watering over this cooperative, FPS bank-robbing escapade, Overkill have released a developer diary, explaining what the loot drop system in the game is, and how it will work.



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News::Rayman Legends Preview - You Gotta Smile | GodisaGeek

GodisaGeek: "Momentum is the key to everything in Rayman Legends; its the driving force behind every turning cog, and the vital ingredient to blasting through every deadly obstacle with your eyes half-shut and your mouth cracked open, laughing maniacally. You will run, you will jump, you will slide, glide, dive, kick, bounce and swing and much more importantly you will smile. And smile. And smile. And smile"



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News::Here's five new mobile games you should check out

Today a handful of interesting looking mobile games were released and instead of doing a bunch of posts, I figured I'd just round them all up. Well, at least the most interesting looking ones that were in our tips box today.


I've been wanting to do more mobile coverage for the site in general, so this is as good as an excuse as any! Would you like to see more mobile coverage like this? Rounding up the best/most interesting titles on a semi-regular basis? We'll still give certain games special attention like we've always have, but sometimes it's easier to digest an onslaught of new releases like this.


Here's five new mobile games you should check out screenshot


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News::10 Old School Games to Kill Time

MWEB Gamezone writer, Wiehahn Diederichs takes a look 10 PC titles that will keep you busy when you that that "dry-season" of gaming, when you've played all the latest releases or you don't have the cash for an up-to-date PC/Console



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News::Valvrave Mixes an Over-the-Top Premise with Real World Consequences

News::Videogamer: Dota 2 Review

An amazing and inherently overwhelming game.



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News::Teleglitch: Die More Edition review


Does Teleglitch still qualify for roguelike status if you always know what’s going to happen? You can be horrifyingly sure when you step out of your character’s ramshackle bunker at the start of each mission that there’ll be hordes of monsters outside and just enough equipment scattered about the place with which to survive them. You just don’t know how many of them, where they are, or where you’re supposed to go. Teleglitch’s randomisation isn’t there to throw up unexpected treats or shocking surprises; it’s there to scramble each runthrough just enough to leave you nervously unprepared.


Beyond your starting point are the innards of a woozily pixellated, grungy toned research facility, where jagged, aliased walls veer around you as your character shifts point of view and the screen separates distortedly when you fire. There’s an effective contrast here between the high-concept looks and the minimalist audio design. Your character might be a stark little cluster of pixels, but his footsteps echo through the corridors believably enough.


What follows is a life-or-death scavenger hunt. Survival means crafting more efficient and deadly weapons from the junk scattered about the facility, a process that also sees you uncovering the familiar saga of military-industrial abuses that led to the base becoming overrun with rogue AIs and monsters. It’s the crisp, high-stakes combat against these monstrosities that keeps Teleglitch so fraught and engaging, with survival often hinging on luring groups together for a single, explosive kill. Atmospheric, tense, and sometimes unfairly hard, Test3′s roguelike is another welcome entry in a resurgent genre.


Teleglitch is out now on PC.


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News::Cyberpunk RPG-brawler thingamajig Mars: War Logs is now out on Xbox 360 via the Live Arcade.

News::Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition Review | RealGamerNewz

Jon of RealGamerNewz writes, "Final Verdict: Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition is the enhanced desktop edition of the mobile game, and should be a loud and clear beacon to all RPG fans and companies of what the industry needs to remember as the founding principles of the role playing game genre. This game receives an almost perfect 9.5 out of 10 from RealGamerNewz and is a Platinum Game. The only thing wed like to see is a little bit more meaning associated with the side quest story-lines. This game pretty much encompasses what a role playing game should be, and is exactly what we think of when we hear the three letters R-P-G."



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News::Race the Sun Preview | RealGamerNewz

Jon of RealGamerNewz writes, "Race the Sun plays a bit like a racing rendition of Star Fox with polygons and a calculated lack of textures that gives you a really cool virtual reality type of feel while playing. Each race has multiple objectives, and you dont have to complete a perfect round to get to the next stage. So theres replay value in that alone since you may find yourself skipping ahead once youve met the requirements for a level, then backtracking in order to truly master that same level. The game also features an intense online system including a login system with leader-boards and even more features. No worries though, as you can also play without all of that if you dont have time to sign up during your first run through and just want to see what all the fuss is about."



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News::Shadowrun Returns - Review | PixelBedlam

PixelBedlam Says: A dystopian future, a world run by gangs and corporations, can you as a shadowrunner find out who killed your friend? Ruaidhri takes a look at this rebirth of a classic RPG from the early 90's. Is it worth you getting your credstick out for or should you tell it to frag off?



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News::You must defend this whale that's been accused of MURDER

The first details of the Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies downloadable content plans have been revealed, in Japan at least. The Special Chapter: Turnabout Return DLC is the one I'm looking forward to as it will bridge the gap between Apollo Justice and Dual Destinies, focusing on Phoenix's first case after being allowed to practice law again. The case? Phoenix is hired by a trainer that dresses like a pirate to defend her orca against a murder charge in court. Rated M for Mature!


Players can also expect a costume pack for Phoenix that will give him his suit from the original Ace Attorney games, plus an outfit for Apollo and Athena. This will be free until August 15, after which it'll cost 150 Yen. There will also be three additional deduction quizzes releasing on August 1, August 8, and August 15, with each of them running for 150 yen.


DLC Content [Capcom Japan, via Siliconera]


You must defend this whale that's been accused of MURDER screenshot






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News::EA's Soderlund: "It will be a different Mirror's Edge" | GRTV interview

GRTV talked to EA Games executive vice president Patrick Soderlund about E3, announcements, Mirror's Edge, DICE and more, on the new Mirror's Edge he said: "It's taken this long because we wanted to get to the right concept and the right idea. And Sara Jansson who is producer on it, when she pitched her idea to me and Karl-Magnus, the GM for DICE, I was frankly blown away. I'm like "Finally, you've got it!" and when you hear something like that... She pitched an idea that frankly could only be built on gen 4, is a stunning concept, and when she came to us we knew we had it. And yes, we've been testing ideas and we've been prototyping stuff, and I'm glad that we waited to get the right idea."



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News::CyberStep Announced Onigiri Alpha Test Date

Online game developer CyberStep is pleased to announce its latest MMORPG Onigiri. The official Alpha Test will run from August 1st 6:00 p.m. (PDT) until August 9th 1:00 a.m. (PDT)! CyberStep welcomes everyone to participate in the Alpha Test!



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News::F1 2013 to release on October 4(EU) /8(US)

To celebrate the announcement, Codemasters also released a trailer of the Hungaroring circuit.



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News::Strategy is the Word In This Week's Humble Sale

This week, the Humble Sale has gone back to selling video games, with the titles up for grabs coming from strategy developer Positech Games.



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News::ChinaJoy 2013: Ghosts 'n Goblins Online Hands-On Video

Ghosts 'n Goblins Online is a 3D side-scrolling action MMO based on the Japanese company CAPCOM's well-known arcade game Ghosts 'n Goblins. Ghosts 'n Goblins Online is developed by the South Korean company SEED9 and published by Shanda in China.



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News::Anomaly 2 Review | RealGamerNewz

Josh of RealGamerNewz writes, "Anomaly 2 comes from 11 Bit Studios out of Warsaw, Poland. They are famous for their tower defense series Anomaly. They have also come out with several other titles including Funky Smugglers and Sleepwalkers Journey, both of which are iOS, Blackberry, and Android. In Anomaly 2 the year is 2034 A.C. and most of the earth is frozen over. The world population is unknown. Machines have returned to Earth and have the sole purpose to annihilate the human race. You play as a small squad. As you travel across the campaign you will meet Doctor Zander. With the help of his associates you will have Project Shockwave, which is the ultimate weapon to use against the machines."



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News::Former eSports team owner charged in massive hacking

Dmitry ddd1ms Smilianets is one of 5 members of a group of Russian and Ukrainian nationals who have been charged with running an extremely sophisticated hacking network who managed to steal at least 160 million debit and credit card numbers, resulting in the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars according to Gamespot.com. Prior to his criminal activities, Dmitry owned Moscow 5, a clan with world-class League of Legends, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike teams.



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News::Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 out on September 24

Rejoice, soccer fans! Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 will be out on September 24 in North, Central, and South America. I'm not one for sports games typically, but I do want to see how PES 2014 performs thanks to it being the first game to utilize the new FOX Engine from Konami. That Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain trailer blew my mind at E3, so I wonder how good this soccer game will look.


For all of you fans of the series, there's six new gameplay improvements you should be on the lookout for. TrueBall Tech gives greater control over players and the ball, Motion Animation Stability System simulates better bodily contact, Heart gives you mental attributes that can affect gameplay, PES ID replicates play styles, Team Play gives you variety in tactics with other players, and The Core faithfully recreates stadiums and other things.


Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 out on September 24 screenshot






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News::PAX Australia 2013: OXCGNs Day Three Snapshot- The final day of PAXs debut in Melbourne

OXCGN "All good things must come to an end, and so it must be for the inaugural PAX Australia. However, we at OXCGN still managed to get our hands on some new games and hardware, as well as participate in some of the community-orientated events held throughout the day."



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News::Neverwinter Coming To China

Neverwinter Online is coming to China. Perfect World hold a Neverwinter Online press conference at ChinaJoy 2013 and we were lucky to interview the CEO and COO of Cryptic Studios.



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News::After 200 Alpha Builds, Overgrowth is Still All About Rabbit Violence

News::Godzilla director Gareth Edwards explains the symbolism of kaiju

News::The Yawhg review


The Yawhg is coming, and you’ve got six weeks of carousing in which to ready for it. There’s a tension in Damian Sommer and Emily Carroll’s artisan blend of life sim and adventure title: you know calamity is coming, but your characters do not. So will you min-max stats in order to best prepare for the coming horrors? Or relax, attend the palace ball and drink away your days?


As in life, the latter option generates the best stories. Each turn in The Yawhg lets you attend one of eight locations where you can perform one of two tasks (fighting crime in the slum, for instance, or pickpocketing its downtrodden inhabitants). You’re awarded stats that reflect the nature of your choice, but each day ends with a randomised event, usually involving a second decision, that can tug your character in unexpected directions. All that physique you’ve built up crime fighting won’t be much use if you contract a muscle-wasting case of vampirism, after all.


The Yawhg is a surprisingly social game. Try to shepherd too many characters at once and you lose your sense of attachment, yet play with company and your stories will cross in unexpected ways – the leeches one player accidentally releases from the hospital ward, for instance, turn up in the palace garden’s fountain later on. Sommer’s stories, meanwhile, blend dark fantasy scenarios with encounters built around the nuances of social mores, while Carroll’s art depicts both with initially cheerful, colourful but subtly off-kilter art.


It only takes a couple of playthroughs for events to start recurring, and that severely diminishes The Yawhg’s spell, but it can’t take away the charm with which Carrol and Sommer’s game weaves together fairy tales.


The Yawhg is out now on PC.


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News::Rayman Legends Video Preview - Kung Foot | GodisaGeek

GodisaGeek: "Weve had our hands on a preview version of the game for a good week or so, and have spent time extensively thrashing it, most of the time when we should have been doing something else (thats how good it is). So, along with our written preview, and another video feature coming later today, heres one of the standout mini-game modes: Kung Foot. Originally created by Ancel and his team as a silly piece of stress-relief during the games development, the decision must have been a simple one to make: its incredibly fun, keep it in the game. So what youll see below, is a five minute video showing two matches of Kung Foot. Its four-player chaos at its very finest, accessible to everyone and justbloody amazing fun."



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News::Bobby Kotick leads Activision Blizzard’s $5.83 billion share buyout


Call Of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard has bought out Vivendi’s share of the business for $5.83 billion.


At the same time, an investor group led by Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick and co-chairman Brian Kelly bought 172 million Activision Blizzard shares from Vivendi for $2.34 billion.


It all means that Activision is now fully independent of media group Vivendi, with the majority of the company’s shares owned by the public. Vivendi does, however, retain 83 million shares, or 12 per cent of the company. The investor group led by Kotick and Kelly, ASAC II LP, will now own a 24.9 per cent stake. The Activision execs personally committed $100 million combined to their part of the buyout, says the statement confirming the move.


“We should emerge even stronger – an independent company with a best-in-class franchise portfolio and the focus and flexibility to drive long-term shareholder value and expand our leadership position as one of the world’s most important entertainment companies,” said CEO Bobby Kotick. “The transactions announced today will allow us to take advantage of attractive financing markets while still retaining more than $3 billion cash on hand to preserve financial stability.”


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News::Shadowrun Returns review - GamertechTV

Its a faithful remake of the classic SNES RPG, with a great soundtrack and a bargain on Steam for less than 20 bucks.



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News::Dead Rising 3 Will Be Gritty, But Not Too Gritty

News::Game Review - Magrunner - Blackman 'N Robin

Magrunner, in many ways, is the same as Portal; the game focuses on a protagonist that performs actions that defy the law of physics. Both titles have mind boggling puzzles that will baffle even the most astute gamer. However, the difference between the two is the conceptual understanding of how they throw their puzzles at players.



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News::Sam Fisher enforces ALL the laws

News::The Walking Dead: 400 Days Review (Game Freaks 365)

When Telltale released The Walking Dead episodic video game it garnered much attention and rave reviews. Each episode lasted a few hours with players gaining insight as to what it was like to live the characters' lives after a zombie outbreak. That was season 1. Several months later, Telltale has released The Walking Dead: 400 Days to serve as a bridge between the first and second seasons of it's episodic zombie opus.



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News::Wayward Manor: Neil Gaiman making an ideal game, man


Award-winning author Neil Gaiman, perhaps known as much for his graphic novels (Sandman) as his novels (American Gods, Coraline), is branching into videogames with the help of The Odd Gentleman, makers of the excellent The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom .


Wayward Manor , more or less an adventure game, pits you as a ghost attempting to clear the spooky, Gothic manor of its colorful cast of inhabitants during the Roaring Twenties. The game's website introduces the cast and is generally fun to explore. From there you can also pre-order the game, which is slated to drop this fall, with a few extra incentives for those with loose wallets. It's like Kickstarter prize tiers, but the game is happening regardless.


$10 gets you a digital copy of the game and things get more extravagant from there. For 10 grand you'll get a spooky dinner with Neil Gaiman himself, while $200 nabs you an invite to an LA launch party for the game. There's good enough art and design sense here to make the higher tiers quite inviting, and if the whimsical, fun, haunting track from Gaiman's introductory video is any indication, the music will be great, too. This has become a matter of how much I want to spend.


Yes, no gameplay has been shown, but the production values, neat art style, and talent involved already have me sold. I love P.B Winterbottom's whimsical, The Cabinet of Dr. Cagliari style; its homage, its depth, its artistry. Pairing the team that made that with Neil Gaiman, who clearly knows his way around penning a tale, is about as perfect a match as you could ask for. I'm excited for a jaunt through the whimsical macabre. Are you?


Wayward Manor: Neil Gaiman making an ideal game, man screenshot






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