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Arcade Is Dead – Housemarque Will Not Make Any More Arcade Games
Arcade is Dead – Letter to the fans For more than 20 years we’ve been carrying the torch for arcade, bringing arcade coin-op inspired games to the market with a Housemarque twist, and I think it’s fair to say we’ve gotten pretty good at it by now! Our games have received great critical reception over the years, perhaps the best example being Nex Machina, which we published in June to great critical acclaim, garnering a metacritic score of 88. Nex Machina was a dream project, as we got to work with our hero and arcade gaming legend Eugene Jarvis, who is responsible for some of the most revered arcade games of all time such as Defender, Robotron 2084 and Smash TV. He has had a tremendous impact on our games, including Resogun and Dead Nation. However despite critical success and numero...
Matterfall – Review
Matterfall is the latest game by Housemarque, the studio behind excellent twin stick shooters like Resogun and Nex Machina. The game is exclusive to the PS4 and is a side-scroller with tons of twin stick shooting and platforming thrown in. In the vein of previous Housemarque titles, Matterfall is heavy on the techno music, flashy particle effects and lighting. While the audiovisual presentation is superb, the game falters in some key gameplay mechanics that holds it back from being among the best games the studio has made. The game is based in a sci-fi future where heavy dependency on an unknown technology has led to a ‘bad situation’ for humans. You play as Avalon Darrow, as you set out clean up the mess while other humans are being evacuated. Unlike Nex Machina or Resogun – where t...