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Cuphead, The 1930’s Style Platformer Delayed To Mid 2017
Cuphead, the upcoming indie platformer inspired by 1930’s animation style has been delayed to next year. The game was initially scheduled for a release this year, but according to the studio MDHR, it is not feasible anymore. The official blog post reads : “We wanted to finish our game 80 years after 1936 but it will now be 81. Throughout this year we discussed reducing the scope to make a 2016 release, but we made the difficult decision to delay the launch in order to ship with our vision intact.” Cuphead made its debut back in 2014, when the developers were looking forward to a later 2014 release for the PC. However, the game was showcased at E3 at year along with a delay to 2015. It was also announced that rather than just a retro run-and-shoot, the title will be a comp...
Outlast 2 Demo Out On Steam
The highly anticipated creepfest of a game, Outlast 2 may have been delayed to 2017, but there’s some solace for the fans of gut-hurling gore. thanks to the announcement of the demo for the game being available on Steam, albeit for a limited time. The free demo is only available till 1st November, so its safe to assume it comes as a Halloween present. However, if you grab it before the demo expires, it will remain in your library permanently, meaning you can put off playing it till you grow some balls (oh yeah). In the game you play as Blake Langermann, an investigative journalist who works alongside his wife, exploring cases that “no one else will dare touch.” Like that could ever have a happy ending. Outlast 2 is set to release in the first quarter of 2017 for the Windo...
Digital Homicide Withdraws Lawsuit, Co-Founder Says Studio Is Destroyed
Digital Homicide, the infamous studio that has recently been in the news over a lawsuit where the studio sued over 100 Steam users for USD 18 million, has now withdrawn their claim, saying they can no longer pursue the lawsuit. “Upon filing this case, per advice of the local sheriff who could not help me or my business with a massive ARS-13-2921 criminal harassment problem on an Internet Store front and via email, The Plaintiffs business was destroyed completely financially disabling The Plaintiff, destroying usability of all current work effort, and untold other damages,” the filing says. In an interview with TechRaptor, studio co-founder and developer James Romine Jr. said that he still believes the case is solid, but the studio has been financially crippled due to the remova...
Hello Neighbour Lets You Break Into Your Neighbour’s House
Indie devs Dynamc Pixels has announced their new project, Hello Neighbour, and if you ever had paranoid notions about your next-door neighbours, it’ll play right up your alley. The upcoming horror stealth title will let you investigate your neighbour’s house for suspicious activity while they’re not home…..at least that’s what you think. But soon, as you make your way through the rooms and check out the basement to discover what your friendly neighbour is hiding, you realize you’re not alone. Hold on, because this is just the beginning. Hello Neighbour claims to use an advanced iterative AI system that learns your moves, with the creepy neighbour anticipating every step of your break-in attempts. Expect the anxiety level to be high, because they will be ...
Brace Yourselves, Steam Store Overhaul Incoming
Looks like Valve is planning a makeover for its beloved storefront, Steam. According to a developer-specific post shared on NeoGAF, the home page design is in the waiting for a major overhaul, with the addition of a new, prominent “Popular Among Friends” section. Here’s what the official post reads: “We wanted to let you know about some upcoming improvements we’re working on for the Steam Store and what it might mean for your game. When we launched the Steam Discovery Update, we introduced a new and smarter Steam store built around personalization and recommendations. In the time since the Discovery Update, we’ve iterated on the features and made improvements to support the goal of helping each customer find the titles they are most likely to enjoy playi...
Steam Reiterates Its Refund Policy Regarding No Man’s Sky
After a Reddit post claiming that Steam was offering refunds for No Man’s Sky irrespective of playtime went up, people were quick to take notice. The post became widely popular, going to to become on of the most upvoted posts on the site, and while it is technically not false, it is misleading. Yes, it is possible to get a refund on No Man’s Sky irrespective of the fact whether you’ve played it for 1 hour or 100, Valve hasn’t exactly made an exception to its automatic refund policy for the game, and thanks to the huge number of players asking for a refund, there’s now a PSA on the No Man’s Sky store page to make things clear. As the official policy, a game will be refunded by Valve as long as “the request is made within fourteen days of purchase, and the...
Project Genom Early Access Starts From 12th October
Project Genom, the upcoming sci-fi MMORPG by an indie studio NeuronHaze will be getting Early Access on Steam from 12 October. The developer claims that there will be no hidden purchases in the game, and the gameplay progress shall be solely dependent on your actions and decisions. A highly fascinating feature of the game is that your organs can be replaced if and when necessary. Taking inspiration from titles like Mass Effect, Dead Space, Witcher 3 and Deus Ex, the developer says that Project Genom is not a typical MMORPG where you have to farm and grind all the time. It features difficult battles, a mature storyline and RPG elements. It gives you complete freedom for character development and technological modifications. By suing drugs and medication, you can improve the institutions or ...
Sony, Steam And Amazon Offering Refunds On No Man’s Sky Irrespective Of Playtime
For most of the people, No Man’s Sky has been nothing but one disappointment after another. Allegedly, it is nowhere close to what Hello Games had promised. Needless to say, it was a huge letdown. Amazon, Sony (through the PSN) and Steam, all seem to agree on this viewpoint. Hence, they have started refunding the digital copies of the game regardless of how long you’ve spent playing the game. “You can do this with practically anything on Steam so long as you are not abusing the system,” posted NeoGaf user Nzyme32. “I assume they have some internal criteria for all this in coming to a decision as to whether you can get a refund when outside the normal refund criteria. I managed to get a refund on Volume & Homeworld Remastered (which I have since repurchased...
Meet Monkey King, The First Original DOTA 2 Hero
The International 6 just keeps getting more and more interesting. Teams that were unknown a year go are taking over the tournament, Pit Lord is finally coming to the game and in latest news, Valve announced another hero, the first one that isn’t a port from the original DOTA. After yesterday’s matches, fans were asked to stick around fora while for a presentation which turned out to be a martial arts peformance accompanied by Taiko drums, and they the latest addition to the DOTA 2 roster – Monkey King. Monkey King will be featured as a part of “The New Journey” update, a name apt because it represents the Monkey King’s journey to the West, along with the general direction of the game now that Pit Lord will complete the DOTA 2 hero pool. The hero&#...
Pit Lord is Coming To Dota 2, Finally!
This year’s International has been full of surprises, with OG biting the dust, along with most of the major top tier DOTA 2 teams, and TnC emerging as rising stars. Damn my predictions! *silently weeps in corner*. And while we shudder at the thought of how the SEA servers are going to be like in near future, you know, thanks to people already claiming they’re TnC and they’ll mid and then feeding the enemy team 2-34 (can you imagine?), all hope is not lost. At the International 6 All Star match – a friendly game between two teams randomly comprising of players from the participating teams – Valve revealed the newest addition to the DOTA 2 roster. *drum roollll* That’s right! Vrogros, the Underlord, or as the players better know him, the Pit Lord will be a...
Windows 10 Will Make Steam Worse And Broken: Tim Sweeney
Epic Games’ co-founder Tim Sweeney is known for openly speaking against Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform, describing it as a “Microsoft-controlled distribution and commerce monopoly”. He clearly is not a fan of what Microsoft may have in store for us with Windows 10. In a recent interview with Edge Magazine, Sweeney has directly targeted his criticisms, saying that future updates in Windows 10 may make third party applications and stores like Steam progressively worse. Here is his official statement: “There are two programming interfaces for Windows and every app has to choose one of them. Every Steam app – every PC game for the past few decades – has used Win32. It’s been both responsible for the vibrant software market we have now, but also for malware. Any progra...
The Mindfuck That Fell Short – Asemblance Review
Think The Butterfly Effect. Then mix it with a little bit of PT and add a dab of The Stanley Parable, and you’ve gotten yourself the mind boggling psychological horror that is Asemblance. According to Nilo Studio’s official website, their first game is “the pilot episode of a mind-bending franchise inspired by The Twilight Zone, The X-Files and the Black Mirror Television series.” As exciting as it may sound, the game feels forgettable at the best. Mind you, there are plenty of great things about the game, but the execution feels a little sloppy, making the entire experience unfulfilling. Now you can’t talk much about the game without spoiling some of it, so we’ll try not to mention the story too much. Your aim is to enter numerous memories using a simulation, in order to...