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Today’s Your Last Chance To Get A Physical Copy of Death’s Door

Today’s Your Last Chance To Get A Physical Copy of Death’s Door

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Death’s Door, a quirky action adventure game released by Devolver last November, was listed as one of the best indie games of 2021 by many critics. Perhaps you’ve been curious about getting it, but you’re the type who prefers physical copies of things and you’re waiting for the Limited Run version. In that event….there’s something you should probably know. There are a lot of low-print-run physical release companies now and Limited Run doesn’t get EVERY hit indie game anymore. In this case, Death’s Door went to Special Reserve Games, in an arrangement likely made before the game was even released. Preorders close very soon — like, within hours. This is the final day! Death’s Door thrusts players into a quirky and curious world where Crows are in charge of collecting the souls of the dead. Reaping souls and punching a clock might get monotonous, but it’s honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to

Demon Throttle: A Physical-Only Game

Demon Throttle: A Physical-Only Game

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There are a lot of “retro” styled games these days, especially from indie developers…but no one is taking it as far as developer Doinksoft and publisher Devolver. Announced during E3, their upcoming video game Demon Throttle is a physical-only title for Switch. That means no digital version, ever. Not even a digital demo. The story is your basic revenge plot: two badass figures, “a beautiful vampiress and a dusty gunslinger,” are after an evil demon who stole from both of them. She lost her mystical chalices, he lost his wife (he caught the demon sleeping with her). Now they’re stomping into the demon’s domain and shooting everything that gets in their path. Of all the “fake NES” styles we’ve seen, this one comes closest to being authentic. The filter looks great, the three-color-per-sprite rule is followed to the letter and all graphics are created from 16 by 16 pixel tiles. The only thing that gives its modernness away is the number of active sprites onscreen. On the NES this would

Loop Hero Puts You In Charge Of The Journey

Loop Hero Puts You In Charge Of The Journey

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Loop Hero, created by dev team Four Quarters, is Steam’s latest hit. It combines several genres we cover around here frequently…roguelites, deck-builders, RPGs, and let’s not forget things with retro graphics. All these elements are combined into an addictive pie that’s managed to sell half a million copies in one week. There’s a hero in Loop Hero, but it’s not you. It’s the brave knight who gets up every morning and slays monsters in a looping dungeon before coming back around to their own camp and starting over the next day. However, you’re not EXACTLY watching the game play itself. You’re the Dungeon Master, in a sense…the one who must make sure that knight faces worthy challenges and nets good treasure. The hero gathers equipment from defeated monsters. You take that equipment, compare the numbers and make sure they’re wearing the best of it. The enemies also drop cards, which are the real meat of this game — they can be used to add obstacles or heath boosts, change the

Coming To SNES: Fork Parker’s Crunch-Out!

Coming To SNES: Fork Parker’s Crunch-Out!

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Thanks to the indie development scene, there are plenty of new games coming out for age-old consoles, and some are even good. Fork Parker’s Crunch-Out is one of the more unusual we’ve seen. Developed by Megacat Studios and published by Devolver Digital, you play as the titular Fork Parker, the angry CEO of a software development company who needs their next game churned out as quickly and cheaply as possible. That only means one thing (to a CEO)…crunch time! Yell at your workers, feed them junk food and coffee, and even zap them with electric shocks to keep the production line going 18-plus hours a day. But whatever you do, don’t make them happy….that wastes money! It’s a game with a purpose, calling attention to the real-world problem of worker abuse in the video game development industry. Problem is, if you end up having too much fun playing as Fork, would it have the opposite effect…? It’s for a noble cause anyway….proceeds from Fork Parker’s Crunch-Out will go to to

Date a Pigeon This Summer in Hatoful Boyfriend

Date a Pigeon This Summer in Hatoful Boyfriend

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The world’s first and only “Pigeon Dating Sim” Hatoful Boyfriend  will be receive a updated re-release this summer on PC and Mac via Steam, GOG, Humble, and other digital storefronts with improved art and music. The game will be remade by developer Mediatonic and publisher Devolver Digital, known for publishing the 2013 Shadow Warrior remake and Hotline Miami. Devolver Digital CFO Fork Parker said in a press release, “Our research shows that consumer fatigue for space marines and dragons is at an all-time high – gamers are ready for something new and fresh. Semi-realistic pigeon dating simulations are the next great frontier in video games.” In Hatoful Boyfriend you take on the role of a human girl attending St. PigeoNation’s prestigious bird school. From there you  learn about the game’s avian characters and can pursue a friendship or even romantic relationship with your choice of bird. As someone who’s got some experience with the game’s storyline it’s suggested that new players beware of fowl story twists. Gameplay of Hatoful Boyfriend is typical of most visual novels in that