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Review Dicefolk (Switch) - An Incredibly Fresh-Feeling, Monster-Catching Roguelite
Want to be the very best, like no one ever was?
These days, roguelites and deckbuilders are a dime a dozen, but it seems like developers are finding ways to get creative with the genre mechanics to produce something that sticks out from the glut of releases these past several years. Dicefolk offers one such creative take on the roguelite formula,...
Don't take a sip
Given our hobby's slavish pursuit of the validation and prestige afforded to cinema, it's entirely common (and expected) for a video game to want to tell a story. Where the Water Tastes Like Wine goes beyond these limited aspirations, instead offering a story about stories, where narrative is your weapon and your currency. That...
Review Black Future '88 (Switch) - A Frantic Cyberpunk Classic
Cyber delight
Everybody’s been bitten by the cyberpunk bug recently, with CD Projekt Red’s long-awaited Cyberpunk 2077 finally being unleashed on the world next year. There’s no word as of yet regarding whether the futuristic adventure will be following The Witcher 3's leather-booted footsteps over to Nintendo’s machine, but those waiting...
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Monday19th Aug 2024
News Monster-Catching Roguelike 'Dicefolk' Rolls Out First DLC Pack On Switch This Fall
Plus a free update
Publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment and developer LEAP Studios have today unveiled the first DLC pack for the dice-based monster-catching roguelike Dicefolk, set to roll onto Switch this Fall. The 'Will Chimeras Pack' adds 21 brand new 'Chimera' creatures into the game and a bonus 'Will Talisman' — a modifier which influences...
Wednesday5th Jun 2024
Feature "Only Pokémon Can Make Pokémon" - Dicefolk Devs On Finding A Voice In A Crowded Genre
"You never know when the Pokémon inspiration will strike!"
In recent years, we have seen an increasing number of roguelikes on Switch. In even more recent years, we have seen the same happen for 'Pokémon-likes'. Naturally, each genre has its respective highs and lows, but rarely have we seen both of them joined by the same game. Tha
Thursday16th May 2024
News Monster-Catching Roguelike 'Dicefolk' Rolls A New Twist On Turn-Based Tactics Next Month
Never say di(c)e
If you cast your mind back to April, you might remember that the dice-based tactical RPG Dicefolk was confirmed to be coming to Switch. One month on, publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment and developers LEAP Game Studios and Tiny Ghoul have announced that this monster-catching roguelike will be heading our way on 20th June. There...
Tuesday9th Apr 2024
News This Monster-Collecting Deckbuilder Decides Battles On The Roll Of A Dice
Roll out!
Publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment and developers LEAP Game Studios and Tiny Ghoul have today announced that the monster-collecting, deck-building roguelike Dicefolk will be rolling onto Switch later this year. There's a dash of Pokémon in Dicefolk's creature catching, sure, but the combat system is far from anything that you would...
Thursday28th Sep 2023
News Hellboy Web Of Wyrd Release Date Pushed Back Slightly
Still releasing in October, though
The upcoming Hellboy video game from Upstream Arcade is being delayed by two weeks to ensure "that all players - longtime fans and newcomers to the Hellboy universe alike - receive the best experience possible", publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment has revealed today. Hellboy Web of Wyrd will now be launching on...
Wednesday23rd Aug 2023
News New Hellboy Game Trailer Locks In October Release Date
Hell yeah!
Last December at The Game Awards, it was announced the comic book series Hellboy would be returning in the action-brawler roguelite release Hellboy Web of Wyrd. Now, at Gamescom 2023, a new trailer has confirmed it will be arriving on platforms including Switch on 4th October. Here's a bit about what you can expect: "Journey into the...
Wednesday12th Jul 2023
News A New Hellboy Game Has Been Announced For Nintendo Switch
Update: New trailer, game "coming soon"
Update [Wed 12th Jul, 2023 05:45 BST]: At ID@Xbox today, a new trailer was revealed for the action-brawler Hellboy Web of Wyrd. The game will apparently be "coming soon". "World premier of the new gameplay trailer of the upcoming Hellboy Web of Wyrd, an action-brawler-roguelite from Upstream Arcade and Good...
Tuesday19th Feb 2019
News Black Future '88 Brings An Alternate Past To Switch This Year
There's no future, or past, without neon or roguelike elements
Coming to Switch and PC later this year, self-described 'roguelike action shooter' Black Future '88 is set in an alternate reality where, it appears, it's always 1988. Presumably this is an alternate 1988 after Biff stole the Sports Almanac and gifted it to his past self because things...
Thursday25th Jan 2018
News 2D Action Title ATOMIK: RunGunJumpGun Will Be Blasting Off On Switch Early Next Month
120 levels and an all-new mode for Switch
Good Shepherd Entertainment is publishing ThirtyThree's "2D retro automatic runner" ATOMIK: RunGunJumpGun on the Switch eShop early next month, it has been announced. The game - which launched in 2016 on Windows, Steam and Mac - is focused on "one very big gravity-defying gun" and the action is...















