November2023
News 'A Highland Song' Brings Adaptive Narratives And Catchy Folk Music To Switch
Launching next month
During today's Indie World showcase, A Highland Song has been announced for Nintendo Switch, and it's not far off either, launching next month on December 5th, 2023. Featuring adaptive storytelling that caters to your own choices, A Highland Song sees you traverse across the Scottish Highlands against the beautiful music of...
June2022
News Inkle's Ink-redible Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Game 'Sorcery!' Pencils In Release Date
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Fantastic news for fans of books that make you write your own story: Steve Jackson's Sorcery!, AKA Inkle's adaptation of Steve Jackson's Sorcery!, AKA No Gravity Games' console port of Inkle' adaptation of Steve Jackson's Sorcery!, has a release date on Nintendo Switch. Initially released for mobile devices, Sorcery! is a four-part...
May2022
Feature What The Heck Is A 'MetroidBrainia'? Introducing The Newest Genre On The Block
Brain reaction
Recently, I was talking to my partner about my all-time favourite niche genre of games. He's a game developer, so we have these kinds of discussions a lot, usually trying to nail down what it is we like best about a particular game, or scene, or genre — but this time, we were trying to find out exactly what the genre even was. Now,...
June2021
News Surprise! The Creator Of 80 Days Just Released "Overboard!", A Reverse Murder-Mystery
A youdunnit whodunnit
Narrative studio Inkle has made nothing but hits. The brilliant 80 Days imagined a scenario where you accompany standoffish buffoon Phineas Fogg as his slightly-simple valet and manservant while he attempts to traverse the globe; Heaven's Vault casts you as a retro-futuristic archaeologist in a universe that's forgotten its own...
February2021
News Narrative Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Game Sorcery! Gets A Switch Release This Year
And it'll include all four parts of the story
You already may be aware of the work of narrative-focused indie studio Inkle, thanks to their recent Switch release of Heaven's Vault, or perhaps you know them from their earlier games, 80 Days and the Sorcery! series. Up until now, their fantastic Sorcery! games have remained locked away on PC and...
January2021
News Heaven's Vault Comes To Switch 28th January
Translater this month
Heaven's Vault, a translate-em-up narrative adventure game from the makers of Sorcery! and 80 Days, is finally coming to Switch on the 28th January. Developers Inkle are no strangers to cleverly branching dialogue and plot - as you'll know if you played any of their previous games - and Heaven's Vault is no different. You'll...
