Defend The Rook Is A Roguelike Tower Defense That Takes Its Moves From Chess

by HendrikWiese - April 8, 20220

As they say in chess, "that's a chess mate!".Chess is the worst board game. It doesn't have cute player tokens like Monopoly, it doesn't have fun moving parts like Mouse Trap, and if you take chess to a cool party, everyone will call you a nerd and a dork and

Inscryption’s Free Kaycee’s Mod Roguelike Expansion Is Complete And Available Now

by Marcus Stewart - March 21, 20220

Indie Dev Cancels Roguelike Horror Game For 3DS In Response To Nintendo's eShop Closure

by HendrikWiese - March 9, 20220

"this decision was made on our behalf by Nintendo".An aspiring indie game developer says it's been left with no option but to abandon its plans for a 'New 3DS' game port after Nintendo announced last month it would be closing the system's eShop. OtyugraGames is currently working on a roguelike

Roguelike Deckbuilder Roguebook Available Now for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

by HendrikWiese - February 26, 20220

Video For Roguelike Deckbuilder Roguebook Available Now for Xbox One and Xbox Series X

After 3 years of work, we can finally share Roguebook with you on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S! We live in a particularly interesting moment in time for deckbuilders. While roguelike card games have seen their popularity rise in the PC world, one of our obsessions from the start of

Review: Vagante – A Roguelike Too Empty To Make An Impact

by HendrikWiese - January 26, 20220

A class below the rest.Over the past decade, few genres have boomed as much as the roguelike. Indie games like The Binding of Isaac, Crypt of the Necrodancer, Dead Cells and Hades have brought attention to a genre once thought to be far too punishing for a mainstream audience, even

Castle Morihisa Is A Roguelike Deckbuilder About Samurais And Ninjas, Coming To Switch Soon

by HendrikWiese - January 21, 20220

We'll samurais it for you.Whether you love or hate roguelike deckbuilders, you're going to have to get used to them being around. Between games like Slay The Spire, Hand of Fate, Inscryption and Dicey Dungeons, games that combine strategy card games and dungeon-crawling are the hottest place to be right

Far Cry 6's Pagan Min Roguelike DLC Set To Release Next Week

by Wesley LeBlanc - January 9, 20220

Far Cry 6 was released last October, and while the base game offered dozens of hours of FPS action gameplay, Ubisoft upped the ante by committing to free content drops and three paid DLCs. Some of the free DLC includes Los Pollos Hermanos and Heisenberg outfits from Breaking

X-Men Could Be A Fantastic Roguelike (In The Right Hands)

by Matt Miller - October 9, 20210

In the world of comics, X-Men has been a hot property in recent years. While the popularity of Marvel’s mutants has rarely been at risk in the last couple of decades, the current narrative arc, launched with the House of X book in 2019, has injected

Rhythm Action Roguelike BPM: Bullets Per Minute Available Now

by Tegan Murdoch, Communications Manager, Playtonic Friends - October 4, 20210

BPM: Bullets Per Minute is a rhythm-action FPS roguelike where you must shoot, jump, dodge and reload to the beat of an epic rock soundtrack that’ll have you headbanging to the beat! Described as “Metal as Hell” by NME, the pulsating synths and crushing guitars escort you as you battle

Sandwalkers Is A Beautiful Exploration Roguelike In A Troubled World

by HendrikWiese - August 26, 20210

From the team behind Legend of Keepers.The Gamescom Awesome Indies Show, which was presented by IGN, had quite a few intriguing games that are heading to Switch. One that caught our eye was Sandwalkers, which is from the team that brought us Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager.A