Flotsam

With the one-two punch of Tropico 6 and then Anno 1800 launching over the last three weeks, plenty have noted that the city-building genre is currently enjoying a spate of urban renewal. Indeed, it’s hard to keep up with current releases: as well as these giant games about colonising tropical islands, recent months have seen a string of small-studio hits - Foundation, Islanders, Factory Town…

Tagged with city-builders, feature, Ancient Cities, Atmocity, Flotsam, Hammerhelm, Industries of Titan, Neolithic, Settlers of the Deep.

Wow 2019 is a thing, huh? How are we all doing? Relieved? Bowling a hangover and a nagging sense of trepidation? Maybe you work in retail and, surprise! You were supposed to be at work half an hour ago. Time loses all meaning post-New Year break, doesn't it? You're just sort of adrift in a sea of empty Quality Street wrappers. That's okay. We're all…

Tagged with 2K, 4A Games, 505 Games, Activision, Bethesda Softworks, BioWare, Capcom, Chucklefish Games, Coffee Stain Studios, Deep Silver, EA, feature, Fellow Traveller, Feral Cat Den, Firaxis Games, From Software, Giant Squid, id Software, Inkle Studios, Jo-Mei Games, Klei Entertainment, kongregate, Microsoft Studios, Moon Studios, NetherRealm Studios, Pajama Llama Games, Qloc, Remedy Entertainment, Ubisoft, Ubisoft Montreal, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Anthem, Control, Doom Eternal, Far Cry: New Dawn, Flotsam, Genesis Noir, Griftlands, Heaven's Vault, Metro Exodus, Mortal Kombat 11, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy, Resident Evil 2, Satisfactory, Sea of Solitude, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm, The Pathless, Wargroove.

Matt: After four days of hosting panels, interviewing developers, streaming games on camera and poking at as many as we could on the show floor, Team RPS has returned from the hallowed halls of EGX. Now that we’ve nestled back into our treehouse nooks, it’s time to talk about the best things wot we saw. So, Katharine, Dave and Alice 3.0. Which game won the…

Tagged with EGX 2018, feature, House House, preview, RPS-o-chat, Amazing Frog?, Flotsam, Hypnospace Outlaw, Obviously Inappropriate Content, Override: Mech City Brawl, Sticky Cats, Untitled Goose Game, What The Golf?.

A year ago Bitsy released on itch.io - a humble game making tool described by its creator as a "little editor for little games or worlds". Since its release, more than 600 games have been made using the tool by 300 different authors. On the surface Bitsy is an unassuming engine. It lets you create small pixel-art rooms that players can explore by interacting with…

Tagged with Bitsy, Bitsy Moth Jam, Cat’s Out of the Bag!, Day in the Life, feature, Lil Onion Detective, Little Treasures, Realm of the Dread Sorceress, Silverybield Foss, Snowcrash, The Exile on the Long Shore, tutorial, Flotsam.