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31 Jan 2019

GRIP: Combat Racing’s Big Ass Update Unleashed


Watford, England - January 31, 2019 – Wired Productions Ltd., a leading independent video games publisher, and developer Caged Element Inc., are today pleased to announce that the ‘Big Ass Update’ has arrived on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with the Nintendo Switch release coming close behind.

Hot-on-the-wheels of securing the runner-up spot in the IndieDB www.indiedb.com ‘Players Choice Indie of the Year’, Grip: Combat Racing shows no sign of slow-down thanks to an exciting roadmap of game-transforming content scheduled to roll out over the coming months, including team modes, new vehicles, race courses and as yet unannounced content - sure to wipe out the opposition!

The affectionately titled “Big Ass Update” offers a significant overhaul of the game’s online lobby and matchmaking systems, allowing players to blow each other up and pass the finish line quicker than ever before! Alongside this the game’s AI and catch-up system has been rebalanced, offering a more competitive experience, not only in the game’s single-player campaign but in each and every race.



A breakdown of the Big Ass Update highlights can be found, below:

*Lobby overhauled with new simplified voting mechanics and count down timer
*Catch-up assistance has been rebalanced and can be toggled during the game’s campaign
*AI bots now drive more competitively even when catch-up assistance is turned off
*AI bot vehicles are now selected to be comparable to the player’s vehicle
*Bug fix for AI bot catch-up in MP games
*Resolved issue when displaying split-screen results
*"View to a kill" battle arena is now rebalanced and redesigned
*"Magmatic Core" battle arena now has speed-pads and has been redesigned to prevent insta-death
*Improvements to various tracks’ collisions and performance
*Fixed issues around vehicle customisation
*Improved stability for split-screen tournaments
*Fixed bug preventing players 3 and 4 selecting vehicles in split-screen
*Resolved issue where achievements were incorrectly unlocked when spectating a MP game
*Improved calculations for leaderboard statistics
*Improved how the player’s overall average speed and position are calculated
*Electrical sounds volume is now set correctly
*Improved missile targeting when the target is manoeuvring hard
*Improved missile guidance – missiles now avoid the floor much more often when launching
*Vehicles are now allocated correctly to human players in split-screen events or tournaments

For full notes of the over 100 fixes, please visit https://wiredproductions.com/blogs/news

The game can be purchased now for console and PC – digitally on Steam, the PlayStation™ Store, Xbox Games Store or physically, upright and upside-down at global retail.

In addition to its digital release on Xbox One, GRIP: Combat Racing is available through the Xbox Game Pass subscription service, bringing the title to Xbox players around the world.


A mobile go-kart game to play today? Starlit On Wheels is out!


January 31, 2019 - Looking forward for a go-kart-style racing experience on your smartphone? You can play it today! Starlit On Wheels is finally available for free for Android and iOS!

Starlit On Wheels is a racing title from the popular Starlit franchise, that has been downloaded by over 10 Million players. The free-to-play title is developed by Brazilian Studio Rockhead, and combines all the fun of the best kart games with colorful characters, insane tracks and even a powerful editor for the community to create their own courses.

Starlit On Wheels is the third installment of the Starlit series, after Starlit Adventures (mobile, PlayStation 4) and Starlit Archery (mobile).


All the series’ main characters - Bo, Kikki, Pikke and the villain Nuru - return in Starlit On Wheels, this time facing each other in crazy tracks full of obstacles, turns and loops. All of the 9 characters and 11 vehicles are fully customizable, with different handling, speed, acceleration; bringing an added layer of strategy to the game. Will you choose speed to get ahead on the straight line, or more control to get an edge on each corner? You decide.

Starlit On Wheels already features on launch 128 tracks carefully developed by the Rockhead team, but that is only the beginning. The game features a full-fledged and fun to use editor that lets players create their their own dream circuits and share them with the community. The best tracks of the week are selected for the competitive ingame Cup.

The series tells the story of the Starlits, peaceful creatures that hail from Starlit Island, a floating island in the night sky. All is well in the land until the coming of the evil Nuru, that sucks all the stars into his purse. Without them, the Starlits become sleepy and dispirited, and it’s up to Bo and Kikki to use the last remaining star to travel to the Low Lands, confront Nuru and save the day. It is just the beginning of an epic journey that will take them to different worlds, to face strange creatures and live many adventures.


Starlit was created by Rockhead, a Brazilian studio based in Porto Alegre, Brazil, with vast experience working with some of the biggest game publishers and the world. Starlit is also one of the few Brazilian franchises that explores multiple media formats: beyond the games, the franchise can also be found in comics and an animation (currently in development).

“We have been enjoying ourselves developing and testing Starlit On Wheels for many years, so we are very excited to see the players join the fun with the launch,” says Rodrigo “Chips” Scharnberg, Rockhead producer. “All the team at Rockhead worked really hard to create something truly exciting, and we are proud to be already getting some incredible feedback from both new players and fans of the Starlit series.”

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30 Jan 2019

Those Who Remain - Darkness Trailer | PS4


Those Who Remain is a psychological thriller that takes place in Dormont, a small town in the US. Dormont appears to be a regular and typical American town at first glance, but it is however cursed by a demon who shrouded everything in darkness.

Most of Dormont’s population has been trapped inside the darkness, with no means of escape.
Edward Turner is just an ordinary man with a troubled past, who arrives in the wrong place at the wrong time. But he soon finds out that something is very wrong in Dormont.

There are strange creatures roaming in the dark, killing everyone that gets close. The only way to survive is by staying in the light.

The danger in the dark is not the only thing at play in Dormont.

There are strange portals that emanate a bright light, that seem to bring anyone that goes through them to another place, similar yet different, apparently unreal but very real.

Actions taken in one place have repercussions in the other.

PLATFORMS
PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One

29 Jan 2019

REVIEW: - Incubo on Steam


Review by Jon Donnis
Incubo is a side scrolling platform game from Hehe Gamez and has a somewhat horror theme with many famous horror ghost characters making an appearance.

At it's base this is a classic side scrolling platform game. Each screen will have a puzzle to solve before you can move to the next screen.

Puzzles vary from moving objects around to reach different parts of the level, to using knowledge learnt from one part of the level to get past an obstacle. An obstacle might be a gap too large to jump, or it might be a ghost that if it touches you will kill you.

You play as a little boy who is stuck in a dream, he needs to find out the truth in the dream so he can escape.

So lets take a look at what is good and what is bad.


The Good
Hand drawn animation means this game looks beautiful. Really impressive.
The music/sound effects really do add to the experience, and as the game suggests, it is really best if you play while wearing headphones.
The levels have interesting challenges which can feel very satisfying once you figure out how to get past it, and then when you finally do.

The Bad
The game has a steep learning curve, and sometimes you can find yourself getting frustrated not so much because it is too difficult but because the controls can be a bit fiddly at times, meaning you need to sometimes make pixel perfect jumps in quick succession to complete an objective.

The controls could be improved, there is hardly any margin for error, and sometimes doing quick moves means that a jump you need to do simply does not happen. I hope these issues are fixed in future updates.

There are a few graphical glitches, and you can sometimes find yourself trapped with no way to continue other than to reset the levl.

Summary
A fun game that with the right updates could be a great game.

As the game is now I give it a 7/10

Buy from Steam at
https://store.steampowered.com/app/992330/Incubo/

Review By Jon Donnis



25 Jan 2019

REVIEW: iHUGu - Nintendo Switch


From Kool2Play studios comes iHUGu (I hug you) is a new Indy game on Nintendo Switch.

At it's base this is a simple memory game. You start off by choosing your character. Which you can also customize. You are then faced by a queue of people you have to hug, however if you hug the same person twice you lose. It really is that simple.

If you are a fan of memory games then this is good fun. And there really is quite the challenge once you have hugged more than 10 people and you start to question yourself. There is a time limit for each hug, and there are also other power ups you can collect.

It even has multiplayer, whereby you are both on screen together, and that does bring in more of a challenge.

And a quick mention has to be given to the soundtrack. You will find yourself humming the songs hours after you have put down the game.

iHUGu is simple, fun and a bit silly. And I like it, and will happily give it a 7/10

Find it on the Nintendo Store at £3.59
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/IHUGU-1497665.html

Review By Jon Donnis