Doug Flutie Joins Maximum Football Starting in 2019

We missed this one from last year, but Peterborough-based developer Canuck Play have teamed up with former CFL/NFL Quarterback Doug Flutie to be a spokesperson for their Maximum Football franchise, which starting this year will now be “Doug Flutie’s Maximum Football”.

"We’re extremely excited to have Doug on board,” said David Winter, President of Canuck Play. “His accomplishments at all levels and styles of football are well known, and he is the obvious natural fit for our title.”

You can check out the press release below, we’ll have to wait until Fall of this year for the next version of Maximum Football, but 2018’s edition is out now on Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. Oh also, Hail Flutie.

Doug Flutie’s Maximum Football set for release in Fall 2019

Canuck Play & Spear Interactive welcomes Hall of Fame Quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie as partner and brand ambassador to the Maximum Football video game franchise.

Flutie has agreed to a multi-year relationship with Maximum Football and will lend his name and likeness to the franchise beginning in Fall 2019 with the anticipated release of Doug Flutie’s Maximum Football. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“We’re extremely excited to have Doug on board,” said David Winter, President of Canuck Play. “His accomplishments at all levels and styles of football are well known, and he is the obvious natural fit for our title.”

Doug Flutie is an American football quarterback who won the Heisman Trophy in 1984 as the best player in college football and who had a 21-year professional football career in the United States and Canada. Maximum Football is the only video game on the market that allows gamers to play with U.S. College, Canadian, and U.S. professional styles of play. 

“I’m basically a kid at heart, who lives for playing sports in person or on the screen. This partnership gives me the chance to join the video game space and I’m looking forward to helping grow the Maximum Football brand,” said Flutie. “What drew me to Maximum Football was the innovative concept of including three different styles of football in the game.”

Doug Flutie’s Maximum Football will feature Doug as a playable character and include multiple new gameplay features.

The Maximum Football franchise was re-launched in 2017 by Canuck Play. Canuck Play was founded by David Winter, a 20-year veteran in the video game industry who boasts production and design credits include such titles as EA’s Madden, NHL, and FIFA series, as well as Batman, Harry Potter, and The Sims. Maximum Football 2018 is available now for digital download on the Playstation 4 and Xbox One.

About Doug Flutie:

The college football Heisman Trophy winner for 1984, Doug is a six-time Most Outstanding Player and three-time Canadian Football Champion, winning titles in 1992, 1996, and 1997. He also played ten seasons in the NFL. Currently, Doug serves as a lead analyst for NBC Sports Group’s coverage of Notre Dame Football. Doug and his wife Laurie established the “Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism in 1998, in the name of their son, Dougie Jr. For more information visit www.flutiefoundation.org.

About Maximum Football:

Maximum Football is available now for digital download on the Playstation 4 and Xbox One. For additional information on Maximum Football, visit www.maxfootballgame.com or follow @MaxFootballGarme and @CancukGS on Twitter.

DrinkBox Studios Announces Guacamelee! 2 DLC

Guacamelee! 2 launched on PlayStation 4, and PC last August and now we got some DLC in store. Starting tomorrow you’ll be able to play as three of the games bosses El Muñeco, Uay Pek, or Jaguar Javier.

December 7th will be a bit more beefy with new challenge levels:

“This new DLC pack ($3.99) introduces a new challenge level, The Proving Grounds – a floating temple and home to the god Tiempochtli, where luchadores have gone since the beginning of time to sharpen their skills. Your five lucha trainers team up to guide you through a series of challenges, and each trainer is ready to award you with a character skin that lets you play the game as that trainer. Like the Enemigos, their costumes have unique gameplay attributes suited to the trainer’s specialty. Flame Face does higher and higher damage the greater your combo grows; Uay Coco’s magic lets him execute many special moves, but his body is extra-vulnerable to damage (and he makes for a pretty adorable ‘chicken’).”

Guacamelee! 2 will be hitting Switch next month as well, and if you’re curious what we thought of Guacamelee! 2 make sure to check out our spoilercast.

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LongStory Hitting Nintendo Switch Next Month

LongStory, the LGBTQ+ friendly dating sim from Bloom Digital Media, will be the latest Canadian game hitting the Nintendo Switch.

“On your first day of school you discover that the previous owner of your locker has “mysteriously” disappeared. Do you want to figure out what happened or are you too busy being a social butterfly and trying to avoid your enemies…

LongStory gives you a chance to find true love as a middle school student (yes with all the awkwardness that entails) but we promise it will be so much better this time around!”

All eight of LongStory’s episodes hit Nintendo Switch on December 6th for $14.99.

LongStory is coming to the Nintendo Switch on Dec 6, just in time for the holidays. Any Switch lovers out there? #Switch #indiegames #visualnovel https://t.co/Zl31Ck6Hur

— Bloom Digital Media (@Bloom_Digital_) November 24, 2018

A Mortician's Tale Releasing November 22nd On iOS

Laundry Bear Games’ indie hit A Mortician’s Tale, which released on PC last year, will be released on iOS, and you can preorder the game now to save 33%.

We're super excited to announce that A Mortician's Tale is coming to @AppStore for iPhone and iPad on November 22nd!

Preorder now and save 33%: https://t.co/cL1upZ0UHM #indiegames #deathpositive pic.twitter.com/WFKJppL6Rj

— Laundry Bear Games (@laundry_bear) November 7, 2018

Futuregrind Announced For Nintendo Switch

Milkbag Games announced the other day that their futuristic stunt-racer Futuregrind is coming to Nintendo Switch, alongside the PlayStation 4, and PC.

Nail the perfect line in the future's most challenging stunt sport! Grab your bike and hit the rails in this stylish stunt-racer all about tricks, skill, and speed. Use your futuristic motorcycle to do crazy combos on tracks made of floating rails, but be careful: If you touch the wrong rail you'll explode! Only skilled players will earn endorsements from The Sponsors and make a name for themselves.

Milkbags website says we can expect the game in 2018.

Grab your bike and hit the rails in FutureGrind, a stylish stunt-racer all about tricks, skill, and speed. Use your futuristic motorcycle to do crazy combos on tracks made of floating rails, but be careful: If you touch the wrong rail you'll explode! FutureGrind is coming to Steam and PS4.

It's been really hard to keep quiet about this until now...

FutureGrind is coming to Nintendo Switch! https://t.co/CLTR01NXCe pic.twitter.com/O5RnNICwvw

— Owen Goss (@OwenGoss) October 9, 2018

Guacamelee Super Turbo Championship Edition Out On Switch Today - Guacamelee! 2 Out December

In a surprise announcement, and as a special Thanksgiving treat - Drinkbox Studios have announced Guacamelee Super Turbo Championship Edition is out now today on Switch.

The Switch eShop page for Guacamelee! STCE is NOW LIVE! :Dhttps://t.co/x1hvnGi7Qc pic.twitter.com/71mws4myFz

— Drinkbox Studios (@DrinkBoxStudios) October 8, 2018

Alongside the announcement, they confirmed that Guacamelee! 2 will be coming to Nintendo’s hybrid console this December with the help of Pop Agenda (who helped with the Switch port of number 1 as well). Guacamelee! 2 came out earlier this year on PlayStation 4, and PC. We discussed it on a spoilercast and loved it.

We are delighted to be working with @DrinkBoxStudios on today's release of Guacamelee! STCE on Nintendo Switch! Better yet, Guacamelee! 2 will be following in December! EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!! pic.twitter.com/HSSfIsbTTo

— PopAgenda (@PopAgendaCo) October 8, 2018

13AM Games' Double Cross Gets A New Trailer And Release Month

We won’t have much longer to get our hands on 13AM Games’ second game Double Cross as 13AM Games announced the game will hit Nintendo Switch, and PC in January. Additionally we got a new trailer which you can check out below!

Double Cross is an exciting action adventure game that has players using a special sling mechanic for a diversity of movements, fighting against an array of enemies and platforming their way across distinct universes in order to solve a multidimensional mystery. Players take on the role of Zahra, an agent of R.I.F.T.

Additionally 13AM Games posted some updates on Runbow for Switch and PS4 which came out earlier this year.

Last Year: The Nightmare Official Trailer

Montreal developed Last Year: The Nightmare gets its official trailer this week, showing off some of the monsters and gameplay from Elastic Games 5 vs 1 horror game.

Halloween night. 1996. A group of teenagers awake to find themselves trapped in a dark, twisted reflection of their sleepy hometown of Forest Hills. As they make their way across the East Side High School campus, they realize they are being hunted by a supernatural force taking the forms of fearsome killers. Relentlessly pursued, the teens must band together to fight back, survive, and escape the terrifying anomaly they have come to know as The Nightmare.

The game is coming Fall 2018, and will be coming to Discord first. So you can check out the developers Discord right here.

Halloween night. 1996. A group of teenagers awake to find themselves trapped in a dark, twisted reflection of their sleepy hometown of Forest Hills. As they make their way across the East Side High School campus, they realize they are being hunted by a supernatural force taking the forms of fearsome killers.

Twitch Streams: Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Gameplay On The First Island

I streamed Assassin’s Creed Odyssey tonight, and posted it on Youtube for those who missed it.

Doing some side quests on the first island in Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Played on PS4 Pro. -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/canadiangamedevs This was recorded September 28th. Code provided by Ubisoft. https://canadiangamedevs.com/

Warframe Launches On Nintendo Switch November 20th

Warframe, Digital Extremes’ free-to-play ninja MMO will be hitting Nintendo Switch November 20th. You can check out the trailer below.

Ninjas Play Free! Coming to Nintendo Switch on November 20. They were called Tenno. Warriors of blade and gun - Masters of the Warframe armor. Those that sur...

Super Animal Royale Enters Alpha - Gets A New Trailer

Pixile Studios over in Vancouver have released a trailer for their battle royale game Aniaml Royale. The game takes a cute but deadly spin on the battle royale formula, making it a top-down 64-player winner-takes-all where you’ll play as cute adorable animals. You can check out the trailer and screenshots below.

Play the Alpha at https://AnimalRoyale.com/ Coming soon to Steam Early Access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/843380/Super_Animal_Royale/ Fight for furvival to be the last of 64 animals standing in this top down battle royale shooter from Pixile!

The game is in closed alpha right now , but if you head over to the official site you can join their Discord and sign up to get into the alpha, and eventual beta.

Fossil Hunters Coming To PlayStation 4 and Xbox One September 12th

As announced on the PlayStation Blog, and then confirmed to me on Twitter Reptoid Games' Fossil Hunters will be hitting PlayStation 4, and Xbox One September 12th (next week!). The game was already released on PC, and Switch earlier this year.

You are an adventuring Fossil Hunter who has traveled to a remote, mysterious dig site to discover the most incredible fossils the world has ever seen! Discover and assemble fossil creations as you avoid cave-ins, monsters, and traps.

Available for PC/Mac on February 13!** Fossil Hunters is an Action-Adventure game about digging for fossils and building your own dinosaurs! Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/690150/Fossil_Hunters/ Itch.io: https://reptoidgames.itch.io/fossil-hunters

New Footage Of Star Fox In Starlink: Battle For Atlas

IGN has posted some new footage of Ubisoft Toronto's upcoming space toys-to-life game Starlink: Battle for Atlas but this time it's footage of Star Fox and his pals in game. Announced at E3 this year, the game will have Star Fox as a playable character exclusive to the Nintendo Switch version.

You can check out the footage down below. Starlink: Battle for Atlas will be out on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on October 16th.

Watch the opening act of Starlink: Battle for Atlas running on Nintendo Switch, featuring the Star Fox crew. Starlink: Battle for Atlas Developer Demo - Gamescom 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sda0pNOcRk Subscribe to IGN for more! http://www.youtube.com/user/IGNentertainment?sub_confirmation=1 ------------------------------­---- Follow IGN for more!

Anthem Gets A New Story Trailer

With the rebranding to Canadian made games, we can now focus out attention other parts of Canada including the great province Alberta, where Bioware has been making great games since the mid-90's. Most gamers know about Bioware from Baulder's Gate, Star Wars Knight of the Old Republic, or Mass Effect. However they actually haven't released a game since 2014's Dragon Quest: Inquisition.

Enter: Anthem. Announced at E3 2017, and promised a February 21st 2019 release date, Bioware showed off some a new story trailer from PAX West this last weekend.

At the heart of Anthem is the concept of Our World, My Story - the distinctive combination of a shared, dynamic world and a personal story. Discover how these two elements help create a connected world that remains unique to every player. Subscribe and be the first to see Anthem trailers and gameplay videos: http://bit.ly/2qZN5QV.

We'll have more on Anthem in the coming months - it'll hit PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC next year on February 21st.

15 Minutes of Below Footage From PAX West

Capybara Games is at PAX West this weekend, and IGN grabbed some footage of the latest Below build. We don't have a release date, but I'm guessing (hoping) it's soon.

We check out the latest build of Capy Games' beautiful roguelike adventure. Untitled Goose Game Teaser Trailer - Nintendo Switch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtLc4sUwUzw Catch up on Everything PAX West: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N-ZB_uN_qg&list=PLraFbwCoisJDhiqh34y-fNRScxFp0fM5P Subscribe to IGN for more! http://www.youtube.com/user/IGNentertainment?sub_confirmation=1 ------------------------------­---- Follow IGN for more!

Recently Capybara announced that Sword & Sworcery will also be coming to Switch.