Over 20 Minutes of Far Cry 5 Gameplay
/Far Cry 5 will be out March 27th, 2018 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. You can check out some open world gameplay running on PS4 below.
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Metanet Software Releases N++ Ultimate Edition on PS4
/N++ has been in the news a lot since first being released in 2015, after a few ports, and the announcement of the Ultimate Edition - it's come full circle with the Ultimate Edition being released on PlayStation 4 last week. This new edition, which is free to owners of the original version, now includes 4000+ levels.
In fact, Mare Sheppard talked about creating all those levels over on the PlayStation Blog. You can pick up N++ Ultimate Edition on PlayStation 4 right now.
N++ During The Years
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New Studio LABS Created - Announces 'Astalon: Tears Of The Earth' For This Year
/Matt Kap, who previously released Castle in the Darkness has opened a new studio - LABS - and announced their first game Astalon: Tears of Earth which will be releasing later this year.
According to the blog post we'll have to wait a bit longer for details, but we do have this blurb about the game - "Three explorers wander through a post-apocalyptic desert to find a way to save the people in their village. A dark, twisted tower has been pushed up from the depths of the Earth... but does it hold the answers they seek?"
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Patreon Early Podcast Episode 95
/A friendly reminder that Patron's at the 4 dollar and more level get early picks on certain things, including the Podcast! Episode 95 is now available to them, and will be available to everyone else on Tuesday.
Check out Episode 95 here, and become a Patron here.
TorontoGameDevs Game of the Year Winners
/The results are in, and we now have our Game of the Year winners! As you recall, because of Patron's, we actually had five categories: Best Port, Best Mobile Game, Most Anticipated Game, Best PC-only Game, Best Multi-platform Game.
Here we go!
Best Port
3rd: Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (Asteroid Base)
2nd: Jazzpunk: Director’s Cut (Necrophone Games)
1st: Severed (Drinkbox Studios)
Best Mobile Game
3rd (tie): Bee Odyssey and Skies of Fury (Illumination Games)
2nd: Star Pirates Infinity (Snakehead Games)
1st: Oh No! Ninjas! (Blot Interactive)
Most Anticipated Game
3rd: Shakespeare's Landlord (One More Story Games)
2nd: Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft)
1st: Guacamelee! 2 (Drinkbox Studios)
Best PC Only Game
3rd (tie): A Mortician's Tale (Laundry Bear Games) and Disco is Dead (Third Floor Games)
2nd: Bleed 2 (Bookdisk Revolution)
1st (tie): Polyball (Studio Monolith) and Danielle's Inferno (One More Story Games)
Best Multi-platform Release
3rd (tie) Embers of Mirrim (Creative Bytes) and For Honor (Ubisoft)
2nd: Graceful Explosion Machine (Vertex Pop)
1st: Cuphead (Studio MDHR)
hanks to everyone who voted! And congrats to @Jonavan22 who won the $50 PSN/Xbox/eShop/Steam card for RT'ing us on Twitter.
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Blossom Tales Publisher Hits Milestone On Switch
/Thanks to the release of Blossom Tale last month, FDG Entertainment (the team that published Castle Pixel's Zelda inspired RPG on Switch) hit 100,000 units sold (across all of their games) on Nintendo's console.
The sales milestone is shared with two other games, Oceanhorn, and Monster Boy. Congrats to everyone involved!
Edit: Tyler Bud, one of the developers behind Blossom Tales let me know on Twitter that Monster Boy isn't actually out yet.
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T-Shirts, Tank Tops, Sweaters, and More Swag!
/A friendly reminder that we do have an official shop that puts our neato logo on T-shirts, Tank Tops, Sweaters, Phone Cases, Mugs, and a few more things. You can see some samples of clothes below - and check out the official store here (Design by Humans has a lot of fan created swag)
Little Red Lie Releases On PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita Today
/Released earlier last year on Steam, indie developer Will O'Neill is brining his latest game Little Red Lie to PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita - better yet the game is releasing today (January 9th)
Little Red Lie is a narrative-focused, interactive fiction experience that reduces the traditional nine-verb adventure game structure down to a single, context-dependent interaction: lie.
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Toronto Games Highlight Latest Nindies Sale
/Nintendo is celebrating the new year with a sale, and a couple of Toronto games are involved.
- Severed from Drinkbox Studios
- Graceful Explosion Machine from Vertex Pop
- Bleed from Ian Campbell
- Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime from Asteroid Base
You can also check out an AMA where all the developers involved answered questions from the fans - including Vertex Pop saying they were thinking of a sequel or DLC on GEM, but are instead moving onto something new.
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Skies of Fury DX Coming To Switch
/The Toronto Switch games keep on coming - this time in a mobile-to-console port. Illumination Games will be releasing Skies of Fury DX to Switch sometime "soon" - the game was originally released on mobile earlier this year. The game will be the studios first console game.
Fight as both British and German pilots during WWI’s battle for the skies! Seed Interactive and Illumination Games are excited to announce Skies of Fury DX for Nintendo Switch™. Take to the skies and experience WWI as a fighter pilot! Skies of Fury DX offers players the chance to engage in epic, aerial combat in historic Bloody April, 1917, as both British and German pilots.
The trailer says the game is "coming soon" so we probably won't have to wait long to take to the sky on Switch.
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Game of the Year 2017 Voting - Most Anticipated Game
/Thanks to the feedback from Patrons, this years Game of the Year Voting is split into parts! This is for your most anticipated game.
Remember to use the #TGDGOTY hashtag on Twitter and enter for a chance to win a 50 dollar Steam, Xbox, or PSN card.
Voting is over. Results will be posted January 10th.
Game of the Year Voting
Game of the Year 2017 Voting - Best Mobile Game
/Thanks to the feedback from Patrons, this years Game of the Year Voting is split into parts! This is for your mobile game from this year.
Remember to use the #TGDGOTY hashtag on Twitter and enter for a chance to win a 50 dollar Steam, Xbox, or PSN card.
Voting is over. Results will be posted January 10th.
Game of the Year Voting
Game of the Year 2017 Voting - Best Port
/Thanks to the feedback from Patrons, this years Game of the Year Voting is split into parts! This is for your favourite port for a Toronto developed game!
Remember to use the #TGDGOTY hashtag on Twitter and enter for a chance to win a 50 dollar Steam, Xbox, or PSN card.
Voting is over. Results will be posted January 10th.
Game of the Year Voting
Game of the Year 2017 Voting - Best PC Only Game
/Thanks to the feedback from Patrons, this years Game of the Year Voting is split into parts! Here you can vote for your favourite PC only game!
Remember to use the #TGDGOTY hashtag on Twitter and enter for a chance to win a 50 dollar Steam, Xbox, or PSN card.
Voting is over. Results will be posted January 10th.
Game of the Year Voting