Category: Video games

Thatgamecompany’s Sky Could Release As Early As December

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Thatgamecompany’s CEO Jenonva Chen is talking all things Sky on iOS 11’s Today section in the revamped App Store this morning.

Since Chen announced the follow up to Journey live on stage at this year’s iPhone event two months ago, things have been quiet. Being focused on Apple TV gaming, ATVG is understandably excited by the fact that Sky will be playable on big screens first via Apple TV. For some deeper editorial pondering on whether Sky might be able to sell the idea of Apple TV as a viable option for big screen gaming, have a read right here.

Back to the present though, the big news from today’s interview between Chen and Apple, is that we may be playing Sky before Christmas.

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Review: Morphite – On Its Own Two Feet

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In one of our earlier preview pieces on Morphite, we listed off a few of the classics that inspired collaborators Crescent Moon Games and Blow Fish Studios, such as Metroid Prime and Zelda. Crescent Moon Games’ official site for Morphite reels off even more beloved franchises – Ratchet and Clank, and Turok.

Inspirations and influences are inevitable, but committing them to words on screens for an upcoming game is bold, especially with such legendary names being thrown about. The danger is two-fold – setting expectations beyond the achievable, and releasing a product that’s merely a sum of its inspirations, with nothing to distinguish it as its own game.

How about Morphite then? Does it manage to climb off the shoulders of the giants that inspired it, and stand on its own?

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Abi: A Robot’s Tale – Point And Click With Feeling

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The trailer for Abi: A Robot’s Tale left ATVG with heartstrings well and truly pulled.

What is it about a few gentle touches on ivory connected to strings, behind heartbreakingly cute robot buddies searching for meaning in a desolate, lonely world that leaves us thinking big things and asking the unanswerable on a Saturday morning?

Well I guess I’ve answered my own question.

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Sky Gamblers: Infinite Jets – That’s A Lot Of Jets

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Atypical Games is throwing a lot of love at the Apple TV’s App Store, with this week’s release of Sky Gamblers: Infinite Jets being the studio’s fifth title for the platform. Joining Sky Gamblers Races, Radiation City, Infinite Tanks, and Battle Supremacy: Evolution, Infinite Jets sits firmly within the studio’s oeuvre of console-quality games.

In other words, it sure looks pretty.

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Shoot The Zombirds – A Fun Halloween Arcade Treat

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By the time you read this you’ll be well into your Halloween weekend festivities, buried neck-deep in themed game updates. But if you think you’ve got room for a few more pumpkins, zombies, creepy leafless trees and graveyards, then we’ve found the perfect arcade fix for you.

Shoot The Zombirds won’t change your life, but it’s like a quick candy rush that once you start gobbling at, it’s hard to stop.

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Update to Kingdom: New Lands will add 6th Island

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Update: The free update adding sixth island – Skull Island – just released today. Enter at your own risk though, as Raw Fury warns that Skull Island is brutally difficult. (ATVG is still trying to leave the first island!)

Original Story: Kingdom: New Lands just turned two years old, with publisher Raw Fury celebrating by sending out an email yesterday detailing a pretty big update currently being worked on, and after reaching out we received confirmation that the update is also coming to Apple TV.

Excellent.

Raw Fury describes Kingdom as “a small game about royalty stuck to horses and throwing coins at people.” While it’s hard to think of a better way to sum up this beautiful game in fewer words, that elevator pitch doesn’t give any indication of the level of depth that Kingdom hides within its simple gameplay mechanics.

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The Ava Storyline – Upcoming DLC for Space Marshals 2 Announced

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While punching out our story on Beach Buggy Racing’s 4 player split screen update earlier today, we received an email from studio Pixelbite teasing upcoming DLC for its quality action/stealth shooter – Space Marshals 2.

So ATVG is back at the keys, bathing in the glow of a warm iMac’s monitor to bring you some more good news to brighten your weekend.

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Update to Beach Buggy Racing Brings 4 Player Split Screen

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Ok folks, we need to talk about Beach Buggy Racing.

Here at ATVG, we feel we’ve neglected this excellent kart racer from Vector Unit for far too long. We’ve written extensively about the studio’s Riptide GP: Renegade, posting a full review, and including it in our various housekeeping lists, such as last year’s best of, and also this recent collection of PS4 and Xbox One games that you can play on the Apple TV platform.

A while back ATVG also took a deep dive into Vector Unit’s Mousebot, a fun vehicle-based 3D platformer (with Easter eggs).

Beach Buggy Racing however, somehow slipped through our net. We’ve mentioned it in passing, but have never really given it the love it deserves. If Apple TV could only have one good example of every classic gaming genre, we’d be more than happy for Beach Buggy Racing to carry the torch for kart racing.

And to help that torch shine even brighter, yesterday saw an update that brought local 4 player split screen. Now that’s kart racing.

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5 More Upcoming Apple TV Games We’re Excited About

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Okay, it’s time to get our ducks in a row again. It’s been a while.

Six months ago we gathered together six upcoming Apple TV games that we’ve been following and posting stories about, and put them into a handy list for easy reference. Crossing them off gradually as they get released, there are still four games on that list to come. (And a fifth…possibly…maybe…hopefully game that may never see Apple TV, but ATVG is a glass half full kind of site so fingers crossed and so on)

Six months down the track, ATVG continues to scour the internet and pester developers for news of more games to look forward to on the platform, and thought it’s about time we put together another list for your convenience. You’ll get a trailer to watch, links to the original articles, and a quick blurb for each title.

Right. Let’s do this.

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Action RPG Runic Rampage – Plugging a Hole in Apple TV’s Catalogue

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Update: Studio Electrocosmos have announced a release date for Runic Rampage – November 2nd. Not long!

Original Story: Action RPGs are thin on the ground in the Apple TV gaming catalogue.

Dungeon Hunter 5 from Gameloft brings bite-size Diablo-like missions which are fun – and the game has nice production values – but you can’t help but want those missions to extend into a larger environment, giving you room to explore and swing those weapons.

Dungeon Time from Mooff Games is positioned as more of a twin-stick shooter, although it does boast RPG flavours brought to the table courtesy of upgradeable abilities and characters.

Where the Apple TV gaming catalogue is lacking is fully-featured dungeon crawlers with loot, spells, weapons, armour, and raging dwarves.

Can German studio Electrocosmos help plug the hole with its upcoming Runic Rampage?

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