Holiday themed events are a dime a dozen (Like The Splintering’s Festival of Dread & Jolly Jinglings, perhaps?). But why wait for another major holiday to have a special themed event? We couldn’t come up with a good reason, either. That’s why 2020 marked the inaugural Monochrome May, a celebration of black and white games, comics, movies, and all things
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On Thursday, Centennial Comics launched a crowdfunding campaign for Angel’s Awakening, which has already raised approximately 25 percent of its funding goal at the time of this writing. Written and created by Daniel Parker and featuring illustrations by Bogdan Ristea and letters by (drum roll…) Eric Weathers, Angel’s Awakening is a 32-page sci-fi thriller comic book thriller starring a sexy,
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Publisher Pix’n Love Games and developer Aurora Game Studio recently announced that Nightmare Busters: Rebirth is coming soon to PC and consoles. Originally developed in 1994 for the Super Nintendo, Nightmare Busters is a 2-player run n’ gun (a genre that was simply called an “action game” back then) that sadly never saw the light of day. For us retro
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Developer Redblack Spade has announced that the 2-D adventure game Fearmonium will release for both PC and Mac (via Steam) on 20 May. Featuring a blend of humor and dark themes, Fearmonium puts players in control of a newborn phobia in the subconscious mind of a young boy. The gameplay is reminiscent of a “Metroidvania”, nonlinear with new areas that
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After successfully raising nearly $60 thousand on a different crowdfunding platform, cosplay diva and independent comic book creator Cara Nicole is giving Indiegogo customers an opportunity to buy into Firebitch 2, the sexy superhero tale designed for mature audiences. Here’s the official plot synopsis taken from the Firebitch 2 Indiegogo campaign page: Firebitch is a high octane, no holds barred,
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On the latest installment of Sit DOWN Sunday (hosted on Patrick Thomas Parnell’s YouTube channel Riot Press Productions), The Splintering founder Blake Worrell got another chance to discuss recent comic book news with Parnell and War Party creator Justin Murphy and Lumina Vhox creator José Garcia. This week, we discussed the Spring ComicsGate art auction, the modern state of comic
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At the 2021 Shooting Game Daikanshasai event, City Connection announced that Deathsmiles I & II will launch for PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on 16 December in Japan. Deathsmiles is an arcade style shoot-em-up series with a gothic aesthetic. The collection will include the following: Deathsmiles• Arcade• Version 1.1• Normal Deathsmiles Mega Black Label• Arcade• Version 1.1• Normal Deathsmiles
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Game publisher Nacon and developer Cyanide have released a new trailer for Blood Bowl 3, this time featuring the Black Orcs, one of the new teams coming to the fantasy sports strategy game. You can check out the official overview of the new team below, followed by the Black Orcs announcement trailer. Tired of the amateur performance of the other
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Earlier this week, the crowdfunding campaign for Brian Christgau’s fantasy western comic book Six-Gun Gorilla: Cemetery Without Crosses achieved its initial funding goal, having raised more than $3 thousand at the time of this writing. Written by Christgau and illustrated by Preston Asevedo (Rockabilly Roadtrip), Cemetery Without Crosses is the eighth installment of the Six-Gun Gorilla series. Here’s the official
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Compile Heart has opened an official website for Senran Nin Nin Ninja Taisen Neptune: Shoujo-tachi no Kyouen, the action RPG crossover featuring characters from both the Senran Kagura and Hyperdimension Neptunia universes. You can check out the details below, followed by the announcement trailer and latest screenshots. ■ Story “Game Ninja World,” a world where all ninja gather. As the
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Independent comic book creator Mark Compton launched a crowdfunding campaign for Draculangela, a new 24-page book that, at the time of this writing, is only $15 away from reaching its initial funding goal on Indiegogo. Written by Compton and featuring illustrations by Carlos Rod Silva, colors by Walter Pereyra and letters Erik Enerfold, this first issue of Draculangela is intended
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During Nintendo’s recent Indie World showcase last week, Konami announced that they are planning to release a Getsu Fūma Den revival for both the Nintendo Switch and PC. Titled Getsu Fūma Den: Undying Moon, the game is a revival of a little-known 1987 Famicom game that never saw a release on Western NES consoles. The original 8-bit Getsu Fūma Den
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Over the weekend, Chimera Comics launched a crowdfunding campaign for Testament, a 52-page graphic novel that, at the time of this writing, is well on its way to becoming fully funded having raised more than $2,500 of a $4 thousand goal. Written by Chimera and featuring illustrations by Juliano Silva, colors by Marcos Martin, and letters by (drum roll, please…)
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Overnight, the crowdfunding campaign for CREED: Re-IMAGINARY ended successfully, crossing the blessed six figures threshold by raising more than $100 thousand in the closing hours. Published by Ethan Van Sciver’s ALL CAPS Comics and written and illustrated (and created) by Trent Kaniuga, Re-IMAGINARY is a revival of his CREED series from the 1990s. Kaniuga celebrated the close of the Re-IMAGINARY
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Game publisher Taito has announced that Puzzle Bobble VR: Vacation Odyssey will launch for Oculus Quest and Quest 2 on 20 May. Here’s what Taito president Tetsu Yamada had to say in the press release: “Virtual reality allows us to deliver a new approach to bubble-popping, allowing long-time fans and new players to experience Puzzle Bobble like never before and
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Forever Entertainment recently announced The House of the Dead: Remake is on the way to the Nintendo Switch. HotD Remake is a recreation of SEGA’s 1996 light gun arcade game, which eventually went on to spawn several sequels, spin-offs, and a very unfortunate film series. In HotD, up to two players can take on the role of either Thomas Rogan
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This past weekend, the crowdfunding campaign for ImaginAction Comics’ Raptor: The Preamble ended successfully, raising more than $4 thousand from 92 backers at closing time. Written by Ryan Haack, co-written by Bruce Berrueco and created/illustrated by Milton Aguiar, Raptor is a 54-page superhero origin story. Here’s the official pitch taken from the Raptor Indiegogo campaign page: Brian Brens returns to
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In what is quite possibly the best idea for a video game ever, publisher Ultimate Games S.A. has announced Riot Control Simulator, a police management simulation game by developer Corpix Games. It’s such a great idea, in fact, that I’m genuinely ashamed that I didn’t come up with it for an April Fool’s joke post. Riot Control Simulator is set
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Veteran independent comic book creator Brian Silverbax is back at the crowdfunding grind with Tales from Kerra Prime, a follow-up campaign to Kerra Prime Handbook which successfully funded in 2020. Tales from Kerra Prime is an 80+ page anthology graphic novel that features 15+ different stories, with 25+ creative contributions as part of a single connected universe. Tales from Kerra
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Earlier this week, independent comic book creator José Garcia launched a crowdfunding campaign for Lumina Vhox, an 80-page space fantasy book that, at the time of this writing, is well on its way to being fully funded with more than 70 percent of its goal raised so far. Written and illustrated by Garcia, Lumina Vhox combines elements of mythology and
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Game developer Alawar Premium recently announced that their 2D platformer They Always Run will be coming to Steam PC in 2021. The game is a genre mishmash of both western and sci-fi aesthetics and features a three-armed (not three-legged? *snick!*) mutant bounty hunter who is out to capture the most dangerous outlaws in the galaxy. Below is the full breakdown
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On Sunday, Riot Press Productions founder and independent comic book creator Patrick Thomas Parnell launched a crowdfunding campaign for Ultra Star: Operation Super N.O.V.A. 5, and the project was fully funded in less than twenty minutes.* Written and illustrated by Parnell and featuring cover art by Kenneth Rocafort (GROKEN), Ultra Star is a new superhero tale set in the Johnny
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The independent comic book creative team at Faeries and Ents launched a crowdfunding campaign for issue 3 of their fantasy series Life on Cora, which features a land of living rocks (none of whom are named “Geode”). Subtitled Oktaz Climbs, this third issue is written by Martin Fisher (Star Wars, Transformers) and features illustrations by Mike Jimmy De Bruin (Infinite
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On Thursday, publisher Top Hat Studios released their multiplayer puzzle game Potion Party for the Nintendo Switch. Featuring a colorful retro aesthetic, Potion Party invites you to maintain your own alchemy shop in either co-op or competitive modes with up to four players. Here’s the full breakdown of Potion Party from the game’s Nintendo Switch eShop page: Step into the
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Publisher ININ Games has released a new trailer for Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World, Studio Artdink’s modern update of Monster World IV. The new trailer is titled “Welcome to Monster World”, and it showcases quite a bit of the remake’s gameplay. You can check out the trailer for yourself below. Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World will launch for
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Earlier this week, independent comic book creator Larry Higgins launched a crowdfunding campaign for the second issue of Nyobi Birthright, a 24-page book that combines action, drama, and supernatural fantasy. Written by Higgins (Avani: Origins) and featuring illustrations by Samar Samio and colors by Dan Olvera (Puppet Master), issue two completes the story that began with Nyobi Birthright issue one.
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A prototype of the cancelled SEGA Dreamcast Castlevania game has been discovered by Sega Dreamcast Info Preservation Games, a French Dreamcast preservation website. Titled Castlevania: Resurrection, the 3D action adventure game was intended as a soft reboot of the Castlevania series. The prototype itself is a pre-E3 demo from 1999, and features five playable environments and a boss fight. While
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Earlier this month, Recurve Comics launched a crowdfunding campaign for Amazon Arrow: Immortal Reign, a 60-page graphic novel that combines superhero tale with mythological elements as “Three glamorous and immortal superheroines fight mythological monsters to save the world!” Here’s the official plot synopsis taken from the Amazon Arrow Indiegogo campaign page: For thousands of years, the death-defying heroine known as
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Game publisher Wired Productions has announced Arcade Paradise, an arcade management game for PC and consoles. Developed by Nosebleed Interactive, Arcade Paradise is scheduled to release sometime in 2021 for Steam PC, Xbox One, SeXbox, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch. You can check out the first Arcade Paradise trailer below, followed by a full breakdown of the game from Niche
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The crowdfunding campaign for the massively successful CyberFrog 2: Rekt Planet came to a close on Thursday, raising more than $1.2 million from nearly 12 thousand backers.* CyberFrog is the brainchild of renowned comic book creator, ALL CAPS COMICS founder and YouTube/Odysee host Ethan Van Sciver. With Rekt Planet, he is once again joined by colorist phenom Kyle Ritter (Starblades)
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