On Tuesday, Retro Graphic Books launched a crowdfunding campaign for Tyger Blue, a new 52-page, black-and-white graphic novel. The project is already fully funded, having raised more than 250 percent of its initial funding goal for a running total of more than $5 thousand at the time of this writing. Written by Matthew Fowler (Seicho 66, Dixie Rose) and featuring
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On Tuesday, game developer Drillimation Systems released an announcement trailer for a third installment in their Chuhou Joutai series. The new trailer doesn’t show off any actual gameplay, only some work-in-progress visuals. Chuhou Joutai’s two lead protagonists, Susumu Takajima and Kagami Ochiai will both be receiving new outfits, which are also featured in the trailer. The trailer also suggests that
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Publisher Flynn’s Arcade has announced that Dexter Stardust will be coming to Nintendo Switch, Steam PC, and iOS on 3 March. Developed by Dexter Team Games, Dexter Stardust is a point and click adventure game in the spirit of the classics. Gamers walk, talk, and interact with their surroundings, collecting various items to solve a variety of puzzles and experience
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Joe M. Sonntag took a page out of Sean Ahrendt’s playbook and participated in a “trunk sale” to crowdfund his Reaper Destroyer ashcan. People who wanted to get a comic con-style preview of his upcoming crowdfunded venture were asked to reach out to him via one of his social media accounts to order one. After paying $20 (shipping included) this
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EON46 recently announced that their co-op heist game The Smugglers is coming to Steam PC later this year (that’s 2022 if you’ve lost track of time – can’t blame ya’). In The Smugglers, players can choose to take on the role of law enforcement or, of course, criminal smugglers. Naturally, the criminals are hoping to smuggle illicit and dangerous goods,
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Over the weekend, the crowdfunding campaign for Iconic Comics’ Kamen America volume 5 crossed the blessed $100 thousand threshold, having raised nearly $105 thousand at the time of this writing. This latest Kickstarter campaign is the third Kamen America project to raise more than $100 thousand. Written by Mark Pellegrini and illustrated by Timothy Lim, Kamen America is a superhero
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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. The Splintering contributor George Travlos was away on assignment. This week, we discussed the latest on Patrick’s ongoing Johnny Phantasm Extreme ‘93 campaign, the final countdown for G.I.Joe
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On Thursday, independent comic book creator Fresher Luke launched a crowdfunding campaign for issue 2 of Forsaken Gods, a 64-page follow-up to the first issue that was successfully crowdfunded in August 2020. Written and illustrated by Luke, Forsaken Gods is a supernatural fantasy about the rediscovery of a nigh-forgotten war between the gods. Here’s the official plot synopsis taken from
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QUByte Interactive has announced that the classic puzzle adventure game The Humans is returning this February as QUByte Classics – The Humans for Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbone and SeXbox. Developed by PIKO Interactive, QUByte Classics – The Humans three games from The Humans series: the SEGA Genesis, Game Boy and PC versions (what- no Atari Jaguar version?!). Here’s the
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On Wednesday, independent comic book creator and Dojo Kun Comics founder Brian Menard* launched a crowdfunding campaign for Tōrō Tales, an 88-page anthology book featuring the work of multiple creative teams. According to Menard, the work on the Tōrō Tales book itself is already completed, so other than printing, shipping and the bonus swag, there should be fewer barriers to
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On Wednesday, Chimera Comics launched a crowdfunding campaign for SOS Volume 3, a 50-page black & white graphic novel. The campaign is off to a solid start, having already raised more than a fourth of its initial funding goal. Written by “Chimera” and featuring illustrations and lettering by Ibai Canales (Iron Sights, The Abductables), SOS is described as “a dark
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Game publisher Untold Tales recently announced that What Lies in the Multiverse will be officially released on 4 March for Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbone, SeXbox, Epic Games Store, GOG and Steam PC. Co-developed by indie studios Studio Voyager and IguanaBee, What Lies in the Multiverse is a story-driven platforming adventure with pixelated visual aesthetic. Here’s the official breakdown of
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“Don’t rattle me Swords & Bones!” Polish publisher RedDeer.Games recently announced that they will release the retro-inspired platformer Swords & Bones for Nintendo Switch. Developed by SEEP (a two-man team of brothers) Swords & Bones is designed for the retro gaming aficionado, featuring RPG elements and throwback pixel art aesthetics. Here’s the official breakdown of Swords & Bones from RedDeer.Games,
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Ultra Star was the first issue of a solo-owned IP that Parnell decided to bring to crowdfunding, and is the first campaign of Patrick Thomas Parnell’s that I have backed. He has done four previous campaigns surrounding his Johnny Phantasm IP, for which he is the co-creator and artist. Johnny Phantasm’s abstract art style and Beetlejuice-meets-Scarface story never really appealed
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The small group of intellectual property lawyers who call themselves Atari has revealed a new trailer for Breakout Recharged. Breakout Recharged is the fourth game in Atari’s “Recharged” retro revival line, joining Missile Command, Black Widow, and Centipede, which are all currently available. For those young’uns out there unfamiliar with Breakout, it’s one of the original releases in a long
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Double-fisting, incoming! On Monday, celebrated comic book creator and Compass Comics founder Graham Nolan launched a crowdfunding campaign for Giant-Size Two-Fisted Manly Tales, a 100+ page anthology book featuring the work of over a dozen veteran comic book creators, including those listed below: Writers: Chuck Dixon, Mike Baron, Beau Smith & Tim Rozon, Kevin Greviouix, and Graham Nolan Artists: Michael
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Over the weekend, independent comic book creator and Chibi Comics founder Michael (Mike) Murphy launched a crowdfunding campaign for Longshadow and the Prince of Echoes, a full length, high-fantasy pulp novel. Written by Murphy (Samurai and Dinosaurs, The Gods Fear Me), Longshadow is a sword and sorcery adventure featuring an ogre detective named – wait for it – Longshadow. It
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Kemco recently announced that their fantasy RPG Ambition Record will be coming to Xbone, SeXbox, and Windows 10 devices on 4 February. A Steam PC version is also in the works, but a release date has not been confirmed. Ambition Record started its life on mobile platforms, so it’s nice to see that gamers will finally get a chance to
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Who will win the game of spies, superheroes and assassins? Today we’re going to take a look at Black Bishop, at 32-page one-shot comic published by Evoluzione. Some story spoilers will follow! Written and created by Marcel Dupree, co-written by Guido Martinez and illustrated by Gaurav Shrivastava, Black Bishop is an action-packed spy adventure set in a world where governments and
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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. The Splintering contributor George Travlos was away on assignment. This week, we discussed the latest on Patrick’s ongoing Johnny Phantasm Extreme ‘93 campaign, and the potential prospects of
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Remembering Comic Book Creator Marshall Rogers On His Birthday, January 22
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Game publisher CFK recently announced that their horror thriller Who Is Zombie will be released on both Steam PC and Nintendo Switch sometime this February. The world of 2033 is teeming with the walking dead, and players must help to protect the remaining remnants from the Zombocalypse. How? By becoming a supervising screener at a civilian refugee shelter. So, Paperz
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ININ Games recently announced that Cotton Fantasy will be released for Nintendo Switch and PS4 this spring, in both digital and physical formats. Released this past December in Japan under the title Cotton Rock ‘n’ Roll, this is the first new game in the Cotton series since 2003’s Magical Pachinko Cotton on PS2. Cotton Fantasy is developed by SUCCESS and
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On Thursday, Gavra Games announced that their turn-based roguelite game Warriors: Rise to Glory has risen from Steam Early Access and received a full release, including both the multiplayer and single-player campaign modes. Described as “an accessible but surprisingly deep turn-based gladiator game”, Warriors: Rise to Glory features battles of great reward, but with the threat of permadeath constantly looming
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Today we’ll be reviewing the crowdfunded comic book campaign Alien Alamo by Compass Comics.
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On Thursday, KEMCO released their genre-bending adventure RPGolf Legends for PS4, PS5, Xbone, SeXbox, and Nintendo Switch. As the title implies, RPGolf Legends features elements from both RPGs and golf sports games, as you fight monsters with a magical golf club. As someone who once had his ear split in half by an errant golf swing, I can attest to
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Veteran comic book creator Gabriel “Gabe” Eltaeb recently revealed that he intends to launch a crowdfunding campaign for an all-new independent project titled Truth Justice American Way, a 64-page superhero graphic novel. Eltaeb made the announcement on a recent livestream hosted on Ethan Van Sciver’s Comic Artist Pro Secrets YouTube channel, which you can watch here. Eltaeb recently resigned from
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Today we’re unboxing our Indiegogo-exclusive copy of Shi Omnibus: Volume 1 by Crusade Comics. It arrived with a pretty massive hole in the side, but did the book sustain any damage in transit? Watch to find out! Thanks for watching today. We appreciate all feedback – positive, constructive, or colorful. Thanks for reading! Please consider following The Splintering on social
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Games Incubator is asking gamers to volunteer to playtest Police Shootout: Prologue before the game’s official release on Steam. Police Shootout: Prologue is a first-person adventure blending action and mystery as gamers learn what it’s like to hold the thin blue line between order and chaos. Here’s the official breakdown of the game from the Police Shootout: Prologue Steam page:
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It’s pronounced “Rasslin’!” VICO Game Studio and Reverb Triple XP recently announced that Action Arcade Wrestling will launch on the Nintendo Switch this February. Aimed at 90s-era pro wrestling fans, Action Arcade Wrestling features cel-shaded visuals and a simplified two-button control scheme designed for maximum chair-smashing, choke-slamming fun, even if you’re a bit of a novice. You can check out
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