As part of Cotton’s 30th Anniversary celebration, ININ Games has announced an all-new game in the series: Cotton Fantasy. Developed by SUCCESS, Cotton Fantasy is a 2D horizontal shooter built from the ground up for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch (It will also be released in Japan under the title Cotton Rock ‘n’ Roll, FYI). This is the first new
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After receiving feedback from players, publisher Deck 13 and developer Red Koi Box recently released several updates to their genre-bending Faraday Protocol on PS4, PS5, SeXbox, Xbone, Nintendo Switch and Steam PC. Originally released in August, Faraday Protocol is a first-person puzzler designed to test your wits and intelligence more than your reflexes. Players use an ancient, pistol-like relic known
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I hate it when I feel like I’ve already covered something, but then I can’t seem to find it anywhere on the site. That is certainly the case with the Pageau Brothers’ God’s’Dog: Monster, though it’s quite possible that the odd use of apostrophes in the title are throwing off my searches. Bah! Anyway… in an effort to not let
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Do you even shwoop, brah? At the Winter 2021 INDIE Live Expo, publisher Phoenixx and developer VV-LABO announced that their head-to-head party action game Super UFO Fighter is coming to Nintendo Switch and Steam PC on 13 January 2022. Super UFO Fighter is the first game to be developed by VV-LABO, which is a small Tokyo-based studio made up of
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On Tuesday, game publisher Neowiz and developer Round8 Studio unveiled the first gameplay trailer for Lies of P, a “fantastically baroque” action RPG based on the Italian novel Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. The trailer shows off Pinocchio’s weapons, counter-attacks, and how his mechanical arm can be used for a number of unique actions, including as a grappling hook (the best
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Publisher RedDeer.games recently announced that it will co-develop a Nintendo Switch port of CHUCHEL for a 2022 release. Originally developed by Amanita Design and released on PC, Mac and mobile platforms in March 2018, CHUCHEL is described as “a comedy adventure game where the furry hero goes on an adventure to find a precious cherry.” …uh… sounds wholesome. Here’s the
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Earlier this week, independent film maker and fiction author Topher Chambers launched a crowdfunding campaign for The Black Book, a horror anthology comic book with Lovecraftian themes. Written by Chambers and illustrated by Jonathon Espinoza, The Black Book is intended as the first of a four-part series based on a novel by the same name. Here’s the official pitch taken
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CyberStep has announced a new spinoff based on CosmicBreak, their MMO shooting-action game. Tentatively titled CosmicBreak Slash, CyberStep describes it as a single-player hack-and-slash action game where players control CosmicBreak characters to battle hordes of enemies. So… a Musou style game, maybe. Not much else is currently known about CosmicBreak Slash, but you can expect to see it launch for
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The husband and wife creative team of Ryan and Jami Drost recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for Stealth Hammer issue 2 via Kickstarter. This all-ages comic is the follow up to… wait for it… Stealth Hammer issue 1, which was successfully crowdfunded in 2020. Written by Ryan Drost and featuring illustrations by Joel Jackson and colors by Christopher Sotomayor, Stealth
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Digerati Digital has announced that Bloody Rally Show now available for the PS4, Xbone, and Nintendo Switch. Developed by Kodo Linija, Bloody Rally Show is set in a dystopian future where deadly car combat has become the world’s favorite sport. Think Smash TV with cars. Here’s the breakdown of Bloody Rally Show from Digerati, followed by the game’s official trailer:
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Game publisher Hamster has announced that Black Heart, the bizarre, 2D arcade shooter, is now available on PS4 and Nintendo Switch as part of the digital Arcade Archives series. Originally released in arcades by UPL in 1991, Black Heart has never received an official home release until now. In Black Heart, players take control of Zil, who mounts his fishlike
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Publisher XSEED Games has announced that the fantasy farming adventure title Rune Factory 4 Special will be coming to PS4, Xbone and Steam PC on 7 December. Developed by Marvelous, Rune Factory 4 Special will also include bonus DLC titled “Another Episode”, free of charge. You can check out the official breakdown of RF4 Special from XSEED below, followed by
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Pet Piranha Comics recently launched an Indiegogo campaign campaign for Astral Vengeance issue 1, which is actually the fourth installment in the Astral series. The project is already fully funded, as the book was previously crowdfunded successfully on Kickstarter. Written by Jay Magnum and featuring pencils by Ariel Mendel, inks by Rudi Sucipto, and colors by Rohvel Yumul, Astral Vengeance
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*Disclosure: A copy of Panorama Cotton was provided to The Splintering for the purposes of this review. With that disclosure out of the way, I would like to now say, “THANK YOU” to ININ Games for the review copy of Panorama Cotton! I enjoyed the heck out of this game! I guess I spoiled the outcome of this review up
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On Wednesday, publisher Ratalaika Games announced that 2D horizontal shooter Gynoug is scheduled to release on 12 November for PS4, Xbone and Nintendo Switch via each platform’s digital storefronts. Originally developed by NCS and released in 1991 for the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive (under the title Wings of Wor in the US), Gynoug combines horror and fantasy elements into the tried-and-true
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ININ Games has been on quite a roll while celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Cotton franchise. Originally created in 1991 for the Sharp X68000 computer (X68K), the first Cotton game helped to popularize the “cute-em-up” sub-genre of the 2D, side-scrolling shooter. The series would spawn several sequels, including a 1994 release for the Super Famicom (aka the Super Nintendo)
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On Tuesday, ZOOM Platform released the Kao the Kangaroo: Complete Kaollection for PC. Sure, the full trilogy has been available on PC platforms for a while, but the big news is that a brand new Kao the Kangaroo game is currently being planned for 2022. Originally created by Polish developer Tate Multimedia, the Kao the Kangaroo games are 3D platformers
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Game publisher KRAFTON, Inc. has announced that top-down tactical shooter Thunder Tier One will be available on 7 December via Steam. Touted for its realistic take on military strategy, Thunder Tier One pits players against a violent terrorist organization in post-Cold War Eastern Europe. Here’s the official breakdown of Thunder Tier One from the game’s Steam page below, followed by
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G-DEVS has announced that Star Shift Origins is coming to PC on 8 November. Inspired by retro JRPG classics such as Final Fantasy 7 and Chrono Trigger, Star Shift Origins tells a sci-fi tale with a throwback aesthetic. Here’s the official breakdown of Star Shift Origins from G-DEVS: Star Shift Origins tells the story of the first Crew of the
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“Greetings, travelers…” Over the weekend, independent comic book creator Robert Geronimo launched a crowdfunding campaign for Blood Realm: Wrath of Kings, a unique entry into the renowned Blood Realm fantasy saga. As the creator of the franchise (which is published by Alterna Comics), Geronimo has – so far – provided all of the Blood Realm stories and illustrations himself. With
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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 and fellow Splintering contributor George Travlos got another chance to discuss recent comic book news. This week, we discussed the closing days of Parnell’s Sleepy Hollow campaign, recent happenings from The Splintering’s Festival of Dread Halloween event,
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It’s 1996, and Capcom was being a total tease by not releasing Street Fighter III. Instead, Capcom was intent on flooding the fighting game market with X-Men: Children of the Atom, the Street Fighter Alpha series, and what is arguably their most adventurous take on the fighting genre up to that time: the Darkstalkers series. Released under the title Vampire:
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On Thursday, game developer Jeff Winner and publisher 1C Entertainment announced that Horror Story: Hallowseed has left Early Access and version 1.0 is now fully available on PC. Horror Story: Hallowseed is described as a “story-driven psychological horror game following a terrorized man in search of his missing friends.” The full release boasts a number of changes over the Early
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On Thursday, the small group of intellectual property lawyers who call themselves Atari announced that retro revival Black Widow: Recharged is now available for pc and consoles. Developed in collaboration with Adamvision Studios and SneakyBox Studios, Black Widow: Recharged is a sequel to the original twin-stick shooter developed by Atari, and has nothing to do with Scarlett Johanson in a
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things creepy and crawly. Renowned artist and animator Bruce Timm is primarily known for his iconic takes on the DC animated universe, starting with Batman the Animated Series. However, Tim’s trademark style isn’t limited to the world of superheroics. Over the years, he’s crafted a remarkable number
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering’s month-long celebration of all things unnerving and undead! Today we’re going to take a look at Otis Stein, a 28-page, black and white horror book written by Matthew D. Vealey, illustrated by Carlos F. Rodriguez, and published by Shinny’s Comics. Fair warning – there will be some spoilers. I’ve been able
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On Wednesday, independent game developer Skydash Studios released Touhou Multi Scroll Shooting 2 on Steam PC. Crafted as a derivative of other Touhou Project works, Touhou Multi Scroll Shooting 2 is a “top-down, 3D bullet storm shooter featuring 3 female characters in sexy costumes.” There’s also no time wasted on plot or story sequences, just hot chicks dodging bullets and
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Welcome back to the Festival of Dread, The Splintering‘s month-long celebration of all things devilish and demented! We’re marking the occasion with a new edition of Box Art Bombshells, where we reveal the completely fabricated super really-real events that inspired some of the wackiest and weirdest box art from gaming history. Today, we’re the Castlevania-like 2D action platformer for the
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On Tuesday, independent comic book creator Dan Plegel launched a crowdfunding campaign for The Goblin Girl, a girthy 80+ page (64+ pages of story), dark humor fantasy book bursting at the seams with assets. The project is already fully funded, having raised more than $5 thousand at the time of this writing. Written and illustrated by Plegel and featuring colors
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On Tuesday, independent game developer Sugar Rush Studios announced the release of its inaugural game, At Eve’s Wake, a pscychological horror visual novel. Inspired by the work of H.P. Lovecraft, At Eve’s Wake is described as an “interactive horror story” with “players discovering the family they never knew and uncovering their sinister practices.” Here’s the official breakdown of At Eve’s
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