Screenshot: Sketchbook Games
Lost Words: Beyond the Page is poised to snag a second lease on life. First released last spring as a Stadia exclusive, the idyllic puzzle-platformer from Sketchbook Games, officially released yesterday for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and the Switch (where I’ve been playing).
Lost Words sports the sheen of star power: Rhianna Pratchett, of
Tomb Raider and
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Lost Words, nothing is more powerful than language. You play as Izzy, a young girl with big dreams of becoming a writer. Half of the game plays out on the pages of Izzy’s journal, as you leap from line to line of scrawled text in elementary platforming segments.
Photo: Dutchmen Photography (Shutterstock)
Today is March 10, which means it’s a Mar10 Day! To celebrate the plumber with the meanest mustache in the game, Nintendo has reduced the price of some straight-up bangers by 35 percent.
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According to Yahoo, you can currently cop some of Mario’s best adventures on the Switch for just under 40 bucks. If you’ve been a longtime Nintendo fan, you know that it’s an event whenever they decide to put some of their games on sale. In fact, today’s discounts mark the lowest prices for some of the games included. And just what games are included in the sale?
Star Wars: The Mandalorian Bo-Katan Kryze Sixth-Scale Figure
While we’ve had a few teases at this point, Hot Toys has now officially revealed its official look at the 1/6-scale recreation of the Mand’alor that could be: Bo-Katan, the last of House Kryze, and one time wielder of the Dark Saber. Featuring an alternate headsculpt depicting the likeness of Kate Sackhoff, the 11 figure also comes with her trusty dual blasters, alternate posing hands, a grappling wire to attach to her gauntlets, a comlink, and a detachable jetpack that comes complete with flight effects. She’s set to release in the middle of 2022, so like Bo herself, you’ve got a while to wait until she can lead.your action figure collection. [Hot Toys]
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How idle does a video game have to be before we label it an “idle game”? Can a game be a perfect mobile game if it’s not available on mobile? Is it still “tower defense” if you’re rooting for the little dude to make it through? Will these goddamn vampires get off my back for a second so I can drop my food orbs back off at camp? These are the kinds of questions that race through my mind while playing
Loop Hero, the new small-dose strategy game out this week on Steam from Four Quarters, and published by Devolver Digital. Which means I’ve been thinking about this stuff a lot, because
PC Developer Issues Takedown Notice Against Its Own Game, Claims Publisher Pirated It
Illustration: Frogware
The Sinking City developer Frogwares has publicly accused former publisher Nacon of pirating the Lovecraftian adventure game for its recent re-release on Steam, the arrival of which put the Ukrainian studio in the weird position of asking potential customers not to purchase its own game last week.
Advertisement that the game was removed from Steam earlier today at the request of developers Frogwares, who issued a DMCA takedown notice against publisher Nacon which Valve “responded to”. Original story follows.
On February 26, following the game’s sudden appearance on Steam, Frogwares tweeted that “we do not recommend the purchase” of