If you’re not yet familiar with us or our game, hi! We’re Ska Studios, a husband and wife team that’s been making deliciously bloody indie games for like eight years now (what!?). We’re working on a game called Salt and Sanctuary, an insanely ambitious platformer that aims to capture the “Soulslike” genre, faithfully reimagine it…
Microsoft launched Windows 10 last summer as a free upgrade for customers using Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Of course, the software isn’t completely free: you must own a valid (read: Genuine) copy of the older operating systems in order to upgrade to the latest and greatest. To buy Windows 10 outright, the “Home” version…
Double Dragon II: The Revenge is an action game that was released by Technos Japan in 1989. In order to avenge your girlfriend Marian, Billy and Jimmy use their signature move So-Setsu-Ken to challenge mysterious armed forces. In the game, players can use even more skills than the previous entry in the franchise which leads…
Games are perfect for creating complex worlds and stories to get lost in, particularly action games where emotions are high and your moment-to-moment decisions mean life or death. As a developer I like telling unique stories and watching as players change the narrative based on what they do. I’m happy to finally announce our game…
You know that moment: the moment you lose you work because you saved a little too late, or completely forgot save. The moment you look down at your palms. It’s a terrible feeling, especially when your computer crashes. This is why if you’re writing something, do it using Google Docs. Unfortunately, if you’re using Windows…
4K? A-OK Ah, the Turbo. How we love thee, with thy i7 CPU and heaps of memory. With clock speeds fast and FPS high, thy power has the ability to make one cry. Well, maybe not cry, but we still look forward to building the Turbo each season. The Turbo is our power rig, only…
Welcome back! This week, Ryan talks to Jeremy from PopCap about Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, while Sid finally faces his fear of MOBAs and shares his impressions of Epic’s accessible-yet-hardcore Paragon. Justin is once again crippled by his inability to choose between Destiny and Final Fantasy XIV, and we can only assume Nick…
It’s the Final Countdown Yesterday we did an in-depth look at Ashes of the Singularities’ new marquee feature, Explicit Multi-Adapter support, which allows the engine to potentially use any DX12 GPUs it can find to improve performance. In practice, you’ll want to stick with similar performance cards, but you’re not beholden to AMD or Nvidia….
Top Deal: Your choice of monitor isn’t something to take lightly. After all, it’s the one piece of equipment you’ll stare at each and every time you use your PC. The first thing to do is to figure out a set of criteria. Looking for something big? And wide? With FreeSync support? And doesn’t cost…
End of an era For nearly 13 years, Slysoft has been fighting the good fight by releasing software that allowed people to make backups of their optical media, both for games and movies. It’s also been the target of immense government pressure, and in a short statement on its website, the company announced that it’s…