12 Minutes ticks every box as it unravels a complex yet enticing narrative around a young couple stuck in a never-ending time loop. When you hear that actors Daisy Ridley, James McAvoy and Willem Dafoe are going to be in a game, you assume that this will be something very special indeed. Of course, only
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With its initial reveal all the way back in 2015, the upcoming 12 Minutes from Annapurna Interactive stuck out for its unique premise as an interactive, narrative-driven thriller that brings players into a time loop. While it’s been some time since we last heard about the game, a new developer update from the team working on
You’re not a real gamer unless you are decked out in video game clothing or have gaming collectibles strewn all about your home, right? As such, it’s important to ensure that you have as many gaming-related items as possible to ensure that your gamer license doesn’t get revoked. Collectibles and assorted gaming merchandise can come
Few games have managed to capture the life of being a nebulous hole as well as Donut County has, and well…not a lot of other games actually have done that, really. But in any event, the charming indie title released in 2018 has steadily made its way to other platforms over the past few years,
Luis Antonio’s anticipated story-driven cult, Twelve Minutes, has been in development for over five years now, and despite targeting a 2020 release date, it seems the game will now be launched in 2021. According to the official Steam page of Twelve Minutes, the game has been planned to launch in 2021. While we should wait until we hear the
Video games are often far too defined by their ability to tell stories like a movie or TV show would. Games like Ghost of Tsushima and The Last of Us Part II are wonderful games in their own right, but they perpetuate the idea that cinematic storytelling is the end-all and be-all of interactive storytelling.
In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Abzu developer Giant Squid has confirmed The Pathless will launch on November 12 as a PlayStation 5 launch title, as well as the PlayStation 4. “I’m excited to announce that you will be able to play The Pathless on your new PlayStation 5 the minute you get your
Much like the previous two games from Richard Hogg and Ricky Haggett (Hohokum and Wilmot’s Warehouse), I Am Dead oozes offbeat, chill charm with a familiar, relaxing and unique art style. Unlike their last two games, however, it’s much more grounded in reality. And unlike the trailers make it looks like, it’s not some gritty, hyper-realistic
As two of last year’s most critically-acclaimed games, The Outer Worlds and Outer Wilds were major successes in light of the fact that the two happened to share incredibly similar names, were both set in outer space, and involved exploration. The confusion that resulted between trying to identify both games was one of 2019’s most prolonged running jokes,
If Found… is the latest release from popular artistic publisher Annapurna Interactive as well as the newest creation from Irish developer Dreamfeel. The game focuses on a young woman named Kasio as she travels to an unknown planet known simply as “Planet X,” where she discovers a black hole. After deciding to enter the black
Nathan Vella, the co-founder and former CEO of Capybara Games, recently revealed that he joined indie studio Annapurna Interactive as an executive board member about six months ago. He made the announcement on his official Twitter, while showing off an image of his new digs. Which, admittedly, looks pretty gorgeous: Excited to finally share my
With the release of Her Story in 2015, game designer Sam Barlow mixed together the elements of FMV and interactive narrative into a unique storytelling experience. After the success of Her Story, last year’s Telling Lies continued what Her Story started with a more complex narrative and a deeper mystery for players to discover, with the game now
Annapurna Interactive and thatgamecompany will be bringing its critically acclaimed adventure game Journey to Steam on June 11. A Steam page for Journey is now up, allowing players to add the game to their wishlists. It also lists the June 11 as the “planned release date.” The Steam version will include Steam achievements, full controller
With the hot successes of Sayonara Wild Hearts, Outer Wilds, Florence, and What Remains of Edith Finch, Annapurna Interactive has become one of the most attractive game publishers this generation. Similarly to Devolver Digital, Annapurna has a diverse lineup of games that will more or less have something of interest to most gamers. After being
Over the last few years, Annapurna Interactive has consistently pushed out high-quality, diverse indie games. From What Remains of Edith Finch to Florence to Outer Wilds, the team has proven to have an eye for artful, story-driven games. Their next publishing effort is Dreamfeel’s If Found, a gorgeous interactive visual novel. Today, the publisher revealed
Annapurna Interactive has been on a roll lately with a string of critically and commercially-successful games such as Sayonara Wild Hearts, Untitled Goose Game, and Wattam. The company in particular has had a specific eye for quirky, colorful, and unusual indie games with a heavy narrative focus, with the publisher revealing a new title that will be arriving
Last fall, developer Simogo, and publisher Annapurna Interactive partnered to put out the excellent Sayonara Wild Hearts. The rhythm-action game was a hit critically, picking up several end-of-the-year awards. The soundtrack and visual design are phenomenal, combining to make one of the must-play games of 2019. And now, we could very well be seeing many
No matter how many times it happens in life, change is always around the corner. Sometimes it comes to us at the perfect moment, while other times it’ll come at the worst time. One game that tackles the concept of change is Florence, published by Annapurna Interactive and developed by first-time developer Mountains. The game
Kentucky Route Zero is probably the most intellectual game I have ever played. It’s a five-episode title that made me feel dumber and dumber the more I played through it. It doesn’t do it on purpose (I think), but it made me realize that I should try and better myself when it comes to my
With its first episode released in January 2013, seven years later the entire experience of Kentucky Route Zero has finally come full circle. Last week saw the release of the long-awaited fifth and final Act of the episodic, surreal adventure game series, along with its debut on consoles with the TV Edition. If you’ve been waiting
After releasing on mobile devices for iOS and Android in 2018, Annapurna Interactive has today announced that Florence will finally be heading to more platforms. Next week on February 13, 2020, Florence will finally be coming to PC, Mac, and perhaps most appropriately, the Nintendo Switch. The game will retail for only $5.99 and will be available via
In an interview with Gamesindustry.biz, Outer Wilds‘ Loan Verneau says subscription services like Xbox Game Pass “unlock the market to weirder things.” “We’re on Game Pass for Xbox, and it’s been really awesome becuase I think it’s brought a lot of players to the game who would not have known about it otherwise,” says Verneau,
The 20th edition of the Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) are coming up quickly and as of today, we now know which games from the past year are in line to earn top honors at the event. GDC released the full list of nominees for the awards show today and most of the games that
It has taken a long time to get to this point, but Kentucky Route Zero is finally set to reach its conclusion in just a few weeks. After being pushed out of its initially planned release window of 2018, Cardboard Computer and Annapurna Interactive finally have a release date for the fifth and final act of
As 2019 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2019 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just
You ever play through an entire video game and look back on your time wondering “what the heck did I just play?” If you haven’t, Wattam might be worth a playthrough just to experience one of the oddest games out there. Granted, that’s kind of what designer Keita Takahashi is known for, but even games
In a blog post in 2016, Swedish developer Simogo talked about “Project Night Road,” which began production after launching the Wii U version of Year Walk. After working on several games for PC, Mac and iOS, the team wanted to do something bigger, faster and more direct. Several years later, we have Sayonara Wild Hearts,
Telling Lies is the latest project from Her Story developer Sam Barlow and publisher Annapurna Interactive. Like Her Story, the game uses both non-linear story-telling and full motion video to spin a captivating tale. Check out the E3 trailer below. Whereas Her Story only followed one character, Telling Lies lets you into the lives of
Over seven years after originally releasing on PS3, thatgamecompany’s critically acclaimed title Journey will finally be making its way to PC for the first time next week. Announced today by the game’s PC publisher Annapurna Interactive, Journey is finally set to arrive on PC on June 6, 2019, which is next Thursday. The game will retail for
Mobius Digital’s sci-fi game Outer Wilds, not to be confused with Obsidian Entertainment’s The Outer Worlds, finally received a release date over three years and nine months after its Fig crowdfunding campaign ended. The game is poised to hit Xbox One as well as PC via the Epic Games Store on May 30, as revealed