It seems to be on the forefront of every person’s mind that plays Portal Knights that it’s trying to be Minecraft. And that’s understandable, Minecraft is arguably one of the most sensationally successful franchises to grace the gaming community. However, just because imitation is the best form

Years ago, Shigeru Miyamoto had an interview with 4Gamer about the release of Pikmin 3. During that 2013 interview, he talked about prototype tests for Pikmin on the DS and 3DS. “The truth is we were doing prototype tests of Pikmin for the DS and 3DS but it turned into

The market for shooter games seem to have been taking on a softer face recently. Gigantic recently burst on the scene with bright, cartoony graphics, Splatoon 2 has put a colorful coat of paint over the competitive scene, and Overwatch all but celebrates a loss, awarding experience points and softening

When Asmodee bought up some of the entities within F2Z Entertainment, a few groups decided to create their own publisher, and Plan B Games was born.  Their inaugural original game comes from designer Emerson Matsuuchi, creator of the hits VOLT: Robot Battle Arena and Specter Ops.  He sat me through

If you’ve seen any of my posts about White Wizard Games, you know that I thought they had something special with Star Realms before it was even released.  Since then they have released Epic and Hero Realms.  I stopped by at Origins and talked to Robert Dougherty about their

Pacific Rim, MechWarrior, Robotech, Gundam, Heavy Gear, Front Mission, Armored Core, Virtual On, Steel Battalion — the list goes on nearly forever and proves one simple fact: we are in love with giant robots. Skydance Interactive (spawned from Skydance Media – the studio that brought you Jack Reacher, Star Trek Beyond, Life,

Calliope Games is a company that consistently publishes fun family games.  While their biggest hit is the path-creating Tsuro, they have several other fun games.  If you haven’t tried Hive Mind, you owe it to yourself to check it out.  Soon Calliope will be releasing two new games, Ancestree

Being a small publisher can make it difficult to get off the ground.  However, sometimes you’ll find some creative ideas behind those publishers.  I took a look at Overlords of Infamy from Obscure Reference Games to see what kind of creativity they had behind it.