Sleight of Hand launches Day One on Xbox Game Pass for Xbox Series X|S & PC
Sleight of Hand launches Day One on Xbox Game Pass for Xbox Series X|S & PC
RiffRaff Games (@RiffRaffDev) confirmed that their third-person card-slinging occult noir stealth sim, Sleight of Hand, will launch day one on @XboxGamePass for Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC in 2025. The powerhouse team at RiffRaff Games, helmed by multi-award-winning noir puzzle game FRAMED creator Joshua Boggs will also bring Sleight of Hand to Steam.
Step into the gumshoes of Lady Luck (voiced by Debi Mae West, Metal Gear Solid’s Meryl Silverburgh), a revered former occult detective fated to return for one final job: taking down her former Coven. Her departure was less than amicable; last time, she lost her left hand. Too tired to fight fate any longer, and with more overdue bills than bucks to her name, Lady Luck strikes out to Steeple City with cursed deck in hand, ready to track down everyone from her past life.
Slink through a hard-boiled city rife with taboo, where knowledge of ritual magic and possession of cursed artifacts separate the haves and the have-nots. Wield Lady Luck’s cursed cards to cast a smoke-based menagerie of magic. Navigate around patrolling ruffians by Evaporating into smoke. Faced with a group of huddled-up goons? Even the odds by intertwining their fates with the Chain Smoker card — now any cards cast affect them all at once. Snuff them out with a lethal card, or choose an affliction to help Lady Luck sneak right past.
Silently take out enemies using powerful card and state combos. Inaccessible guard causing problems with a spotlight? Take him out by marking his position with a Hex card, which tags any target within line of sight. Once Hexed, other cards combo with this state, like Peekaboo, which teleports the player behind any Hexed target in view. While lurking behind the unsuspecting goon, you don't need a card to know a silent takedown is the next play to get through.
Upgrade the deck and assemble the perfect hand for each highly replayable level, all built to encourage experimentation. Stick to subterfuge with Glimpse to see enemies behind walls and blind them with Ignorance to slip by undetected. Become a wickeder witch by taking out guards in one shot with Hand Cannon.
Discover hidden passwords to access secret pathways through speakeasies and interrogate former friends of Lady Luck’s ex-coven to settle "old debts." Gain new powers, intel, and cards to bring the coven leader in. Just hope the cards pulled come out in Lady Luck’s favor.
Sleight of Hand will be released on Xbox Series X|S and PC via Xbox Game Pass and Steam in 2025.
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Dune: Awakening Shows Off Stunning Unreal Engine 5 Gameplay & More
Dune: Awakening Shows Off Stunning Unreal Engine 5 Gameplay & More
Funcom (@Funcom) revealed a stunning new gameplay trailer and featurette for Dune: Awakening, the first episode of the new Dune: Awakening Direct series. Embark on a breathtaking journey across Arrakis with Oscar-winning Cinematographer for Dune: Part 1 & Dune: Part 2 Greig Fraser, and Funcom Creative Director Joel Bylos, as they give us a glimpse at what it takes to bring Dune to life.
After announcing Dune: Awakening back in 2022, Funcom has kept its cards close to its chest. With the release of Dune: Part 2 this weekend, however, the developers are finally ready to uncover what has been growing beneath the sand’s surface this whole time.
In Creating Worlds: From Book to Film to Game, Funcom takes us on a breathtaking journey into the heart of Arrakis, featuring never-before-seen footage from the game. Interviews with Greig Fraser, academy award-winning Cinematographer on Villeneuve’s Dune Part 1 and 2, and Funcom Creative Director, Joel Bylos, reveal the creative overlap between Dune: Awakening and the recent movies. Get a glimpse at what it takes to bring the ultimate Dune fantasy to life.
Following Creating Worlds, the Survive Arrakis Trailer explodes out of the sand with colossal sandworms and soaring ornithopters. Gather materials to build your base in the style of your choosing, explore the deadly deserts in a variety of vehicles, learn deadly techniques and abilities from the Great Schools of the Imperium, and rise from survival to dominance. Witness the awesome scale and freedom of a living Arrakis.
Dune: Awakening combines the grit and creativity of survival games with the social interactivity of a large, persistent multiplayer game to create a unique and ambitious open-world survival MMO. Dune: Awakening is more sandbox than theme park. The emphasis lies in the freedom it offers in choosing and pursuing your goals, and the emergent moments that arise as they clash with that of other players.
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INDIE Live Expo Reveals First 2024 Showcase, Coming May 25th
INDIE Live Expo Reveals First 2024 Showcase, Coming May 25th
INDIE Live Expo (@INDIELiveExpoEN), the leading online digital showcase series for indie games in Japan, announces the date for its first 2024 event happening on Saturday, May 25th, 2024. With more than 10 million views during INDIE Live Expo Winter 2023, and 98.7 million views since the series inception in 2020, this May’s upcoming showcase marks the 10th ever INDIE Live event, commemorated by an all-new logo.
Serving as a gateway between indie scenes across the globe, INDIE Live Expo offers English, Japanese, and Chinese broadcasts. Viewers can tune in for the return of the rapid-fire “INDIE Waves” segment showcasing dozens of short-form content updates across a plethora of titles, and witness a deep dive into a new local indie scene with the return of “Indie Studios Around the World”.
“Our favorite time of year is when submissions open!” Said Ryuta Konuma, Founder and CEO, Ryu’s Office. “The possibilities within indie gaming are truly endless, which was the main inspiration behind our new logo. Every year we are wowed by such innovative indies that we could have never imagined. Many thanks to our supporters who make our show possible every year!”
Developers and indie game enthusiasts interested in information about future INDIE Live Expo events and opportunities can sign up for the INDIE Live Expo Letter here.
Fans who cannot wait until May can rewatch DAY1 and DAY2 of INDIE Live Expo Winter 2023 on YouTube.
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Build Your Empire: 'Rise of Industry 2' Coming to Xbox, PS5, and PC
Build Your Empire: 'Rise of Industry 2' Coming to Xbox, PS5, and PC
Rise of Industry 2 (@RiseofIndustry), the innovative sequel to the hit indie business tycoon game is coming to Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC. Navigate the competitive industrial landscape of vibrant 1980's USA!
Become the ultimate 80’s business magnate in this industry-building tycoon, Rise of Industry 2. Make strategic manufacturing decisions, optimize production chains, acquire technologies, and expand your global business network with key contacts. Opportunities await those savvy enough to capitalize on them!
1980's USA is a place of rapid innovation, globalization and unprecedented profits. From establishing profitable production chains to rubbing shoulders with the great and the good of the corporate world, Rise of Industry 2 offers an immersive business tycoon experience for both casual tycoon players and wannabe CEOs.
Rise of Industry 2 enters a new era in more ways than one, with development studio SomaSim taking over development to bring fresh new ideas to the boardroom, as well as a stylistic new art style and exciting new ways for players to become an industry leader.
For the first time, players can climb the business ladder across 15 unique and exciting scenarios in the all-new campaign mode, while still defining their own success in the returning sandbox mode. Social connections also come to the series where players must network with CEOs of other companies to trade in materials and finished products, and get introductions to their powerful friends in the industry.
Rise of the Industry 2 will be available for Xbox Series X and Series S, PlayStation 5, and PC.
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Perennial Order is set to bloom on Xbox Series, PS5 & PC soon!
Perennial Order is set to bloom on Xbox Series, PS5 & PC soon!
More details emerged about Perennial Order, the upcoming game from SOEDESCO (@SOEDESCO) and Gardenfiend Games. This 2D plant horror boss rush is set in a horrific botanical realm and will be released digitally on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, at $19.99.
Prepare to dive into the atmospheric depths of a nature-infested dark world. Brave the trials alone or seamlessly join forces with a fellow Perennial Knight from all supported platforms through cross-platform play functionality. Embrace the gifts bestowed upon you and redeem the blighted realm in Perennial Order.
Perennial Order features
Unique Bosses | Different mechanics to adapt to. Lovecraftian and terrifying battles.
One-Hit-Death | Every combat choice matters.
Minimal UI | Nothing to clog up the screen to add to the atmosphere.
Intriguing NPCs and World | A world worth exploring.
Online and Local Co-Op | Bonded Journey mode. 2-player adventure.
Perennial Order will be available March 25th on PC early access and later in 2024 on Xbox Series and PS5.
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