GameHounds

Winning not only the Gamehounds award for loudest booth but also sickest developer! 5v1 asymmetric suspense thriller, Last Year: The Nightmare lets five players be high schoolers trying to escape their school gym while one player hunts them as a serial killer. It’s less Dead by Daylight and more Left 4 Dead. If you miss Left 4 Dead, Last Year: The Nightmare may scratch that itch. Edie talks with Justin Vazquez, studio head and exec producer of Elastic Games about the game.

There’s always one game that stands out as the “sleeper hit.” For us, it just might be Pizza Titan Ultra, an isotopic time-beater game where you play a... we kid you not... giant robot with a pizza oven in your chest. Race to clock to deliver pizzas and earn cash, all the while avoiding missiles fired by a competing pizza chain. Edie and Nick talk to Jan Kozlowski, designer for Breakfall Games, about the title.

Popular thriller game Observer is heading to Switch. Nick and Edie talk with Rafael Basij, producer of Observer.

The game that’s not a game, yet it is a game. Fugl is a unique flight simulator that lets you fly as any number of animals — and not just those with wings. The goal is to expire massive, vibrant worlds and experience the dynamic physics as you change from bird to bat to butterfly to flying alligator... wait, what?? Edie and Nick speak with Johan Gjestlsnd, designer creator from Muunluun Studios about Fugl.

It’s been a year since the early build of Coffence made waves at PAX West. This year, the game returns, now better fleshed out and with more features. Nick and Edie talk to Philippe P-Baribault, designer for Sweet Bandits studio about what it’s like to be a breakout star of PAX and the last year of work in the game.

Gritty and absurd, Disco Elysium is an RPG that lets you go as far into your character as you want. In a dystopian future, you play a flawed police detective, and your decisions define not only the story progression but also the character him/herself. Nick and Edie chat with Aleksander Rostov, art director for ZA/UM Studio, about the game.

It’s the year of fusion games, and Descenders is no exception. Mixing BMX Racing with dungeon-crawler elements, players work their way through a series of fun challenge hills to make their way to the “boss hill.” Edie and Nick speak with Rosie Albers of Rage Squid Games about the upcoming title.

Edie and Nick discover a fun, accessible game called Zombie Rollerz, which mixes RPG and puzzle with pinball elements. Sounds crazy, but it works! The talk with developer Ding Ye about it.

Love Reigns? Love Game of Thrones? Have we got news for you!! The next Reigns game for iOS and Android is Game of Thrones themed. Twice the size and new functions, too. We talk with Francois Alliot of Nerial Studio and designer of Reigns, about the latest huge version of the popular mobile game.

Nick and Edie take a break from the floor to enjoy the quiet and an awesome turn-based strategy game, Achtung! Cuthulu Tactics. We talk with Holly Pattinson about the title.