Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate (Switch) – Hades In A Half-Shell

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) From the outside, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate looks a lot like Hades. The room-based gameplay, upgrade and power-up systems, approach to storytelling, and hack-and-slash combat will be no strangers to those who’ve played the award-winning godlike roguelike. But that’s no bad thing. Imitation is, after all, the sincerest … Read more

What are you playing this weekend? (July 13)

Jim Norman, Editor Just like last weekend, I’ll be pouring my heart and soul into Hades for the next few days. I’ve yet to complete a full run (I had to take a break for my own sanity after reaching Hades’ second attack phase before dying), but I’m determined to do so soon. Pretty cool … Read more

TMNT: Splintered Fate Dev Talks Making a Radical Roguelike and How Hades “Opened Our Eyes”

Nintendo Life: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have appeared in many games over the years, but never in a roguelike. Why did you decide to move the Turtles into this genre? Tom Westall, Super Evil Megacorp: Our mission at Super Evil Megacorp is to create the best shared gaming moments in the world. We played … Read more

What are you playing this weekend? (1 June)

Jim Norman, staff writer I rolled credits on Animal Well this week, which means I only have about 97% of the game left to complete. I plan to do some serious exploring this weekend and see how many times I can mutter to myself, “Wait, how long have I been able to do this?” That?” … Read more

Playing Hades 2 in Early Access is the best way to experience Supergiant’s evolving roguelike

Hades 2

As with all Early Access games, Hades 2 comes with a dilemma: do you play now, knowing it’s not quite finished yet, or do you wait for the release of 1.0, whenever that may be? Fortunately, the decision for Hades 2 is easier to defend than most. You should absolutely play it now, and not … Read more

Hades 2’s first Early Access patch makes sprinting faster and gathering easier – IGN

Since Hades II launched in Early Access just over a week ago, developer Supergiant Games has been collecting feedback from players. Now, some of that feedback has been used in the game’s first patch, and more tweaks are in the pipeline. Today, Supergiant Games released the first Early Access patch for Hades II, which includes … Read more