06 | July | 2012 | "DESTROY ALL FANBOYS!"

Here’s the latest trailer for this intriguing Cyanide Studios/Spiders developed RPG coming in September for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 from Focus Home Interactive. It’s certainly got the looks of a sleeper hit and the nicely quirky twist of playing as an Orc/Elf team setting out against humans in a rich fantasy world setting is appealing. That means it’s all up to the gameplay, which I’m hoping is solidly action oriented and as bug-free as possible. Go pop over to the game’s official site to check out more gorgeous screens and art and keep this one on your radar, as it’s looking pretty good.

OK, OK… it’s been around for a bit, but I’ve never gotten around to actually playing Kornel Kisielewicz’s excellent roguelike version of the classic FPS because I really dislike ASCII graphics (sorry, but while they were cool back in the day, now my poor eyeballs can’t take them, even on a big monitor). Anyway, thanks to Derek Yu’s awesome tile sets and artwork (go play his updated version of Spelunky on Xbox Live Arcade if you’re a fan of the classic NES game, Spelunker), I can now spend a few hours dying too much, yet forging onward taking the minions of Hell out as a lone Space Marine on a Mission. Anyway, go download and play this challenging and sometimes scary gem here.