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Indie Obscura IOX Virtual Event recap: All 21 games featured

If you missed the Indie Obscura IOX Virtual Event livestream, Shacknews is here with a full recap of all 21 games featured. How have your spent your weekend so far? The team at Indie Obscura spent their Saturday spotlighting some exciting indie games that are set to release in the months ahead. Shacknews was happy to host the Saturday IOX Digital Direct Showcase stream, hosted by our very own Greg Burke. But for anybody who wasn't able to check it out, we have a full recap of everything you might

This Steam Game Is The Netflix Party Of Board Games, And It’s Perfect For Right Now

As the US and other countries mobilize to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, more and more people are finding themselves stuck at home these days, effectively ending normal social interactions with friends and loved ones unless they live with you. Because of this, online games and platforms like Netflix Party have become crucial links to friends and family, and one 2015 PC game is even helping people have virtual board game nights with friends they can't meet with in person.Tabletop Simulator has been around for years, but it feels

Nintendo Switch Is Getting 51 Classic Board, Card, And Tabletop Games In One Package

Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics is coming to the Nintendo Switch on June 5, bringing a diverse collection of genre-spanning games to the console this summer. The upcoming game was announced during today's surprise Direct Mini, which also featured a number of other reveals.As the name implies, Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics features 51 games from across the world, including board games, card games, tabletop games, and many more. There are plenty of classics to play such as Chess, Texas Hold'em, and Backgammon, but also international hits like Mancala and

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Dandy Dungeon’ Updates in April, Mini-Views Featuring ‘Knight Swap’ and More, Today’s New Releases, the Latest Sales, and More

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for March 24th, 2020. In today’s article, we’ve got a couple of news bits about upcoming updates and releases. There are a few new releases to check out, and a trio of Mini-Views to snack on. We round things out with the usual list of sales, and if that’s not good enough for a Tuesday, I don’t know what is. Let’s have a look! News ‘Dandy Dungeon’ Gets Massive Update on April 2nd Yamada-kun may be a bit silly, but he’s

Westworld Season 3 Episode 2 “The Winter Line” Breakdown

Westworld Season 3 opened strong with an episode that pushes the series into a contemporary setting and setting the stage for a struggle for the future of humanity as we know it. The season opener showed that Dolores has started putting her plans into motion and Bernard is making moves to try and present a resistance to the impending chaos she threatens to unleash. One key player that was unaccounted for, however, was Maeve, and episode two of Westworld Season 3 is very much her story.Maeve made a brief appearance

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Langrisser I & II’ Review, ‘Trials of Mana’ Demo Hitting Soon, ‘La-Mulana 1 & 2’ and Today’s Other New Releases, and the Latest Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for March 17th, 2020. In today’s article, we’ve got a review of Langrisser I & II, summaries of all of today’s new releases including La-Mulana 1 & 2 and more, a couple of tasty news bits, and a surprisingly huge list of new sales to check out. Nintendo is putting on an Indie Game Showcase today that may well have aired by the time you read this, but due to the usual time lag, I’ll have to summarize any interesting news

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Kemono Heroes’ Review, Mini-Views Featuring ‘Unlock The King’, Today’s New Releases, the Latest Sales, and More

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for March 9th, 2020. In today’s article, we’ve got a review of the recently-released Kemono Heroes, Mini-Views of a couple of puzzle games, summaries of the latest releases, and as usual a nice big list of sales to check out. Not so much news, but that’s perhaps understandable given the general state of affairs at the moment. Let’s check it out! Reviews Kemono Heroes ($14.99) Kemono Heroes is a side-scrolling action-platformer that allows up to four players to team up using

Game Of Thrones And Exorcist Star Max Von Sydow Dies

Legendary actor Max von Sydow has died. The Swedish star was 90 years old, and leaves a formidable body of work, including iconic roles in The Exorcist, Game of Thrones, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Von Sydow's long screen career began in the late 1940s, but it was his many collaborations with influential Swedish director Ingmar Bergman that brought him to the attention of film fans worldwide. Their best known work was 1956's classic The Seventh Seal, with its much-parodied scenes in which von Sydow's character plays chess with Death