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Celeste creators’ next game Earthblade won’t be out this year, but studio assure development is “not stagnant”Mar 29, 2024 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunIt’s been close to three years since Celeste and TowerFall developers Extremely OK Games revealed their next project, the similarly gorgeous-looking and sumptuous-sounding 2D exploration platformer Earthblade. While the studio didn’t give any indication of a release date at the time, we now know not to expect Earthblade until 2025 at the earliest. Read more Beloved 9/10 Steam indie releases free game to celebrate birthdayJan 30, 2024 - PCGamesNThe developers behind incredible indie platformer Celeste just released a free, 3D version of the game to celebrate the sixth anniversary. It's complete with challenges, strawberries, B-side tapes, tough-as-nails platforming, and some delightful visuals and music. So if you're a fan of the Steam platformer, or just want a quick free game to breeze through, check Celeste 64 out now. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best platform games on PC 2024 One of the best LGBT games is free, and you need to play it Best LGBT+ games to play beyond Pride Month 2018's best platformer now has an adorable Mario 64-style tribute made by the game's original dev team for its 6th anniversary—and it's completely freeJan 30, 2024 - PC GamerCeleste is one of the best platformers in the past decade—it's a game with a heartfelt, deeply affecting narrative that's also just really damn good at what it does: Complex 2D platforming with a skill ceiling so high it's nudging the moon. Now you can play it in 3D, kinda... Read more.Here's a free N64-style version of Celeste from Extremely OK GamesJan 30, 2024 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunCeleste celebrated its sixth anniversary this month, and developers Extremely OK Games have marked the occasion by releasing a free Nintendo 64 homage to their excellent platforming game over on Itch. Made in just "a week(ish)", Celeste 64: Fragments Of The Mountain channels the spirits of Super Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie as it tasks players with collecting dozens of strawberrys hidden around its snowy 3D landscape. It's well worth checking out if you've got a spare minute or so, though given how rock hard it is you may want to put aside a good hour or so if you want to truly master its controls and uncover every last secret. Read more One of the best LGBT games is free, and you need to play itJul 18, 2023 - PCGamesNIf you've ever considered playing Celeste, then this is the perfect opportunity for you to do so. The incredible LGBT game is not only a rewardingly difficult platformer, but also an emotional narrative-driven experience with a powerful message to offer. You will be able to grab it for free thanks to Game Pass, along with other indie gems such as The Wandering Village and Venba. The Game Pass rotation offers a good variety of free titles, meaning that there is much more available to download than just Celeste if you have already played through it. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best platform games on PC 2023 Best LGBT+ games to play beyond Pride Month How to watch AGDQ 2023 and what's on: Neon White, Final Fantasy Best LGBT+ games to play beyond Pride MonthJun 29, 2023 - PCGamesNQueer identity isn't just confined to 30 days of the year; it's the lifeblood of so many communities, all across the globe. To celebrate that queerness, we've got a list of the best LGBT+ games on PC to come out in recent years. Spanning a wide range of genres and sexualities, our collection is guaranteed to have something for everyone, whether you're a dating sim traditionalist or a platforming aficionado. Some of the best PC games offer you the chance to romance characters of the same gender, but we've opted to focus on games that position queerness at the center of their design. We've also curated this list in a way that celebrates the entire spectrum of the LGBTQIA+ community - and while many of our picks incorporate the struggles and anxieties that surround the queer experience, they're ultimately defined by hope rather than tragedy. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best platform games on PC 2023 How to watch AGDQ 2023 and what's on: Neon White, Final Fantasy Itch.io's 1,000 games bundle for Ukraine raises $6 million Celeste Classic is now available on the PlaydateApr 6, 2023 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunPlayers likely recognise Celeste as the pixel-perfect platformer from 2018, but it began its life as Celeste Classic, a free game written for the PICO-8. Celeste Classic presented a condensed climb up the titular mountain, letting you dash across platforms, hang onto walls, and collect strawberries - in miniature form. As a fun homage, you can find the PICO-8 version inside Celeste proper. And now, as an even funner homage, you can play it on the Playdate. A loveable game on a loveable handheld. Read more The massive Celeste Strawberry Jam mod looks amazingFeb 7, 2023 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunCeleste was a delight to play when it launched in 2018 - a pixel-perfect platformer, filled with catchy earworms, and emotional revelations. After completing Celeste all I really wanted was, well, more Celeste. It seems I wasn’t alone, as over 350 fans have collaborated on Celeste Strawberry Jam, the “largest collaborative project in Celeste history.” The mega-mod is adding 111 stages, five difficulty modes, and over 8 hours of original music on February 17th. Read more Itch.io's 1,000 games bundle for Ukraine raises $6 millionMar 8, 2022 - PCGamesNMarch 19, 2022: The Itch.io Ukraine bundle has now concluded, raising over $6 million. The Itch.io Ukraine games bundle was a stellar deal, as for the cost of just $10 people could get their hands on nearly a thousand indie games - including names such as Superhot, Celeste, Wandersong, and Skatebird - with the money entirely going to support charities working in Ukraine. As companies such as EA and Microsoft pull sales in Russia, many are pushing for charitable donations to relief organisations in Ukraine. Aside from suspending sales, Activision Blizzard has promised to match "employee donations 2:1" to support Ukraine. Cold War city builder Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic will get a new DLC pack with all its funds donated to charities, and John Romero's new Doom 2 level has raised over €25K in relief funds. Earlier this month, Itch.io began its Bundle for Ukraine, containing around 889 games and 102 digital game-related items. They could all be unlocked for a minimum $10 contribution, all of which is split between two charities working in Ukraine - the International Medical Corps and Voices of Children. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: YouTuber finds Celeste's lost Game Awards trophy on eBay, returns it The best platform games on PC The original Celeste just got a free sequel Itch.io's 'Bundle for Ukraine' fundraiser offers nearly 1,000 games for your donationMar 7, 2022 - PC GamerItch has launched the Bundle for Ukraine , a massive collection of nearly a thousand games designed to raise funds for two humanitarian organisations aiding civilians in the war-torn country. Donations start from $10 and, in exchange, you'll get a dizzying amount of games: 991, to be exact. Honestly, more than you'll probably ever be able to play... Read more.YouTuber finds Celeste's lost Game Awards trophy on eBay, returns itFeb 26, 2022 - PCGamesNIt's already one of the best platform games on PC, but 2018's Celeste also won the trophy for the Best Independent Game at The Game Awards that year. This month, however, YouTuber PrestigeIsKey discovered that trophy when shopping for a replica on eBay - which apparently the developer never received. It wasn't just one of our favourite games of 2018, platformer Celeste is also an excellent example of LGBT+ characters done right. It won the best indie game trophy at the TGAs for 2018 over the likes of Into The Breach, Return of the Obra Dinn, and The Messenger - but the team never received the trophy again afterward. Events took a funny turn this month when YouTuber and streamer PrestigeIsKey went looking for a replica Game Award on eBay and discovered a "Game Awards Game Trophy" for $500. The seller says it "came from one of our liquidation sources" but otherwise didn't know where it came from. Upon unboxing it, PrestigeIsKey discovered it was clearly marked as the award for Celeste. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best platform games on PC The original Celeste just got a free sequel The LGBT+ characters devs are getting right Mafia: Definitive Edition and Celeste lead November's PlayStation Now gamesNov 1, 2021 - EurogamerAs the calendar flips from October to November, and you pop that sexy calculator costume back in the cupboard for another year, Sony arrives with a fresh batch of PlayStation Now titles, which this month include Mafia: Definitive Edition, Celeste, and Final Fantasy 9. Last year's Mafia: Definitive Edition is, of course, the fancied up version of Illusion Softworks' fondly remembered open-world mobster game from 2002. This new version certainly looks the part, reimagining the 1930s city of Lost Heaven for modern hardware, but Eurogamer's Chris Tapsell didn't feel the the tweaks to its ageing gameplay were quite so successful. "It's a marvelous, period-perfect setting, with fireworks and tension and some nice views of the city," Chris wrote in his rather lukewarm review, "but it immediately evokes the thought of Hitman, or even GTA 5, games next to which Mafia suffers thanks to its lack of pageantry and more traditionally linear, rigid mission design." Read more All-women speedrunning event Flame Fatales unveils scheduleJul 16, 2021 - EurogamerLooking for some more speedrunning to watch following this year's Summer Games Done Quick? There's plenty more where that came from, as all-women speedrunning event Flame Fatales is taking place next month. The online event is taking place between 15th-21st August, and will be broadcast on the Games Done Quick Twitch channel. There's a real variety of games listed in the lineup, with everything from Warframe to a 15-card run of Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories. There are speedrunning favourites like Celeste and Super Metroid, along with some stranger entries like Disney's 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue. Oh, and I'm also glad to see there's also a Fire Emblem: Three Houses run in there. The event is being held in support of Malala Fund - a non-profit organisation founded by Malala and Ziauddin Yousafzai in 2013, which works to "champion every girl's right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education". Flame Fatales raised $80k (£63.8k) for Malala Fund last year, and since 2010, Games Done Quick events have raised over $34m (£24.6m) for charity. Read more Celeste developers announce new game EarthbladeApr 19, 2021 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunCeleste and TowerFall developers Extremely Ok Games have announced their next game. Sort of, anyway. They've announced its name and given a "vibe reveal" in the form of a poster, logo, and music by Lena Raine. If I had to describe the vibe, I'd call it magical and hopeful, but you can do your own vibe check on Earthblade right now. Read more The best platform games on PC 2024Mar 31, 2021 - PCGamesNWhat are the best platform games on PC? Back in the '90s and early '00s, there were countless platformers for console gamers, while the PC had a reputation as a wasteland for this particular genre. Thankfully, this stigma has lessened since the days of Commander Keen, and we owe that in large part to the explosion of indies that have flooded onto digital platforms over the past decade, meaning our fair platform is now bursting at the seams with solid platform games. The best platform games have garnered a reputation as requiring mechanical mastery and sublime timing to get into, but developers continue to push the genre forward by introducing gameplay elements from the best Metroidvania games. Platforming can also be a staple mechanic in some of the best story games, as demonstrated in releases like Celeste and Ori and the Blind Forest. Here are the best platform games you can play on your PC right now. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Beloved 9/10 Steam indie releases free game to celebrate birthday One of the best LGBT games is free, and you need to play it Best LGBT+ games to play beyond Pride Month V1.4.0.0 ChangelogMar 29, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsFull changelog can be viewed on the Celeste Website Note: The following changelog contains game spoilers! View at your own risk! New Options: Added an additional 'Screenshake' setting: 50%, which is now the default Added the 'Grab Mode' option, which allows you to use the grab button as a toggle rather than holding it Control Rebinding: Overhauled the control rebinding system, to allow for much more granular and complete rebinding, including menu inputs and more Added a bind for Advanced: Crouch Dash After a 'Crouch Dash' bind is set, a 'Crouch Dash Mode' option will appear. 'Press' mode crouch dashes when the button is pressed. 'Hold' mode crouch dashes when the button is held and a regular dash button is pressed Added binds for Advanced: Directionals for movement- or dashing-only The option to reset all controls to defaults must now be held to confirm Removed the hard-coded Quick Restart shortcut on gamepads (L + R + Start), because it can now conflict with custom rebinds. You can bind a dedicated Quick Restart button to use this feature Control rebinds will be reset to default when you download this update Pause Buffering: Added 0.1s of input buffering on the Pause input Fixed game timer freezing during unpause (this adds 0.15s IGT to each unpause compared to before) Physics and Gameplay Changes: Madeline now uses the ducking sprite when crouch dashing Moved the bottom screen kill zone down 4px Fixed a bug where wall jumps from the right side of walls could sometimes not gain the momentum of the wall Fixed MoveBlocks giving inconsistent momentum when moving vertically and being steered horizontally Added a grace period of 0.01s for gaining horizontal boosts off of explosions by holding the direction you will be sent in at the moment of impact. Examples of explosions are bumpers, puffer fish, and respawning seekers. 0.01s is a single frame at 100% game speed, but because explosion impacts freeze the game for 0.1s, this is effectively a 0.1s grace period. Dash corner correction no longer applies if the corner has spikes on top of it Dash jump-thru correction no longer applies if the jump-thru has spikes on top of it Dash correction checks now use the hurtbox rather than the physicsbox Dashes no longer correct below to ground with spikes Fixed squish correction putting Madeline in the ducking state while climbing Increased Madeline's maximum vertical squish wiggle distance so that all previously-survivable crush scenarios should still be survivable, despite the previous fix Fixed squish correction not applying when pushed by fast-moving blocks Chapter 9 Level Changes: Added a spike to Singular 11 Added cracked tiles and indicators to Power Source Hub Added spikes to Power Source 4th Key Added a spike to Event Horizon 9 Restructured Determination 8 Shifted spikes and electricity, added a refill in Reconciliation 8 Minor Changes: Made Ch3 Master Suite Oshiro idle conversation skippable Keyboard icons will be used instead of Controller icons, if the...There's a free sequel to Celeste Classic you can play in your browserJan 28, 2021 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunCeleste is a glorious precision platformer, but it began life as a PICO-8 prototype you could play in your browser. To celebrate the full game's 3rd anniversary, its developers took three days to make a sequel to that original prototype. Celeste 2: Lani's Trek can be played now over on Itch.io. Read more The original Celeste just got a free sequelJan 26, 2021 - PCGamesNBefore Celeste graced our screens back in 2018, we had, uh, Celeste. It was a simplified version of the game created with the Pico-8 engine and released in 2016. It features all the air-dashing, strawberry gathering, and demand for perfect platforming you would recognise, but was more dialled back in animation and these days feels like a proof of concept. Naturally, though, having games with the same name is confusing, so the older of the two became known as Celeste Classic - phew. Now, though, to celebrate the third anniversary of Celeste, the team at Extremely OK Games has released a follow-up to Celeste Classic. It's called Celeste 2: Lani's Trek and the team put it together in just three days. As the title gives away, this one is about a new character called Lani and not Madeline. There's no air-dashing, either, as you'll be relying on a grappling hook to get you where you want to go. I haven't got properly stuck into the game yet, but it still retains everything else that made Celeste enjoyable - from the wonderfully uplifting soundtrack to the demand for precise platforming. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The LGBT+ characters devs are getting right The best platform games on PC Celeste's final chapter offers a new interpretation of Madeline's story Celeste B-side composers haven't been paid royalties in almost two yearsJan 19, 2021 - PC Gamergrowing number of game composers have accused music label and publisher Materia Collective of failing to pay royalties on songs and streams going back almost two years... Read more.Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 raised $2.75 million for charityJan 11, 2021 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun Seven-day speedrunning marathon Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 has ended, raising a brilliant $2,758,847 million (around £2 million) for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. It’s the second-highest amount ever raised at the event, right behind last year’s winter marathon, which is pretty good going considering this year was the first fully digital AGDQ. Despite not having a roaring crowd sat behind them, the speedrunners still put on an excellent show from the comfort of their own homes. Here are a few of my fave runs from the week. (more…)
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