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How to Get All the Luchador Mask Pieces in Guacamelee

WARNING: If you have not completed Guacamelee then be wary; this article contains spoilers. While playing through Guacamelee you may have noticed strange gates or statues. You may have also noticed that at the end of the game you received an item that seemed out of place, and you may be asking yourself “How do I collect the rest of the Luchador Mask pieces?” Well, let me tell you! Traveling through these special gates and collecting the 6 secret mask pieces is...

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Portal and Half-Life Movies In Development

Nerds far and wide should rejoice to the news that renowned director J.J. Abrams, and Valve CEO Gabe Newell are in the process of creating Portal and Half-Life films. It was confirmed in keynote at the D.I.C.E Summit, a gathering of video game executives, that the two had exchanged ideas and are anticipating working together in the future. This excites me to no end knowing that this has potential to actually happen, seeing as so many video game movies in the past have...

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Magrunner: Dark Pulse hits 80% funding and receives a new dev update

Magrunner: Dark Pulse, a Lovecraftian 3D spacial-puzzle game in the vein of Portal has hit 80% funding on GamesPlanet Lab. 3AM Games still have about a month before the end of their funding cycle, so that’s a very positive thing. We are going to see this game come to fruition! Yaaaaay!.. Ahem. In celebration of this milestone, there is a new developer’s update video detailing one of the levels you’ll be seeing in-game and clearing up some issues regarding...

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Magrunner – Dark Pulse: Where Portal meets Cthulhu

3AM Games (an offshoot of Frogware, best known for their Sherlock Holmes adventure games) and Gamesplanet Lab (a new crowdfunding and digital distribution platform) have teamed up to bring us a Magrunner – Dark Pulse. My first peek at the videos and screenshots reminds me of both Portal (Valve cult hit gone viral) and Running  Man (an 80’s Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.) The game starts off with the protagonist, named Yoshi, and his robotic dog Newton in the...

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Gateways has been released!

Smudged Cat’s little 8-bit style puzzle platformer asks the question that few people dare: “What if portals had different properties?” Inspired by the Valve hit, Portal, Gateways plops an ingenious scientist in the midst of his own perilous lab. Taking yet more inspiration from Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, the world is large and complex. Full of secrets and complexity, Gateways is a must have if you’re into old-school games. Even if...