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Hori’s spiritual successor to the Steam Controller is up for preorder on Amazon today

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Hori’s latest addition to its controller lineup, the “Horipad Wireless for Steam,” is now available for preorder on Amazon. After already releasing in Japan at the end of October, now the gamepad is coming to the US. Tailored for use with Steam, this controller is compatible with Windows 11/10 PCs and the Steam Deck and … Read more

Former Disco Elysium devs are working on a spiritual successor at new studio Longdue, though Robert Kurvitz and Aleksander Rostov aren’t involved

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A spiritual successor to Studio ZA/UM’s RPG Disco Elysium is currently in development at the newly-formed Longdue. It’s set in a world “conceived by the leads” of the canceled sequel.

A representative of Longdue told us that “the studio isn’t ready to talk about specific names at the moment beyond the people mentioned in the press release, but they are looking forward to sharing more about the game and the studio in the future”. They did, however, confirm that Disco Elysium’s lead writer and designer Robert Kurvitz and art director Aleksander Rostov are not involved.

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Bloodlines 2 is more “spiritual successor” than sequel to “a competently good game by 2004 standards”, say Paradox

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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 won’t be an “open sim” like the 2004 original game, according to Paradox Interactive. Now in development at The Chinese Room, it’ll be an action-RPG with a relatively linear story set in the World Of Darkness universe. This obviously plays to The Chinese Room’s strengths – they’re better known … Read more

Airships, dinosaurs, and robots meet in “spiritual successor to Chrono Trigger” RPG Threads Of Time

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Bravely he stood, alone on his hill, unwavering in the face of backlash: Chrono Trigger should have just let Frog be a talking Frog instead of being a knight turned into a frog. So, trash game. Fortunately, I can finally experience what it’s like to actually enjoy Chrono Trigger – Canadian Studio Riyo Games are making what they describe as a “spiritual successor”. It’s called Threads Of Time, it’s “aided by legendary developers and composers from Japan who have helped define Xenoblade Chronicles, the Mana series and more,” and it looks beautiful. Hop on over to the trailer below.

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Planetary Annihilation’s factory management spiritual successor has hit its Kickstarter funding goal

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Industrial Annihilation is a mashup Planetary Annihilation (big robot armies do battle on a planet) with factory management such as Factorio (conveyor belts conveyor belts conveyor belts). When we last checked in with it back in January, it was funding via StartEngine with an ambitious eye towards a spring Early Access release.

Now it’s September and it’s just got done being successfully funded via Kickstarter, with a probably-still-ambitious eye towards an Early Access release before the end of 2024.

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