Added: 11.01.2015 6:10 | 11 views | 0 comments


Given the way video game budgets only seem to get more outlandish with each passing year, a small developer like Supergiant Games can easily fall into obscurity, yet through Transistor they've proven once again that excess isn't necessarily the key to a great game.

Added: 09.01.2015 20:00 | 10 views | 0 comments




Transistor, the only game I had the privilege of handing out a 5/5 last year, has sold over 600,000 copies, as revealed by Greg Kasavin on the official Supergiant Games blog.

While it hasn't achieved the success of Bastion, which has sold over 3 million copies to date, Transistor has strong numbers between its sales on Steam and PSN.

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Supergiant Games' sophomore release sold at a faster rate than Bastion in its first few months.

Added: 06.01.2015 1:17 | 9 views | 0 comments


Palmer Sturman: 2014 was a year chock-full of highs and lows. Impressive Indies like Shovel Knight, Transistor and Goat Simulator were unexpected hits that garnered massive attention, but small developers also had a chance to truly flex their muscles thanks to Kickstarter funding. With releases like Wasteland 2 and Divinity: Original Sin setting an incredibly high bar for RPGs of the year, its fair to say that there are a number of small studios that deserve our utmost attention going forward. Stumbles from AAA developers seemed to be the main focus of the years end with Sony and the Drive Club fiasco, Microsoft Studios and 343 facing flak for their broken Master Chief Collection, and Ubisoft doing its best to steal the crown of most hated games publisher from EA thanks to an utterly broken Assassins Creed release. We saw countless games get delayed into 2015 (this year is slated to be amazing), and we saw DDOS attack after DDOS attack after DDOS attack... But what were the sta...

Added: 02.01.2015 5:10 | 9 views | 0 comments


Narrative is second only to escapism as the reason I play video games. Meeting digital characters and watching them interact, seeing their story arc progress, and finally saying goodbye is what drew me into my favorite games. Due to that, I was very disappointed in 2014.

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Gamer Headlines writes: "2014 is now coming to a close, and lets face it, it wasnt the best year for video games. The start of a new console generation is always a bit rough because we dont get the complete sentiment that games are achieving their full next-gen potential, but the feeling of unsatisfaction was strongly present throughout this year, especially when the big budget AAA releases of the Fall/Holiday season finally hit the market. Dont get me wrong; weve had some exceptional experiences this year with games like Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Bayonetta 2, Dragon Age: Inquisition and indies such as Shovel Knight, Transistor and Velocity 2X, but part of me feels very underwhelmed with the amount of disappointing major releases weve had this year. Let me preface that the following list does not compile the worst games of the year, instead it regroups games that failed to deliver on their promises, games that launched in...

Added: 24.12.2014 0:11 | 10 views | 0 comments


Technology Tell writes, "Two words are best applied to Transistors score. It is both haunting and building. The game is set in a deserted city, filled with loss. Our heroine and her talking sword have both lost important things. Danger is gradually building around them. Things are unsettled and tense. The soundtrack perfectly captivates that mood."