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Vampire Crawlers Review - Pixel-Perfect Pandemonium

Vampire Crawlers Review - Pixel-Perfect Pandemonium https://ift.tt/AsXSgEH "Okay, just one more run." This is the phrase I've muttered at midnight--and then again at 2 AM--every day since diving into Vampire Crawlers . There are nights when it feels like it'd take an army to pull me from the clutches of its pixelated chaos. This deckbuilding spin-off to indie roguelike Vampire Survivors is every bit as gripping as that original outing, bringing both familiarity and freshness wrapped up into a first-person dungeon-crawling adventure. I love that Vampire Crawlers maintains an undying commitment to the tone, characters, and retro visuals of its predecessor. It's evident even from the initial cutscene, which shows a returning character fending off hordes of attackers in the Mad Forest from Survivors' isometric view before transitioning to a first-person view of the area. Without using a single word, it proudly declares that a new perspective doesn't change t...
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Surgeon Simulator Dev Bossa Studios Lays Off A Third Of Employees

Surgeon Simulator Dev Bossa Studios Lays Off A Third Of Employees https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/1813/18138562/4242367-lostskies.png

Bossa Studios--the team behind I Am Bread and the Surgeon Simulator series--has reportedly laid off 19 employees. That is roughly one-third of the company's workforce, with 40 people left to make the cooperative survival-adventure game Lost Skies.

GamesIndustry.biz confirmed the firings at Bossa Studios, with co-founder Henrique Olifiers saying the cutbacks are because of a "perfect storm of events." Olifiers cited rising operational costs, funding decisions being pushed back in the industry, and big holiday games hurting indie titles. Bossa Studios hasn't released a new game in the past year, with Lost Skies planned for this year. It was unveiled at the Humble Games Showcase this past May.

"Resulting from this blue moon situation, we had to make the difficult decision to reshape the studio to reflect the position we find ourselves in at the end of this year, focusing all our efforts now on Lost Skies," said Olifiers. "This means we find ourselves in the heartbreaking position of having to let roughly one-third of the studio go--amongst them, some of our closest colleagues."

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