The Disconnected Gamers Podcast
Disconnected Gamers, Where We Reconnect with Gaming and Life
20XX, the Roguelike Mega-Man co-op game is officially out of Alpha! Heading into the Beta, a number of changes and upgrades to the game have been made. Since my experience with in in Early Access on steam, I’ve been able to play through several variations of the levels as both characters, with varying rates of […]
This new Homefront game is definitely going to turn heads with its new open-roam style game play. Homefront: The Revolution takes players through an occupied Philadelphia as a resistance fighter. There are main story missions, but in your “off time” you can free roam the area, destroy Korean patrols for ammo and supplies, or side objectives. Similar to […]
Ever play a little game called Hydro Thunder? Maybe on your N64 or PlayStation, or dare I say your Dreamcast? No?! What about the arcade version? Well, grab your wetsuits because Vector Unit is making a new Riptide game called Riptide GP®: Renegade, the next game in the Riptide series. Vector Unit also made Hydro […]
Clapfoot Games is working on a new game that mixes gameplay elements from “castle defense” style games with a 3rd person shooter mentality. Taking place in the 1950s, you can play as several characters, each with their own special abilities. Fortified takes the modern shooter, adds in strategy and real-time base defense mechanics in a […]
Pollen, or P.O.L.L.E.N. is a first person exploration simulation game. Designed for VR, Pollen takes you through a story in a non-traditional way thanks to VR. As taken from the Pollen website, “The story begins with you taking the role of a replacement employee for a space mechanic that has disappeared on a Saturnine moon […]
The ID @ Xbox Event Thursday evening before PAX was a free and open to the public event located on Campus 92 (aka one of the MANY buildings on the Microsoft campus) just outside of Seattle at MS headquarters. The feature of the event, 50 different independent games coming to, or already available on Xbox/Windows platforms. Developers […]
Siegecraft Commander is the latest in the Siegecraft series by Blowfish Studios, and is set to release in Q1 of 2016. The action/strategy battle game series has seen over 1.5 million downloads, and the latest installment is set to release across multiple platforms (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, NVidia Shield, Windows, and the Nintendo Wii U) […]
Team 17 LTD, known for The Escapists and other games, just recently partnered with Playtonic Games, the team behind the fan favorite Yooka-Laylee. Yooka-Laylee recently came into the spotlight as it’s the spiritual successor to the beloved Banjo-Kazooie series. What’s even better about it is that the team at Playtonic is the same team from […]
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is now available on the “New” 3DS (Note: It won’t play on a 2DS or an older 3DS), Wii U, and Xbox One. It was previously available on Steam (PC, Linux, OSX), PlayStation 4, and PS Vita, but Nintendo and Xbox players can rejoice in the fun that is The Binding […]
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. released a premium version of the award-winning PAC-MAN Championship Edition™ DX on the Apple App Store for iOS powered mobile devices and on Google Play™ for Android powered smartphones and tablets. Get your thumbs ready cause you’ll need lightning quick reflexes to beat the ghosts and win. Want high scores? Get […]
Tic Toc Games, the studio behind the lovely 1-8-16-bit platformer Adventures of Pip has recently announced that it’s in the final phases of it’s PS4 and Xbox One versions. On a KickStarter update from July 17th, they announced: “We are happy to announce that we have officially submitted Adventures of Pip for First Final submission […]
We Happy Few, the newest survival-adventure game from Compulsion Games (Contrast) got a new Uncle Jack video recently. If you didn’t see the first teaser video from the kickstarter page for We Happy Few, I’ve pasted it below for you. We Happy Few focuses on the 60’s aesthetic, but with a group of people who […]
The party game maker famous for the You Don’t Know Jack series, Jackbox Games, has released their newest party game Quiplash. Successfully Kickstarted, Quiplash takes party games to a new level. Quiplash released yesterday, and is available for $9.99 on Xbox One through the Xbox Games Store; the PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems via the […]
Whew. Well, the Sony E3 Presser was yesterday and there was just a TON to talk about and take in. Just look at my notes from the conference! (Mind you it’s more to remember what my brain took it, it’s not like incredibly detailed or anything) So, let’s just start with the obvious: THE LAST […]
Chiptunes are pretty awesome, so why not incorporate them into a game? That’s exactly what Spectra does, and it’s heading towards Xbox One and PC for July. The long and short about the dev company, Gateway Interactive, and working with independent publishing studio Mastertronic worked together with ID@Xbox self-publishing program and to PC, Mac, and Linux this […]
BE A CAT! Swipe stuff on shelves! Destroy expensive pottery! Meow! Catlateral Damage, the super fun and exciting new game from Fire Hose Games and Chris Chung now allows you to be a cat. Think of it as Cat Simulator, except it’s not about sleeping on a windowsill all day. Catlateral Damage focuses on the […]
Bandai Namico Entertainment America Inc is celebrating the 35th year of Pac-Man! Wow, what a feat! Most game companies can only dream of leaving such a legacy, but Bandai Namco did it. Pac-Man is a game almost everybody knows and has played at least once in their lifetime. First arriving in Japan on May 22nd, […]
MomoCon 2015 will feature some of the bigger panels live on twitch during the convention. As the largest gaming event in the southeastern part of the US, they decided to also feature some of the best panels on twitch so that others could watch who were unable to attend. The breakdown is listed below. MomoCon […]
Windward is a procedurally generated, open world sandbox game that lets you take the helm of a ship! Sail the high seas and collect resources to use on your ship, discover new towns and areas, and also pirates…but you’ll want to fight them cause they unfortunately aren’t the bartering type. Visiting the towns allows you […]
Rocket League, the intensely fun soccer/rc car mashup game is back in beta. Part 2 of the beta officially goes live May 13th, but it updated on my PS4 last night. (Thanks to TheHugofWar, who brought it to my attention.) The game has updated and there are visible improvements in the grass textures, and smoke effects on […]