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A big indie showcase has just wrapped up, and now I have a lot more games to look forward to.
The third iteration of the Triple-I Initiative, an annual showcase for upcoming releases put on by a group of studios, aired on Thursday. It featured some familiar franchises, like an indie-developed Castlevania and a new entry in the Don’t Starve series, as well as some impressive new titles.
You can watch the full show here, but here are some of the highlights.
A new look at the Castlevania game from the developers behind Dead Cells
Konami is teaming up with Evil Empire and Motion Twin, which worked on the hit roguelike Dead Cells, on Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse. It’s a new sidescrolling game and the latest trailer showed off more of the game and its Parisian setting. The game is scheduled to release this year on PC and consoles. (Despite the pedigree of its developers, the game isn’t a roguelike.)
Prove You’re Human is a trippy-looking game about AI
The team behind 1000xResist has a new game, Prove You’re Human, that features an AI that thinks it’s a human. It also looks like there are a lot of CAPTCHAs to fill out. We’ve got a deeper dive on the game right here, which is being published by a new publishing arm from the developers of Slay the Princess.
Neverway is a horror-life sim RPG with stunning pixel art
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