
"Limbo" and "Inside" are beloved indie games praised for, among other things, their intentionally simple yet deceptively meticulous gameplay designs. While Geometric Interactive hasn't released a demo for "Cocoon" yet, Carlsen's name has already elevated the title. The result is bound to be an adventure as promising as it is mind-bending.

Each will contain its own puzzles, but the key to solving them will require players to use abilities unique to each orb and shift between them to solve even more puzzles, one step at a time. What's the difference? In Cocoon, the main character will carry literal worlds on their back in the form of orbs. " Cocoon" is the first project of Geometric Interactive, a studio founded by Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer behind Playdead's "Limbo" and "Inside." Unlike those games, which are puzzle platformers, "Cocoon" will be a puzzle adventurer. In 2018, the game we would eventually know as "Pizza Tower" began development proper, and it was released on January 26 of this year. According to the developer's blog, the game idea started as a horror RPG where the main character had to fight evil pizza monsters "Evil Dead style." When that didn't work, the game morphed into something more akin to "Ghosts 'n Goblins," which eventually dropped the "Evil Dead" angle. And the video's accompanying music is probably one of the most energetic tunes you will hear this year.Īpparently, the release of "Pizza Tower" has been a long time coming.

They look like they were rotoscoped over hand-crafted drawings. The screenshots are certainly eye-catching, but only when you see the game in action via a trailer do you realize how fluid the pixels are. The Steam page openly admits the title was heavily inspired by the "Wario Land" series, whereas the art style looks like something out of a 90's cartoon, and not just because the Steam page says so. " Pizza Tower" is a game that draws from many inspirations. This development leaves studios like Team Reptile one of the only games in town for audiences who want arcady extreme sports action titles. is on "Diablo" duty, it doesn't have time to make more "Tony Hawk Pro Skater" remakes. Only a lucky few have played demos of "Bomb Rush Cyberfunk," but from what we've seen, the game looks like a flashy and stylish open-world evolution of the high-flying original. Yes, the same Naganuma who composed the "Jet Set Radio" franchise's soundtrack. And to drive the nostalgia home, "Bomb Rush Cyberfunk" will feature funky beats penned by Hideki Naganuma.

" Bomb Rush Cyberfunk" is an upcoming title by Team Reptile, the studio behind "Lethal League." Team Reptile has proudly proclaimed "Bomb Rush Cyberfunk" draws heavily from the cult classic "Jet Set Radio." Going by the Steam page and gameplay trailers, "Bomb Rush Cyberfunk" will feature all the rail-grinding, graffiti-spewing action that made "Jet Set Radio" a classic.
