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Indiescovery Episode 10: The Indievision Song Contest

May 17, 2023RockPaperShotgun

Whoooo we’re officially in the double-digits gang! We’ve somehow managed to make it to episode 10 of Indiescovery without going completely feral and wrecking the joint. I say that, but this week’s episode is a little, shall we say, unhinged? Rebecca, Liam, and Rachel hadn’t really had a proper chat all week so there’s a lot of Friday energy and catching up, and the energy levels only increase when we start to talk about our main topic of this episode: Eurovision! And indie games, of course. Read more

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Umurangi Generation and Hades are officially ‘the best’ at the IGF and GDC 2021 awards

July 22, 2021RockPaperShotgun

The Independent Games Festival awards and the Game Developers Conference awards were held last night in cyberspace. Like a Zoom meeting for the soul, the ceremony hopped between the winning game developers’ living rooms, with host Victoria Tran (community director on Among Us) stitching it all together with a remarkable combination of enthusiasm, sincerity, and silliness. She gets an IGF from me. The big winner was Umurangi Generation by Origame Digital. The photography sci-fi game won the ‘Seumas McNally Grand Prize’ and the narrative prize at the IGF awards. Hades was also recognised as the game of the year at…

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Looks like Hades might be coming to PS4 soon

May 16, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt 16 May 2021 14:46 GMT It looks like Hades might be set to arrive on PS4 soon, at least that’s if a rating seen over on Korea’s Game Rating and Administration Committee is to be believed.First spotted on ResetEra, the new rating for Supergiant Games’ immensely popular and horny-as-hell roguelite seems to suggest the game is set for launch on PS4 (and therefore PS5 via backwards compatibility) soon.Neither Supergiant nor Sony has confirmed that the game is coming to the platform yet, but we’ve seen the Korea Game Rating and Administration listings prove to be correct more…

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One of Hades’ most-hated characters was almost its protagonist

March 7, 2021VG247

A quick history lesson about Supergiant Games’ Hades reveals that Theseus was very nearly the hero of the game, rather than its most notable villain.Hades has become something of a superhit, with the roguelike action game enjoying at least 1,000,000 sales across PC and Nintendo Switch to date. The game quickly became one of the highest-rated titles of the year after a stealth launch via a Nintendo Direct Mini back in September 2020.Since then, it’s dominated the gaming conversation thanks to its likable cast, addictive gameplay loop, and impressive writing.But we very nearly saw one of the game’s most widely reviled characters star in…

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Hades romance options: who can you romance in Hades, and how?

January 22, 2021RockPaperShotgun

Hades does many things right, but it really excels when it comes to the characters of the underworld, and the relationships you can strike up with them. The idea that you can pursue a romance in a roguelite sounds ridiculous, but in Hades this is very much an option. If you’re interested in plumbing the depths of particular relationships, then our Hades romance guide will walk you through which characters you can attempt to start a romance with, and how to go about doing so for each one. (more…)

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Hades Ambrosia & Nectar guide: how to get Nectar and Ambrosia quickly

January 20, 2021RockPaperShotgun

Having played a fair bit of the godlike roguelite that is Hades, you may have found yourself wondering where you can get your hands on more Nectar, or even Ambrosia, Nectar’s rarer and more valuable cousin. Both these resources play a large part in forming deeper relationships with the various characters of the underworld. So in this guide to Ambrosia and Nectar in Hades, we’ll walk you through the best methods for gaining these resources, and what to do with them once you have them. (more…)

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The joy of loving Theseus from Hades

October 29, 2020RockPaperShotgun

Supergiant’s rougelike smash hit Hades has taken the world by storm since coming out of early access in September. Unlike a lot of games, fans seem to be in total agreement on all of the game’s main talking points. For example, we all agree that Meg is hot. We also all agree that Zagreus is hot. That Eurydice is hot. That pretty much everyone is hot. Most also agree that, hot or not, Theseus is the worst. They are all wrong: Theseus is actually the best. (more…)

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Supergiant artist goes behind-the-scenes on building a god in Hades

October 20, 2020RockPaperShotgun

Hades is a bloody gorgeous game. There’s no arguing that. But did you know that the enigmatic Nyx started life as one of the Fury sisters? Crafting a god is a strange process for mortal hands – but such is the job of the artists at Supergiant games, one of whom has this week gone in-depth on how the studio models, rigs, textures and animates a Cthonic diety. (more…)

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The Game Music Festival Vol. 3 reimagines the sounds of Supergiant and Larian

October 17, 2020RockPaperShotgun

Comb your hair, spray that perfume and suit up for a night of high culture, readers – the third edition of the Game Music Festival is underway. Starting last night, you can already tune into a full evening of orchestral rearrangement of scores from Bastion, Transistor, Pyre and Hades, with Larian Studios picking up the mic tonight for a more high-fantasy swing at the concert scene. (more…)

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Hades composer teaches how to play one of its lovely songs in this video

October 7, 2020RockPaperShotgun

Supergiant’s games all have pretty wonderful soundtracks, and their new Ancient Greek roguelike Hades is no exception. We have composer Darren Korb to thank for that, and this weekend he released a video tutorial teaching how to play one of Hades’ delightful tunes. It’s not one of the heavy intense tracks from your battles in Tartarus, however. Instead it’s one of the soothing melodies you hear when you come across Eurydice in Asphodel. (more…)

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Supergiant lay bare the building blocks of Hades’ underworld

October 3, 2020RockPaperShotgun

Out of all the -tober suffix trends, I think Blocktober might be my favourite. The now-annual level design hashtag has become a fascinating insight into the grey, blocky roots of all sorts of games. As a bonus, this year sees Hades developers Supergiant jumping onto the bandwagon with a distressingly art-free look at the mythological roguelike’s level design process. (more…)

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Every character in Hades placed on the Mulaney McDonald’s alignment chart

September 24, 2020RockPaperShotgun

Extremely good game Hades got its full release recently. Allegedly a roguelike (but it cannot be, because I do not like roguelikes), in Hades the game you play as Hades the god’s swaggering poshboy son Zagreus, who is trying to literally and figuratively escape his father’s home. Hades the game makes full use of its setting and is stuffed full of great renditions of Ancient Greek gods and monsters. I’ve been getting up an hour early to play Hades before work, so I have spent a lot of time thinking about the characters you run into on your multiple attempts…

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Hades Boons: the best Boons and Gods to choose

September 22, 2020RockPaperShotgun

Boons in Hades are one of the most common and powerful types of upgrades you’ll come across. Offered by the Olympian Gods themselves, these Boons are the genetic makeup of your build for each run, which means picking the right Boon in the right moment is extremely important if you want to beat the game and escape the Underworld. Our Hades Boons guide will offer an overview on how Boons actually work, before delving into the strongest Boons in the game and finishing off with a full list of every Boon offered by every God. So, let’s jump in! (more…)

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