Blizzard co-founder and ex-CEO Mike Morhaime’s publishing company Dreamhaven just announced a new game that mixes elements of tabletop RPGs with party games like Jackbox. Sunderfolk looks to be a more casual pick-up-and-play take on something like Gloomhaven. The title has been “designed for players who love tabletop, board and video games.” It’s a two-screen experience, with players actually controlling many aspects of the game on their smartphone. You know, just like the immensely-popular Jackbox franchise. The “tactical couch co-op RPG” is being advertised as a way for veteran tabletop players to introduce the genre to their inexperienced friends. Sunderfolk can be played by up to four players at once and there are six hero classes, like bard, arcanist, ranger and some of the other usual suspects. The TV is the main screen and the phone acts as a controller as folks navigate the game board. The story follows a beleaguered town as it is attacked by various monsters. In other words, it’s a standard fantasy RPG. The unique control scheme looks to eliminate some of the barriers of entry with this type of game, like the steep learning curve and lengthy set-up time. Like many tabletop RPGs, it’s cooperative in nature and not competitive. You and your friends against the world. Dreamhaven While the designer’s say Sunderfolk was made with couch co-op in mind, there will be online play. The game releases for Nintendo Switch, PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S sometime in 2025, with... Continue reading at 'Engadget'
[ Engadget | 2024-10-10 17:43:24 UTC ]
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Trevor Dolby, founder and publisher for Cornerstone imprint Preface, is to retire in the autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Librarians are standing up to Trump, and they want the American Library Association to follow suit. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By dangling rewards in front of publishers that go all-in with them, platforms, inadvertently or not, worm their way into publishers’ organizations and dictate their strategy. Some publishers including The Washington Post and Mic say the rewards and potential influence with the platforms are... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new Game of Thrones story focusing on the family history of the Targaryens is to be published this autumn in the US. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford-based Christian publisher Lion Hudson has made almost two thirds of its staff redundant and submitted a notice of intent to appoint administrators. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the first time in the nearly 25-year history of the PW Bookstore of the Year Awards, a children’s only bookstore, Wild Rumpus in Minneapolis, was named one of five finalists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The gaming-focused Windows 10 Insider build that Microsoft promised earlier this week, with Game Mode, Beam livestreaming and other features, is rolling out—but with some game-breaking bugs, unfortunately. What’s officially known as Build 15019 for the Insider Fast Ring also includes a number of... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2017-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It will be up to publishers to make the case for how their teaching materials help institutions to meet the requirements of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), and providing data evidence will be key, a panel discussion marking Academic Book Week heard. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Swedish writer is being sued for infringing copyright after making children’s versions of novels such as Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The FTSE 100 remains in positive territory despite a 30% plunge in Pearson shares after the education publisher issues a profit warning. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Windmill Books has acquired a suspenseful Swedish debut, The Dying Game, by Asa Avdic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist and games designer Naomi Alderman is offering early-career writers traineeships to write for Zombies, Run!, a smartphone fitness game. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How do writers and publishers handle charged topics like climate change? Environmentalist Jamie Clarke makes a case for including more perspectives, both for the sake of book sales and the planet. The post Can Better Writing Make Climate Change Less Polarizing? appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tessa Strickland, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Barefoot Books, is retiring at the end of the year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Culture, Media and Sport select committee has warned that budget cuts are making culture less accessible, as part of its latest report on funding and support for the arts outside London. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jan Reichelt, co-founder and managing director of Mendeley, now part of Elsevier, has left the company "to pursue other interests". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten years ago, publishers all piled into games as an easy way to increase their digital revenues. Five years ago, a number of them experimented with them as storytelling tools, using games to get their readers to think about the news in a novel way. Today, everyone from Hearst to the Washington... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bridget Jones has made the Woman's Hour Power List - despite being a fictional character. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Children’s is launching a new app to accompany the release of the Spy Toys series, written by Mark Powers and illustrated by Tim Wesson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The next-generation television company may be in your pocket. Snapchat, once pegged by the public as a social-messaging app and recently self-declared camera-based platform, is actually starting to look more and more like TV for young viewers who prefer smartphones over flat screens, industry... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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