IGF-nominated comedy launches February 7 Necrophone Games’ Luis Hernandezstated today on Twitterthat rollicking comedy adventureJazzpunkwill be released on February 7. This announcement comes just after the game wasnominated for the Grand Prize in this year’s Independent Games Festival Awards, alongside already loved titles likeDon’t Starve,Papers, PleaseandThe Stanley Parable. That is some exceptional company to be in, and a lot to live up to. But if the final product is reflective ofour past experiencesandconversations about the game, it should fit right in....

Another remaster of a popular RPG Japanese developer Sting Entertainmentannounced an upcoming HD remasterof their popular Game Boy Advance RPGRiviera: The Promised Land. Rivierawas the first entry into Sting’sDept. Heavenseries that includedYggdra UnionandGungnir. There was no announcement in regard to which platforms the HD remaster will be coming to or any sort of release timeframe. Overall, details on the remaster have been sparse, but we do have a short list of key features....

Tripwire Interactive’s cooperative zombie shooterKilling Floorshows no signs of declining in popularity, if my Friend’s List on Steam is anything to go by. It’s still a solid, really enjoyable co-op experience that’s been supported with plenty of paid DLC and free updates since its launch in 2009. If you’re still on the fence about playingKilling Floor, then perhaps a free weekend might be of help. Free weekends on Steam have convinced me to buy plenty of games and if you can find some friends to play with, I heartily recommendKilling Floor; there’s plenty of maps to choose from and plenty of incentive to progress up the ranking system....

Announced on Tuesday, formerMortal KombatandNBA Jampublisher Acclaim Entertainment is returning after two decades under new ownership. It will bring back classic franchises and “seeks to support indie developers,” according to the press release. Acclaim is reborn The newly reformed publisher will help indie studios with “funding, marketing, and PR support,” giving them the “opportunity to bring their creative visions to a broad audience,” Acclaim said in the press release. We do not yet know which developers or franchises Acclaim will work with....

Christmas? We’ll be having none ofthat, son. It’s “Holidays” on Xbox Live, and that of course involves an obligatory Hanukkah reference so that nobody thinks you’re racist.LIPSis getting some “Holiday Music” and unlike that Anti-SemiticSingStar, our Jewish friends get a song. Huzzah! Rather disconcertingly, and totally not in the spirit of the season, theLIPSsongs are individually priced and quite pricey when bundled. Elivs Presley’s “Blue Christmas” is 180 Microsoft Points while “The Dreidel Song” by Sister Hazel can be yours for 160 Points....

Today,Mash Tacticsis coming to you live with MonkeyPaw Games to celebrate the release ofBurgerTime World Tour(available now on Xbox Live Arcade, coming soon to PSN and WiiWare). Starting at 1PM Pacific,Jon CarnageandWesley Ruscherwill be playing this vibrant re-imagining of the arcade classic and talking with some of the minds behind it. This special event will be stacked high with competitions, interviews, and actual hamburgers. Carnage and Wesley will be kicking off the event by getting their hands onWorld Tourand sitting down with the President and CEO ofMonkeyPaw, Jon Greiner, to talk about the conception of this retro revival....

I’m already praying for death [Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch King Foom play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you can be as much a part of the show as anything else.] Have you ever wondered what hell looks like? Well, from what I hear, we’re about to stare it right in the face....

December 12 I remember the first time I sat down to playJamestown(also known by its full nameJamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony) back in 2011: it was bliss. Not only is the premise incredible (an alt-history Mars that mirrors colonial conflict with a steampunk twist), but the multiplayer shoot ’em up action really spoke to me. Naturally it would be perfect for (wait for it) Switch, and we did get a confirmation thatthe port was in the works, but no date....

Featuring work from William Gibson When it comes to games with sci-fi settings, the thing that usually excites me is the locations you’ll be able to visit. Often times, you’ll be blasting foes on other planets throughout the solar system, or invading enemy motherships. But sometimes, you’ll find a game that tries to do something a bit different with their setting, and try to make it as much of a character as any other....

Top of the line gaming PCs cheap this weekend Is your PC lagging in the recommended or even minimum specs department these days for modern games? If you’re in the camp for a new build and you don’t want to do it yourself, major manufacturers are running Memorial Day sales. Rounding it up, we’re seeing aDell Memorial Day Sale,Lenovo Memorial Day Sale, andHP Memorial Day Saleall offering pre-builts at reasonable and incentivizing pricing....

It still takes money though With the Xbox One a few weeks away, one doesn’t have to dig too deep into Microsoft’s launch library to see that killer exclusives don’t all have to be developed in-house. Speaking on anIGN podcast, Microsoft Studios’ Phil Spencer reaffirmed his opinion that owning studios doesn’t directly correlate to great exclusive titles; citing his company’s previous relationship with Epic Games and theGears of Warseries. “I lived through the Xbox 360 generation and we had a great relationship with Epic, and we built Gears of War, and really that franchise was born on the Xbox 360 and hit incredible heights on the Xbox 360....

According tothe official scheduling, Microsoft is getting ready to show off its first-party resolution upscaler at this year’s Game Developer Conference in San Francisco. Though this is more of an industry event rather than a conference for the consumer, the presence of DirectSR is quite exciting. As the GDC description notes, DirectSR is supposed to be an all-in-one resolution upscaling solution integrated into Windows itself. The notion thatMicrosoft is working on its own AI-based upscalerisn’t new as such, but it is a bit of a surprise that it’d get shown off in such relatively short order....

Capcom will reach PC and console update parity in April Over the weekend, Capcom shared the 2020 roadmap forMonster Hunter World: Iceborne. Here’s the big takeaway. Right now, PC and console players are running on separate schedules for title updates, but after April 2020,Iceborne‘s content updates will have parity across all three platforms. For PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players, Capcom is prepping “limited-time event quests that increase the odds of encountering gold crown monsters, decorations, and Great Spiritvein Gems” from February through March....