Tag: Team 17
News Anthropomorphic Band Management RPG Rockbeasts Revealed for PS5
And the crowd goes wild
We love a good tycoon game but pair it with a story-driven RPG and our ears prick up immediately. Rockbeasts looks to blend the best of both, delivering a kind of fly-on-the-wall documentary about a group of anthropomorphic musicians who rose to stardom under your tutelage. As manager, you’ll be making decisions that...
News You Won't Be Able to Date Everything on PS5 Until June
Date another day
Ambitious romance sim Date Everything is putting its Valentine’s Day plans on ice. The title has been delayed from its original release date of 14th February until sometime in June, publisher Team17 has announced. <related ids="173057"> “At this point I can confidently say that we have reached that point where the game...
News Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition to Be Updated with Three More Games in 2025
Armageddon more value
Team 17 and Digital Eclipse have announced a content update for Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition. It seems the remaster will soon be joined by a handful of other classics from the series. On social media, it's confirmed that a content update in "early 2025" will add the following games to the Anniversary Edition: Worms...
News Ridiculous Visual Novel Date Everything Delayed to the Perfect Release Date on PS5
See you in February
Date Everything, a dating sim in which you can forge relationships with personifications of everyday objects, has been delayed. Initially planned for release this month, developer Sassy Chap Games and publisher Team 17 have announced a new, and very apt, target of Valentine's Day — 14th February, 2025. The news comes via a...
Mini Review Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition (PS5) - Still a Series Highlight 25 Years Later
Garden warfare
Despite countless sequels, Team 17's turn-based strategy series has struggled to better 1999's Worms Armageddon. The developer knows it, too; Worms WMD is based on the fan-favourite game's source code, and the Steam release of Armageddon has been consistently updated, most recently with a major patch in 2020. Now, Worms Armageddon:...
News More Blasphemous 2 Coming in Mea Culpa DLC, Plus Free PS5, PS4 Update
Mea Culpa DLC costs £11.99 / $11.99
The Game Kitchen has announced it's planning two large Blasphemous 2 content drops for Halloween next month, with one taking the form of a paid DLC called Mea Culpa, and then a free update for all PS5, PS4 players. The former costs £11.99 / $11.99, with a 20 per cent discount available for two weeks after the...
News Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition Confirmed for PS5, PS4 Release in September
You won't regret that
Update: Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition has now been confirmed, and it's a collaboration between Team17 and Digital Eclipse. Marking the 25th anniversary of the beloved strategy game, this version of the game features numerous quality-of-life improvements, an overhauled UI, and more. As well as optimised controller...
News Date Everything in This Absurd Sandbox Dating Sim on PS5
Literally everything
Date Everything is a refreshing take on the ordinarily mundane human courtship process. It allows players to romance more than 100 fully voice-acted anthropomorphic objects, which can be found around the house, collecting them all in your Date-a-Dex. How about that hunky Hoover, huh? Everything leads to love in Date Everything,...
News Brilliant PS5, PS4 Angling Outing Dredge Adding More Monstrosities on 15th August
Alone in the dark
Black Salt Games’ outstanding Cthulhu-tinged angling adventure Dredge will be adding additional content in the form of the Iron Rig from 16th August. The expansion – which follows on from last year’s glacial The Pale Reach – will cost £11.99/$11.99, and will see additional content incorporated into each location from the...
News Conscript Musters Retro WW1 Survival Horror for PS5, PS4
War is hell
Conscript is a retro-inspired survival horror that takes place in a truly terrifying setting, World War One's infamous Battle of Verdun. You play as a French soldier searching for his missing brother, employing a variety of WW1-era armaments to clear trenches overflowing with the restless dead. Developed by Catchweight Studio and...
Mini Review Headbangers Rhythm Royale (PS5) - Musical Party Game Is Frustrating and Fun
Let's get this bread
Glee Cheese Studio's Headbangers Rhythm Royale is the latest in a growing roster of battle royale party games. Heavily reminiscent of Fall Guys, the game sees floppy-headed pigeons duke it out in rhythm-based puzzles. Thirty competitors fight to earn the coveted title of master headbanger. You'll be familiar with the format by...
News The Brilliant Blasphemous 2 Is Getting a Last-Gen Port, Coming to PS4 in November
Praise the lord
Team 17 and The Game Kitchen have today announced a last-gen version of Blasphemous 2. The pixelated metroidvania sequel initially released in August on PS5 and other current systems, and now, nearly three months later, a PS4 port is on the way. It's launching on 2nd November, 2023. The news comes from the above accolades trailer,...
News Sail to the Pale Reach in Upcoming Dredge DLC Expansion
Plenty more fish in the sea
Indie hit fishing/horror mashup, Dredge, has been slowly changing with a series of freebie updates. Various quality-of-life changes and other neat features have been implemented, but soon, the game will get its first major DLC: The Pale Reach. Arriving on 16th November, The Pale Reach is the name of a brand new location...
News Worms Publisher Team17 the Latest to Suffer Layoffs, CEO Exits
UK company cutting jobs in restructure
Team17, the UK-based developer of Worms and publishing label for the likes of Overcooked, Dredge, and Blasphemous, is the latest games company to be cutting jobs. Initially reported by Eurogamer and subsequently confirmed to
Mini Review Trepang2 (PS5) - Great Run-and-Gun Shooter Misfires Its Attempts to Be More
A mix of DOOM, F.E.A.R., and a hint of Max Payne
While Trepang2 has a name that makes absolutely no sense to us, this fast-paced, single-player FPS often gives us the same exhilaration you would expect from a game like DOOM. No matter what weapons you have equipped, the super soldier you play as, 106, is always the strongest person in the room...
News Spooky Fishing Adventure Dredge Gets Boat Customisation in Latest Free Update
Dredging it back up
One of the many indie hits this year is Dredge, a fishing game with an eerie twist by Black Salt Games. Since its launch back in March, the title has received a couple of free updates, adding extra content and features as the year's gone on. Today, 18th September 2023, the latest of these updates is now live. The emphasis in...
News Ultraviolent, Ridiculous FPS Trepang2 Spills Blood on PS5 in October
Bang bang bang
Trepang2 is an absolutely mental first-person shooter that released on PC earlier in the year, and now it's coming to PS5 on the 2nd October. Playing as a super solider with a seemingly insatiable hunger for blood and guts, there's a clear emphasis on completely over-the-top gameplay. You can slow time, pluck helpless enemies off...
Review Blasphemous 2 (PS5) - A Marvellously Macabre Metroidvania
The bigger the better
Since Elden Ring secured its position as one of 2022's best games, Soulslikes have seen another huge spike in popularity, with a plethora of titles already released or in the pipeline for this year. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Remnant 2, Lies of P, The Lords of the Fallen, Hollow Knight: Silksong, The Last Faith — the list goes...
News Blasphemous 2 Looks Like a Truly Sick Sequel in Raw Gameplay Footage
Praise be
Due to release in just over a week on PS5, Blasphemous 2 appears to be a pretty straightforward sequel to the already fantastic Blasphemous — and we're perfectly okay with that. The 2D action adventure just got 16 minutes of raw gameplay footage (thanks IGN), and it looks damn good. We've always loved the first game's art direction, and...
News Gritty Strategy Game Gord Gets Dark Fantasy Gameplay Trailer
Gord-amn
Gord is a grimdark "adventure-strategy" game coming to PS5 on 17th August, and we got a new look at it in motion, thanks to an Xbox-flavoured gameplay trailer. We see the kind of horrors (inspired by Slavic folklore) that will inevitably assail our cheerful townsfolk once the sun goes down. The settlement management in Gord looks...
Mini Review Moving Out 2 (PS5) - Chaotic Co-Op Capers in Safe But Solid Sequel
F.A.R.T.ing around
Moving Out 2 is your typical sequel — a bit bigger, a bit better, but ultimately quite familiar. Taking the act of moving belongings in and out of buildings and turning that into a chaotic co-op game, this is largely the same as the original Moving Out, but mixes things up in some fun ways. The gameplay is super approachable...
News Unconsecrated Sequel Blasphemous 2 Gets Gory PS5 Gameplay Trailer
Praise be
Blasphemous 2 continues the series' trademark blend of tough-as-nails 2D gameplay and unsettling Catholicism-inspired enemy design. Preorders are now live, with the game launching on PS5 next month, on 24th August, and we got a suitably gory gameplay snippet to tide us over in the meantime. The second scripture in the ongoing Blasphemous...
News Horror Fishing Game Dredge Updated Today with Photo Mode, New Passive Mode
Plus new fish and monsters
Dredge from developer Black Salt Games has been updated today on PS5, PS4 to include a Photo Mode and an all-new Passive Mode that strips the fishing experience of its horror elements and monsters. Available to download now, the patch arrives for free. In order to actually start using Photo Mode, you'll need to find a...
News Headbangers Is Rhythm Paradise Meets Fall Guys But with Pigeons on PS5, PS4
Pigeon fever
Team 17 has unveiled its latest title, and it's one boasting a pretty crazy mix of stuff. Headbangers Rhythm Royale is its full name, and we're immediately on board after watching this new trailer. The elevator pitch is that it takes the madcap rhythm-based mini-games of Rhythm Paradise and then throws in dozens of players competing to...
News Indie Co-Op Sequel Moving Out 2 Packs Up for PS5, PS4 Launch in August
Moving in
The well-liked co-op game Moving Out is all about shifting boxes and furniture from homes into mover trucks, and it's a lot more fun than it sounds. Moving Out 2 is set to follow it up with what looks to be a new and improved version of the concept. Announced last year, the sequel now has a release date; it's moving in on PS5 and PS4 come...
News Narrative Strategy RPG Gord Marches onto PS5 on 8th August
Lock the doors, bar the gate
Gord is a fairly unique pitch: a strategy RPG that combines city-building elements with Darkest Dungeon-esque sanity mechanics. We got a release date, too; face the darkness on 8th August, on PS5. It's one thing to save your people from the monsters (inspired by spooky Slavic horror, like The Witcher) that inhabit the...
News Blasphemous 2 Brings 'Darkly Picturesque Punishment' to PS5 in August
An act of blasphemy
Update: After leaking earlier in the day, Team17 has since confirmed that, yes, Blasphemous 2 will launch on PS5 from 24th August, 2023. You can check out the release date trailer embedded above. Original Article: A hastily uploaded PS Store trailer has seemingly let the pixel art cat out of the bag: Blasphemous 2 will release...
Mini Review Killer Frequency (PS5) - An Intriguing Call-in Murder Mystery
Radio is dead
Killer Frequency is an odd concoction that just about delivers on its unusual premise. Playing as Forrest Nash, a smooth-talking DJ on a small town's local radio station, you're in charge of a late night call-in show. On top of that, though, a serial killer is on the loose, and the tiny police department is in disarray. Somehow, it...
News Future Dredge Updates Include Free Content, Paid DLC
Four big updates in total
Fishing title turned horror nightmare Dredge will be continually updated throughout the year with free content packs and a paid DLC at the end of it. As detailed on the PlayStation Blog, the next few months will see markers be added to the in-game map as well as a Photo Mode and a chilled out Wildlife experience. Later on...
News Strategy RPG Gord Brings Slavic Folktale Horror to PS5 This Summer
Watch that sanity meter
Gord has been confirmed for a PS5 release this summer. The dark fantasy title caught the eye last year when it was announced for a 2023 PC launch, and now it's coming to Sony's current-gen system as well. Inspired by Slavic folklore — the creepy kind — it's a horror-tinged strategy RPG where you need to keep evil at bay...
News Blasphemous 2 Fully Revealed, Continues the Cycle on PS5 in Summer 2023
Penance for your thoughts
We already knew that The Game Kitchen was cooking up a sequel to its great side-scrolling action game Blasphemous, and it's now finally been unveiled. Releasing on PS5 in late summer 2023, Blasphemous 2 looks like another solid, and unsettling, 2D adventure. The sequel picks up after the events of the Wounds of Eventide...
News Be Both DJ and Detective in Killer Frequency, an 80s Infused Murder Mystery on PS5, PS4
Radio times
How many games cast you as a radio DJ with a call-in show? We'd wager not too many, but Killer Frequency goes one better and makes you a pseudo-detective for good measure. This unusual new game from Team 17 is coming to PS5 and PS4 on 1st June 2023, and it has us intrigued. Playing as Forrest Nash, a radio DJ in 1980s America, you...
Mini Review Dredge (PS5) - Eerie Fishing Adventure Will Reel You In
There's always a weirder fish
Dredge is a fishing game with eldritch nastiness lurking beneath the surface. It's a perfect combo, and although the spooky side never descends into true horror, there's an ever-present sense of unease as you explore the small open ocean and its island outposts. Playing as a freshly hired fisherman, you begin the game...
News Get Your Best Look Yet at Survival Horror Fishing Game Dredge on PS5, PS4
Yer fond of me lobster aint' ye?
Dredge is an intriguing-looking mishmash of genres, blending elements of survival horror and a maritime management sim, and we just got our best look yet at the game in action in IGN's latest preview. Dredge casts off on PS5 and PS4 at the end of the month, on 30th March. On the surface, the only indication you have...
News Haunted Fishing Game Dredge Raises Anchor 30th March on PS5, PS4
Doldrums, doldrums. Eviler than the Devil
Dredge is an upcoming adventure game about fishing, eldritch horror, and madness. This one caught our eye with its intriguing reveal trailer, so we were excited to learn we can slip our moors on PS5 and PS4 on 30th March. You play as a mariner plying the waters of a mysterious archipelago, selling your...
News Chaotic Co-Op Roguelike Ship of Fools Slips Its Moorings on PS5
There are journeys from which one cannot return
Sure to test even the most solid of friendships, the cooperative roguelike Ship of Fools is now available on PS5, and we got a chaotic launch trailer as the title sets sail. Fans of the Overcooked franchise will likely find a lot to love in Ship of Fools, which emphasises communication and teamwork,...
News Sinister Fishing Adventure Game Dredge Sets Sail for 2023 Release on PS5, PS4
Boredom makes men to villains
Dredge is a fishing adventure game in which you captain a fish trawler through some decidedly troubled waters, and it's been announced for PS5 and PS4, launching sometime in 2023. In Dredge, you will explore a remote archipelago called the Marrows, a chain of islands that offers lucrative opportunities for intrepid...
News Take Couch Co-Op Online in Moving Out 2 on PS5, PS4
Settles in 2023
Likeable co-op game Moving Out is getting a sequel, aptly titled Moving Out 2. Riffing on the chaotic co-op formula popularised by Overcooked, these games are all about removing various objects from people's homes and placing them carefully (or not) in a moving van. The sequel takes things up a notch by introducing online play...
Mini Review Thymesia (PS5) – A Poor Take on the Souls-Like Formula
Are you ready to recall?
Thymesia is a Souls-like that sees you play as Corvus, a reincarnated warrior with amnesia. Though unsure of your standing in the world, you are guided by a spectral visage that tasks you with uncovering the secrets of "Vile Blood" and "Pure Blood". Trappings of Souls titles are aplenty, with things like lanterns serving as...
News Ship of Fools Release Date Unfurled, Sails onto PS5 on 22nd November
Survive the aquapocalypse
Ship of Fools is a cooperative rogue-lite in which players must work together in order to crew a ship through a treacherous series of encounters, and overcome fearsome foes. It's coming to PS5 on 22nd November. Gameplay looks like a delightfully manic affair, as players will need to crew their ship, repair damage, and fend...
News Hokko Life Is a Full-On PS4 Animal Crossing Clone, and It Looks Fun
Gets cosy this September
Look, Hokko Life isn't the first game to try and replicate Animal Crossing's timeless life sim formula and it certainly won't be the last, but if you're a fan of Nintendo's blockbuster franchise and you've craving something very similar on PS4, this could be the game for you. It's everything you'd expect: cute characters,...
News PS5 Action RPG Thymesia Hit with Short Delay in August
Stay sharp
Developer OverBorder Studio has delayed the release date for upcoming action RPG Thymesia, which was previously set to launch for PS5 on the 9th August. But don't get too upset — it's only been pushed back nine days to the 18th August, which will apparently be enough time for the team to add some finishing touches. OverBorder Studio...
News Bravery & Greed Is a Co-op 'Dungeon Brawler', Coming to PS4 in 2022
Looks like a rollicking good time
Bravery & Greed is a cooperative "dungeon brawler", which combines classic beat'em up style gameplay with roguelike elements, and a dungeon-crawling RPG progression system. It's coming to PS4 later in 2022. The gameplay is fast and frenetic and features plenty of gear and number crunching to keep the RPG...
News Great Indie RPG Monster Sanctuary's Massive Forgotten World Update Is Out Now
Loads of new stuff, plus a randomised mode
Update: The Forgotten World update for Monster Sanctuary is available to download now on PS4. You can read more about what's included in the original article below. Original Story: Creature-taming RPG Monster Sanctuary is getting a big update later this week on PS4. The game released for Sony's last-gen...
News Ship of Fools Is a Maritime Co-Op Rogue-Lite Sailing to PS5 This Year
Shiver me timbers
We are awash with rogue-likes and rogue-lites these days, but the formula can be excellent when executed well, so we don't mind. Ship of Fools, published by Team 17 and developed by Fika Productions, is another swing at this popular genre, and it's setting itself apart by putting you (and a co-op partner) on a boat. Sailing the...
News Slick Action RPG Thymesia Plagues PS5 This August
Unmasked
Thymesia first caught our eye in November of last year, when its debut gameplay trailer had us calling it "Bloodborne with backflips". That description still applies, with Thymesia looking pretty darn slick in its newest video, which also confirms that it's slashing to PS5 on the 9th August. If the combat ends up feeling as good as it...
News Govern Peeps in Sci-Fi City Builder Before We Leave, Out Now on PS5, PS4
20% launch discount on PS Store
Before We Leave, a new sci-fi city builder from Worms publisher Team 17, is available now on the PlayStation Store for both PS5 and PS4. With six different biomes to explore, it will be your job to take control of Peeps (survivors of a global disaster) and help them rebuild civilisation, expand to new shores, and...
News Thymesia Is a Bit Like Bloodborne with Backflips, Coming to PS5 in 2022
New blood
Another day, another Souls-like action RPG is brought to our attention. But wait, don't click off this article just yet! Thymesia actually looks pretty darn cool in this new gameplay trailer, which confirms that the game will slash its way to PlayStation 5 in 2022. The press releases gives us an intriguing overview: "Set in a hauntingly...
Mini Review Epic Chef (PS4) - Silly Culinary Life Sim Mostly Hits the Spot
Kitchen quest
Epic Chef mixes together varied ingredients to create something rather tasty. It's a story-based adventure game about a man named Zest moving to a new town and rising through the culinary ranks, but the gameplay isn't just about cooking. While you'll concoct numerous recipes using weird and wonderful ingredients, the game is as much a...
Mini Review Overcooked: All You Can Eat - Remastered Culinary Co-Op Is Still a Tasty Treat
Fill your plates
Republished on Wednesday 1st September 2021: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of September's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. Overcooked: All You Can Eat is like enjoying your favourite meal while wearing newly prescribed glasses. Sure, you've had this plenty of times...
