I’ve been playing Inkbound for the past several months, and now that the game has finally launched, it’s time to turn a critical eye to their 1.0 version, and delve deep into the pages hidden within this co-op roguelike strategy game.
25.03.2024 - 18:33 / polygon.com
That’s it, guys, we made it: Time for March to go out like a lamb, as the old adage says, and spring has sprung — most notably (“most” here for if you are not the type who wants to go touch literal grass) in the form of our spring preview, which forecasts some of the best TV shows, movies, books, anime, and more coming this season.
But this post is about celebrating the now, the spring we can enjoy right away, the TV shows coming this week. And there is plenty coming this week alone: a handful of crime thrillers; a new rebellious-woman drama from the creator of Gentleman Jack; Michonne and Rick finally reaching the end of The Ones Who Live; and a bit of Is It Cake? to wash it all down.
Here are the biggest new TV premieres and finales this week.
Genre: Meme-based competition show
Release date: March 29
Showrunners/creators: Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz
Cast: Mikey Day and a cast of talented bakers ready to guess what’s cake
This is a safe place to admit: We have all, at one point in time, been fooled into believing an elegant, hyper-lifelike cake was in fact the item it purported to be. Is It Cake? has been asking us to (not) believe our eyes for two seasons now, and now a new season is here to make us doubt ourselves (and get hungry for cake) once again.
Genre: Crime thriller
Release date: March 27, with all episodes
Showrunner/creator: Wattanapong Wongwan
Cast: Teeradon Supapunpinyo, Pachara Chirathivat, Achiraya Nitibhon, and more
Three ambitious entrepreneurs with a streak of failed startups have finally stumbled upon a business opportunity that could help them pay off their substantial debt. But it’s not gonna be pretty — specifically, it will be rebranding the Phummaram Temple and exploiting people’s religious beliefs.
Genre: Plucky-woman period piece
Release date: March 29, with two episodes
Showrunner/creator: Sally Wainwright
Cast: Louisa Harland, Nick Mohammed, Adrian Lester, and more
Nell (Louisa Harland) is freshly widowed and home to visit her family. Very quickly, she kicks a pompous rich kid’s ass, puts her family at risk, and discovers she has some sort of magical assistant who grants her special fighting powers — so long as she’s helping other people.
Genre: Period drama
Release date: March 25, with three episodes
Showrunner/creator: Thomas Kail
Cast: Joey King, Logan Lerman, Hadas Yaron, and more
At the start of World War II, the Kurc family in Poland is eager to live normal lives. But before too long, the horrors of war force the family to flee — and very quickly the siblings find themselves separated. We Were the Lucky Ones follows their (based on a true) story, as the Jewish family tries endlessly to find their way back to each other.
Genre: Horror show for kids
Release date: March 29
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I’ve been playing Inkbound for the past several months, and now that the game has finally launched, it’s time to turn a critical eye to their 1.0 version, and delve deep into the pages hidden within this co-op roguelike strategy game.
Donkey Crew, a small Polish indie studio that started as a Mount and Blade modding community before moving to Of Kings and Men and later Last Oasis, is now about to launch Bellwright on Steam Early Access.
A brand-new Starfield DLC mod has been released, allowing players to build entire colonies on planets, complete with a farming system, new buildings, mechs, and more.
Silent Hill 2 has been rated by the ESRB.
Vladimir Putin has signed off on a plan to create Russia's own consoles and Steam-like platform. This is one of nine instructions that are supposed to promote the socio-economic development of the region of Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave located between Lithuania and Poland. The region is a Special Economic Zone where manufacturers can enjoy tax breaks; moreover, a silicon production facility was recently established there.
CD Projekt Red is actively exploring new mobile game opportunities, the developer has confirmed. This revelation was offered as part of its parent company's latest earnings report, which also saw CD Projekt reveal a 39% increase in full-year 2023 profits, largely driven by the sales of Cyberpunk 2077 and its Phantom Liberty expansion.
There are a lot of upcoming CD Projekt Red games, and if you're worried that the studio might change its ways and go all-in on microtransactions in a fit of capitalism, don't worry. The studio says it doesn't see a place for microtransactions in single-player games - only multiplayer titles.
CD Projekt Red are continuing to bulk up the team developing The Witcher 4 - officially codenamed Polaris - with two-thirds of the studio now working on the follow-up to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Meanwhile, the team working on Cyberpunk 2077 has shrunk to fewer than 20 people, less than half the number working on its upcoming sequel.
Polish game developer CDPR has shared status updates on the future of its game franchises, including The Witcher and Cyberpunk. Fueling the anticipation among fans, CDPR shared its current work pipeline featuring the next lineup of games in its roadmap.
Take-Two Interactive has confirmed that Borderlands 4 is in development. But that’s not all they’re working on.
Shift Up’s free demo for Stellar Blade goes live on March 29th, but in the meantime, various publications like Game Informer received early access and showcased some fresh gameplay. If you’re one of the few who didn’t try the demo when it accidentally went live early, it showcases the initial portions of the game as Eve battles through various Naytiba.
Is there a definitive geological difference between rock and stone? Google tells me the main consensus is that stones are just smaller rocks, which sounds like a flimsy distinction to base a catchphrase on. I’m not sure when this would come up, unless maybe you were a biblical heretic trying to dunk on the people bludgeoning you to death by correcting them in some last gasp pettiness, but it still bothers me. Anyway, colony survival game First Dwarf cares not for rock, only stone, along with the wood you’ll use as the building blocks of your colonies. This is me burying the lede deeper than the mines of Moria, of course, because First Dwarf also has a tiny talking dragon companion that sits on the shoulder of the giant dwarven mech you use to swing a hammer at horrible toxic shitlizards. The dragon learnt your language by sneaking herself in a library. Do go on, game.