And Midgar is looking delightfully more cyberpunk than ever.
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Cyberpunk, tech-noir, and dystopian themes have always been present in video games. But in recent years they seem especially prevalent. Join us as we explore the cyberpunkery of gaming both retro and modern.
And at some point the killer even starts leaving you messages in your files. Creepy.
In Redo! you play as a girl looking for other humans in a dystopian world run by strange cybernetic beings who have annihilated almost all of humanity.
Born Punk is an upcoming cyberpunk point-and-click adventure with puzzle elements and is being funded via Kickstarter for release on all major platforms.
Capcom just announced the release date for the celebrated return of the original Mega Man series. We can expect the game on October 2nd of this year. And they also released a pretty snazzy-looking trailer
20XX is a roguelike platformer inspired by Mega Man X. It’s really good and now it’s coming to consoles!
Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX is a spinoff and latest game in the 16-bit style platformer series.
An upcoming game published by Chucklefish and developed by Shanghai developer Pixpil Games promises a delightfully bizarre post-apocalyptic adventure inspired by a bunch of stuff I love.
Mega Man X Legacy Collections are coming, and soon. Am I excited? Is my name Kenneth?! No, actually, it’s not. But I am still VERY excited.
Tales of the Neon Sea is an upcoming cyberpunk detective adventure set in a futuristic Chinese citycscape. The game is the latest in a wonderful modern resurgence of the point-and-click genre and it just looks so damn cool.
The PC platform seems to lend itself to the cyberpunk genre. But which games are the best? PC Gamer compiles a list of fantastic cyberpunk games on the platform. While there are some notable absences, we love every game on it.
Narita Boy is currently being funded on Kickstarter and is an action adventure game set in a futuristic world in which everything is awesomely cyber 80’s.