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Platform Win, iOS, XBLA, Windows RT, Windows Phone Publisher Microsoft Studios Developer 17-Bit Release Date Jan 30, 2013

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Skulls of the Shogun review: dealing with death

By Dave Tach on Jan 30, 2013 01.30.13

Skulls of the Shogun looks simpler than it is. The thick, cartoonish outlines and cheeky, anachronistic humor are easy to misjudge. It deploys a handful of playful, class-based characters instead...

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PlayStation Plus gave out $1,000 in free games in 2015. Were they any good?

By Owen S. Good on Dec 06, 2015 12.06.15

Free games. When Sony asks you to lay down $50 for a PlayStation Plus subscription, it says a bunch of free games are part of the bargain. How many do you get? Are they good, current titles? Are...

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Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes and three other PS4 games hit PlayStation Plus in June

By Samit Sarkar on May 27, 2015 05.27.15

Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes leads a solid lineup of six games available free to PlayStation Plus subscribers during the month of June, Sony announced today. Kojima Productions' Ground Zeroes...

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Humble Bundle: PC and Android 10 includes Fieldrunners 2, Skulls of the Shogun, more

By Dave Tach on May 27, 2014 05.27.14

The Humble Bundle: PC and Android 10 is live, bringing seven games for Linux, Mac, Windows PC and Android at a price of your choosing. Games in the bundle include the adventure games Draw a...

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Spelunky, Nidhogg, Escape Goat 2 and more indies coming to PlayStation 4

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Apr 30, 2014 04.30.14

Sony will welcome several new games to the PlayStation 4 this summer, including Drifter, Escape Goat 2, Nidhogg, Spelunky and Skulls of the Shogun, according to several posts on the PlayStation...

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Skulls of the Shogun makes its way to iOS with cross-platform play

By Samit Sarkar on Nov 27, 2013 11.27.13

Skulls of the Shogun, the turn-based strategy game from 17-Bit, is now available on iOS for $4.99, the studio announced today. 17-Bit originally released Skulls of the Shogun this past January on...

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Microsoft: Cross-platform Xbox One/PC play 'makes a lot of sense'

By Samit Sarkar on Oct 14, 2013 10.14.13

Cross-platform play between Xbox One and Windows PC games "makes a lot of sense" as part of a "connected ecosystem across all the different devices," said Microsoft's Phil Spencer in an interview...

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Galak-Z: The Dimensional PAX trailer shows anime-inspired space shooting

By John Funk on Aug 30, 2013 08.30.13

A new trailer for Skulls of the Shogun studio 17-Bit Games' upcoming Galak-Z: The Dimensional is all about shooting things in space. Pursued by enemy spaceships through a dense asteroid field, our...

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Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-A-Fide Edition hits Steam July 29

By Samit Sarkar on Jul 26, 2013 07.26.13

Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-A-Fide Edition, an expanded version of the cross-platform turn-based strategy game being released for Windows PC, will be available July 29 on Steam, developer 17-Bit...

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Skulls of the Shogun devs say Microsoft is not anti-indie, but suffers from 'systemic problems'

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Jun 20, 2013 06.20.13

Skulls of the Shogun ran into several problems during the game's initial publication — many of which the studio blames on launching alongside a handful of new Microsoft devices and services — but...

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Skulls of the Shogun Bone-A-Fide Edition hits Steam in July with new maps, mini-campaign, monk and more

By Dave Tach on Jun 18, 2013 06.18.13

Skulls of the Shogun, developer 17-bit's turn-based strategy game set in the samurai afterlife, is headed to Steam as the Bone-A-Fide Edition with new maps, a new monk, a new mini-campaign and...