They say that you can be done with the past, but the past isn’t done with you. In moments where there are bad memories standing in front of you, it might just be preferred to punch it in the face. Developer and publisher Big Blue Bubble has announced a special new game that puts players headfirst against an ancient enemy, but also, the very memories of the past that have been buried for so long. Arriving exclusively to Epic Games Early Access is Foregone, an action sidescroll

George Orwell’s famous novel, 1984, depicted a haunting dystopian world, where corruption is disguised as order and freedom of choice is a lie. This foundation has been seen in various books, shows, movies, and even video games. With so many, it is important to differentiate oneself from the competition, and Liberated from Atomic Wolf and Walkabout looks to do just that. Liberated was featured in the Holiday 2019 Nintendo Direct as an action and stealth adventure game, with a

Good Shepard dimmed the lights for a special event featuring Black Future ’88, a side-scrolling cyberpunk roguelike game with incredibly tight controls and a pulse-pounding synthwave soundtrack the likes of which has not been heard in games before in the October of 2019. Having followed Black Future ’88 since PAX EAST and PAX WEST of 2018 I am happy to say that since the game’s release on November 21st, it has been performing really well. I had the opportunity to play a near-

Music is love, music is life, and without music, there is no existence. Music is a great power of untold reach, but for a select few, they seek to control and manipulate the industry. When they are rejected by the music judges of the world, the band members of Bunk Bed Junction will come together to fight back against the EDM empire and save the world of music in this new game titled No Straight Roads. This is an action-adventure game where music isn’t a lifestyle but a weapo

For twenty years, from November of 1955 to April of 1975, the jungles of Southeast Asia echoed with the sounds of war. The Vietnam War, once America’s longest war was a divisive and costly conflict, where the constant sounds and images of war made their way half a world away back to American television sets. The Vietnam War is considered the darkest time in American history. It was a time where the United States was ripping itself apart from both at home and abroad. Regardles

Long-distance relationships aren’t easy, and they can become an often complicated subject. Whether a civilian or a service member, long-distance relationships can come with their mixture of warm feelings and crushing sadness. Lightning Rod Games is hoping to bring a thoughtful perspective to the discussion of Long-Distance Relationships with A Fold Apart, an adventure puzzle game inspired by the art of Origami. While tinkering their next game idea, the team discovered the per

As history has seen it, World War II witnessed the largest formations of tanks and tank battles in the history of warfare, from the beaches of Normandy to the sands of North Africa, to the infamous Battle of The Bulge. VR games have featured plenty of first-person shooting on-foot, but never have they have never featured the thrill of operating inside a battle tank. Multiple tons of sheer crushing force and firepower make for a great time, and the fine people at SpiderMonk En

We here at Stack Up are gearing up for another great Air Assault experience at the convention. We want to take just a moment to introduce you to the Veterans who we will be bringing along with us to Seattle so that they can experience this amazing event. Johnny King Favorite Video Game Franchises/Studios/Publishers: Bethesda, CD project Red, Blizzard Favorite Twitch/Mixer Streamers: Bad Boy Gaming, DFLCC I entered the Air Force on 1 June 2005 as an Avionics technician. Worki

Lena DelRay (@Crowbeak) and Stride PR have announced that Final Form Games is bringing their incredibly renowned spaceship shooter, Jamestown + on to the Nintendo Switch, with new content heading to the Steam and PC versions arriving as well. The announcement comes as the team gears up Pax West to present the Nintendo Switch version at the show, along with its new features. The original game, Jamestown,  was released in 2011 for PC platforms, then subsequently released for th

Fast, kinetic, and almost like a bloody Sonic The Hedgehog, BloodRoots is a sublime game in the making from Canada-based Paper Cut games. I had the opportunity to play the game at PAX East this past March and it was a fantastic experience, albeit far too painfully short. A few years ago, an Academy-Award winning movie was released that was made famous for various reasons. This movie, which took place in the wild wilderness of the American Mid-West, featured a violent bear att

It’s a known fact that we, as humans, know more about the surface of the moon that we do about the ocean. Beneath the seas is an entirely different world filled with mystery, intrigue, and scientific discovery. Many pioneers, such as Jacque Custeau, took a revolutionary step beneath the surface to not only discover new life but to understand it. In the face of all of our research and discovery of the oceans of the Earth, there is an entire world beneath the waves, still untou

Before PAX EAST, Nintendo hosted a special Nindies presentation to highlight the various up and coming indie games heading to the Nintendo Switch. Among them was a special looking game that seemed to have the visual fidelity of a 2000 AD Graphic novel, with an interesting combination of puzzle mechanics, hack-&-slash action, and pinball. This game was Creature in the Well by Flight School Studio. Sporting a unique look and combination of various gameplay mechanics, Creature i

It is that time of year again! PAX East is just around the corner and we are getting ready to Stack Up in a big way through our Air Assault program, where we fly disabled and deserving veterans to awesome gamer and geek culture events, just like PAX East in Boston. This year’s trip is sponsored by an amazing streamer who raised well over the 10k mark in 2018. Thanks to Cahlaflour and her fantastic community we are sending three Veterans out to Boston to enjoy all the show has

RIOT: Civil Unrest will task players with observing and participating in these contentious conflicts, giving players the opportunity to choose between the rioters and the riot police. The main game will be spread across four campaigns and over 30 different individual scenarios, all based on real-life riots that have occurred in multiple countries. From Oakland California to Caracas, Venezuela, each mission is expected to be drastically different from the next. Accompanying th

This past PAX South 2019 was, as always, a fabulous extravaganza of video gaming fun! We here at Stack-Up had the great honor of spending it in the company of some remarkable individuals, our PAX South 2019 Air Assaults. We sat down to chat with these three about their experience in San Antonio at PAX South and now we would like to share that with you. Sit back and hit play as we experience the magic of PAX through the eyes of these amazing veterans! We are thrilled that our

The panelist for this round include: Stephen Machuga Army Founder and CEO of Stack Up Dave Crouse Marines Stack Up’s director of Veteran Services, UziPrincess Air Force Partnered Twitch Streamer Chris Miller Army Videographer Thank you all for taking the time to watch and stand by for our next panel at a convention near you! #PaX #PaXSouth #PAXSouth2019 #Panel #veterans #WarStories

With PAX South 2019 rapidly approaching we wanted to take a moment to introduce you to the incredible Veterans who will be joining us on what will be the first of many Air Assault missions in 2019! Our Air Assault program is where we hand-pick deserving veterans and bring them, all expenses paid, to attend life-changing video game and geek culture events, whether it be a Comic-Con, an Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), a Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) or even a game developer studi

Shoot-’em Ups and spaceship-shooters have been around for a little over 30 years. For the most part, the genre is tried-and-true. These games have simple gameplay mechanics for players that yield instantaneous fun for anyone looking for a quick game to play. As they go, players press start, hop into a ship and start blasting waves upon waves of enemies. From Galaga, RayStatorm, and 1943 to DariusBurst and Afterburner II, there is a nearly endless library of great shoot-em-ups

Space combat games are not as common as they once were, but if Double Damage Inc.’s latest game is any indication, the company seeks to change all of that. Coming fresh off of their 2015 release of the naval-combat action game, Rebel Galaxy, the team has been steadily at work building a new type of space game, and it may not be what you expect. Ship-to-ship dogfighting, intergalactic gambling, and space cops all encompass the studio’s newest game: Rebel Galaxy: Outlaw. At PAX

Cyanide & Happiness is like ice cream. It’s always good, especially when you are craving it. Since 2005, the wild minds at Explosm.net have been leaping onto the internet to show the world their side of twisted humor with Cyanide & Happiness, at first a webcomic and animated series and games. Bouncing around social media for the last decade, it took off as the popularity of YouTube grew and access to better animation programs increased. Today, Cyanide & Happiness is an entert