Matador - Blasting Away Mechs for Great Justice

If you haven't seen the teaser trailer of this kick-ass top-down mech shooter, allow me to bring you up to speed. Matador is an isometric vehicle action game set in a far-off dystopic future. Players assume the role of a revolutionary mech pilot who, following the death of the mysterious "Great Leader", must liberate the capital city of Solo Nobre in one night by hijacking mechs and annihilating counter-insurgents.

The game's already drummed up a fair amount of publicity with its starkly pixelated, nostalgia-inducing art style and promising sound design. With fully destructible environments, variable generated playthroughs that change every time, and a gallery of awesome mechs, tanks and antigrav weapons to choose from, Summer 2014 can't come soon enough.

The 'Stellar Jockeys' are a 4-man team based out of Champaign, IL and Seattle, WA. Matador is their first game, you can find them at their website here, and go vote for the game over at their Steam Greenlight page!

Let's Check Out MONACO : What's Yours Is Mine

For the newest entry into our Let's Check Out series, Chris and I get to check out the top-down cooperative heist game, MONACO: What's Yours Is Mine. The game has been in development for over 4 years, and it's finally hit the market, giving one of the most engaging co-op experiences in our recent memories. Using a handful of different classes, up to 4-players devise a plan to sneak through a level and escape with a near limitless amount of possibilities.

Taste the rainbow.

It's always super refreshing to see an indie game hit the market with the amount of quality and charm that can be seen in MONACO. Pocketwatch Games has provided us with a labor of love that we can't help but recommend to everyone. Pick up MONACO: What's Yours Is Mine today on Steam or head over to the website and pick it up here. For more Let's Check Out and exclusive content, head over to our YouTube and subscribe right here!

Worth Checking Out: Darkwood

Growing up I began to build a strong relationship with the horror genre, from movies to games. My first memorable experience comes from the Playstation classic, Resident Evil. Yes, the game was fantastic at creating tense moments no matter the situation, but really stands out in today's gaming world are the restrictive controls. When an enemy attacks, you're not able to hide behind cover, roll, run and shoot or even walk and shoot, instead you were forced to calm your nerves and take aim. Since the recent emergence of "action-horror" I've yet to find a game in the past few years that has forced me to take control of my fear in order to survive, but if the alpha footage of the indie title Darkwood is anything to go by, we're in for a treat.

Darkwood is a top-down, procedurally generated, open-world survival-horror game that seems to put a large emphasis on the survival aspect of the survival-horror genre. Players are pitted against an unknown force, forcing players to always stay on their toes. One tiny mistake can cost you the game, and running for your survival looks like it may provide an even larger threat. Mixed with a crafting system, Darkwood is definitely a game worth keeping an eye on. We'll definitely be keeping you posted for more information, but you can checkout the studio's website over here.