Posts tagged tequila-works 
Deadlight now free for Xbox Live Gold members
As promised, the Tequila Works-developed survival game, Deadlight, is the latest freebie for Xbox Live Gold members. The Xbox 360 game – regularly priced at $15 – will remain free until April 30. In her review of Deadlight, Joystiq's Jess Conditt said the game "shines in its detailed...
Deadlight, Hitman Absolution join gratis Games With Gold in April
Whether you'd prefer to gingerly hop your way through the decrepit ruins of humanity or dispatch targets with the cold, remorseless professionalism of a trained killer, Microsoft's Games With Gold promotion has something for you. Come April 1, Hitman: Absolution will be available as a free downl...
Microsoft regrets passing on PS4-exclusive Rime
Microsoft rejected Rime, the colorful action RPG from Deadlight studio Tequila Works, before the team signed a PS4-exclusive deal with Sony, VG Leaks reports, citing a series of Microsoft pitch documents. Microsoft Studios Corporate VP Phil Spencer considers this decision a missed opportunity, acco...
Sony says Siren listing was 'mistake,' should have referred to Rime
Horror fans excited by the possibility of a new game in the Siren series are getting some metaphorical coal in their equally-metaphorical stocking early; IGN reports that the Romanian PlayStation 4 press release which seemed to have leaked a PS4-bound Siren game was actually referring to the workin...
Tequila Works' Rime will explore islands on PS4
Tequila Works (Deadlight) is abandoning dreary silhouettes to venture out into a cel-shaded island in Rime for the PS4, Sony announced at their Gamescom press conference today. VP of Sony Worldwide Studios Michael Denny explained that Rime is an open-world adventure focused on exploring the rui...
Xbox Live Countdown to 2013 daily deal: Dust, Deadlight and Hybrid
Today's Xbox Live deal, as part of the Xbox Live Countdown to 2013, includes sales on Dust: An Elysian Tail, Deadlight and Hybrid. Both Dust: An Elysian Tail and Deadlight are on sale for 600 Microsoft points, 50 percent off from their original prices. Hybrid can be downloaded for 400 Microsoft poi...
Deadlight shambles onto Steam on October 25
Deadlight is shuffling onto Steam on October 25, Tequila Works announced. The zombie-stuffed side-scroller originally lurched onto Xbox 360 as part of this year's Summer of Arcade. Tequila Works promised the PC version has improved graphics over its XBLA counterpart, and includes a new "nightmare m...
Silver Lining: Sins and punishment in Deadlight
'Silver Lining' is a column from freelancer Taylor Cocke dedicated to highlighting moments of real potential in less than perfect games. This week he examines Tequila Works' Deadlight. The following may contain story spoilers. Scrawled on the wall in a frenzied font a warning reads "The Inferno Be...
Deadlight review: Lessons for the zombie apocalypse
Playing a game about zombies is never a waste of time. Any game that features a variation of the undead – the shuffling decomposed, cannibalistic speed demons, the infected – offers a new approach to tackling the zombie apocalypse when it occurs in reality. Each new game demonstrates v...
Deadlight story trailer explains the saving powers of fear
"The only thing we have to fear is to fear yourself." We're pretty sure that's what president Franklin D. Roosevelt said to galvanize the American public when he took office in 1933, in the thick of the Great Depression. Nothing says "We can do it!" quite like "You're a monster!" Thankfully Deadl...
