Developer Puddle
Publisher Creature
Format PCVR, Quest, consoles TBA
Origin US
Release 2024
Seldom has a game been summarised as concisely as 2016’s Thumper, its two-word logline – ‘rhythm violence’ – setting out its oppressive agenda. As an iridescent beetle zips down winding tracks suspended in a void, every corner represents a threat, a single mistimed input enough to shatter your fragile carapace, leaving you one more hit from death. Despite some aesthetic similarities, the teaser for artist/composer Brian Gibson’s
