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Rival Stars Horse Racing is a PC and mobile game created and maintained by New Zealand based dev studio PikPok. To celebrate the game’s four year anniversary – that’s counting from the mobile version’s release, in case you’re noticing that the years don’t add up – PikPok released a teaser for upcoming features.
Read MoreGhost of Tushima is an open world action adventure game released in 2020 on PlayStation 4, developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
I don’t usually review AAA games on here, but I decided to make an exception. The fact that I started playing it in August 2022 and am uploading this review about 9 months later might give you a hint as to how that’s been working out for me. Let’s take a closer look at the horses of Ghost of Tsushima.
Read MoreMy Horse: Bonded Spirits is an upcoming horse game created by Games Incubator from Poland. The game’s Steam page and announcement trailer first went up on April 13th 2023. My Horse: Bonded Spirits does not yet have a precise release date, but is scheduled for 2024. Let’s take a look and what it claims to offer and why I don’t entirely trust it.
Read MoreAstride is an upcoming adventure roleplaying game featuring horse riding in a Scandinavian-inspired environment. It is the debut and passion project of Raidho Games. In a recent update on Steam, the Raidho team confirms that a first version Astride will be released in mid May 2023.
Read MoreFoxie Ventures’ Founder and Director Dineth Abeynayake and Product Manager Steven Ready took some time before the release to show me a preview of what their newest game would offer, and to answer a few questions about Star Equestrian’s development and its future.
Read MoreMoon Channel, a YouTube creator of gaming video essays, has released a fantastic video tackling the history and market of so-called “girl games” – video games deliberately marketed to and targeted at young female players.
Read MoreStar Equestrian is a brand new mobile horse game by Foxie Ventures. It will offer cross country and show jumping, an open world to explore, story missions and daily quests to complete, and quite a variety of horses and tack to collect and level up.
To get my feedback and give me an opportunity to ask a few questions, Foxie Ventures’ Product Manager Steven Ready invited me to a live playthrough and video call. Join me today for a preview of what the game has in store.
Read MoreGamescom 2022 in Cologne was an exciting event and meeting the team of Korion Interactive was one of my highlights: I turned to find about five people in matching Moorhuhn T-shirts standing behind me basically going “Hi, we’re so excited that we found you, we love The Mane Quest and we’re making horse games now.”
Read MoreThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the much anticipated sequel to 2017’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Official Trailer #2, released during Nintendo Direct on February 8th, confirms one TMQ-relevant inclusion: Horses will be back in Tears of the Kingdom. Horses, or one specific horse?
Read MoreI’ve been eagerly following the development of The Ranch of Rivershine ever since solo game creator and TMQ community member Éloïse Laroche first announced she’d be tackling the horse game genre. Today, Éloïse releases a playable Demo for The Ranch of Rivershine on Steam. Let’s dive deeper into how she’s been building the Cozy Bee Games brand and business, and what new challenges she’s facing with her newest project.
Read MoreNoa Leibson is an art historian, life-long rider and writer of equestrian fiction and non-fiction. I finally managed to take her up on her offer to give us all some fascinating insight into ancient historical chariot racing, the men and women (!) who participated in it, and how video games like Assassin’s Creed: Origins succeed and fail in their representations of this fascinating sport.
Read MoreEver since the Very Far Away Horse game case first started getting shared online, TMQ sees spikes in search traffic whenever the image goes viral. Since November 2022 however, The Mane Quest won’t be the only thing to show up in a search for the previously fictitious title: A game called “Far Away Horse” was actually made and released on Steam.
Read MoreLet me continue my tradition of using this “time between the years” to summarize what happened on The Mane Quest this year, provide some website statistics and share some reflections.
Read MoreFor a long time, new horse game options for PC and Console players have been few and far between. In Fall 2022 however, our niche genre has gotten a whooping four new releases. Full reviews may be coming at some point in the future, but for now, let’s have a quick look at what each of these games offer:
Read MoreWith the initial announcement of Horse Tales – Emerald Valley Ranch, publisher Microids revealed that the Limited Edition of the game would include an additional horse breed: the Irish Cob. It is with great pleasure that I get to share a proper first look at the additional horse model with you all today.
Read MorePopular Animated Horse Asset Pack Horse Animset Pro by Malbers Animations has become a bit of a thorn in my side, as someone who always keeps an eye out for new games that include horses. From its initially completely wrong walk animation to its current issues with wobbly bendy forelegs, the suboptimal asset pack is the direct cause for many game horses looking sort of wrong. With the release of Horse Herd by 3D Bear last month, it looks like HAP is getting some much-needed competition in the animated horse asset market.
Read MoreHorse Tales game was exhibited at Gamescom in Cologne in late August, and Microids released a brand new trailer for the game that gives a lot of insight into various of the game’s features such as horse care, building and customization.
Read MoreThis article is an add-on to my recent post about upcoming Indie Horse Games: These tips were compiled while gathering info on upcoming games and noticing a few common areas of improvement. They don’t necessarily only apply to horse games but I do see it in almost every new horse game project launched by new creators without industry experience.
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