Tyler Mitchell, GIZORAMA - "The video game industry has, for a long time, been pretty bad about representing any culture outside of the heterosexual male (mostly Caucasian) experience. Women, people of color, and the LGBT community and cultures have largely been relegated to the sidelines, and when a game comes along to feature a character from one of these communities, it’s hard not to take notice. Never Alone comes from Upper One Games, who worked alongside Cook Inlet Tribal Council – an organization that works with native groups in Alaska – and places an indigenous tribal tale at the center of it’s game. It’s an effort that should be applauded, if only because it’s such a unique and fun story that feels appropriately respectful of it’s source material. Unfortunately, most of the fun is drained from the gameplay experience due to floaty controls and several frustrating technical issues."
Starting today, Beyond Blue and Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) are free at Epic Games Store. Once you claim them, they're yours to keep.
As Never Alone brings its beautiful storytelling and immersive gameplay to Nintendo Switch, there are hints of a sequel being in development. Hell, there’s even a teaser for Never Alone 2 inside the port’s launch trailer.
The 1st game was fantastic.
"There are hints of a sequel being in development. Hell, there’s even a teaser for Never Alone 2 inside the port’s launch trailer"
1) hints? you mean the Devs telling you at the end of the trailer 2nd game is in pre production, that's not a hint ffs lol.
2) a teaser is NOT a number 2 at the end lol.
That would be awesome. I live in Alaska so it's always nice to see it talked about or shown in games.
E-Line Media and the Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) announced today that the indie game Never Alone is featured in the Smithsonian Institution’s upcoming Futures Exhibition.
