Gaming Furever - Furry Game News

This series explores new released games on a weekly basis. Our streamers each select one game that was just released within the week and each play through their own game. Our criteria to be selected: must be released the same week, must be a new game (no dlc or demos), needs to catch one of our streamer's attention, and typically we try to stay at or below the $10 mark. For some weeks we may theme the weekly games by choosing a special criteria such as many short ~$1 games, all the same theme, only multiplayer, only horror, and many more. Who knows what this party may bring!

Series Videos for the week of 2/19-2/25, 2024: Save Twiks

Steam Description of "Save Twiks": Psychological horror from the first person. The Kitten named Twiks us lost in a giant train and you will have to go though real horror to find it. “Did you hear this? I think he just meowed in next car”.

Steam Store Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2811080/Save_Twiks/

The Lost Legends of Redwall: Feasts & Friends

Steam Description of "The Lost Legends of Redwall: Feasts & Friends": Come savor the peaceful town of Lilygrove in this cute and cozy cooking game based on the beloved book series "Redwall" by Brian Jacques. Join Scout-Chef Rootsworth in the kitchen as you challenge hand-crafted recipes, meet a charming cast of characters, and enjoy a beautiful small-town story. 

Steam Store Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2632490/The_Lost_Legends_of_Redwall_Feasts__Friends/

Altitude's Toll

Steam Description of "Altitude's Toll": Altitude's Toll is a short walking simulator mystery set in Himalayas. Deliver packages as Sherpa and uncover possibly the biggest Himalayan secret in history. 

Steam Game Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2719980/Altitudes_Toll/

As a fan of deer, you may think I am biased towards them. However, I’d argue there’s no one better than a deer to judge the quality of cervine-based games. With that said, a new trendy game released on March 15, 2024 called Oh Deer, and oh boy is it a trip. The game consists of (up to) four player-controlled deer trying to survive being hunted by one player-controlled hunter. Every round, the hunter is randomly selected from the group of players at the beginning of the round and the cycle continues over and over until you end the session. During the round, the deer try to blend in with other NPC deer that are ambling around the level by moving like them and faking eating grass. However, the deer players have a hunger meter that they must keep above empty by eating mushrooms that are scattered around the map, or their stomach will start growling -very- loudly, and the hunter can be tipped off to their location. On the flip side, the hunter has a Sanity meter that, if it reaches zero, the day becomes night and ALL of the deer players become deadly wendigos that then attempt to attack and kill the hunter before they reach a randomly selected cabin around the map for safety. The hunter loses sanity over time, and a chunk if they shoot a deer that isn’t a player. They also gain sanity if they do successfully take out a player deer, and they win if they kill them all.

Eight new wolf variations have been added to the testing versions of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition beta and preview and Minecraft: Java Edition snapshot. These include: Pale, Rusty, Spotted, Black, Striped, Snowy, Ashen, Woods, and Chestnut. The developers of these newly released furry pal variations are looking for feedback as well.

Dyeable wolf armor is also available to test, and it's gotten an upgrade. Wolf armor absorbs all enemy damage until it breaks. Wolf-health-parity came with the most recent Bedrock Preview and Beta, meaning every wolf across both editions of Minecraft will now have 40 hearts when fully grown (Bedrock wolves only had 20 previously. Keeping your wolf armor in top condition will keep your wolf healthy while it’s adventuring by your side. Wolf armor that needs repairing will show cracks, and you can repair it using armadillo scutes.

Instructions for how to add these testable new wolf colors and armors are in the original Minecraft Article link below!

Original article: https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/new-minecraft-wolves

Announced during Sony's Playstation "State of Play" Event, Shadow the Hedgehog is back with Classic and Modern Sonic in SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS, an all-new collection featuring two unique experiences. Play as Shadow the Hedgehog in a brand-new story campaign featuring never-before-seen powers and abilities that prove why he’s known as the Ultimate Life Form! SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS also includes a complete remaster of the classic hit SONIC GENERATIONS, featuring newly remastered versions of iconic 2D and 3D stages with upgraded visuals and new bonus content, including 60+ frames per second.

SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS is coming to PlayStation®5 and PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, STEAM, and Epic in Autumn 2024.

Visit https://ShadowGenerations.com to learn more

On February 27, 2022, Pokémon Presents announced Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. Players were surprised as Legends Arceus had only just released a month prior in January. A few months later, the newest Pokémon games were released on November 18, to a bit of a mixed reception. The general consensus among most is that many like the games but they’re not without their share of issues. To be fair, Scarlet and Violet were by no means a perfect release. Performance bugs including lag, rendering problems etc. And a few other oddities such as the first few seconds of the Elite Four theme being stuck in a loop. These were the kinds of things players noted. Now, this isn’t anything really new for Pokémon, the original Red and Blue became infamous for their number of exploitable bugs and game breaking glitches, Diamond and Pearl had an exploitable bug that let players catch event exclusive Pokémon without the required event exclusive items. 

The DLC, collectively known as The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero was announced exactly a year later, with Part 1: The Teal Mask releasing on Sep 13 and Part 2: The Indigo Disk releasing on Dec 14 of the same year. Neither fixed all the bugs and magically made the games perfect but both brought welcome additions with new areas, new characters and new Pokémon.

I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that everyone reading this review on this site probably would find something cute about Party Animals, developed by Recreate Games. The punchy, rollicking party beat-em-up then throw ‘em out game intends to have everyone in the 8-player lobbies enjoying themselves as they attempt to score points in various ways, mainly after using the fluffy yet furious punching, headbutting, and grabbing methods available to them on the many maps.Pick your animal, your costume, and then get thrown into the fray.

Party Animals is akin to Gang Beasts in that it provides a ragdoll, physics-based character to run around with. Using your fists, feet, head, or a variety of weapons including bats, fish, tasers, and more, you or you and a team try to knock out other players after a certain amount of damage or a particularly strong wallop. Once the character has gone limp, they stay that way for a certain amount of seconds, allowing for their limp body to be hurled over the side, into a trebuchet, or any other number of hazardous situations, leading them to being out for the round or needing to wait to respawn. During this “out of match” screen, eliminated contestants can throw fish, bombs, and other pitfalls onto the map to affect the game after their demise. A pretty cool concept that I’d love to see in more games. After a certain amount of points are gained, or characters are eliminated, the match ends and you get an end screen with an adorable winner’s podium and a picture is taken of all the contestants, followed by a rundown of the achievements and experience you gained during the match. It all flows pretty seamlessly and encourages back-to-back matches. There are daily, weekly, and all time challenges to complete, each with their own currency rewards or outfit customizations to unlock.

The Game Awards have grown in popularity over the years, and with that audience comes the chance for developers to debut the games they've been working on for the past year that they're ready to announce. Here at Gaming Furever, we have a soft spot for games featuring anthropomorphic characters, or animals in general. To that end, we've compiled a narrowed down list of the games we saw that showed off a little animal influence.

By Brandon/Saber725

Originally started in 2011, GamingFurever was a community driven site for gamers of all stripes. To commemorate the site being revamped and relaunched in 2023, I had the opportunity to reach out to the people behind it. Known by their fursonas Daxel the Deer and The Valraven, the duo form the driving force behind GamingFurever as well as their Uncivil Gamers stream team over on Twitch which at present consists of 3 members including themselves and upcoming channel Mentrum_Gaming. 

Known for their variety of content including shooters, horror survival games and a plethora of multiplayer experiences, you can find all three of them on Twitch under their own unique channels as well as a joint GamingFurever channel(Links to all socials will be provided at the end). Massive thanks to Daxel and Valraven for agreeing to do this! It's been a pleasure watching their gaming adventures and even participating on occasion.

Welcome to "Fresh Fur!" Our weekly installment going over the newest game releases, and which ones you can expect to find anthros/furries in!

Check the list below for all the games we could find with animal/anthro influences and characters.

New Releases for the week of November 12-18:

• Spirittea [PC, XSX, XBO, Switch] – November 13
• Ark: Survival Ascended [XSX] – November 14
• Farming Simulator 22: Premium Edition [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO] – November 14
• Gods of the Twilight [PC] – November 14
• Hogwarts Legacy [Switch] – November 14
• Howl [PC, Switch] – November 14
• UFO Robot Grendizer: The Feast of the Wolves [PC] - November 14
• Checkmate Showdown [PC] – November 15
• The Last Faith [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – November 15
• Naheulbeuk's Dungeon Master [PC] – November 15
• Teardown [PS5, XSX] – November 15
• Astlibra Revision [Switch] – November 16
• Dredge: The Pale Reach DLC [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – November 16
• Flashback 2 [PC, PS5, XSX] – November 16
• Jagged Alliance 3 [PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO] – November 16
• The Kindeman Remedy [PC] – November 16
• Loddlenaut [PC] – November 16
• Tobor [PC] – November 16
• Naruto X Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – November 17
• Persona 5 Tactica [PC, XSX, XBO] – November 17
• Super Mario RPG [Switch] – November 17
• The Walking Dead: Destinies [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – November 17
• Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin [PC, PS5, XSX] – November 17

*Highlighted games have furry/animal influences/characters

Lookouts is a visual novel Western adventure where you play as a one armed wolf scout for a notorious gang. The 2022 Ursa Major nominated game is available to play in browser, or pay what you want to download at itch.io. It features art by Coldoggo, music by Jamie, and ParanoidHark composing the story and programming.

The art seems to take inspiration from Northwest Indigenous styling to form simple and effective character silhouettes for use in the story. The form not only lends itself well to the Western format, it makes the artstyle instantly recognizable and stand out from its other visual novel peers.

The story is split into a simple three act structure. As far as gameplay goes, the story is linear with some minigames and very sparse and inconsequential choices to start. It is not until the third act during the final conflict where you will make choices that do have an impact on the resolution. However, I think this makes for a better experience for the player, while keeping the programming and implementation reasonable for a one person team. By keeping the most impactful choices until near the end, you can more readily play the final conflict of the game without having to reread or go through the first two acts just to get to experience the differing outcomes.

The theme of the story is sort of a mixture of Romeo and Juliet with gay cowboys. Your nameable character (Robin by default) is sent out to investigate rumors of gold in a nearby town by your wolf gang. But as it turns out a rival gang of carnivorous birds also has its eyes on the prize, as you find their own scout on the road named Joseph. The story follows the two lookouts as they set out to discover what treasure awaits in the town, and what happens when they find something far more valuable and precious as a result.

I believe many furries will find the story well worth the approximately 5 hour run time. The material does pay homage to its setting, giving the town and characters a sense of history. It makes references to real world elements of the time period it portrays. In that essence, the late Fred Patten would note this is a zipper-back story. However, in spite of it being animal stand-ins for people, the story is charming with elements of romance, conflict, and looking for a place to belong. I’m glad this one got nominated for the Ursa’s and that it got the attention it needed so that people recommended it to play for my channel.

Welcome to "Fresh Fur!" Our weekly installment going over the newest game releases, and which ones you can expect to find anthros/furries in!

Check the list below for all the games we could find with animal/anthro influences and characters.

New Releases for the week of October 22-28:

• Dungeon Full Dive [PC] – October 23
• Just Dance 2024 Edition [PS5, XSX, Switch] – October 23
• Three Minutes To Eight [PC] – October 23
• Cities Skylines 2 [PC, PS5, XSX] – October 24
• Dark Envoy [PC] – October 24
• The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria [PC] – October 24
• Metal Gear Solid Master Collection: Volume 1 [PC, PS5, XSX, Switch] – October 24
• Dave the Diver [Switch] – October 26
• Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord [PSVR 2] – October 26
• Ghostrunner 2 [PC, PS5, XSX] – October 26
• Kickback Slug: Cosmic Courier [PC] – October 26
• Alan Wake 2 [PC, PS5, XSX] – October 27
• Bratz: Flaunt Your Fashion - Complete Edition [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO] – October 27
• Hero Survival [PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – October 27

*Highlighted games have furry/animal influences/characters

Welcome to "Fresh Fur!" Our weekly installment going over the newest game releases, and which ones you can expect to find anthros/furries in!

Check the list below for all the games we could find with animal/anthro influences and characters.

New Releases for the week of October 15-21:

• Growth [PC] – October 16
• SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake [PS5, XSX] – October 16
• Cyber Knights: Flashpoint [PC] – October 17
• Diablo 4 Season 2 [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO] – October 17
• Legend Creatures 2 [PC] – October 17
• Sonic Superstars [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – October 17
• Alaskan Road Truckers [PC] – October 18
• The 7th Guest VR [PC VR, Quest, PSVR 2] – October 19
• Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – October 19
• AirportSim [PC] – October 19
• Chaos on Wheels [PC] – October 19
• Endless Dungeon [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO] – October 19
• Forgive Me Father 2 [PC] – October 19
• Gangs of Sherwood [PC, PS5, XSX] – October 19
• The Gap [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO] – October 19
• The Jackbox Party Pack 10 [PC, PS4, XBO, Switch] – October 19
• Operation Valor [PC] – October 19
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 [PS5] – October 20
• Super Mario Bros Wonder [Switch] – October 20

*Highlighted games have furry/animal influences/characters

Welcome to "Fresh Fur!" Our weekly installment going over the newest game releases, and which ones you can expect to find anthros/furries in!

Check the list below for all the games we could find with animal/anthro influences and characters.

New Releases for the week of October 8-14:

• Forza Motorsport [PC, XSX] – October 10
• Lil Gator Game [PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO] – October 10
• Meta Quest 3 – October 10
• Roblox [PS4] – October 10
• Wild Card Football [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – October 10
• The Front [PC] – October 11
• Honkai: Star Rail [PS5] – October 11
• Total War: Pharaoh [PC] – October 11
• Long Gone Days [PC] - October 11
• Company of Heroes Collection [Switch] – October 12
• Haunted House [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – October 12
• Star Trek: Infinite [PC] - October 12
• Chemically Bonded [PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – October 13
• The Grinch: Christmas Adventures [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – October 13
• Lords of the Fallen [PC, PS5, XSX] – October 13
• Transformers: Earthspark - Expedition [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – October 13

*Highlighted games have furry/animal influences/characters

The team over at Behaviour Interactive brings something a little feline over to their asymetric horror game Dead by Daylight this Halloween season with their "Cursed Cats" Collection of outfits for The Hillbilly, The Clown, The Blight, and The Trickster. There's also a set of clothing items featuring dogs and cats for Jake Park, Haddie Kaur, Vittorio Toscano, Jonah Vasquez, Yun-Jin Lee, and Kate Denson. 

“The latest additions to our Collection featuring some of our favourite animal friends!” says Kirby Taylor, Dead by Daylight’s Live Operations Specialist. “These designs are always enjoyable to work on, and we have many meetings admiring the cute patterns for these Cosmetics. And yes -- we still do track whether Cats or Dogs sell better... One of the most requested styles of horror we’ve seen over the past year has been for monster horror, so we cooked up something truly cat-astrophic for you. The team had a lot of fun designing these, especially all the little details on the weapons. If the player reception is positive, we’ve already got a few ideas for more monster horror in the future.”

Welcome to "Fresh Fur!" Our weekly installment going over the newest game releases, and which ones you can expect to find anthros/furries in!

Check the list below for all the games we could find with animal/anthro influences and characters.

New Releases for the week of October 1-7:

• Dinky Guardians [PC] - October 2nd
• Battle Shapers [PC] – October 3
• Scorn [PS5] – October 3
• Silent Hope [PC, Switch] – October 3
• Station to Station [PC] – October 3
• The Fabulous Fear Machine [PC] – October 4
• Worldless [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – October 4
• Assassin's Creed Mirage [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO] – October 5 (Assassin's Creed Mirage pre-order)
• Asterix & Obelix: Heroes [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – October 5
• Bang-On Balls: Chronicles [PS4, XBO, Switch] – October 5
• The Bloodline [PC] – October 5
• Cricket 24 [PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO] – October 5
• The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope [Switch] – October 5
• Folk Hero [PC] – October 5
• Hidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic [PC] – October 5
• Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur [PC, PS5, XSX, Switch] – October 5
• Stop Dead [PC] – October 5
• Sweet Dreams Alex [PC] – October 5
• Wargroove 2 [PC, Switch] – October 5
• Detective Pikachu Returns [Switch] – October 6
• Sword Art Online Last Recollection [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO] – October 6
• Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless [PC, PS5, PS4, Switch]
• My Little Universe [PC]
• The Sisters 2: Road to Fame [PC, PS5, PS4, XSX, XBO, Switch)

*Highlighted games have furry/animal influences/characters

Welcome to "Fresh Fur!" Our weekly installment going over the newest game releases, and which ones you can expect to find anthros/furries in!

Check the list below for all the games we could find with animal/anthro influences and characters.

New Releases for the week of September 24-30:

• Project Planet - Earth Vs Humanity [PC] – September 25
• Relic Hunters Legend [PC] – September 25
• These Doomed Isles [PC] – September 25
• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty expansion [PC, PS5, XSX] – September 26
• Mineko's Night Market [PC, Switch] – September 26
• My Time At Sandrock [PS5, XSX, Switch] – September 26
• Paleo Pines [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – September 26
• Truck Driver: The American Dream [PS5, XSX] – September 26
• Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos [Switch, PS4,PS5, XSX, XBO, PC] - September 26
• Astronimo [PC] – September 27
• Chipmonk! [PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – September 28
• CounterAttack: Uprising [Switch] – September 28
• Crowns And Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit [Switch] – September 28
• Disney Speedstorm [Switch, PS4,PS5, XSX, XBO, PC] - September 28
• Diluvian Ultra [PC] – September 28
• Forgive Me Father [PS4, XBO, Switch] – September 28
• My Hero Ultra Rumble [PC, PS4, XBO, Switch] – September 28
• Overpass 2 [PC, PS5, XSX] – September 28
• Firefighting Simulator – The Squad [Switch] – September 28
• Gothic Classic [Switch] – September 28
• Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai [PC, PS5, PS4, Switch] – September 28
• Islanders VR Edition [PC VR] – September 28
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong [Switch] – September 28
• Wildmender [PC, PS5, XSX] – September 28
• Cocoon [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – September 29
• EA Sports FC 24 [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – September 29
• Park Beyond: Beyond Extreme DLC [PC, PS5, XSX] – September 29
• PAW Patrol World [PC, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, Switch] – September 29

*Highlighted games have furry/animal influences/characters

Welcome one and all to the newly relaunched Gaming Furever!

Some of you may remember GF! We first launched in 2011 as a place where furries and anthro video game enthusiasts could come together to discuss current happenings, get the latest gaming news for games featuring furries of all sorts, and to host a database of every type of game featuring animal anthros (or games where you play as an animal.) We grew over the next 10 years to host an incredibly talented group of volunteer staff and writers who streamed a bevy of games, published quality editorials and reviews only found on GF, and facilitated many new friendships for visitors to the site and community. 

In the late 2010s, life for me, as the head of the site, was in flux and busier than ever. It became hard to put as much of a focus on GF as it truly deserved, and maintaining the website in a secure manner became too much of a responsibility to keep it going. To top it off, 2020 was what it was for everyone, and it felt like a good time to go on a bit of a hiatus. Important word: hiatus!

Turning the page to 2022, and things started to steady out, in a good way for me IRL. I got a job that has me traveling a lot, but also kept sparking those treasured gaming memories from the times spent with GF members and staff. My wife and I moved to Texas and settled down, and we really bonded over the ability to play games together while apart, and enjoyed discussing and playing those games over voice with friends new and old. Something about those shared experiences over the past two years drove me to start developing Gaming Furever anew.

Now, we’ve arrived here, at a brand new, yet familiar place. We’ve slimmed down what GF was to these four focuses: Furry Game News, Furry Game Archive, Community, and Streaming. We want to be able to stick to weekly schedules that you can come to expect quality content from, while adding in an extra helping of fun on top of a welcoming atmosphere. Additionally, we want to be a site with a heart that beats to video gaming and all of its aspects that is accessible to those who consider themselves fully “furry” or those who just want to know what “we” think of games that feature our favorite anthros and animals. We hope to review, stream, and discuss all kinds of games that allow us to discover new ways of portraying furries and anthros and everything in-between! It’s an exciting prospect that we loved delivering on for all those years and can’t wait to do so again.

So! We hope you’ll join us here by registering for an account and getting involved, following us on our social media channels (links at the top and bottom of all pages), and by following our three stream team members for Uncivil Gamers. We will post all of our news articles, weekly furry game archive additions, and upcoming giveaways through streams on our Twitter/X and Facebook pages. If you find a bug or have a concern, please email us at gamingfurever(at)gmail.com

Happy Gaming, and welcome back to Gaming Furever, “A Different Breed of Gamers!”

~Daxel

There's nothing like "A Short Hike!" This could be said about the act and of the game. With a wonderfully vibin' soundtrack and a perfectly compact slice of gaming, A Short Hike was a joy to play through. Take in the entirety of the game with DaxelTheDeer's stream replay, and be sure to follow on Twitch to watch these type of games live!