Gaming Furever - Furry Game News

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

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!

This will be the calling card for all things GF Streaming! Featuring a team of streamers who get together often to play games, have a good time, and interact with the GF community. They'll be hosting giveaways, events, and more throughout the year. We have lots of big things planned for the future, including 24-hour streams, charity events, podcasts, and new furry-centric game release parties. If you're interested in participating in some of our streams, be sure to join the Uncivil Gamers Discord by clicking here!

DaxelTheDeer - Streams primarily party games, Rocket League, single player adventure games, and other furry games.

The_Valraven - Streams mainly cooperative horror, survival, and first-person shooters.

MentrumGaming - Streams mostly first-person shooters and driving/automotive games.

Also join us over on Twitch.tv/GamingFurever to follow/subscribe to the madness!

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Fans of raccoons, shiny trash, and grabby paws will surely be interested this upcoming tabletop role-playing game from Wet Ink Games that has already passed its funding goal over on Kickstarter. Check out the details below:

"Garbage & Glory is a tabletop role-playing game about friendship, adventure, and dumpster diving. You play as a raccoon adventurer searching through the alleyways and forgotten lots of human civilization in a constant pursuit for the best trash and the fame it brings. Enter the unseen world of the raccoons and the other animal ruffians who share our urban environment. To human eyes, raccoons are just pawing through the things we want to get rid of. From their point of view, they are discovering the valuable raw materials that make their lives possible and rescuing it from the huge monsters who clearly don't want this great stuff, but paradoxically don't want anyone else to have it either. Join the quest for the greatest Garbage and all the Glory."

We'll keep an eye on the production of this colorful foray into the world of adventuring raccoons.

Back in 2009, a man by the name of Dead Dodrill submitted a game to Microsoft's Dream.Build.Play competition. The game won, and was awarded a contract for an Xbox Live Arcade release. Three years later, we finally get our paws on that game; Dust: An Elysian Tail. After spending a good amount of time with the game, I can without a doubt say it was worth the wait. Dust is not only dripping with anthropomorphic influence, it is a charming and enthralling action game that is sure to entertain, furry or not.

In 1993 Genesis owners were given a surprising game that turned heads of Sega fans and critics. That game was Ecco The Dolphin. The game involved the player controlling Ecco as he transverses the ocean trying to locate clues to his missing pod. The game was beautiful and mesmerizing, and the game had a fantastic soundtrack as well. There was one thing that tripped up gamers was the unforgiving difficulty. However, although the game was hard, players continued to go back to the game. This series has a cult following, and to help commemorate the 20’th anniversary of the game I was able to get an interview with the game designer, Ed Annunziata! 

(Article originally published in 2013) We recently were able to grab an interview with Trent Custers, the Founder, Creative Director, and Game Designer of League of Geeks, a studio designing an upcoming indie title called "Armello", which features an anthropomorphic cast of characters. Check out what he had to say about the work so far on the game, and some special details about the story, characters, and furry influences.

Armello is a swashbuckling adventure that combines RPG elements with the strategic play of card and board games, creating a personal, story-fuelled experience.

You play as a 'Hero' from one of the four animal clans: Rat, Rabbit, Bear or Wolf. Players navigate their fully animated 3D character across the board (procedurally generated from 3D hex tiles) as they quest, scheme, explore, vanquish monsters, perform the Mad King's royal edicts, and face off against other players, with one ultimate end goal in mind—storming the palace and becoming King or Queen of Armello.

Armello is League of Geeks’ attempt to revolutionise digital board and card games, whilst providing players a rich world within which they can craft their very own stories of epic adventure.

Shoot 'em ups, or shmups, for short, are one of my favorite classic styles of gaming. The only problem is that recently, they have been of the 'impossible' type. I'll download a demo, play for a few seconds, and explode. Now, I know there's a ton of people that love that difficulty. It's why the play the game. For those of us who don't have the reflexes of a friggin squirrel, I really appreciate it when game makers make modes for the rest of us. This is what Sine Mora does. It manages to create a nice hill to climb as far as being able to enjoy the game and get better, upping the difficulty at your own pace.

Recently, I pointed our viewers to an in-production game titled (un)Lucky7. The game is a "horror, sci-fi themed, jRPG-view, story-driven, pixelart puzzle game" that is now running active campaigns on IndieGoGo and Steam Greenlight.

Blaze Sanecki, one of the men behind the Indie game studio Asylum Creatures, who is creating the game, gratefully answered a few questions we had about the upcoming furry-themed title.

It's been a while since I've written a review, but after playing Bioshock Infinite, I was inspired to get back into the spirit. Also, I want to assure you that this review will hold back from revealing any spoilers, so no worries.

Infinite is the third game in the series, but escapes the confines of Rapture and takes flight in the floating city of Columbia. You play the part of Booker DeWitt, who has been mysteriously transported to this seemingly perfect oasis of civilization in search of a girl. However, things are not always as they seem...

I've played through the first two Bioshock games. The first one was revolutionary, and the world of Rapture pulled me in hook, line, and sinker. Bioshock 2, to me, was more of the gameplay-focused title many games become, but finished with a strong second act. To be honest, I was tempted to dislike the new setting in Infinite because I had fallen so in love with Rapture. I managed to hold back the pessimism though, and went into the world of Columbia with an open mind, hoping that Irrational Games would deliver again. Not to spoil anything, but they definitely did.

(Originally posted in 2013) Acharky got a chance to sit down with CEO and Founder of Minicore Studios John E. Warren. Minicore is currently working on Laika Believes: The Sun at Night the first installment of a three part series of 2D action games being made for PC, Linux, and Mac OS.