The Black Glove, a surreal indie game being made by former BioShock developers, has been shelved indefinitely. Developer Night Games explained in its announcement that they were unable to find a good publisher following the game’s unsuccessful Kickstarter campaign. Bummer! It looked like a very promising game.
When first signs of life appeared for The Black Glove, it quickly became clear that the former BioShock devs working on the first-person game wanted it to be a bit bizarre. So, their homage to old-school arcade games won't just be a fun, nostalgic mini-game. Those creatures are going to break through into the…
The Black Glove, which is being made by ex-BioShock devs, looks like BioShock's zanier child, but it certainly doesn't play anything like it. For one, no guns. For two, space minotaurs. Three, it's about a surreal trans-dimensional 1920s theater. It sounds really, really cool. And super weird.
You've probably played games that Joe Fielder has worked on. The former Irrational Games creator helped craft the literary voice of BioShock Infinite among others. Those titles were set in far-flung places which, despite being fantastical in nature, were understood to be real in the game you were playing through. His…
