We haven’t talked much about GameClub since the service officially launched a little over a month ago, but they have been busy beavers in that time. They’ve added a handful of games to their initial launch lineup including Minigore, Hi, How Are You, Breach & Clear, and Don’t Run With a Plasma Sword bringing their full library to more than 50 games. They also sent out a survey to see which games their users would most like to see get full controller support in an update, and that survey revealed that Rocketcat’s classic action RPG Mage Gauntlet is the one players would want to play with physical controllers the most. That wish was granted rather quickly as this week Mage Gauntlet received that controller support update and is now playable using any compatible MFi, PS4, or Xbox One controller.
Boy I wish there was a more high resolution trailer, but at least you can see how awesome Mage Gauntlet is. For further proof, you can read our original 2011 review as well as Shaun’s exhaustive look back at the game in RPG Reload File 053 from 2015. And as is the case with all of GameClub’s offerings, if you previously owned Mage Gauntlet before it became a part of the service you can download the newly updated version complete with its new controller support for free even if you’re not a GameClub subscriber. If you have any sort of trouble doing that, you can check out this link here and their support team will help you out.
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