Ryan is the Editor-in-Chief at DualShockers and has been a lover of games as long as he can remember. He holds a BA in English and Cinema and lives in New York City. Developer Bithell Games has ...

Game development continues to change in an industry that embraces new technologies and ways to innovate the storytelling experience for players. Whether it’s indie or big-budget blockbuster titles, ...

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Subsurface Circular comes from well-known game developer Mike Bithell. You might remember Bithell from games such as Thomas Was Alone and Volume. Those titles were great in their own respective right ...

Here’s the shtick: You assume the role of a fairly advanced, high-level robot (in this world, they’re referred to as “teks”) stationed on the subsurface circular, an underground transportation network ...

You'll take on the role of a robot named Tek when you start off the game. From there, it's a little tough to deduce exactly how things are going to play out, understandably so. But that's part of what ...

Bithell Games announced today that their text-based sci-fi adventure game Subsurface Circular will be coming to the Nintendo Switch on March 1st. If you're not familiar with the game, you're basically ...

Sneaky Mike Bithell, of Thomas Was Alone and Volume fame, has announced and simultaneously released Subsurface Circular today. It's a brief text adventure that puts you in the metal shoes of a robot ...

Indie title Subsurface Circular will be making its console debut on Nintendo Switch next month, developer Mike Bithell announced today. To put it more precisely, the game will launch in just two weeks ...

Looking to explore identity, tackle AI ethics, or sail dark seas? Here are nine modern text-based games to consider for your next adventure. After releasing earlier today, Bithell Games has confirmed ...

Subsurface Circular came out of nowhere. Well, that's not entirely true. Mike Bithell, the developer behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume, tweeted a prescient question in April, asking followers if they ...