Tag Archives: chiptunes

Upcoming: The Metronomicon

Debuting for gameplay at PAX East, The Metronomicon by Puuba and Kasedo Games is a PBJ style marriage of two great things that go great together, gaming and music. I’m already in love with the trailer here, which features music by Jimmy Urine, lead singer from Mindless Self Indulgence.

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8 Bit Game Chiptune Challenge

If you enjoy music rythm games and chiptunes, you’re in luck because Chiptune Champion was just released for the PC with 40 songs by familiar names like Rymdkraft, 8bitheroes, DJ Striden, and more!

The layout of the game is very bare bones, but everything you need is available, including three difficulty levels and steam leader boards.

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8 Bit Instrumental Flashback: Extended Pixels

Let’s take a look at an oldie but a goodie. Back in 2009, Chiptune rock band 8 Bit Instrumental released their first EP–Extended Pixels: More Music From Lobei.

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Head To Head Chip Battles in Manchester

GameFaceShow hosted the first ever ChipBattle at Fab Cafe Manchester on February 12th 2016. This was a head-to-head, rap battle style format for gameboy chiptune musicians. The video below is an epic multi-camera shoot with high quality sound that really captures the energy of the battle! Watch two chiptune musicians square off, for only 16 bars each, in three rounds. At the end the crowd decides the winner, but GameFace is also polling their viewers in the YouTube comments and it sounds like there is an upset!

Check out the video, Subscribe to GameFaceShow on YouTube, and let them know who you thought won the battle!