Every weekend, Windows Central livestreams an Xbox One or Steam game for 1-2 hours and gives out free games to the cool people who join us during the stream.
It's like a live podcast, only you also get to watch a game while chatting with our awesome readers and viewers! We call this show Saturday Game School, because learning about new games is always fun.
Tonight on Mixer, we played Neon Chrome, the fantastic cyberpunk twin-stick shooter from 10tons for Xbox One, PlayStation, and PC. Read on for quick impressions, contest winners, and the full video replay.
Neon Chrome
10tons (makers of Spellspire) follow up their cult-classic twin-stick shooter Crimsonland with a twin-stick shooter Roguelike called Neon Chrome. In this futuristic cyberpunk setting, over a million people live inside a megatower called Neon Chrome. The tower is managed by an artificial intelligence that keeps the peace by forcing its citizens to conform. When a lone hacker dares to defy the AI, it sets all of the tower's defenses against him.
The tower consists of more than thirty floors, several of which are guarded by deadly bosses. You'll choose between three random characters, each with a different class and stat boosts, to make the journey to the top. The floors and enemy locations are different every time, so no two runs will ever be the same.
When you die, you're forced to start at the bottom (or the last checkpoint floor reached) with a new character. Thankfully, players can purchase upgrades that carry over between runs and make subsequent attempts much easier.
Neon Chrome features the same tight and addictive twin-stick shooting as Crimsonland, although the engine had advanced to include destructible walls, rooms, and other elements like hackable computers that add more depth than simple shooting. And like Crimsonland, it even supports local co-op for up to four players.
Neon Chrome sells for $14.99 on the Xbox Store. With all the advances it makes over Crimsonland, this might just be the most addictive twin-stick shooter on Xbox One! See our review for more details.
The Contest
We streamed Neon Chrome for ~90 minutes. During that time, we gave out a total of 16 game codes:
- 8 Neon Chrome for Xbox One
- 3 Neon Chrome for PlayStation 4 (North American accounts only)
- 5 Neon Chrome for Steam
See the contest winners at the end of this story.
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Future streams
Want to know what's next for Windows Central's weekend Mixer programming? We stream a different game every Saturday (and sometimes Sunday). The stream always starts at the same time: 9 PM Eastern (8 PM Central, 6 PM Pacific, 1 AM GMT). Over the next few weeks, we'll be streaming the following (schedule not finalized):
- June 10: Paul heads to Los Angeles for E3, so probably no stream this week.
- June 17: Four Sided Fantasy from Serenity Forge. Win an Xbox or Steam copy of this clever puzzle platformer.
We hope you'll tune in as often as you can! Set a recurring alarm on your phone so you'll always know when it's time for the stream to start.
Winners
These viewers are all chromed out and looking good!
Xbox One
- Link1207
- DEADP00L1391
- DarkSixx
- ballenight
- bxlatinoheat
- lbeezy2188
- crumbdonut
- Shadrain
PlayStation 4
- SoulPrince
- rann78
- t3chgy007
Steam
- CommanderSouza
- OmegaDoom13
- Withheld
- lilyk
- Kovaelin
Tonight's prizes provided by 10tons. Thanks also to our stream moderators for keeping the peace and giving away the prizes!
Reader comments
Watch and win as we livestream cyberpunk shooter Neon Chrome tonight on Mixer! [Ended]
Well, this sucks. Still staying out of town tonight, but I'll be back next week, when you're off. Then I'm out of the state the week after! Maybe I'll see you guys sometime before July!
Looks interesting, ill be there as usual~
This one looks pretty interesting, I'll try to stop by!
A night of deadly bosses using an engine that sounds interesting. Can't wait!
I thought it was post be another game?
Hopefully I'll be able to make tonight's stream. Looks like an interesting game.
Definitely watching this one, I'm a sucker for a rogue like.
I will definitely be there as usual. I just can't quit you!
Happy to check out another 10tons game too.
Never heard of this game. May give it a go
I'll be there too!!
Looks like an interesting game. I'll be there for sure!
this game really is my aestethic , real akira/bladerunner feel
Game looks fun, see you all there :)
This game is super fun. Should be a fun stream
I watched alittle. But couldn't win was banned from the stream for 2 hours for saying Paul us not famous. Only a well known reputable jernalest. Well Paul you or one of your minions run that stream alittle like a dictatorship. No freedom of speech apparently. Especially if I corrected a viewer who thinks you are famous
Swizzlerz, people don't mind a difference of option, but being negative, running people down, writing negative posts, or insulting people may not be the right approach and not trying to be rude, but surprised they let it go this long. I'm sure most Windows Central members appreciate the efforts the WC staff for doing all these streams and members just want to have fun & enjoy the stream. Some reflection may go a long way here.
i didn't run paul down. I corected someone who doesn't know what famous in streaming is. i made a responce to say famous in steaming is 1000 viewers on twitch per live stream not 100. Most viewers ive seen paul have was around 150 lowest 40 or less. now if there was no prize give away how many would show up? big streamers "famous" streamers dont constantly have prizes to atract viewers. It is there interactions with the viewers and haveing fun with the viewers that keeps people comming. Why isn't the stream growing if paul is so good at what he does? the turnout is what it was 2 years ago.
Famous is a subjective term. Look at the Kardashians and Kanye. Quality over quantity. I didn't watch the stream but can understand why you were banned from your own comments here.
Thanks for the stream! See you all next time :)
I forgot that it's at 11am my time and rocked up at 1pm to find it had finished, aww.
Another great stream with Neon Chrome and loading it right now! Thanks for the code!! Hope you enjoy your time at E3 and looking forward to the articles!
Neon Chrome looks like a fun game in the top down isometric breed of games. I'm not sure it will make my list to play soon, but now it's on my radar for a rainy day. Thanks for the stream Windows Central and Paul.