Pine

Kongregate and Twirlbound will launch Pine on PC and Nintendo Switch on October 10

Publisher Kongregate and Dutch game developer Twirlbound will debut the adventure simulation game Pine on the Windows PC, Mac, Linux, and Nintendo Switch on October 10. They also released the game as a limited beta on Kartridge today, along with a new trailer showing off never-before-seen gameplay.

In Pine, you play Hue, a clever young adult who explores the beautiful island world of Albamare as he struggles to help his diminished human tribe climb the food chain.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.