‘Death Howl’ is an evocative Xbox indie that combines turn-based tactics, retro-horror pixel art, atop a powerful story

A child who loses their parents is an orphan, but a parent losing a child is so taboo that we don’t even have a word in the English language to describe it. Despite the lack of verbiage for this situation, it is one that many people experience in their lives. A mother’s grief is unlike anything else in this world, and Death Howl — the latest game published by 11 bit studios and developed by The Outer Zone — beautifully crafts that experience into a heart-wrenching journey that will continue to…