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Ugly Betty “Jump” – Review

Sure, get in the EIC and Creative Director of Elle alongside Naomi Campbell to guest star, and someone else who looks like she has an English sister called Annie. I’m giving myself that “long” opener because it is only the fourth of…

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Starsand Island (Switch 2) Review

In 2024, a Chinese developer called Seed Sparkle Lab launched a Kickstarter campaign to develop a farming sim with deeper life-sim elements. Coupled with an anime aesthetic, the developer sought to have players write their own “life story” through how they spend…

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Cassette Beasts 2002 gets 2027 Release Window

Despite having it in my library, I haven’t gotten around to playing Cassette Beasts yet. The game is a cool take on the creature-collector genre, but it still lies squarely in my backlog, unfortunately. The developers, however, have revealed the release window…

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Game Shelver 99 Gets Release Date

You know, I can’t shake the feeling that this trend of indie game developers giving their games obnoxiously long titles entirely ignores the plight of game reviewers who have to contend with character limits. Case in point: a press release has just…

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Spanish & Latin America Showcase devINITIVE Set for September 16

More games are coming out in the next four months to close 2026 than I know what to do with. It’s a good problem, particularly because my favorite game of the year might not even be on my radar. I love the…

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September 2026’s Humble Choice Bundle is Here

For me, August was the second month this year that felt like it lasted ten million years instead of thirty-one days. I felt the same about this past January, but at least it wasn’t constantly obscenely hot outside in January. Regardless, September…

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New trailer and playtest for Into the Fire out now

Do you ever see something and think, “That’s cool, why has no one thought of that before?” You probably don’t also swear and remember you’re supposed to be writing about the studio’s last thing, but you’re busier than a man with three…

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Dog-Vision Adventure Hubert Gets Release Date

Good news, everyone! I’ve just gotten that obligatory reference out of the way, so now I can tell you what a press release has to say about the upcoming adventure game Hubert, developed and published by Brocap Studio. Hubert is described by…

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Psychological horror, Holstin, gets 2027 release window

I don’t often travel to the land of horror, mostly because it is a one-road village called “Jump Scare Alley.” Typically, I’ll stick to the lighter, cozier, or action-focused games, like recently wanting to jump up and down on a pensioner’s head…

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1666: Amsterdam – Early Access (PC) Preview

After seeing the announcement for 1666: Amsterdam, as well as playing through the Prologue, I found myself really wanting to sink my teeth into it. Now that the game is in its first iteration of Early Access (no updates as of yet…

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