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Red Deer Games Announces Cook for Love

As regular readers may know, I love cooking games. Games that fold cooking into their narrative (like Venba) have a special place in my heart. Red Deer Games just announced a new game, following their popular indie release Tell Me Your Story,…

Democracy 4: Console Edition Out Now

This past month alone, Mexico and India had elections, next month is a snap election from Rishi Sunak in the UK, and it is Joe – Don 2: Who breaks a hip in the first round? If only elections between 70-year-olds were…

Blockbuster Inc. (PC) – Review

There is a point at which too much detail might become a burden to you as a player. Similarly, there is a point where too much freedom as a creative feels constraining. Super Sly Fox and Ancient Forge’s Blockbuster Inc. is a…

New Dungeons of Hinterberg Demo Announced

With Summer Game Fest and Steam Next Fest both on the horizon, we’re in a weird twilight news period. Most news is about upcoming demos for things we’ve seen before, including Dungeons of Hinterberg. Today’s news involves a closer look at the…

HITMAN 3 VR: Reloaded Heading to Quest 3

I’ve had my gripes with the latest iteration of the HITMAN franchise, something that initially focused on episodic releases, and then got its act together. That said, I’m not against playing more of it anytime soon. According to a press release that…

Fireside Now on PC, with Switch Release Later in June

I love a good cozy narrative adventure. Games like A Short Hike are a nice, calm, relaxing experience to just settle in with when the weather is poor or you can’t get out and spend time in nature yourself. Now, Emergo Entertainment’s…

New Expansion Coming to Crusader Kings III

For those hungry for new content within the strategy game space, Paradox Interactive has just announced the latest expansion for Crusader Kings III. If you’ve never played Crusader Kings, it’s essentially Civilization but focused strictly around the Middle Ages. Players will choose…

Kena: Bridge of Spirits Coming to Xbox Consoles

In another example of exclusivity being relegated to a window of time, the PlayStation-exclusive adventure game Kena: Bridge of Spirits will arrive on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One on August 15th. Dubbed a Pixar-adjacent artistic adventure and award-winner upon its original release,…

Ships at Sea (PC) – Preview

I’ve mentioned my only experience of being on a boat at sea before a number of times, a fishing trip where I left more of myself there than I took out. Yet despite that horrible experience, I’m always looking for fishing games…

Haunted House Renovator to Get Steam Next Fest Demo

It was only a matter of time before the home-improvement sim genre started to get a little spooky. After all, what is the next frontier for a flipper other than tackling the supernatural? Well, it seems that developer Image Power will give…