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Blackwood to get Gamescom Demo

Since it was announced, I’ve found Blackwood’s premise interesting. The idea of having a John Wick-esque double life, but actually having it impact gameplay, was interesting to me. Now, it seems that we’ve gotten a deep dive ahead of its first playable…

Norse Storybook City Builder Thveit Announced

If you sat me down and began pitching me a game called Thveit, my initial response would likely be, “Bless you, and cover your mouth next time.” Then, after I had finished laughing at my own stupid joke, I would hear you…

Pax Autocratica Gets Early Access Launch Date

What we’ve got here is a self-described “satirical colony sim FPS Roguelite” by the name of Pax Autocratica. That’s a lot of genres to squeeze into a single game, let alone a single sentence. However, as far as I’m concerned, Pax Autocratica…

Echo Weaver Gets Release Date

It seems the curse of September and October continues. In order for everyone and their neighbor’s cow to avoid GTA 6’s (console only, mind you) release, new release dates are frontloaded to September and October. Now, a new contender has fallen victim…

Birds of War Flies Onto Steam

As a proud, card-carrying Internet meme historian, I’m no stranger to video games that have spawned from anything the Internet collectively (and often randomly) decided was meme-worthy for any length of time. Even so, this one is a first as far as…

Fading Echo is out now

I’m always interested when we get a look at something new, doing the third-person action-adventure thing that is standard for big-budget Sony and Microsoft games. There is always a chance for something refreshing to come out of it that changes those bigger…

Waterpark Simulator Splashes Onto Consoles

Waterpark Simulator has enjoyed considerable success in Early Access. The game has earned 1 million downloads and is set to finally launch with version 1.0. Better yet, there will be no price increase when the game exits Early Access. As if that…

Critterville Goes Bankrupt gets Gameplay Trailer

Cozy games are a new bread and butter for me. When I’m stressed or feeling frustrated, sometimes I detox with a good cozy game to wind down and reset myself. A new cozy game has caught my attention though that seems like…

Cathedral: Crow’s Curse gets New Trailer

I love action-adventure games. Years of things like classic Castlevania (before the more recent Metroidvania-style titles), games like Gauntlet, and other action-adventure titles filled many hours of my childhood. Now, the developers of Cathedral have revealed new details on their upcoming release,…

Precision Platformer with a twist, Grapple Bear, is out now

Those who have been around long enough will know that I enjoy games that do something differently, something refreshing that can stand out among the Rogue-likes/lites, Metroidvanias, and Souls-likes. Publisher HaviEgyJatek and developer ProkischDaniel might just have done that with the platformer…