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1666: Amsterdam Prologue (PC) Preview

Join me as we settle in for the preview of a sacrament. Patrice Désilets has been working on the idea of 1666: Amsterdam for over 16 years now, and now we have finally gotten our hands on a very small taste, an…

Paralives is out now, with update roadmap

Healthy competition is always a good thing, especially when the market is dominated by one competitor. Alex Massé and team/Paralives Studio have aimed to do that very thing with life sim and home-building simulator Paralives. In recent years, there has been a…

Movierooms – Cinema Management (PC) – Preview

I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with this preview of Mad Pumpkins’ Movierooms – Cinema Management, then it hit me this morning as I write this. The movie business is on a decline and has been since the late 90s,…

Hypnos (PC) Preview

The liminal space walking simulator genre has expanded a lot in the past few years. I’m usually turned off from them because they lean more into horror than actual just peaceful roaming, however. Hypnos does something very different, offering a unique sort…

Far Far West (PC) Preview

When most players hear the words “extraction shooter” these days, they usually get the icks. The market has been flooded with multiple extraction shooters over the last few years, especially since the release of Helldivers 2. However, when news of Far Far…

ATMOSFAR gets May release date

I promise, I’m not annoyed when games get their release date announced two to three weeks before, that totally doesn’t annoy me in the slightest. Aside from when it does, and you have the likes of Apog Labs and Sheisha Games announcing…

UnderMine 2 (PC) Preview

I spent a lot of time with the original UnderMine. At the time of writing this article, I have over 300 hours on PC, and that’s not including the hundreds of hours I spent with it on my Nintendo Switch. Naturally, when…

New UnderMine 2 Update Announced

I adore UnderMine, and I have been carefully following UnderMine 2’s Early Access development, eagerly awaiting the full release. It seems that the UnderMine is expanding more and more, with a full release expected (hopefully) later this year. Now, the development team…

Bag-Management Roguelike Barda gets March Early Access Date

I love a good inventory-management game. Games like Save Room or The Auto Sort is Broken offer fun puzzle elements with the concept of inventory management at its center. Now, new information has come about Barda, an Inventory-Management Roguelike coming to Early…

Witchfire Meets Sales Milestone ahead of Melee Combat Updates

The Astronauts’ dark-fantasy shooter Witchfire released earlier this year to a “Very Positive” rating in Early Access. I haven’t really checked it out yet, since I know that I’ll want to see it in its full release form. However, this new update…