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The Serpent Rogue (PS5) Review

When I first heard about The Serpent Rogue, I thought by the title that I’d be in for a fantastical roguelike. Imagine my surprise when I did some deep-diving and found a plague doctor up against the elements with nothing but the ability…

Action RPG Thymesia Gets August Release Date

I’m always intrigued when dark fantasy RPGs can still maintain a colorful aesthetic. Thymesia has a strong style to it already, and I have been following it for a while. It might not be the sort of thing I would play myself…

Batora Lost Haven Demo Announced for Steam Next Fest

During one of the many Indie-focused E3 showcases last year, I was pleased to get a look at Batora: Lost Haven, Stormind Games’ upcoming story-driven Action RPG. Since then, we haven’t gotten many details, other than receiving information on a 2022 release.…

Yooka-Laylee’s Spin-Off Is Free On Epic

Monday, we discovered when Alexx, Lisa, and myself will be ruining the future generations with poor education, this month’s Prime Gaming was revealed, and a shadow puzzle-based game got a release date. Tuesday, another farming-sim is coming to PC, Final Fantasy VII turned 25 telling me my age in May, and another…

Team17 Announce NFTs Then Retract Them

There are a large number of U-Turn articles and press releases from publishers big and small that I see day in and day out. You would think that the larger games industry, of which can easily see everything I do, would take…

Bus Simulator Dev Acquired By Team17

The simulator market in gaming has garnered some attention over the past decade, mostly with niches like Euro Truck Simulator 2, but with more broad appeal games like F1 too. Of course, you have more far-fetched ideas that put you more in the managerial…

Epic Chef (Switch) Review

There are some games on the market that look objectively bad, but still wind up being oddly compelling and enjoyable. It is a strange phenomenon that doesn’t happen to me often, but sometimes when I take a gamble, I run into these…

Aven Colony Is Free On The Epic Games Store

Monday, Prime Gaming was half decent again this month and for a few more days Humble has a casual-friendly fighting bundle, while Darkest Dungeon II sold 100K copies in a day. Tuesday, Mr. Driller DrillLand is coming to modern consoles for the first time in the west. Wednesday, dog-based business-sim To The Rescue is now on…

The Escapists Is Free On Epic, Again

Monday, I discussed a robot working with Disney to make a game about robots in space having a war, and the Primetime Emmys happened. Tuesday, Kotick was subpoenaed and Acti-Blizz is under a federal investigation, while I discussed my excitement for Hometopia. Wednesday, an indie…

Sheltered 2 (PC) – Review

It was just two weeks ago (I think) that Sheltered was part of Epic’s weekly free game giveaway on the Epic Games Store. I think it was a little more than obvious that I wasn’t enthralled by it as a game, being focused around survival…