Need to know What is it? Complex and absorbing factory management game.Expect to pay $30/£21Developer Wube SoftwarePublisher Wube SoftwareReviewed on Nvidia GeForce 2080 Super, AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 32 GB RamMultiplayer? Competitive and cooperative modes.Link Official site Let’s skip the preamble, shall we? Factorio is brilliant. If you’re remotely interested in games about management, construction, […]
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PlayStation 5 pre-orders are going to be extremely limited, so if you’re in the market for a PS5 this holiday season, you’ll want to register quickly. Although the PlayStation 5 is launching this year, we’re still missing some key info about the console. Sony has revealed the console’s look, the DualSense controller, and some upcoming PS5 games, but the […]
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Anybody remember Thomas the Tank Engine? That show was awesome! I don’t know why I found stop-motion model trains so entertaining, but to this day, I’d still go back and watch that show without hesitation. It solidified my love for the rail-bound machines at a young age. Combine that with my love of simulators and you […]
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Image via PQube I wasn’t ready for my first proper Nexomon battle, and I have no issue admitting it. I’ve played creature-collecting games before. I’m well versed in the likes of Pokemon. I know about types and abilities and turn speeds. I’m also used to games like this holding your hand a little in the […]
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New Super Lucky’s Tale is an improved version of the game that came out a few years ago. More specifically, it’s a port of the improved Switch version that re-did the visuals, changed levels and added new ones, and made a host of other similar changes. I love 3D platformers, and while this game may not […]
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These past few weeks, I’ve been beating the summer heat with a friggin’ mace, thanks to Griefhelm, a new indie fighting game from Johnny Dale Lonack and released by Thorrnet Publishing. The premise is simple enough: knights are gonna fight. Griefhelm is all about heavy, metal-clad warriors bashing, slicing, and skewering each other with other […]
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Need to know What is it? A flight sim with all the world to enjoy.Expect to pay $60/£60Developer Asobo StudioPublisher Xbox Game StudiosReviewed on: i7 9700K, RTX 2080 TI, 16GB RAMMultiplayer? Up to 50 playersLink Official site Do you ever wonder how it’d feel to take a few years away from games, and then peek […]
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Like many, I was taken aback by my initial glimpse of Dlala Studios’ Battletoads reboot. The gritty style of its forefathers, featuring anthropomorphic toads angrily grimacing from the cover art, was the epitome of ’90s cool. Dlala instead swung the pendulum to the other end of the spectrum, opting for the more modern era of […]
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Image via Microsoft Even though I was born after the original Battletoads released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991, I remember well the legend of the game that had some of my older friends pulling their hair out. And as someone who still loves ’90s cartoons, campy writing, and over-the-top, senseless action, the new […]
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Here are the biggest games and trailers from the Gamescom livestream, including Ratchet & Clank, Fall Guys Season 2, Destiny 2: Beyond Light, and more. Gamescom 2020 may not be taking place as a physical event as usual, but it has been replaced with an online event that is still packed full of new game information, […]
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Need To Know What is it? A wholesome life-sim where you ferry spirits into the afterlifeExpect to pay $30 / £24Developer Thunder LotusPublisher Thunder LotusReviewed on i5-2500K, 8GB RAM, GTX 670Multiplayer YesLink Official site Spiritfarer’s lead writer and creative director Nicholas Guérin was at Ubisoft before he joined Thunder Lotus Games. During his nine years there, […]
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I have never flown a plane in real life. I can honestly say that this is a great thing for aviation safety records, if my opening hours in Microsoft Flight Simulator are any indication. While I have played the Flight Simulator series before, I haven’t dipped my toes in since Flight Simulator 2002. I am […]
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Image via Cold Symmetry Souls-like games, named after FromSoftware’s Demon Souls and Dark Souls series, are becoming more common as the genre matures. Often painfully difficult but deeply rich in lore and combat, the action RPG offshoot has grown to almost cult status. With innovation comes imitation, and there have been a few game developers […]
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Within the first hour of playing Mortal Shell, I battled some aggressive campers, spoke with a giant frog, met a strange “sester,” got caught in a bear trap, saw a scary-looking, plague doctor-esque bird monster, and I ended up becoming “best friends forever” with an NPC who plays the lute. The character told me about […]
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Need to know What is it? Challenging and entertaining budget Soulslike.Expect to pay $30/£25Developer Cold SymmetryPublisher Playstack LtdReviewed on Nvidia GeForce 2080 Super, AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 32 GB RamMultiplayer? NoLink Official site It’s fitting that Mortal Shell is about wearing someone else’s skin, given how shamelessly it parades around in the epidermis of Dark […]
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