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Itorah Adds Spring To Her Step

Action-platformer Itorah is gaining momentum as Grimbart Tales have released a developer diary and confirmed that they are aiming for a release in Spring 2022. Inspired by Mesoamerican culture and legends, you play the title character Itorah in the world of Nahucan. The poor girl realises that she’s the

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Plan B From Outer Space A Bavarian Odyssey Preview: Shapely

The first thing I think of when I hear ‘Plan B’ is the classic sci-fi film, so it’s reasonable to believe that Plan B From Outer Space A Bavarian Odyssey is somewhat influenced/inspired by Ed Wood’s flick. It’s a good starting point, but perhaps something more

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Plan B From Outer Space: A Bavarian Odyssey Shifts Into Action

Plan B From Outer Space: A Bavarian Odyssey immediately put me in the mood for the classic Ed Wood flick before seeing the trailer or reading anything about it. Then I saw RobotPumpkin Games. * A Q&A With imaginarylab, Creators Of Whirlight – No Time To Trip * The Best Of

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Deadly Days Ahead For PlayStation and Xbox Owners

Are you a fan of zombies, rogue-lites and comedy? Good news: rogue-lite zombie shooter, Deadly Days is out now on consoles, AND there’s a try before you buy option of a playable demo, too. You’re spoilt, admit it. * A Q&A With imaginarylab, Creators Of Whirlight – No

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Oh, What Big Eyes You Have... The Innsmouth Case Out Now On PlayStation and Xbox

Return to Innsmouth once again to uncover the disappearance of Tabitha Marsh in The Innsmouth Case - a superb 'choose your own adventure' tale based on Lovecraft's novella.

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Sphere Flying Cities Heads To The Skies This Autumn

With those billionaires flaunting their penises in space, it’s only a matter of time before we leave Earth for good. Before then, here’s a futuristic city builder for you: Sphere Flying Cities. * The Best Of Two Worlds In Shin Chan: Shiro And The Coal Town * Blood Hunting Is

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Highrisers Review (PC): Survivors Disassemble!

Highrisers is the epitome of the zombie genre for me: there’s no hope. I’ve never got past season two of The Walking Dead for that exact reason – I don’t want to feel melancholy when being entertained.  Highrisers, from Solar Powered Games and Assemble Entertainment, is a little

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Lacuna Review: Freeze - CDI!

This Lacuna review is an extension of the earlier Lacuna Prologue. Follow in the footsteps of Neil Conrad, CDI agent, as he attempts to solve the murder of a high profile official that could be the catalyst for war. Tensions are already high in this sci-fi world of corruption and

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Orbital Bullet Early Access Review: What Goes Around...

Orbital Bullet is like occupying alien worlds founded on the cylindrical barrels found in a lock. Not a line that’s going to appear anytime soon on the promotional material, but this game from Assemble Entertainment resembles an Ant-Man aesthetic as you traverse these action-packed biomes. * A Q&A

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Lacuna Prologue - It Means No Worries

From Software have shifted to the point and click, only it’s actually Assemble Entertainment, and Lacuna Prologue is not a traditional point and click, preferring to break the rules a bit with a unique experience. * The Best Of Two Worlds In Shin Chan: Shiro And The Coal Town * Blood

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Lacuna Prologue Available To Play On Steam Now, Full Game Next Month

If you were to ask me who were the powerhouses in the world of adventure games right now, at least two of them would be from two of my favourite German publishers – one of them is Assemble Entertainment. Their new free-to-play Lacuna prologue is available now on Steam. * A Q&

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Ultimate ADOM Caverns Of Chaos Early Access Preview: Crawling With All Four Limbs

Ultimate ADOM Caverns Of Chaos Early Access is a challenging title. First, it’s easy to assume that this is an ‘add-on’, if you (me) don’t process the title correctly. And for the second, a LOT is going on. A procedurally generated dungeon crawler that is effectively endless, it’

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Orbital Bullet Does A 360º And Releases A New Jungle Level

’tis the season of the shmup of late, and the latest on the list is Orbital Bullet, offering a new Jungle level and open alpha invites for this Steam title. From one of my favourite publishers (and no, I don’t think they read this), Assemble Entertainment and developers SmokeStab,

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Ultimate ADOM Caverns of Chaos Unlocks The Doors To Early Access This Month

Ultimate ADOM Caverns of Chaos is the epitome of the double-take. For several weeks, a thumbnail has been in my peripheral of feeds, but I’ve always dismissed it as ‘ADDON’ DLC for a game I do not own.  I could have omitted that opener, but you need to know

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Encodya Review: A Bright Cyberpunk Adventure Where You Can Forget About Dystopia

Despite their often bleak narratives, there’s a massive lure to the cyberpunk genre at the moment, and this Encodya review will give you an idea if it’s any good. Well, that’s the aim. From Assemble Entertainment, clearly on fire at the moment, it follows the story of

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Encodya, A Dystopian Cyberpunk Adventure Set In Neo-Berlin, Out This Month

I’ve just realised that I haven’t posted any news about Encodya, even though it’s quite possibly one of my most anticipated games right now, and it’s coming to PC, Mac and Linux. It’s not just because this is a point and click adventure, or that

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Squadron 51 Taps Into 50s Sci-Fi Nostalgia To Save The World

Yep, Assemble Entertainment really are smashing it again. This time around, we have a 1950s sci-fi inspired shoot ’em up; Squadron 51 and has me drooling at the chance to play this 2D/3D action title. From WhisperGames, 2021 doesn’t sound so far away now we’re in it,

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The Innsmouth Case Switch Review: A Bit Of A Squamous Plaice

Love (ha) or hate him, H.P. Lovecraft has inspired plenty of games, in this case a text-based sleuth: The Innsmouth Case.

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Shakes On A Plane PC Review: My Milkshake Brings All The Passengers On Board

The opening sequence to Shakes on a Plane could not have been more confusing. Starting with an alien conference call and nods to the likes of Plan 9 From Outer Space, it transpires that the havoc heading your way is the creation of sadistic aliens. You may have heard of

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Shakes On A Plane, And Burgers Too - Out Now On Switch And PC

The Overcooked model has proved successful with the likes of Moving Out, Cannibal Cuisine and Bake ‘n Switch. Now we have a new co-op title in Shakes on a Plane, available on PC and Nintendo Switch. From Assemble Entertainment and developer Huu Games, your role is to provide ‘a timely,

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The Innsmouth Case: Missing Person, Remote Fishing Village, Lovecraft - All The Ingredients One Needs

The Innsmouth Case is a text-based Lovecraftian adventure available on Steam, that hits the Switch this month

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Endzone A World Apart Gets Improved Tech Tree And New Buildings In Update

The future is often depicted quite bleak these days – IRL and also in gaming. While Cyberpunk 2077 gets a bit of attention with neon and hacks, Gentlymad Studios’ Endzone A World Apart on the surface seems hopeless, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the experience. * A Q&

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Endzone A World Apart Early Access Review

Overwhelming. That’s the first thought that came to me when playing Endzone A World Apart Early Access. Depending on your outlook, that could be a negative assessment but bear with me. For starters, a lot is going on. Not that it’s cluttered, but just the sheer weight of

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Leisure Suit Larry Wet Dreams Dry Twice Review

Leisure Suit Larry Wet Dreams Dry Twice is a no-brainer for me, for Larry Laffer is family. I’ve banged on about this before that my first introduction to the deviant hero was Leisure Suit Larry – Looking For Love (In Several Wrong Places). Even back then, these games were dated

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Jessika - What Really Happened To Her? Find Out In This FMV Mystery

Uncover the truth behind the death of Jessika with only her laptop to hand to uncover what happened to her – out on PC, Mac and Linux in September. <ahem; insert movie trailer voice>… in a time of technical wonder, there existed FMV cutscenes. Now, coming to personal computers