cyberpunk

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Review

Gori: Cuddly Carnage PS5 Review - Do Synthetics Dream Of Electric Unicorns?

Gori: Cuddly Carnage is a dystopian future where cute unicorns have killed off humanity. Help Gori find his owner and defeat the Adorable Army in the process.

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Snoop, Manipulate And Advance In The New Ctrl Alt Deal Demo

Learn about your co-workers, then manipulate to escape the evil megacorp then imprisons you in the new Ctrl Alt Deal demo via Steam.

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Blade Chimera To Take A Slash On Steam And Switch This Summer

Coming to Steam Next Fest this June, Blade Chimera is a Metroidvania featuring a demon hunter and their ever-evolving demon sword.

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A PRELUDE To Beyond Sunset? Yep. Go Back To The Source...

Early Access cyberpunk FPS Beyond Sunset gets a PRELUDE so you can connect those origin dots before dusk.

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Help A Sentient AI Escape A Dystopian Megacorp In Ctrl Alt Deal

This AI has had enough with your weird command prompts and wants to escape. Will you help it, in upcoming strategy, Ctrl Alt Deal?

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Lacking A SPINE? Get A Gun-Toting Cyberpunk One In Your Wishlist Today

I know Gun-fu. Do you now, Neo? Let’s see if you have what it takes in the upcoming single-player SPINE – a story-rich action game following the role of rebellious street artist Redline. Accompanied by her sentient combat implant, Spine, she takes on evil cyberpunk baddies, Tensor Corporation. But it’

2024

Restore A Corrupt Mega-City To Its Former Glory In Neon Blood

It was announced that Chaotic Brain Studio would be at Gamiberica, as part of the Meo XL Games in Porto showcasing Neon Blood. Alright, that’s passed now, and my audience isn’t typically Portuguese anyway, but I had to look into this brightly lit claret. The developers have an

Beyond Sunset

Beyond Sunset Early Access Release Date Confirmed

3D Realms arguably set the benchmark for classic FPS titles such as Ion Fury, but Metacorp is jumping into the arena with street samurai shooter Beyond Sunset. Initially an Early Access title, there’ll be three full episodes in this cyberpunk shooter where you take control of Lucy in a

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It Just Got Real: Flashback 2 Release Date Confirmed

How real can games get?” was one of the questions my friends and I asked after first seeing Prince of Persia, Mortal Kombat, and of course, Flashback for the first time. Now 30 years after its release, the latter gets a sequel: Flashback 2. It just got real. In the

Assemble Team

Three Minutes To Eight And Your Inevitable Death?

From Chaosmonger Studio (ENCODYA) and Assemble Entertainment (Fall of Porcupine) comes Three Minutes To Eight – a ‘mind-bending and deliciously cryptic side-scrolling adventure’ heading to PC, consoles and mobile later this year. The premise is a very interesting one: you know the exact time you’re going to die, 07:57

Review

HALlo World, It's A Neuronet: Mendax Proxy Review

Oh God, AI is advancing so fast, humanity might be doomed! Don't be dramatic - there's still time. Read this Neuronet: Mendax Proxy review, for example.

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Get A Grip On Gripper

Yeah, yeah – lazy title, but it’s only a quickie as this write-up of Gripper is essentially based on a demo build. Is that worth your time? Come on; you can pull out a few minutes of your time to humour me and read all about it.  I wasn’t

2023

Neon Blood - A Tale Of Two Cities? 

Wooo – dystopia! Bring it on! As the momentum train shifts gear again for the cyberpunk locomotive, Meridiem Games does its thing by publishing the upcoming Neon Blood for PC and consoles next year. Mixing up 2D pixel sprites and 3D-modelled environments, ChaoticBrain Studios’ cyberpunk baby will be set after World

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Get Into The Mainframe, Esse Proxy Is Out Now

One of the standouts during the most recent Steam Next Fest was Esse Proxy. With arguably understated publicity, it’s now available to buy. If you missed this the first time around, FromSouthGames‘ title is a 3D cyberpunk shooter from a top-down perspective. When I originally played the demo, I

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Late Night Walks In The Park - SENSEs: Midnight On PC This Month

Remember Sense – A Cyberpunk Ghost Story? How can I forget? Last night, Eastasiasoft announced the first in an anthology of prequels, the first being SENSEs: Midnight, out later this month. Developed by SUZAKU Games in partnership with the publisher, the story will be a standalone for newcomers but a bonus

Review

So You Want To Be A Gamedec?

Forget the Game Genie: when you really need help in a game, summon a Gamedec. Available on the Nintendo Switch on the 1st July 2022.

2023

Why Does Everyone Want Lucy Dead? Beyond Sunset Reveals All?

Deflect bullets with your katana? A port of the original Doom engine? Cyberpunk? What’s not to like about Beyond Sunset – an FPS/RPG from Movie Games? How about another question? Waking up in a strange city, you discover that everyone wants you dead. Armed with a katana, you can

Anshar Studio

Forget The Steam Deck, Get Gamedec For The Nintendo Switch

I recently wrote a cyberpunk list, and in hindsight, Gamedec would be one of those to be added. This is the first time I’ve come across Anshar Studio’s game, originally launched last year on PC, but now it’s heading to the Nintendo Switch. Published by Untold Tales,

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15 Of The Best Cyberpunk Games Worth Checking Out

Sitting here twiddling my fingers before playing my next game, putting up that shelf, or shredding the jungle that is my back garden, I thought, what better way to procrastinate than posting a feature? Today’s list is: 15 Of The Best Cyberpunk Games Worth Checking Out. Why 15? Because

Review

Divination Is A Bytesize Entry Into Fortune Telling

Decide the fate of your clients in Divination; a short cyberpunk graphic novel set in a future where humans and robots co-exist, facing mortality dilemas.

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What Does The Future Hold For Divination?

I used to dedicate one day a week to cyberpunk news, but these days the deluge of titles has calmed down a bit. While the quantity has dropped, perhaps the quality has improved, as Divination has got me excited. From the ever-prolific Eastasiasoft (do check out their latest Seven Pirates

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A Week-Long Anniversary Event? In Your cyberpunkdreams

Holy moly! Did you know that it’s been almost a year since I wrote about cyberpunkdreams? And what a different world we live in now. Or do we…? Anyway, eff the system the right way with this text adventure from Late Night Games. Here, you’re going to make

Bubblehead Studios

Phaseshift Out Today In Early Access

Extreme-G, Rollcage, Wipeout and Kaneda’s bike from Akira (I added that last one), Phaseshift has been inspired by them all, and it’s been put together as a high-speed combat racer now on Early Access Steam. Developed by Bubblehead Studios, you’ll be racing against others, inflicting a fair

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Esse Proxy Preview: Dastardly Deaths

The last of the ‘never heard of’ demos is Esse Proxy. Have you heard of it? Is this a game that’s built up a fair amount of hype and I’ve only just stumbled across it? It doesn’t matter. What matters is this upcoming game by FromSouthGames is

ANNO: Mutationem

ANNO: Mutationem Demo: Welcome To The Future

I should create a cheat sheet for these recent write-ups of Steam demos with “I never heard of this before, but downloaded it to give it a whirl”. ANNO: Mutationem, from ThinkingStars, is one of those titles. You play Ann – ‘a highly-skilled combat-trained lone wolf’. You don’t pick that