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Dreamlight Valley 2024: The Upside of Live-Service

Alexx Aplin — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:00:43 +0000

I am not a fan of most live-service games. Outside of Honkai Star Rail and one or two others, the concept gets exhausting after a while. I only have so much time to play games, and I would rather immerse myself in games that have powerful or enjoyable storylines and complete gameplay loops. However, as we get into the 2nd year of Disney Dreamlight Valley, I realize that there are certain ways to…

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Spirit City: Lofi Sessions is Perfect for New Years Resolutions

Taylor Bauer — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:00:20 +0000

On one of my monitors, the one to the left of the screen on which I’m typing this, an anime-style character is also typing at a computer. She’s accompanied by her spirit cat, and the fireplace nearby is decorated for the holidays. Believe it or not, she’s helping me keep my busy end-of-the-year organized. This is the goal of Spirit City: Lofi Sessions. We often make resolutions for the New Year…

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Penny Blood: Hellbound Now Available on Steam

Alexx Aplin — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 14:00:01 +0000

I keep an eye on a lot of early-access games, especially Rogue-likes. However, after a while sometimes games slip through my field of view and I forget for a while. Penny Blood: Hellbound is one such game. However, it just came back to the forefront of my attention due to its full release. That’s right, Penny Blood: Hellbound hit 1.0 and was released out of Early Access on Tuesday, December 17th…

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S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH Releases in January

Keiran McEwen — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 18:00:31 +0000

Time is a weird thing, one minute your niece is too young for school, you blink, and suddenly 2011 is long gone and she’s like a whole person that’s practically done with school. It makes you feel sick. Let’s go back to 2011, when things maybe didn’t look so gloomy and we could jump on buying a house in that sweet spot before everything became stupid expensive again (Q4 2012).

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Call of Elyndra Gets First Demo

Alexx Aplin — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000

The “cozy game” sphere has expanded more and more since 2020. In recent years we’ve seen heavy hitters like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, as well as things like Fields of Mistria and Disney Dreamlight Valley. Now a new demo is available for a promising take on the cozy game genre. Quorum Games’ debut title, Call of Elyndra has a demo on Steam now. This new game merges Action-RPG elements with…

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Neon Abyss 2 Announced

Alexx Aplin — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:00:33 +0000

In a sea of Rogue-likes, very few really stand out above the rest. Games like Hades (and its sequel), Vampire Survivors, and a host of other Rogue-likes have stood out while the market oversaturated itself. One that stood out for me was Neon Abyss, a cyberpunk/mythology fusion I keep returning to. Neon Abyss is getting a sequel, and I couldn’t be more excited. Neon Abyss 2 is coming to Steam…

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Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark Announced

Alexx Aplin — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:33 +0000

I reviewed Inti Creates’ Grim Guardians: Demon Purge a while ago. The dual-character Action Side-Scroller offered a fun experience with a unique playstyle. Now, Inti Creates has announced the follow-up, coming much sooner than you’d expect. Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark will be released on March 27th, 2025. This follow-up is bringing the dual-protagonist action into a more Metroidvania…

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Detective Dotson Gets Release Date

Alexx Aplin — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:00:37 +0000

Since I saw the first trailer back during the Summer Game Fest, I’ve been interested in Detective Dotson. The idea of a mystery set on the streets of India fascinated me from the start. Now, it seems that we finally have details on when we’ll be able to get our hands on Detective Dotson. Detective Dotson will be released on April 3rd, 2025. The cozy mystery adventure will be released on PC…

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Escape Simulator 2 Announced

Alexx Aplin — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:00:13 +0000

Escape Simulator is a highly popular puzzle experience. With the growing popularity of escape rooms both virtually and in the real world, it only makes sense that it has an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on Steam. Now, the developers at Pine Studio have announced the next step for their studio. Escape Simulator 2 has been announced for PC, though no release date has been given.

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Fantasian: Neo Dimension Available Now

Edward Harding — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:00:32 +0000

It is rare that a Square Enix game flies under my radar, especially one boasting the creative duo behind Final Fantasy: Hironobu Sakaguchi and Nobuo Uematsu as lead designer and composer respectively. Fantasian was originally released exclusively for the Apple Arcade back in 2021. Now this week Square Enix has saw fit to make the game available for a wider audience by releasing the game for both…

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