The surprisingly terrifying 8-bit horror game Faith: The Unholy Trinity is launching next week
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[Update]: Faith: The Unholy Trinity has now arrived, and unsurprisingly the Steam reviews have been overwhelmingly positive so far!
If you're in the mood to try out a rather unusual horror game this Halloween season, the upcoming Faith: The Unholy Trinity should fit the bill quite nicely. Once it arrives this October 21st onto PC, Faith will task you with exploring everything from haunted forests to abandoned churches and Satanic cults in an effort to prevent something truly evil from taking root in our world.
All of this is portrayed through surprisingly goofy 8-bit artwork which, ironically enough, only seems to make the whole descent into madness feel even more eerie. But enough of my prattling, allow me to share with you one of the trailers for the very first episode. That should instantly let you know just what Faith is really all about. Have a gander:
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactics game heavily inspired by Fire Emblem
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[Update]: If you're itching for even more turn-based goodness, it's well worth mentioning that the Octopath Traveler studio has just released the Final Fantasy Tactics inspired Triangle Strategy onto PC!
Much like the Fire Emblem series from which it draws a great deal of inspiration, the freshly released Lost Eidolons is a strategy game that puts heavy emphasis on both storytelling and combat. What this means is that in between all of the challenging turn-based battles you'll also have to work on building up your camp, training your squad, as well as earning the trust of your numerous companions.
Rather than babble on, allow me to share with you the launch trailer. It should give you a pretty good idea of just what Lost Eidolons looks and plays like. Have a gander, it's quite an interesting one:
Minecraft's strategy and exploration focused spin-off Minecraft Legends will be launching in Spring 2023
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[Update]: Minecraft Legends has now arrived, and unfortunately it's a bit mediocre.
It took quite a while for Mojang to get settled in under Microsoft, but the wait was well worth it as Minecraft is going through a bit of renaissance right now. Not only is the main game getting more and more quality updates, but Mojang has also given other developers a chance to tell their own unique stories in the Minecraft universe through spin-off games.
The most intriguing of these spin-offs is the upcoming Minecraft Legends which will attempt to transform Minecraft into a real-time strategy game where you'll have to form alliances, scour the land in search of resources, and eventually mount up in order to personally lead and fight alongside your mighty army! What this looks like in action, that you can get a little bit of a sneak peek at through the announcement trailer below. Have a gander:
Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord has added Steam Workshop mod support a week ahead of launch
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While both the original game and Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord are a nice bit of fun all on their own, it's the absurd amount of quality mods that gives these games such an immense amount of replay value. As such, I'm very pleased to say that Bannerlord's latest and likely final pre-release update has now enabled Steam Workshop support!
If you're unfamiliar with the system, the Steam Workshop essentially gives you the ability to easily look up and download the mods that interest you, on top of making it simple for mod creators to upload and maintain their work. So even though modding has been a thing in Bannerlord for quite a while now, the addition of the Steam Workshop should make things a whole lot smoother for everyone involved.
Blood inspired boomer shooter Cultic has now landed onto PC with some incredibly positive Steam reviews
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If you're a fan of boomer shooters and if the idea of chucking bundles of dynamite at cultists sounds like a jolly good time, the freshly released Cultic should be right up your alley! To put it quite simply, Cultic is a Blood inspired retro-FPS that's all about using mid-century firearms, explosives and nasty traps to dispatch hordes upon hordes of evil cultists.
Since trying to describe these types of games through words alone is a bit of a wasted effort, allow me to share with you the launch trailer. It should give you a pretty good idea of the sort of atmosphere Cultic is going for, as well as how bombastic the action really gets. Have a gander:
Dark Alliance studio is working on a AAA Dungeons & Dragons RPG developed on Unreal Engine 5
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While the recent Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance action-RPG did not pan out well, and that's putting it gently, Wizards of the Coast is not giving up on the idea just yet. As such, they have rebranded Dark Alliance's Tuque Games into Invoke Studios and are now working on greatly expanding the team.
According to the press release, the plan is for Invoke Studios to grow from 80 to more than 200 employees by 2025 in order to ensure the studio's vision will be fully realized. That's a very good thing in my eyes as Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance had some interesting ideas, but it clearly needed a lot more time and resources to get everything polished up and ready to go.
Following Stadia's shutdown, its first exclusive game Gylt is now heading to other platforms
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According to a recent announcement that came so suddenly not even the employees knew about it, Google has decided to shut down their game streaming service Stadia. While the servers will be going down on January 18th, 2023, it's thankfully not all bad news as Google will at least be issuing refunds for all purchases made through their stores.
As you might imagine, this leaves the Stadia-exclusive games in a bit of a rough spot. For a good few of them this will be a death knell as they're simply not popular enough to warrant porting to other platforms, though I'm happy to say that Stadia's very first exclusive, the horror-adventure Gylt, will persevere!