Shadwen Review - An escort quest made fun?
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Shadwen is a stealth-action game from Frozenbyte, the creators of the Trine series, and while it doesn't feature the same sort of whimsical art style it does manage to perform a miracle of its own, and by that I mean somehow making an entire game based around an escort quest an actually enjoyable, thought surprisingly easy experience.
Throughout all 15 levels you will be accompanied by a poor peasant girl named Lilly that you brought along because... uhh... reasons, and while she isn't able to pull off the same combat and grappling hook maneuvers as you are she is quite adept at sneaking around, so her presence is never an annoyance, but rather an extra element to the stealth-based puzzle Shadwen presents you with.
Shadwen Gameplay Showcase - Bumbling my way through a mid-game level
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Shadwen is an action-stealth game from Frozenbyte, the creators of the Trine series, and while it doesn't feature the same sort of whimsical art style it does manage to perform a miracle of its own, and by that I mean managing to make an entire game based around an escort quest actually enjoyable.
The gameplay video you'll find below showcases one of the levels a couple of hours in, so expect to see plenty of sneaking around, and most importantly, me failing miserably and then being forced to rewind time in shame. I hope you enjoy:
The Dota 2 International 2016 Compendium and Battle Pass have been unveiled
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As is tradition with the Dota 2 International Compendiums, the one for 2016 is filled to the brim with fancy cosmetic goodies, and naturally, plenty of ways to sink even more money to honor the almighty Lord of Hats himself.
The Battle Pass will set you back $10 for the level 1 version, or $27 if you feel like splurging a little bit extra in order to start from level 50. As an extra incentive to be as 'charitable' as possible Valve has announced an official challenge - if the community as a whole manages to get the prize pool up and over the last year's $18,429,613 goal everyone will get an even bigger pile of technically free cosmetics!
The latest Dark Souls 3 patch has been pulled from Steam due to stuttering issues
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After the widespread eruption of cheating on the PC version of Dark Souls 3 From Software reacted by releasing Update 1.04.1 which managed to solve the majority of potential problems the cheaters could cause for unsuspecting players. Unfortunately, this update also brought with it numerous stuttering issues and sometimes even complete game-freezes, which as you might imagine is a tad more annoying than the occasional cheater transforming you into a dragon, and then chucking you off a cliff.
After realizing the severity of the issue From Software promptly took the patch down, so everything should be back to normal for the time being, though with the obvious negative effect of the cheaters being given another couple of days to cause mayhem. Here's the brief announcement message:
Steam Summer Sale dates has been leaked, the madness starts in June
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According to a Reddit post with some rather compelling evidence behind it, the Steam Summer Sale is set to begin on June 23, and run until July 4.
Naturally, all of this is officially unconfirmed as of right now, but the exact same leak took place last year and it ended up being completely true, so my hunch is that this one will be as well.
Overwatch animated short 'Dragons' tells the story of Genji and Hanzo
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Continuing on with the Blizzard tradition of releasing amazing pieces of animation, the latest Overwatch short has finally arrived and it tells the story of two of my favorite characters, Genji and Hanzo.
The video, simply titled as Dragons, doesn't provide much in terms of new information, but what it does offer is plenty of extremely well choreographed action scenes, and even a shot of Genji reflecting Hanzo's PTSD-causing ultimate straight back at him. But enough of my blabber, here's the video:
System Shock 1 Remaster is coming to Kickstarter next month
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[Update]: After nearly seven years in development, the System Shock Remake will finally be launching in March 2023!
Two decades have past since the original's release, and many months since the System Shock 1 Remaster has been announced, but now we finally have an official date that will mark the start of the Kickstarter campaign, June 31.
If you're worried this Kickstarter is going to be vaporware, or an opportunity for some unscrupulous individuals to cash on the public's nostalgia, worry no more as there was a pre-alpha gameplay video released in March, and it looked absolutely great! Lower your eyeballs below and see for yourself: