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[Update]: Interestingly enough, a second exploration-focused game where you get to fly around with the help of a bird of prey has been released this same week - The Pathless!
If you're in the mood for soaring across the stormy skies atop a giant warbird, you might want to keep an eye on The Falconeer. As you might expect given the premise, The Falconeer is all about exploring the world, squaring off against a variety of mythical beasts in aerial dogfights, and naturally, upgrading and improving your mighty falcon with new abilities and tricks.
Since The Falconeer is one of those games where the atmosphere is half of the experience, allow me to stop babbling and instead show you one of the recent trailers. Have a gander, it'll give you a pretty good idea of what to expect from The Falconeer:
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As you might guess from the name alone, Dungeons 3 is a faithful homage to the original Dungeon Keeper, as well as pretty solid strategy game in its own right. It's all about creating your very own dread fortress, populating it with an assortment of monsters and traps, and then crushing the hopes and dreams of anyone even remotely heroic that dares to waltz in.
If that sounds like something you would love to mess around with, you'll be happy to hear that Dungeons 3 is entirely free to grab over at the Epic Games Store. The only catch, as always, is that the giveaway is timed, so you'll need to snatch yourself a copy before November 12th. As long as you do that, you'll be able to play Dungeons 3 whenever you want and for however long you want.
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Much like its predecessor, Door Kickers 2 is a top-down tactics game that's all about carefully planning an assault on a heavily fortified area, only to then watch as that plan bursts into flames alongside the nearby walls. Where the sequel will differ, however, is in the number of different operatives you can use, enemies you can fight against, and naturally, doors and walls you can blast apart.
Since this is one of those games that's easier to show than to describe, allow me to share with you the recently posted launch trailer. It should clue you in quite quickly on just what Door Kickers 2 brings to the table. Have a gander:
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If you're looking for something short and interesting to occupy your time, I'm pleased to say that I bring good news. The indie management/strategy game Kingdom: Classic is currently entirely free to grab over at the Humble Store, and it will remain like that for another six days.
As for the actual gameplay, Kingdom: Classic is all about establishing and keeping your little kingdom safe. You'll need to hire a bunch of soldiers and workers, construct layered defenses and invest your hard-earned gold into infrastructure, and then once night comes, hunker down and survive the relentless hordes that will crash against your walls.
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[Update]: Everspace 2 has now docked in Steam Early Access alongside some fairly positive reviews.
It would appear that Cyberpunk 2077's most recent delay has impacted far more than the ambitious RPG. In order to avoid competing with Cyberpunk 2077, Path of Exile's new expansion has been pushed back until January, and now Everspace 2's Early Access launch is following suit as well.
"Let’s get the cyber elephant out of the room right away: The Cyberpunk 2077 release has just been pushed back to December 10, which is a major blow to our planned EVERSPACE 2 Early Access release in mid-December," reads the developer update. "Not only will every media outlet and content creator cover the arguably most-anticipated AAA game in history throughout the entire holiday season (and not much else), we also know that there’s quite a bit of audience overlap within our community (and our team), so after a quick consultation with our marketing friends we’ve decided to push back the EVERSPACE 2 Early Access release to January."
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While golf is most definitely in the name, What the Golf? is more of an exercise in how many wildly different gameplay styles one can fit into a game before it all blows up. As it turns out, an absolute ton as What the Golf? is an immensely creative game despite having such a restrictive theme.
If you're wondering why I'm still not mentioning the actual gameplay, that would be because much like Frog Fractions, What the Golf? is really one of those games you want to go in completely blind. If you know what the 'trick' is, then the game loses a bit of its power over you. So if you're in the mood for a charming and somewhat experimental game, What the Golf? is well worth experiencing.
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Dark Souls inspired Mortal Shell launched back in August for PC and consoles alongside a pretty good reception. So in order to thank the fans for all of their support, the Mortal Shell team has now set loose a free Halloween update!
The Rotten Autumn brings with it ten unique war-paints and armor trims to play dress-up with, a brand new quest centered around the big ol' frog Gorf, as well as a whole bunch of new death metal music courtesy of the band Rotting Christ. And if you're in the mood for showing off your newly found cosmetics, there is also a photo mode that allows you to tweak a whole bunch of things in order to capture the perfect image.
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[Update]: Deep Rock Galactic devs have revealed what sort of goodies are coming in early 2021.
A few months have gone by since Deep Rock Galactic was unleashed from Steam Early Access, and if you're itching for even more content to dig your pickaxes into, you'll be happy to hear a major new update has just arrived. Update 32 brings with it two new mission types, a whole bunch of new cosmetics, plenty of balance changes and bug fixes, as well as even more variation when it comes to the randomized maps.
The first of these two new missions is all about harvesting liquid Morkite. You'll need to find the various wells scattered throughout the map, build gigantic pipelines leading back to your refinery, and then extract every single bit of precious Morkite you can while doing your very best to avoid dying to the endless onslaught of bugs and other critters.
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If you're tired of the endless stream of adventure games set within fairly similar Western fantasy worlds, you might want to give the freshly released Raji: An Ancient Epic a look. It is an action-adventure set in ancient India and heavily flavored by Hindu mythology, something that is very rarely seen in games these days.
When it comes to the actual gameplay, however, Raji is far more recognizable. In other words, expect to spend a lot of your time navigating a combination of puzzles and platforming challenges, smacking around a whole bunch of colorful and demonic adversaries, and most importantly, dedicating yourself to various gods in order to obtain new abilities and weapons.
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[Update #2]: Frictional Games's next horror game will be a non-linear sandbox set in a desolate WW1 bunker.
[Update]: Amnesia: Rebirth's new Adventure Mode replaces otherworldly horror with puzzles.
If you're in the mood for adding a lot more stress and mental anguish into your life, albeit in a fun way, you'll be happy to hear that Amnesia: Rebirth has now finally been unleashed. Much like the original classic, Amnesia: Rebirth is all about exploring a highly atmospheric environment in search of answers, avoiding an assortment of spooky specters, and doing your very best to avoid freaking yourself out despite nothing scary happening just yet.
Since you can't exactly describe a horror game through words alone, allow me to also share with you the recently posted gameplay trailer. It should give you a pretty good idea of just what Amnesia: Rebirth is trying to accomplish. Have a peek: