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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:
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Crown Trick is a charmingly animated and newly launched turn-based roguelike. While it's not the most original premise in the world, Crown Trick is nevertheless well polished and filled with enough content to keep your occupied for quite a while. So if you're a fan of both genres, I'd say it's probably worth giving it a closer look.
Speaking of which, you can get a pretty good idea of what all of this looks like in action through the freshly posted launch trailer. Have a gander, it's a fairly short one:
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[Update]: Noita has just received its final 'Epilogue' update.
After going through a whole bunch of major updates, the action-roguelike Noita has now finally been completed. Version 1.0 brings with it a bunch of new content and quality of life improvements, an even greater appetite for rampant destruction, and most importantly of all, a procedurally generated world where every single pixel is simulated!
Since that last part might not sound all that impressive on paper, allow me to also share with you the recently posted trailer. It'll clue you in quite quickly on just how crazy the combat in Noita can get. Have a gander:
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[Update]: Cris Tales has now landed onto PC and consoles alongside a somewhat divisive reception.
Much like the oldschool JRPGs from which it draws a great deal of inspiration, the upcoming Cris Tales is all about wondering across the world, recruiting and befriending a variety of characters, and then facing off against a whole host of enemies in turn-based combat. Things do get a lot more interesting when you consider that Cris Tales also features time-travel and allows you to visit individual locations in the past, present and future!
Unfortunately, as neat as all of that sounds, there is one bit of bad news. Instead of releasing this November 17th as previously announced, Cris Tales has now been pushed back to early 2021, with no exact release date set just yet.