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Ever since Games Workshop relaxed their hold on the Warhammer 40,000 license we've been getting a steady stream of games set in the grim darkness of the far future, with Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus being the most recently announced one. As you might expect from a game featuring the Adeptus Mechanicus, you're going to be able to upgrade the weak flesh of your Tech-Priests with a variety of mechanical augments, and then use said augments to decimate the enemies of the Omnissiah in strategic turn-based combat.
The details are still few and far between, but what I can tell you is that the story in Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus will be penned by Ben Counter - an author with quite a few books and short stories set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. While the recently posted trailer won't give you much information to ponder over, it will give you a pretty darn good idea of what tone Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is aiming for, so I'd suggest you give it a look regardless:
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Amanita Designs, developers of classic point and click adventure games like Machinarium and Samorost 3, are fairly well known for their use of quirky visuals and lighthearted humor. With that in mind, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that their latest game CHUCHEL is exactly that - a charming comedy adventure with a variety of puzzles to solve and ridiculous characters to meet.
Since trying to explain an art style through words alone is a bit of a pointless task, allow me to share with you the recently posted launch trailer. It'll give you a pretty darn good idea of what CHUCHEL is all about and whether it's the type of game you'd even enjoy. Have a gander, it's well worth the two minutes:
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[Update]: Northgard has just received its biggest and most important update yet - the Map Editor!
The rather stylish viking themed strategy game Northgard made its way onto Steam Early Access in February of last year. In my initial review I found it to be pretty darn good, albeit heavily lacking in terms of content. With that in mind, I am very glad to say that Northgard has now finally left Early Access alongside a brand new singleplayer campaign, as well as a variety of different clans to play around with!
You can get a good peek at what all of this looks like in-game through two of the recently posted trailers. The first one is your general "here's what the game's about" video, while the second one is entirely focused on the singleplayer campaign and the story you'll be following throughout it. Have a gander:
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The original One Finger Death Punch is one of those games that are far better than they have any right to be. Its visuals are completely generic and its gameplay consists entirely of standing in one area and clicking the mouse, yet despite all of this Silver Dollar Games managed to create a fast-paced brawler that is as exhilarating as it is difficult to master.
With that in mind, I am very glad to say that they are now working on a sequel! The developers haven't shared any information about the gameplay improvements they're working on just yet, but they did mention that One Finger Death Punch 2 will be made with Unity, and as such has the potential to appear on consoles as well.
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Deep Rock Galactic is a co-op focused FPS where you and three other heavily armed Dwarves need to delve deep into the planet's core in search of valuable ore. Since that alone wouldn't exactly be exciting, along the way you will need to fight off hordes of alien insects, carve your path through the environment itself, cross vast chasms, and still somehow find the time to do a bit of mining!
The concept alone is fairly self-explanatory, but if you need a bit of visual aid allow me to share with you the recently posted gameplay trailer. It'll give you a pretty good idea of what the four badass Dwarves are truly capable of! Have a look:
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After spending about a year in Early Access, the psychological horror game Rise of Insanity has now released in full. It offers a chance to step into the shoes of Dr. Stephen Dowell, a renowned psychologist faced with an extremely difficult patient that's showing distinct yet contradictory symptoms of numerous mental disorders. What follows next is a journey into the depths of the human psyche, as well as the doctor's own mysterious past.
If you're wondering how all of this translates into gameplay, allow me to share with you the recently posted launch trailer. It is not a very lengthy video, but it should give you a good impression of the kind of atmosphere Rise of Insanity cloaks itself in. Have a look:
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[Update]: Four years after launch, indie strategy game Into the Breach has just added a ton of free new content.
Into the Breach is a newly released turn-based strategy game from the developers behind FTL. It gives you control of a variety of powerful mechs, each of which can be customized to fit your preferred playstyle, with which you will need to fight off alien swarms across a vast array of levels. More importantly, all of the enemy moves are telegraphed ahead of time, so whether you win or lose is going to be entirely up to you!
You can get a good glimpse at what all of this looks like in-game through the recently posted launch trailer. Have a gander, it'll quickly let you know whether Into the Breach is the type of game you'd enjoy or not:
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Hellmut: the Badass from Hell is a completely over-the-top and fast-paced dungeon crawler that pits you against overwhelming numbers of demons. You'll have to explore randomly generated worlds in order to beat up bosses, find treasure and weapons to help 'liberate' even more treasure and weapons from your enemies, and "basically murderize a shockingly large number of demons."
Since trying to explain this type of game through words alone is a bit of a pointless task, allow me to share with you the recently posted trailer. It will quickly let you know whether Hellmut is the type of game you'd enjoy or not. Have a look:
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Fe is an action-adventure set admits a rather beautiful, albeit slightly psychedelic, Nordic forest full of lively critters and mysterious dangers. As you might expect from the genre, you will be spending most of your time running, jumping and gliding from location to location, though Fe does distinguish itself from the rest by giving you the ability to use songs in order to convince your fellow creatures to help you out.
Since most of Fe's focus is on the presentation and atmosphere, allow me to share with you the recently posted launch trailer. It's not a very long video, but it'll give you a pretty good idea of what to expect from Fe and its world. Have a look:
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Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption belongs in the ever-growing category of games inspired by the Souls series. In other words, it features a dark and harrowing tale where very few characters will see a happy ending, a variety of unique weapons and playstyles to toy around with, as well as a whole bunch of bosses that will repeatedly smash you into the ground until you finally learn how to contend with them.
Where Sinner stands out from the rest, however, is in its rather unique approach to fighting bosses. Instead of constantly growing stronger and stronger, each boss fight will make you slightly weaker as you need to sacrifice a part of yourself in order to atone for some currently unknown sins. There will still be progression in the form of new equipment and weapons, so I must admit I'm quite curious to see how the developers will balance the whole system as its unlike anything I've seen so far!