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Rise of Industry is a strategic business tycoon that puts you in the shoes of an early 20th century industrialist. In order to succeed you will need to create your vast empire from scratch, always ensuring that all of your interwoven production lines are well supplied and your transportation network fully capable of delivering your goods to nearby towns. But if end up failing spectacularly, worry not as you can try to use your PR companies in order to deflect the blame onto someone else!
You can check out what this looks like in game via the recently posted teaser trailer down below. The whole video is a bit too focused on pointless fluff, but there is enough gameplay to at least give you a brief taste of what Rise of Industry has to offer. Have a look:
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[Update]: Slime-covered yet adorable Slime Rancher 2 is heading into Early Access on September 22, 2022.
Slime Rancher, as you might imagine, is a charming first-person 'farm simulator' where you will have to capture and take care of a variety of adorable little slimes. In many ways it is similar to Harvest Moon, though instead of growing crops and raising chickens in order to make a bit of a profit, you'll be using them to feed your constantly growing repertoire of colorful slime.
It first arrived to Steam Early Access back in early 2016, and after numerous updates and a highly positive review score it appears that Slime Rancher is finally ready to release in full. The launch date is pinned for August 1st, and if you currently have a farm running there's no need to worry, your save file and everything in it will carry over to the full version.
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Codebyfire, the developers behind Frozen Cortex, and Mode 7 Games, the developers behind Frozen Synapse, have recently announced that they have teamed up in order to create The Colonists - a settlement building game most similar to The Settlers and Anno series. While the details are currently in short supply, you can expect to see The Colonists in Steam Early Access this August.
As for the gameplay itself, you will be taking control of a team of robots tasked with settling and taming a newly-discovered planet, essentially preparing the ground for a wave of colonists that are inbound from the homeworld. You'll have to harvest natural resources, set up farming and food production, reshape the terrain in order to optimize your production lines, and naturally, conquer or ally with any of the locals.
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Sine Mora EX is a colorful side-scrolling shoot'em up that provides a bit of a unique challenge. Instead of just having to deal with an entire hailstorm of bullets flying your way, you will also have to master a variety of time manipulating devices in order to survive what would otherwise be certain death. I sure hope you can stay calm under pressure!
As you might deduce from the name, Sine Mora EX is a new and improved version of Sine Mora that launched back in 2012. The expanded version brings with it support for the 16:9 aspect ratio, fully English voiceovers with the ability to swap to the original Hungarian ones at will, local co-op for up to two players in the story mode, three new versus modes, new challenge levels, and naturally, improved visuals.
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Like many games that draw inspiration from Dark Souls, Immortal Planet is an action-RPG with challenging combat that rewards patience and timing rather than reckless aggression. Given the difficulty curve it is highly likely that you will find yourself dying, and dying a lot, but as long as you can reach the same place again death will be nothing more than a learning experience.
If you're wondering how all of this translates into gameplay, allow me to share with you the recently posted launch trailer. Its not very long, but it will still give you a good idea of just what kind of ARPG Immortal Planet really is. Have a look:
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Darkwood is a top-down horror game that will ask of you to explore a randomly generated world during the day, and then hopefully barricade and defend yourself from a variety of horrors that start appearing after sundown. It might not appear to be anything impressive right now, but its one of the rare few horror games I have genuinely had to rage-quit due to how stressed out it made me - the sound design is just that damn good!
If you think I'm exaggerating just to prove some sort of point, worry not as I come armed with a rather convincing example. The video below is an interactive trailer from a couple of years ago, and even though the gameplay and overall design is completely outdated by this point it will still give you a really good idea of what Darkwood is all about, and why its so terrifying. Have a look, but make sure to enable annotations:
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Both Bastion and Transistor are extremely beautiful games with some rather intriguing ideas behind them, so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that the upcoming Pyre appears to be following in the exact same footsteps. However, unlike the previous two games Pyre will be a party-based RPG where your successes and failures will result in more than simple progress - they will shape the narrative itself!
Since a lot of Pyre's charm hinges on its presentation and atmosphere it would probably be a good idea for you to first check out the recently posted launch trailer. It might not have a ton of gameplay on display, but what it does show is highly interesting, to say the least. Have a look:
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Aporia: Beyond the Valley is a first-person puzzle-adventure set in a world full of ancient technology and long-overgrown ruins. It is going to be up to you to discover what caused the downfall of the once great civilization, what exactly the miraculous and life-giving amber fluid truly is, and most importantly of all, who in the world are you?
Aporia has been created in CryEngine, so it really shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that it is a gorgeous game with some great atmosphere to it. Since this is a bit difficult to explain through words alone, allow me to share with you the recently posted launch trailer. It will give you a pretty good idea of what to expect from Aporia. Have a look:
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Hollow Knight is a hand-drawn 2D action-adventure that will have you face off against hordes upon hordes of monsters as you journey through a vast and interconnected world. Its not the most casual or welcoming game for new players, but there is enough depth and complexity present to greatly reward those that push through the initial difficulty curve.
All of that will soon be getting amplified as Hollow Knight is preparing to receive its very first and very tricky content pack "Hidden Dreams". The update will bring with it two new bosses to fight against, each of which with their own storylines and music tracks, the Dream Gate that allows you to instantly travel from one corner of the kingdom to another, as well as a brand new Stag Station to uncover.
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Hob is an exploration-focused adventure that will have you solve a variety of puzzles in between beating up all of the indigenous life forms with your giant robo-fist. Most interestingly of all, Hob will have an ever-changing world that you will have to twist and reshape in order to access new areas or just open up new pathways in previous ones.
If you're wondering how exactly one can change the very surface of a planet with the single flick of a button, wonder no more as the developers have released a brief preview of the rather ominously sounding World Machine. Have a look: