Cooking Metroidvania Game Magical Delicacy is Set to Launch Next Month
From cozy publisher Whitethorn Games, and solo developer sKaule, comes the unique Metroidvania-lite meets cooking game Magical Delivacy. Take on the role of a young witch named Flora as she travels to the adventurer’s town of Grat to grow her…
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Sci-Fi Horror Shooter RIPOUT Tears Out of Early Access
3D Realms and Pet Project Games are excited to announce that RIPOUT, the co-op sci-fi horror FPS, is ready to leave Steam Early Access on PC. Navigate the eerie corridors of derelict starships and face genetically altered beings capable of attaching…
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INDIKA Review | Hell of a Trip
When you spend so much time covering video games, it’s rare to get a true “fresh” experience even in a new title. Press releases and trailer showcases often make it hard to stay ignorant of details entirely. However, INDIKA had such a…
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Downward: Enhanced Edition is Coming to Consoles and PC Next Month
Plug In Digital is partnering up with indie developer Caracal Games Studio, to share a surprise announcement about parkour-based indie game, Downward. Set off on humanity’s final adventure and seek out an explanation for the calamity that changed the…
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Terra Memoria is a Stress-Free Turn-Based RPG
Recently, I had the opportunity to spend some time with Terra Memoria, a new turn-based RPG from developer La Moutarde and publisher Dear Villagers. Terra Memoria follows a party of six friends as they investigate a number of issues throughout the world…
Read MoreINDIKA Level List
INDIKA is an arthouse adventure game from indie developer Odd Meter and publisher 11 bit studios. The game follows the titular nun as she sets out to find her life’s true purpose. Over the course of the roughly 5-hour narrative, players will listen…
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Multiplayer Party Game Pool Party is Out Now
Looking for a new game to play with friends as you try to escape the summer heat? Look no further than Pool Party! Not a real one though. Pool Party is a physics-based party game from Switzerland-based developer Lakeview Games and publisher Mindscape.…
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Botany Manor Creative Director on Tomb Raider Influence and the Challenge of Puzzle Design
Having released in April to positive reviews (currently at a 94% positive ratings on Steam), Botany Manor is the debut game from Balloon Studios. The botanical puzzle game tells the story of Arabella Greene as she compiles research for her herbarium…
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Free Movie-Themed Collectible Card Game is Out Today
German indie studio Comico Games is rolling out the red carpet for their movie-themed collectible card game, ScreenPlay CCG. Set in a wacky movie-making universe where the very characters that we see on the big screen are now also the ones creating the…
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Retro Horror Game Crow Country is Out Now
From the indie studio behind Snipperclips: Cut It Out, Together and Tangle Tower comes a survival horror game inspired by PlayStation 1 classics. In Crow Country, players will explore the abandoned titular theme park two years after the disappearance of…
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Identify Cognitive Distortions as an Immortal Vampire Therapist in New Visual Novel
Ever since Vampire Therapist was first revealed back in January of this year, I have had my eyes on it. It’s no secret that I enjoy visual novels and Vampire Therapist combines that genre with a unique concept, letting you play as the titular…
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Phantom Fury Review | A Messy Firefight
Back in 2023, I decided to play a retro first-person shooter called Ion Fury. Originally released in 2018, Ion Fury is an indie shooter developed on the Build Engine, the game engine popularized primarily by Duke Nukem 3D. It was a fast-paced shooter…
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Toy Story Inspired Shooter Hypercharge: Unboxed is Coming to Xbox
The viral Toy Story-inspired shooter, Hypercharge: Unboxed, from developer Digital Cybercherries, is coming to Xbox later this month. Take charge as sentient action figures in either first-person or third-person gameplay to defeat Major Evil and save the…
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Kaizen Game Works Announce Promise Mascot Agency
In 2025, the world will experience the first open-world mascot management crime drama in Promise Mascot Agency from game studio, Kaizen Game Works (Paradise Killer). In Promise Mascot Agency players follow Michi, a disgraced yakuza lieutenant, who is…
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WRATH: Aeon of Ruin Review | Bugs of Ruination
The retro shooter genre is an ever-growing one. It seems like every few weeks, a new game is either entering Early Access or leaving it. WRATH: Aeon of Ruin is one such title. From publishers Fulqrum Publishing and 3D Realms and developers KillPixel…
Read MoreBotany Manor Review | Pleasantly Potent
The beauty of botany with none of the mess. Botany Manor is a botanical puzzle game from Balloon Studios, a new development studio led by Laure De Mey. In the game, you take on the role of Arabella Greene, a retired botanist in 1890 Somerset who’s…
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Rauniot is an Atmospheric Trek Through the Finnish Wasteland
Got the wasteland itch? Rauniot, an isometric point-and-click adventure game set in an apocalyptic Finland is here to potentially scratch it. Developed and Published by Finland-based solo developer Act Normal Games, Raunoit is an adventure game offering…
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Fallout TV Series Review
In this episode of the Respawn Station podcast, Sri Kandula and Nick Sivak talk about the new Fallout TV series, first impressions on the post-apocalyptic Rauniot, Crime Boss: Rockay City‘s comeback, and more. FOR A CHANCE TO WIN FALLOUT 76 &…
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House Flipper 2 Review | Full House
Cleaning a room, picking up garbage, scrubbing walls, and taking out the trash. They all sound like chores but they are also key mechanics in House Flipper 2. Having not played the first game, I wasn’t sure how much fun those systems would be.…
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Botany Manor Chapter Five Clues
Botany Manor, the plant-based puzzle game from Balloon Studios, has you exploring the austere home of botanist Arabelle Greene as she compiles notes for her next book. In the fifth and final chapter, Climbing Up, you will have to grow the Springdance…
Read MoreBotany Manor Chapter Four Clues
Botany Manor, the plant-based puzzle game from Balloon Studios, has you exploring the austere home of botanist Arabelle Greene as she compiles notes for her next book. In the fourth chapter, Botanical Allies, you will have to grow the Nightfall, Sapphire…
Read MoreBotany Manor Chapter Three Clues
Botany Manor, the plant-based puzzle game from Balloon Studios, has you exploring the austere home of botanist Arabelle Greene as she compiles notes for her next book. In the third chapter, Peculiar Petals, you will have to grow the Pixie Tears and…
Read MoreBotany Manor Chapter Two Clues
Botany Manor, the plant-based puzzle game from Balloon Studios, has you exploring the austere home of botanist Arabelle Greene as she compiles notes for her next book. In the second chapter, Survivors of Adversity, you will have to grow the Fulguria and…
Read MoreBotany Manor Chapter One Clues
Botany Manor, the plant-based puzzle game from Balloon Studios, has you exploring the austere home of botanist Arabelle Greene as she compiles notes for her next book. In the first chapter, A Fresh Start, all you have to grow is the Windmill Wort, which…
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