Monster taming/catching games, like Pokémon, are often turn-based in nature. Adore is a little bit different as it features real-time combat instead. The developer, Cadabra Games, is based in Brazil; it makes sense that a Brazilian publisher, QUByte Interactive, would publish Adore. Th game has been in development since 2018,…
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Occult games are pretty common, but ones with puzzle-based gameplay are a bit more rare. Strange Horticulture is just that: a dark and cozy adventure presented as a hypnotizing occult puzzle game. It first launched for PC and Nintendo Switch in 2022, and is now just about ready to launch…
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Rin: The Last Child is a magical, dark, fairy-tale Metroidvania (AKA action adventure platformer) where players take on the role of Rin, a demigoddess, in a mesmerizing adventure filled with runes, spells, and epic fights with powerful bosses. It combines exploration with crafting. If that sounds like something you’d like,…
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Hand-drawn games have a certain je ne sais quoi about them. There’s something about the artist’s hand that makes them seem especially charming. Whateverland falls into that category: it’s a hand-drawn point-and-click adventure about a skilled thief who gets caught stealing from a powerful witch. Stealing is bad on a…
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Strange Scaffold is a developer I can’t quite figure out. On one hand, it releases games like Sunshine Shuffle, a cutesy game that has cute animals playing cards on a boat (though it isn’t a adorable as it seems on the surface). On the other hand is El Paso, Elsewhere,…
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Ever since the MCU, Thor has seemed basically exclusive to Marvel. It’s really nice to see the Norse god getting his time to shine without all the Marvel narrative getting in the way, getting back to the original mythology. The game, which features 16-bit graphics, focuses around using the mini-Mjölnir…
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If you follow me on Twitter, you probably know I’m probably into some super weird things. The unknown fascinates me when it comes to subjects like the afterlife, cryptozoology, and ufology. One of my favourite podcasts did an entire episode based around spiritualism, which is basically a system of belief…
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As part of BitSummit Let’s Go!! 2023, Dangen Entertainment has announced that it will be publishing story-driven post-apocalyptic action-adventure game RoadOut in 2024. That seems far off, but fret not: there’s a demo available for PC now! The game mixes dungeons exploration and racing. mechanics, two things that rarely (if…
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I’m not exactly a farming sim aficionado but I’ve definitely played my fair share of them, ranging from terrible to phenomenal. More recently, there’s been several titles that include a magical component; Wylde Flowers is a great example of this. So when Everdream Valley popped up, I was pretty excited…
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It’s a bummer when games get delayed, sure. But more important is the health and happiness of the developers, and the quality of the game. This is why crunch is bad and delays are actually good. It’s just been announced that Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island will be delayed from 2023 to…
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