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Friday, January 29, 2021

Curious Expedition 2 Explore trailer roguelike adventure

Narrative roguelike adventure, Curious Expedition 2, has entered into commercial launch on PC (Steam). After their highly successful Early Access period, Maschinen-Mensch have been improving the game gradually into the ultimate procedural storytelling roguelike experience. Curious Expedition 2 is available now on Steam for €19.99 - $19.99 - £16.99. Stay tuned for an extensive post-launch content plan in 2021, which we will detail in the near future. A console release on Nintendo Switch, Xbox and PlayStation platforms will follow later in the year.


Take on the role of an intrepid explorer, assemble your crew, and come across all manner of unique cultures, flora, fauna, treasures and more. With a timeless art style inspired by the classic Franco-Belgian comics of the 20th century and an arrestingly charming orchestrated soundtrack, Curious Expedition 2 is a pulp adventure storybook come to life.

Pang Adventures - Buster Edition out on Nintendo Switch

The boxed edition of Pang Adventures for Nintendo Switch is out now on Nintendo Switch as a special edition.


Originally developed by Pastagames and published by Dotemu, Meridiem Games has released a special ‘Buster Edition’ of Pang Adventures that includes a special reversible sleeve, retro styled survival manual and sticker set and retails for €29.99 - £24.99.

The Pang series is a beloved collection of arcade video games from the early 90s. Guide two brothers on a quest around the world to save humankind from a massive alien invasion! Use your wits and skills to overcome the attack balls pouring from the skies and rescue the world’s cities and landmarks from impending annihilation.

Necromunda: Underhive Wars - meet the Gangs - PC PS4 XO

Necromunda: Underhive Wars, the action-packed tactical game crafted by Rogue Factor and published by Focus Home Interactive, is coming September 8 to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. 


Rooted in Games Workshop’s iconic licence, it’s a game of gang warfare and bloody victories at the center of which are the gangs of the three great houses of Necromunda - the Escher, Goliaths, and Orlocks. Get an introduction to all your new friends and enemies in the new Gangs of the Underhive trailer.

Root Double: Before Crime After Days Xtend Edition - Switch

Best described as a visual novel, it conveys a breathtaking adventure that offers gamers a unique and scintillating experience, which has already been described as unique! Its dramatized plot and interaction between the in game characters together with the gripping storylines will captivate fans of this genre!


Highly engaging, with an emotional story, 40 endings and in excess of 50 hours of gameplay Root Double offers a mature storyline, unique gameplay - Senses Sympathy System - which sets it apart from conventional visual novels. Fully voiced in Japanese by famous voice actors and directed by world renowned Ever17 Creator Takumi Nakazawa and displayed in full HD, the look of the game has a distinguished and polished ambience.

Evil Genius 2 Game - new release date for world domination

Hotly anticipated supervillain strategy title will launch on March 30, 2021.


No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to buy EVIL GENIUS 2: WORLD DOMINATION when it launches March 30, 2021 on Steam.

As revealed in a new “Release Date” trailer featuring brand new gameplay footage, Evil Genius 2 will take over the world with its secret weapon of excellent strategy simulation in just two months’ time.

Smighties Universe collectibles available now - Games coming soon

Each Smighty hero has its own personality and powers, with exciting opportunities to buy, sell and then use in upcoming games.


For the first time, fans can now collect digital versions of their favourite Smighties cartoon characters, in the form of new Smighties Universe collectibles. Mighty and small, own them all.

Smighties Universe is a new blockchain-fuelled experience that follows the Smighties - the smallest and mightiest heroes in the universe – as they make the long journey to Earth, and reveals more details about their important place in our own history.

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Adventure Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town Classic Side-Scrolling Adventure on Switch

Point-and-click side-scrolling adventure game Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town will launch for Nintendo Switch early 2021.


 Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town is a modern take on side-scrolling adventure game classics such as Day of the Tentacle and Monkey Island. Fans of these old school point-and-click titles and all adventure game enthusiasts can experience this beloved genre, now with contemporary mechanics and beautifully drawn 3D visuals either on-the-go or from the comfort of their sofa.

Welcome to Aventuria: The Dark Eye classic adventures Chains of Satinav and Memoria now on consoles

Classic point-and-click adventures The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav and The Dark Eye: Memoria on Nintendo Switch, Xbox and PlayStation. The games are set in Aventuria, one of Europe’s most popular role-playing worlds and are now available on consoles for the first time.

The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

In The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav players take on the role of bird catcher Geron, who is tasked with helping the king establish peace by catching suspicious crows that plague the notoriously superstitious and conflict-ridden kingdom of Andergast. However, not only does Geron’s task prove unexpectedly difficult, it also turns out to be the first step of the greatest adventure of his life - leading him to the borders of the charted lands of Aventuria and beyond.

The Elder Scrolls Online Reveals “Blackwood” Chapter Releasing in June and “Gates of Oblivion” Year-Long Adventure

The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood is this year’s massive story Chapter, tasking players with uncovering the schemes of the Daedric Prince Mehrunes Dagon 800 years before the events of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. 


Blackwood packs more than 30 hours of new main storyline, tons of side quests, countless quality of life features, and, for the first time ever, introduces Companions who will adventure through Tamriel alongside the player. The new Chapter will take players from the walls of the Imperial City of Leyawiin, first featured in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, to the murky bogs of Shadowfen, and of course to the mysterious region of Blackwood where players will uncover the Daedric plot at its heart.

King Arthur Knight's Tale role-playing tactical game on Steam PC PS5 Xbox Series X|S

KING ARTHUR: KNIGHT'S TALE is a unique hybrid between turn-based tactical games and traditional, character-centric RPGs. Knight's Tale is a modern retelling of a classic Arthurian mythology story filtered through dark fantasy tropes, a twist on the traditional tales of chivalry.


KING ARTHUR: KNIGHT'S TALE Early Access version features the very beginning of the campaign, including two story missions and several side missions, seven playable heroes from four different classes, a level cap of 5 and some of the Camelot management mechanics. A lot more is coming in the final version.

School Simulator Will your teacher’s pet stay at the head of the class, or will goons turn your best students into delinquents full release

Academia: School Simulator by Squeaky Wheel, one of the best reviewed school simulators on Steam, is ready to graduate into full release and will hit PC and consoles on January 28th. Since hitting Early Access in 2017, nearly 100,000 players have enjoyed the game and have built learning environments ranging from Utopian Classrooms to downright nightmarish Study Prisons.


Academia : School Simulator is a management game that lets you design, construct, and manage the high school of your dreams! As the school Principal, watch your students as they get bullied, find love, flunk exams, and basically just try to get through the roller-coaster ride that is high school. Will you offer the best teachers and facilities or cheap out and build giant classrooms with a 1:100 student to teacher ratio? It's all up to you.

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

PS Plus Games for February 2021 - Destruction AllStars (PS5), Control: Ultimate Edition (PS4 / PS5), Concrete Genie (PS4)

Next month’s PlayStation Plus lineup is all about creativity. Dazzle the crowds with creative chaos as you run, ram, and slam in the vehicular combat of Destruction AllStars, showcase your artistic side with some magical portraiture in Concrete Genie and get inventive with supernatural abilities in order to save your skin in Control.


Destruction AllStars is also the focus of a new State of Play that showcases the game in all its glory. This deep dive, which you watch below, will equip you with all you need to know to leap into the arena come Tuesday, February 2 when the game launches into PlayStation Plus alongside Control: Ultimate Edition and Concrete Genie.

POSTAL 4: No Regerets - New Missions & Features comedic first-person shooter

New Missions, Zones, Weapon, Customisation Options Expand Edensin.


POSTAL 4: No Regerts, the over-the-top comedic first-person shooter and latest entry in Running With Scissors’ classic franchise enjoyed by millions, flushes in Hump Day with the “Wednesday Update,” adding new missions, areas, character customisation, and TONS of ass cleaning hijinks on Steam Early Access and GOG for PC today.

Midway through another effed up week in the charming town of Edensin, the Postal Dude awakens in the palatial estate of the Edensin Mayor himself, Mike J. As the Master Bidet-er, Mayor Mike J sets The Postal Dude loose on a righteous crusade. Cleanse the filth of Edensin by installing bidets where they matter most, in the headquarters of the toilet-paper-obsessed Wipe Militant led by Tinklage, and let the holy water flow! Resolve a diplomatic crisis south of the border. Disposable wipes and other “environmentally safe” lies about toilet paper create an iceberg-sized blockage in Edensin’s sewage system, causing tons of American sewage to burst into Mexico. Montezuma would be proud!

Black Desert SEA Explore Life Content and Obtain Special Rewards

Various in-game events involving Life Content have arrived in Black Desert SEA. Adventurers can now increase their Like Skills through these events and claim valuable rewards.


 New Life Content “Runaway Chickens” is now available at Bartali Farm. 10 chickens will try to escape from the farm when morning dawns. Adventurers must approach these chickens while they are sitting and wait until they have laid an egg. By interacting with the egg, there is a chance you will obtain a Golden Egg.

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Annual New York Game Awards 2021 the winners... Hades wins a load...

Games and franchises from around the gaming ecosystem, both nostalgic and new, take home awards.


Hosted today by Reggie Fils-Aimé and Harold Goldberg, the New York Videogame Critics Circle celebrated the best in gaming at the 10th annual New York Game Awards held virtually for the first time. The organization bestowed its highest honor, the Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year, to the action RPG, Hades from Supergiant Games. Winning over the critics, Hades took home multiple awards, including the Herman Melville Award for Best Writing in a Game, the Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game and the Off Broadway Award for Best Indie Game. And, it’s not just music, writing and game play that stole the hearts of the video game critics, as the acting in the game was honored with the Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game for Logan Cunningham’s role as Lord Hades, Poseidon, Achilles, Charon, The Storyteller and Asterius in Hades. The New York Game Awards can still be viewed via Twitch and YouTube.

Star Trek Online Celebrates 11th Anniversary with New Season Launching Today on PC

Star Trek Online’s newest season, House Reborn, is available on PC and will release on PlayStation®4 and Xbox One at a later date. The beloved free-to-play MMORPG celebrates 11 years of expanding the emblematic Star Trek Universe for Captains around the globe with House Reborn, a brand new content update which kicks off Part 1 of the finale to the game’s epic Klingon War. 


The new season introduces two exciting featured episodes centered around Star Trek: Discovery’s L’Rell (voiced by Mary Chieffo, who originated the role) and Tenavik (voiced by guest star Sam Witwer). Captains will also discover a brand new Klingon Recruitment System, a Special Anniversary Event to earn the new Alliance Temer Rader and a complete revamp of the Klingon experience, including remastered environments, missions, stories and more. Plus for the first time ever, Star Trek Online will allow players of all factions to command any ship.

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Aground 2D Survival RPG on consoles February 11

Aground is a resource-gathering and crafting game with a story, focused on the theme of progression. You start the game as a lone survivor from a shipwreck with almost nothing, and build your way up to a thriving settlement and eventually make your way to space and travel between planets.


With Aground, we wanted to try something a little different with the survival genre - we wanted a game that wasn’t an open world, but instead focused on progression and story. As David Maletz, Designer and Programmer for Aground put it: “I want to know why I'm mining or gathering resources - what's it all for?” This brought a breath of fresh air to the genre that players simply loved. We have had over 3 million plays and extraordinarily positive reviews after releasing the game last fall to portals like Armour Games, Kongregate and Newgrounds.

Hidden Deep - 2D Sci-fi Game - Action Thriller Explore a suboceanic research facility PC

New sci-fi thriller Hidden Deep scheduled to release on PC in 2021. Players will explore a vast suboceanic research and mining facility inhabited by alien creatures brought to life in a 2D game world full of action, mystery and danger. For players wanting to get a taste of what's in store, a demo version of Hidden Deep will be available during the Steam Games Festival: February 2021 from February 3rd to February 9th.


 In Hidden Deep, you lead a team of four researchers to a mysterious facility 1,6 km below the ocean floor in order to find out what has happened to the station's crew who have seemingly disappeared. 

True Magic Awaits! Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy What Dark Secrets will Ryza Uncover

The thrilling and emotional JRPG picks up three years after Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout, as Ryza sets out in an all-new quest to discover the secrets behind the ancient ruins and the truth behind the lost legends. Joining Ryza on her journey is a host of new and old friends from the franchise, along with Ryza’s adorable and enigmatic new furry companion known as “Fi”.


Adding to the fun and adventure, Ryza now has all new dynamic abilities to help her navigate across the deadly terrain, including the ability to swim underwater, use plants to climb walls, and even swing on a magical rope! These and other abilities allow Ryza to explore various areas and ruins more fully and actively. In addition, the thrilling real-time tactics battle system has been powered up to include up to four members (three main party members plus one sub-member), with characters able to link multiple skills and items in a row to defeat even the deadliest of enemies thanks to the new Skill Chain and Item Rush techniques!

Werewolf: The Apocalypse Earthblood Game the three forms the hero can take - PS5 Xbox Series X|S PC

With one week to go before the release of Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood on 4 February 2021, NACON and Cyanide are pleased to introduce a new gameplay trailer for the game.


The video highlights one of the core gameplay elements: the different forms that the Garou Cahal can shift into. Choose the Lupus form for exploration and infiltration. Choose the Homid form for stealth takedowns of guards and hacking into enemy defences. And when your rage reaches its ferocious limit, transform into a Crinos and cut a swathe through hostile forces with your claws and teeth.