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Game release: "Tents and Trees" (PC)

Frozax Games‘s relaxing puzzler Tents and Trees places nature into Picross gameplay. Not every game has to be about trigger finger happy action, hectic strategy or other fast reflexes-requiring shenanigans. Sometimes it can be as simple as placing tents and trees on a grid with only the numbers indicating how many of them have to be set in each row and column. Of course things aren’t as simple…

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Game release: "Kingsgrave" (PC)

Egg or Chicken Games and Alawar‘s medtroidvania Kingsgrave shows what a true king can do if he takes undead matters into his own hands. Actually the monarch wakes up from a long sleep only to find his kingdom troubled by a terrible disease. His subjects who died turned into monsters, at least their souls, so it’s up to the king to set things right again by uniting the lands and destroying the…

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Ziggurat Interactive's Retro Classix games will soon disappear from digital stores

Some arcade or retro games are not meant stay in online stores forever, and Ziggurat Interactive‘s Retro Classix line will soon meet that fate on GOG and Steam. It’s always sad to see some games disappear from the digital space (as could be seen with “Alan Wake” having been removed from digital platforms… at least for a limited time), and it’s even sadder to see a company like Ziggurat…

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GOG review copies for December 2023

Thanks to the GOG PR in December 2023, some very winter-y games were given to me for playing and reviewing. Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition is a 2014 remaster by Beamdog, based on the Black Isle Studios CRPG from 2000. I’ve always wanted to review these very time-consuming titles in the past (after the Baldur’s Gate games), but I’ve never found the time. The reason to add this was because I…

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Epic Games Store free games: "The Big Con" and "Town of Salem 2"

Epic Games Store‘s new freebies are road trip comedy adventure Mighty Yell/Skybound Games‘ The Big Con and BlankMediaGames‘ online whodunnit strategy game Town of Salem 2. The Big Con seems to have garnered quite a good reputation with its 10/10 Steam Store scores and it’s probably due to the 90ies American presentation which involves high school girl Ali who goes on a cross-country road trip in…

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GOG release: "First Cut: Samurai Duel"

Night Eyes Interactive‘s stylish arcade sword-fighting game First Cut: Samurai Duel makes its gory DRM-free debut on GOG. Those who shy away from pixelated blood should definitely look away when playing First Cut: Samurai Duel, as every strike leads to a very gruesome outcome. Fighting during the feudal Japan period, survival during the bloody encounters is everything, especially since the first…

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Game release: "The Mildew Children" (PC)

The Growing Stones and Valkyrie Initiative‘s visual novel horror/fairy-tale adventure mix The Mildew Children tells a grim tale of witchery. It seems that stories taking place in the woods or from byone eras have become rather popular these days. Here one has a whole village consisting of children immersed in pagan traditions, with young witch Kyrphel and her sisters tasked to perform a ritual…

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Game release: "Rauniot" (PC)

Act Normal Games‘ post-apocalyptic point-and-clicker Rauniot presents a bleak future for Northern Finland. Actually, it’s an alternative past the story takes place in, as in 1975 natural disaster has struck and left civilization as one knows it behind in a broken state. With children being born as mutants or dead together with their mothers, the world certainly seems hopeless, which might…

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GOG release: "Unveiling"

CHARK‘s first-person sci-fi adventure Unveiling brings an immersive abduction story to GOG. Unveiling tells a UFO story that could be right out of an X-Files episode, and it’s just 30 minutes long. So anyone expecting an epic or puzzle-heavy gaming experience should look elsewhere. Everyone else will simply enjoy an otherworldly trip that might be different than what one is used to. Maybe these…

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GOG releases 3 more puzzle games from AleC Games

GOG continues its DRM-free puzzle revolution with 3 new brain-teasers from AleC Games. As the discounts for these new entries already expire today, I’ll keep it brief and simple, especially since I’ve already covered some of the developer’s output in the GOG releases 3 puzzle games from AleC Games article. So here we go with more simplistic, but not simple titles that join the DRM-free…

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Game release: "Sons of Valhalla" (PC)

Pixel Chest and Hooded Horse‘s RTS and side-scrolling combat mix Sons of Valhalla invites players to a great-looking pixel art Viking world. Viking games seem to have seen something of a comeback these days, especially with indie titles. Here one plays as warrior Thorald Olavson who really has his vengeance cut out for him, as he hunts down someone who burned down his home, kidnapped his love,…

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GOG releases 4 games from PLAION

GOG’s DRM-free family grows with 4 games plus plenty of other content from German publisher PLAION (or Prime Matter… for that matter). With the disounts running out soon, I’ll simply list the new entries and add their respective trailers below. They’re certainly an illustrious selection of games from various genres: Brass Token‘s horror action-adventure The Chant (plus Spiritual Retreat Outfit,…

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Epic Games Store free game: "Ghostrunner" (2nd time)

Epic Games Store‘s latest freebie is One More Level, 3D Realms, Slipgate Ironworks and 505 Games, All in! Games‘ first-person cyberpunk slasher Ghostrunner. It seems that Ghostrunner has received quite a lot of attention, not only in this blog, but in the gaming media in general, e.g. during gamescom 2020, and when I wrote this game release news. The title was also featured in the Amazon Prime…

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Game release: "Broken Roads" (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series)

Drop Bear Bytes and Versus Evil‘s post-apocalyptic RPG Broken Roads adds an Australian and moral touch to the classic genre. I already mentioned the game in the Past gaming events: gamescom 2020, Day 4 article, as I was impressed by its music and overall atmosphere. So it’s definitely been a long journey and bumpy ride for the indie development team, but now the desolate version of future…

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Game release: "Revival: Recolonization" (PC)

HeroCraft PC‘s post-apocalyptic 4X strategy game Revival: Recolonization has reached its post-Early Access phase. The 4X strategy genre is well and alive these days, but usually takes the turn-based action into space. Here one has all the war one can have on Earth or what’s left of it after a catastrophic event destroyed mankind. However, a few survivors try to make themselves at home with new…

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Game release: "Headquarters: World War II" (PC)

Starni Games and Slitherine Ltd.‘s turn-based strategy game Headquarters: World War II is all about surviving the battlefield with every unit possible. WWII has always been used as a background for games, especially in the strategy genre. Here one commands troops from various sides and experiences 3 campaigns with 9 operations for the US, UK, and Germany during the Normandy landings. What sets…

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Game release: "Yet Another Fantasy Title (YAFT)" (PC)

Atomic Wolf and Games Operators‘ open-world action-adventure Yet Another Fantasy Title (YAFT) mixes fantasy parody with GTA-like gameplay. It was only a matter of time or a logical development that after Rustler (see the GOG release news), medieval times made way to fantasy with lots of irreverent humor and violence. Despite not being from the same developer (but the same publisher), the…