Author: Henry Yu
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INDUSTRIA PC Review: Half Baked Half-Life
I grew up loving the science fiction shooter genre, with games such as Half-Life and Bioshock and movies like Terminator and Total Recall. There’s been quite a lack of them in recent times, so when INDUSTRIA surfaced, I was more than excited to relive the joy of my childhood. INDUSTRIA, by Bleakmill, is a Half-Life…
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UNSIGHTED: Time Is Of The Essence – PC Review
There’s no shortage of indie pixel games nowadays. But every so often one appears that offers to blend two incredible titles to create something familiar yet wholly unique. Whenever one of these pops up I can’t help but want to try it out for myself. Even more so if it is one that takes inspiration…
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Ubisoft Partners With Budgy Smuggler For Far Cry 6 Swimwear
Ubisoft and Australian swimwear company Budgy Smuggler have partnered up to create a Far Cry 6 themed swimwear collection available now. Now that Far Cry 6 is a week away from launch, Ubisoft has begun ramping up its viral marketing. It would seem that one such piece of marketing is a collaboration between themselves and…
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Eastward: Retro Perfection – PC Review
Growing up, I rarely came across games that put my Chinese culture in the limelight by an Asian development team. Most Asian games I encountered were Japanese-themed games oversaturated with samurais and katanas and made by Western developers, or games by Eastern developers influenced by the West, depicting medieval knights and castles. This all changed…
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Disco Elysium: The Final Cut Coming to Nintendo Switch On October 13th
The award-winning, groundbreaking role-playing game, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, is finally making its way to the Nintendo Switch. Initially released in October 2019, the game got a bulky expansion featuring full voice acting and new content in The Final Cut version, released on other platforms in March 2021. Disco Elysium: The Final Cut features…
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Flynn: Son of Crimson: A Truly Inspiring Platformer – PC Review
I was fortunate enough to grow up during the golden age of action platformers. In my early childhood, there were classics like Super Mario Brothers which people still rave about to this day. More recently there have been indie darlings like Celeste and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. However, despite this, I never…
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Battlefield 2042 Officially Delayed After Earlier Rumours Surfaced
The multiplayer-only game, Battlefield 2042, will not be making its intended release date in October after being delayed by DICE. DICE, the developer behind the game, tweeted earlier today on the official Battlefield account that their upcoming game would be pushed back a month with a new release date of November 19th, 2021. Oskar Gabrielson…
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Dream Cycle: A Boring, Empty, Endless Nightmare – Early Access Preview
Dream Cycle initially grew in popularity thanks to its developer’s history with the Lara Croft series. When I first heard about it, I was just excited for the highly replayable procedurally generated souls-like action. I honestly couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. Unfortunately, Dream Cycle fell far too short of my expectations. It…
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SkateBIRD: Tony Hawk’s Baby Brother – PC Review
I’m relatively new to the skateboarding simulation genre. While I’m fully aware of the significant cultural impact the incredible Tony Hawk games have had in gaming culture, it’s never been something that’s grabbed my attention. But when I saw SkateBIRD, a game in which you play a bird in a big world grinding away on…
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Rogue Spirit: A Roguelike With A Little Spirit – Early Access Preview
There is no shortage of action roguelike games in today’s indie game market. However, what is in short supply are 3D third-person roguelikes, especially ones that look as visually stunning as Rogue Spirit. When we previewed its demo during the Steam Next Fest, we couldn’t praise it enough. Unfortunately, now that we’ve tried the full…
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Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Gets Flashy New Story Trailer
During today’s Playstation Showcase 2021, Square Enix and Eidos-Montréal revealed a brand new story trailer for their upcoming game Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. The new trailer shows Grand Unifier Raker bringing the Guardians to the Universal Church of Truth, where they witness the mysterious Matriarch perform a cult-like ritual. The Raker states that the…