Tag: Steam
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Balancing Characters In Apex Legends Is Harder Than You Think
I have recently played and enjoyed many hero shooters such as Apex Legends, Overwatch and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six. The thing that keeps me addicted is their amazingly well-developed and enjoyable characters. However, fans of Apex Legends, in particular, may remember some of their favourite characters first release as a colossal disappointment and wonder why…
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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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Mystery Visual Novel & Coffee Tycoon Game, Coffee Noir, Coming Soon
The neo-noir visual novel tycoon mash-up game Coffee Noir, developed by DOJI and NAOS Software, will be launching onto Steam and GOG later this month. If you’ve ever wanted to solve crimes all while running a successful coffee empire, then Coffee Noir may just be for you. It is the debut game of Polish development…
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Steam Next Fest is Back This October, With Hundreds of Playable Demos
Valve has announced its second Steam Next Fest, and it will offer hundreds of playable demos between October 1 and 7.
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Valve’s Team Fortress 2 Characters Are Coming To Animaze
On September 20th, Holotech Studios announced that several of Valve’s Team Fortress 2 characters would be introduced to Animaze. Players can now incarnate these avatars through the app.
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TOEM: A Monochrome Journey Full Of Colour – PC Review
After seeing a trailer for TOEM at last month’s Indie World Showcase, I quietly waited with bubbling anticipation for its release. I’m a big fan of photography-based games and have reviewed a few already on The Game Crater. However, TOEM looked different. Not only did its isometric perspective offer a new way to experience the…
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Everything Announced At The 2021 3D Platformers Direct
The aptly named and incredible 3D Platformers Direct aired on Saturday with a whopping 30+ games showcased coming in both 2021 and 2022. What Was Announced? The 2021 3D Platformers Direct is the debut direct-style presentation by 3D Platformers, and it’s fair to say they knocked it out of the park. With well over 30…
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Apex Legends Releases New Patch to Fix Lag Issues
Respawn has released information on a patch that will address the widespread server instability on Apex Legends from September 14. If you’re an Apex Legends fan, then this has been a tough week. Since September 14, the battle royale game has had a lot of instability, with three times the amount of disconnects as normal.…
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Die Young: Everybody Take Notes
A lot of modern horror games are starting to feel very similar. Gone are the days of the cult horror classics like Silent Hill and Resident Evil. Fortunately, there are still some old school games that continue the success of the horror cult classics, and I recently came across a game that is breaking the…
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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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Rustler: A Fun, Goofy Medieval GTA – PC Review
I often want a gaming experience where I can tune out and have a good time. I’ve been playing video games for the better part of my life now, and I, occasionally, just want to shoot things or ram into them with all my might. I grew up on games like GTA and Call of…
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Design an Escape Room in Escape Simulator, Coming this October
Pine Studio is proud to announce the first-person escape room puzzle game, Escape Simulator, releasing on October 19. Escape Simulator will put your brain to the test as you try to escape a collection of quirky interactive escape rooms, either alone or via online co-op. You can face ingenuous locks in ancient Egypt, hack the…