Pacific Drive, the upcoming road trip survival sim, has been announced for PC and PS4 this February 22nd Taking place in the retro-futuristic Olympic Exclusion Zone, Pacific Drive follows a sole survivor driving through a ruined SCP-style zone brimming with strange monsters and cryptids as they slowly build up their cars and unravel the truth […]
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The Rogue-like genre has hotly become one of the most popular genres of any. Games like Hades and Spelunky have taken the industry by storm, and the recent boom in high-quality indie development of the last decade has produced a ton of incredible titles beyond the big names. From the aesthetically basic yet surprisingly deep
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It’s a tale as old as time. Like a hit TV show which sucks for the first few seasons but then bursts into life, or an album that needs a few listens before you truly appreciate it. Sometimes, you need to stick with things before they ‘get good’, and this can also be true of
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There are games out there that have an innate ability to suck you into an addictive and repetitive gameplay loop that could theoretically have you playing forever, and these are games that I am deeply fearful of, but also adore. Stardew Valley’s ‘One more day’ loop had me up into the wee hours. Slay the
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2024 has got off to an amazing start as far as indie games are concerned. We have seen games like Palworld and Helldivers 2 rack up monumental concurrent player counts, we have seen some critical smash-hits in the form of Pacific Drive and Ultros, and there is still so much of the year to go!
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Few Metroidvanias have managed to live up to the potential and promise of Hollow Knight. The bug-themed adventure’s excellent combination of world exploration, emotional storytelling, and decisive combat work to create a game like no other. Whether we were failing into the depths of Deepnest, enduring the Path of Pain, or besting a devil-turned-troupe performer,
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