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HomeGuidesDorfromantik Dofromantik tips and tricks: a beginner’s guide to tile placementThese Dorfromantik tips will help you smash your old high scores These Dorfromantik tips will help you smash your old high scores Dorfromantik, the top-down puzzle game from Berlin based studio Toukana Interactive, is out now in early access, and after reviewing the game I thought it would be helpful to take a closer look at the chill city planner and give you a way to build to your heart’s desire....

HomeNewsYnglet Ynglet Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube Ynglet Announcement Trailer Despite being a platformer, it doesn’t actually have any typical platforms. The devs say Ynglet is like a “space dolphin”, who uses the different bubbles and shapes in the environment to zoom and leap through. It all looks very minimalistic, which I adore. The devs add that there are a number of difficulty settings: you’ll be able to set quick respawns, for example, so if you mess up a long frustrating section you won’t have to repeat it....

HomeFeatures Have You Played… The BunkerThe sound of the underground The sound of the underground FMV is a curious beast. Whenever you see someone doing a game with FMV bits in it you assume it’s kind of a retro oddity and they’re almost doing it as a joke. Like, when they were a kid they really liked that weird 70s animated version of The Lord Of The Rings that had some FMV, and it stuck with them, or something like that....

HomeNews Inconvenient train crossings are a delightful alternative to invisible wallsSushi Ben VR’s trains will always roll past just as you’re about to leave Sushi Ben VR’s trains will always roll past just as you’re about to leave In my game’s tech demo anytime someone is about to get to the bounds of the playable part of the map a train will conveniently block their path 🚊🚊#UE4#VR#gamedev#screenshotsaturday#indiedevpic.twitter.com/mPVMsf9Ov0— Dmaw⛅ - Wishlist Sushi Ben on Steam (@DmawDev)June 5, 2021To see this content please enable targeting cookies....

HomeReviewsInsurmountable Insurmountable review: a clever roguelike about mountaineeringBuilt to scale Built to scale Everything I know about mountain climbing came from a corporate team-building day where management hired a banker who’d scaled Everest to tell us how he left most of his group to die in order to reach the summit. This wasn’t a guilty confession. Apparently there comes an altitude where halting becomes so dangerous that it dooms any dawdlers....

HomeHardwareFeatures Nvidia RTX 3080 vs 3080 Ti: how much faster is Nvidia’s new flagship GPU?What are you really getting with the RTX 3080 Ti? What are you really getting with the RTX 3080 Ti? With the launch ofNvidia’s GeForce RTX 3080 Tithis month, the vanilla version of theRTX 3080is no longer Nvidia’s flagship gaming GPU. Traditionally, Nvidia’s Ti models have offered substantially more performance than their non-Ti siblings, as we saw last generation with the RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti, and the generation before that with the GTX 1080 and 1080 Ti....

HomeNewsPalworld Palworld looks like Pokémon until you see the guns and sweatshopAnother astonishing genremash from the makers of Craftopia Another astonishing genremash from the makers of Craftopia WhenPalworld’s trailer starts, it looks a whole lot like a fancy 3D Pokémon. This lasts nine seconds, until you see someone hanging from the talons of their birdPokémonPal while spraying bullets with an assault rifle. Soon, you’re seeing Pals made to work in fields, then in a sweatshop assembling new rifles....

HomeNews Rainbow Six Extraction, formerly called Quarantine will be revealed at E3New name, same game New name, same game Hello and welcome to another PrE3 post where I get to tell you the name of something that will be shown off during this next week of trailers and announcements and all. We were already planning to hear about about the next Clancy ‘em up during the Ubisoft Forward event, and now we’ve been given its title....

HomeNewsTerra Nil Restore a ravaged world in reverse city-builder Terra NilTake a sad brown rock and bring it to life Take a sad brown rock and bring it to life The folks behindBroforcehave a new game on the horizon that is not at all about running, gunning, or blowing stuff up. Quite the opposite,Terra Nilis what they’re calling a “reverse city-builder” about rehabilitating an environment that’s been completely decimated. You’ll turn it green again with the power of irrigation and renewable energy sources to fix the climate and the wildlife....

HomeNews Warner Bros. are showing off Back 4 Blood for E3 but no Batman FamilySorry to Batgirl and her flock of Robins Sorry to Batgirl and her flock of Robins The digital clouds have darkened and E3 looms, promising an absolute downpour of trailers starting this weekend. In among all the other announcement blasts kicking off in short order is one from Warner Bros., who are having the first E3 presser of their own on Sunday....

HomeNews Devolver Direct is returning for E3 2021 on June 12thAs part of the Summer Games Fest or whatever As part of the Summer Games Fest or whatever Devolver Digital’s yearly showcase streams have become a highlight of E3. Alice0 argued last year that their"self-indulgent and money-wasting spectacle" was particularly welcomein among the otherwise flat, endless expanse of notE3. It’s good news that Devolver are returning this E3, then. They’ll broadcast an event during Summer Game Fest on Saturday, June 12th at 1:30pm PT/4:30pm ET/21:30pm BST....

HomeNewsEl Paso, Elsewhere El Paso, Elsewhere is a Max Payne-inspired shooter about killing the vampire you lovedFight werewolves in slow-mo Fight werewolves in slow-mo I wrote aboutthe Guerrilla Collective indie game showcaseearlier today, and mentioned one game stood out to me from the mix.El Paso, Elsewherewas it: aMax Payne-inspired shooter about diving through a haunted motel to stop Draculae, the vampire you loved. Here’s the trailer, which is slick and stylish:...

HomeNews No More Heroes 1 and 2 complete their 13-year journey to PC this weekBoth cult classics arrive on Steam on June 9th Both cult classics arrive on Steam on June 9th Time to do a poo of your own. No More Heroes and its sequel No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle are coming to PC this week on June 9th. No More Heroes – Launch Trailer - Nintendo SwitchWatch on YouTube...