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Obsidian Entertainment has proven again and again that they make quality games. With work over the decades spanning from Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II to Fallout: New Vegas to 2019’s The Outer Worlds, they have nailed down what it means to maintain player’s attention. One of their newest outings, Grounded has gotten another patch while
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Bartlow’s Dread Machine from Beep Games exists in a world where an old-fashioned pub game makes a reappearance. The game mixes bullet-hell mechanics with an old-timey aesthetic that helps drive how the game plays. Beep Games recently brought the game into early access on PC before its September release.  Give some of the early gameplay
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Baldur’s Gate 3 was originally slated to launch in early access this month, but as of now, Larian Studios has revealed that this will no longer be the case. Luckily, the highly-anticipated RPG’s new launch date isn’t said to be too far off. Larian made the announcement over on its official Twitter page today that Baldur’s
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I absolutely love the Dungeon Defenders games, but Chromatic Games has created a truly confusing franchise. I say confusing because even now, Dungeon Defenders fans are split between playing multiple games; the original, Dungeon Defenders II, and now, Dungeon Defenders: Awakened. Dungeon Defenders: Awakened hopes to be Chromatic’s answer to those asking, “Which Dungeon Defenders
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The original version of Griftlands from Klei Entertainment was announced way back in 2017. However, since then, the game has gone through quite a few changes. The Don’t Starve devs transitioned from an open-world RPG to a card-based system, revealing the sweeping changes at E3 2019. At that point, they launched the Alpha version exclusively
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Following its early access launch this year, Chromatic Games released Dungeon Defenders Awakened this week alongside its 1.0 update. As a long-time Dungeon Defenders player, I’ve been eagerly awaiting this update, as previously Awakened was pretty bare-bones, and I often found myself going back to previous Dungeon Defenders titles to scratch my tower-defense itch. After
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After launching in early access exactly one month ago today, Humble Bundle has announced that its Pokemon-inspired title Temtem has already reached a rather impressive milestone. In total, Temtem has already sold over 500,000 copies around the world. While this might not be all that impressive for larger, triple-A releases, for a game of a smaller size like Temtem
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Since jumping into the publishing side of the industry, Team17 has put out hits like Overcooked!, Yoku’s Island Express, and My Time at Portia. Their next game is Bad Yolk’s Main Assembly, a game that meshes robot-building and physics-based gameplay. It boasts that classic Team17 charm and some nifty-looking building tools. Give the new trailer
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Dota Underlords, Valve’s Dota themed auto battler, launched on Steam in June 2019. Ever since then its been in an early-access state, running a “beta season”. Over that time Valve has expanded the game’s reach, making it available mobile devices through both the App Store and Google Play Store. This long beta-phase has undoubtedly hurt the
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The road to Vortex Rising’s release has been an interesting one. Creator Chris Kovalik originally worked on Icons: Combat Arena, a Super Smash Bros-like platform fighter that failed to make an impact and quickly shuttered in 2018. Last year, DualShockers talked about that project’s ups and downs with Kovalik, ultimately revealing the impending releases of
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Mechanic Miner is a game about building a steam-powered machine to help you survive a physics-based sandbox world. You’ll gather resources, kill monsters, and use your imagination to create wild new contraptions to conquer the desolate land. The team at Hello John has put the game into early access and shared a brand new trailer
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