After playing (and largely enjoying) the second Greedfall game in early access back when it launched, I left the game alone, waiting for its full release. Now it’s here, and Greedfall 2: The Dying World is a confident step ahead from the original. Given that the original was my favourite…
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Based on the beloved Magical board game series, Magical Princess is a child-rearing simulator. Neotoro and MAGI have announced a (Northern) spring release window for the game. In addition, its demo has been updated to share heartwarming stories and fresh battle strategies. A new trailer revealed both announcements.…
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I always find myself drowning in e-mails about demos when Steam Next Fest comes around, but I legitimately gasped when I received a message about The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker 2’s upcoming demo, which I have been lucky enough to play. The sequel is similar to the first: a…
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The Run is the latest FMV game written and directed by Paul Raschid, whose other work includes The Complex, Five Dates, Ten Dates, The Gallery, and Hello Stranger. Originally released for mobile devices just in time for Halloween season last year, it has now arrived on PC and Mac through…
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The Amiga was home to a whole host of exceptional games in its time, but not all of them earned the right to be called true classics, even if they were innovative for their time. Advancements not only in visuals but also gameplay design have left some old school retro…
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The Steam page for GMedia’s Edgar Allan Poe’s Interactive Horror: 1995 Edition has gone live. It faithfully restores Inscape’s cult classic game, The Dark Eye. GMedia describes the original title as an avant-garde masterpiece, one of the most unique and disturbing experiences of the CD-Rom era. The restoration brings the…
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Lached Up Games serves a very specific niche with its quirky and colourful visual novels. Is there much of an audience for fanservicey visual novels filled with Australian humour about genderswapping (and now, with Help! I’m Turning Into A Mermaid!, species swapping)? Probably not. But for the people who do…
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The movie tie-in game is something of a dying art, but in many ways you would have to rule it death by way of suicide. The very model for movie games ensured that they would die out. This was never terribly surprising; classically speaking, lots of money got spent getting…
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Bubble Bobble is one of the greatest games ever made, and it’s also my go-to game when I’ve been asked about my favourite game of all time. Taito’s certainly done some interesting things with the Bubble Bobble IP over the years, and while a lot of the spinoff games have…
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If you’re into Japanese board games, you may have heard of MAGI’s beloved Magical board game series. There are over 11 games/expansion packs in the series now, including Magical Bakery, Magical Patisseries, and Magical Kingdom. Now, MAGI has hired Neotro (which has developed shmup, shooting, action, and puzzle games, so…
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