During yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, LEVEL-5 announced a December release date for its upcoming puzzle game, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam. It will be available digitally, with physical copies available only in Japan and only for Switch 2/Switch. The game is set one year after Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, in an American town called Steam Bison.…
Today, developer Absolutely Games and publisher Secret Mode announced that their stress-free, scare-free puzzle game Fangtopia is set to haunt PC and consoles this October. The relaxing puzzle game has you assemble landscapes to craft a paradise for friendly ghouls and ghosts: a carefree world of gentle chills.…
Tiny Monk Tales and Daedalic Entertainment have announced a September release date…
Studio Loading, Kibou Entertainment and Alunite Inc. have announced that retro action-puzzle…
During yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, LEVEL-5 announced a December release date for its upcoming puzzle game, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam. It will be available digitally, with physical copies available only in Japan and only for Switch 2/Switch. The game is set one year after Professor Layton and…
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Today, developer Absolutely Games and publisher Secret Mode announced that their stress-free, scare-free puzzle game Fangtopia is set to haunt PC and consoles this October. The relaxing puzzle game has you assemble landscapes to craft a paradise for friendly ghouls and ghosts: a carefree world of gentle chills.…
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Tiny Monk Tales and Daedalic Entertainment have announced a September release date for cozy diorama puzzle game Woodo. They also announced that the game will be fully narrated in eight languages, including English by Miriam Teak-Lee (Hamilton, & Juliet) and Japanese by Yui Kondo (Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake,…
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Studio Loading, Kibou Entertainment and Alunite Inc. have announced that retro action-puzzle adventure game Orpheus: To Hell and Back, which was originally released as a physical Game Boy Color cartridge, will be launching for PC via Steam next week. Alunite Inc. will publish for that platform. This is the game’s…
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Brisbane developer Chunky Quail has announced that its cozy mushroom-planting exploration adventure game Slumbering Woods will launch for PC in 2027. The team will also be at BitSummit in Kyoto, Japan, from May 22nd to 24th to showcase the title.…
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Croteam and Devolver Digital have announced The Talos Principle 3, the last chapter in the critically beloved, thought-provoking puzzle series. The game will take you on a cosmic journey across a dozen worlds, testing your mind with all-new challenges. It will be released for PC and PlayStation 5, and no…
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Plot Twist, a Melbourne-based games studio, has announced that the visual novel Ashes will launch in Early Access this May, with a full launch planned for December. This period of time will be used to finish the story, refine the existing minigames/add new ones, and provide new narrative content. The…
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Hidden object games are a dime a dozen. Hidden Around the World is one of many I have received news about, and I wanted to review it because I adored its predecessor, Hidden in my Paradise. It’s similar but larger, if that makes sense. The levels are much larger, with…
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I suppose it was inevitable that at some stage, some indie developer would look at Scrabble and think to themselves “Roguelike!” After all, that r-word seems to be perennially glued into the indie developer mindset these days. Despite my growing hesitancy to touch anything with said r-word in the feature…
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Publisher Yogscast Games and indie developer Longshot Studio have revealed a May release date for retro puzzle roguelike game Infinity Sweeper. Minesweeper meets the modern era in this game that combines classic strategy and nostalgia with the replayability of modern roguelikes. Navigate a familiar grid, uncovering numbered tiles while avoiding…
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