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PC and console-bound space exploration RPG Now this is intriguing. Daedalic Entertainment West is trying its hand at space adventuring withThe Long Journey Home, an upcoming game inspired byStarflightandStar Control IIthat has players fighting the odds to get back to Earth after a botched jump sends them deep into space. This trailer centers on the action side — gravitational slingshotting, hovering on planets in search of resources and artifacts, fleeing from a foreign ship — but there’s also a conversational element as well....

The full package Don’t look at me like that. Game writers are legally required to use that picture when writing about this game. My hands are tied. It’s the law. That’s not what you’re here for though. You want to know whether the Switch version ofThe Witcher IIIis worth your time and cash. You might also be wondering what dark magic CD Projekt RED had to employ tosquish their game down, and what corners had to be cut....

Promoted from our community blogs! [For our first promotion from the September Blogger’s Wanted prompt,“Those meddling kids,”UsurpMyProse puts the kids fromBravely Defaultunder the microscope and rips them a new one. Don’t believe his vile lies about fairies, though.Want to gush about your favorite kid heroes or how you’d dangle them over a pit of boiling lava? Get to blogging! – Pixie The Fairy] Tiz Arrior, Agnès Oblige, Edea Lee, and Ringabel are the worst....

Better machines will, of course, run it better The upcomingTomb Raiderreboot is out to prove you don’t needa decadent God Boxto run the latest computer games, planning a PC launch that will be able to run on even the humblest of contraptions. Yay affordable gaming! Although a better machine will obviously net you access to superior bells and whistles, the minimum system requirements forTomb Raiderare quite undemanding. Given Square Enix’s seeming commitment tostrong PC ports, it’s good to see it hasn’t forgotten the little people....

Nihom Falcom remakeTrails in the Sky 1st Chapterhas gained an excellent English voice cast as announced on Tuesday. It includes the likes of Matt Mercer (Overwatch, Critical Role),Cristina Vee(Hunter x Hunter), and Stephanie Sheh (Your Name), among others. Your Name star is in Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter voice cast The publisher of the JRPG reimagining GungHo Online Entertainment published a trailer forTrails in the Sky 1strevealing both the Japanese and English voice actors....

A visual novel about trauma Amy Dentata is a game developer’s game developer, though her next project doesn’t look like it’s made to appeal strictly to game design theorist.Triggeris a visual novel about suffering from PTSD and the process of discovering that you have the condition. That’s something a lot of people in and out of gaming culture can relate with. Like Major Depression, Generalized Anxiety, and other related ailments, PTSD can deeply affect a person while remaining mostly invisible to them....

Be kind, rewind I don’t understandThe Sexy Brutale. I played for an hour while chitchatting with design director Charles Griffiths. After that hour, I felt like I was almost there, like everything had almost clicked. But then the demo ended and I was left to wonder if my intuition was accurate. There’s a lot to process. The quick pitch onThe Sexy Brutaleis that it’s aGroundhog Day-type approach to an eccentric murder mystery....

If you truly love military games and are looking for a community to match that energy, thenWar Thunderis the game for you. The free-to-play combat MMO boasts over 70 million players, so not only are you likely to meet your new best friend on the battlefield, but you might learn a thing or two about some real-world weapons of war while doing it. With all manner of historic and modern vehicles to command, you can take the fight to some of the most passionate players on the planet on land, in the air, and at sea....

Quick facts: Vin Diesel bench-presses 415 lbs on a good day. On a bad one, he only manages to lift a puny 325 pounds above his head. (I asked what he handled in the weight room during the conference call a few weeks ago. He laughed after I posed the question. Later, after my follow-up question, he called me “buddy.” We’re BFFs.) If you doubt Diesel’s weight room prowess, look no further thanWheelmanfor evidence of his musculature....

On June 2014 Riot Games kicked off a limited-time closed beta forValorantto give the title a test run before getting officially launched. The console version ofValorantdoes not support cross-play so you unfortunately won’t be able to play with friends on PC. However, here is everything you need to know about the console beta schedule and what to expect. Valorantconsole limited beta schedule Riotconfirmedthat theValorantconsole beta will end when it is confident that the servers and net code are ready for launch....

If you’re looking to build up a strong party inWuthering Waves, you’re going to need to ascend your party members, and for this, you need certain materials. If you’ve got Lingyang orMortefias part of your party, you’re going to need a lot of Coriolus. Ascending party members is vital as you progress and if you want to survive tougher fights, as it allows you to level up characters and increase their stats....

Everyone wants Dipplin, Applin’s new evolution inPokémon Scarlet and Violet: The Teal Mask.But if you’re here, you probably want a little more and prefer your apple Pokémon covered in golden syrup instead of the traditional red one. That’s the look of shiny Dipplin, a rare version of this new Pokémon you may only get by evolving a shiny Applin, since there’s no wild Dipplin in the game outside Tera Raid Battles....

And I could not be more excited Slay the Spireis one of my most-played games of all time, so it’s always a pleasant surprise to see the little indie game that could from 2017 in the headlines. This time, there’s aSlay the Spireboard game in the works, and in all honesty, I’m not much of a board game person, but I am willing to be if it means I get to play a physical version of my favorite deckbuilding roguelike....