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27Jun

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Human: Fall Flat Now On PS5

Ragdoll platforming fun Human: Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted physics platformer set in a world of floating dreamscapes. Each dream level provides a new environment to navigate, from mansions, castles, and Aztec adventures to snowy mountains, eerie nightscapes, and industrial locations. Multiple routes through each level and perfectly playful puzzles ensure exploration and ingenuity are rewarded. Of course, your Human's wobbly movements don't make things easy, and whether you're jumping, climbing, carrying, or swinging, things can easily go very wrong - with very funny results. Human: Fall Flat can be played solo or with up to 8 players online for even more laughter. The PlayStation 5 version of the game features all-new Haptic feedback, transforming the feeling of climbin...

26Jun

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News & Updates

This Means Warp closed beta

This Means Warp Beta Opening 2nd-11th July This Means Warp is an online co-op spaceship management game. 1-4 players work together to run a spaceship in real-time, exploring procedurally generated galaxies, battling increasingly challenging enemies, and upgrading their ship as they fight to survive in a hostile universe. More details are available on This means warp's Steam page This Means Warp currently has a release window of early 2022. So we're a bit of a way off from the actual release, but the beta will give us a nice sneak peek in to the game! Features 1-4 players with singleplayer, local multiplayer, and online multiplayer Procedurally generated maps, enemies, encounters and items to make every run unique Real-time action - you'll have to think on ...

26Jun

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News & Updates

Borderlands 3 Crossplay Update

Brand-new crossplay functionality for Borderlands 3! Buckle up, Vault Hunters – an exciting update is here with brand-new features. The Crossplay Update is live as a free addition for Borderlands 3. It includes crossplay functionality for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Mac, Stadia, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, the return of the game’s most popular seasonal event with The Revengence of Revenge of the Cartels, permanent seasonal event toggling, a new level cap increase, and more. Details The Crossplay update also brings with it Endless Seasonal Events! You can now access all of Borderlands 3’s themed seasonal events—Bloody Harvest, Broken Hearts Day, and Revenge of the Cartels – whenever, and for however long, you’d like. A new option on the Main Menu lets you select which o...

26Jun

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News & Updates

Within The Blade Coming Soon

Harness the power of the blade Ratalaika Games, along with developer Ametist Studio, is pleased to announce the digital release date of Within the Blade coming on PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch on July 16th. Renamed from a highly acclaimed PC release, which garnered great reviews from the PC steam community, and top PC media, the console port is a must for fans of all out action combat. Coming on all consoles - PS4/5 - Xbox one and Nintendo Switch - it's a cool game with a lot going for it! Within the blade has many distinguishing and unique features with its simplistic presentation offering detailed pixel art animations, ninjas galore fighting to their death, crafting of weapons and a whole lot more to present an ongoing challenge that will please and entice even the best o...

25Jun

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News & Updates

Starborne: Frontiers Teased

A new frontier awaits! Icelandic indie publisher Solid Clouds has just announced a brand new game in their Starborne universe in the shape of Starborne: Frontiers, a radical expansion into the world established by their first game, Sovereign Space. Building on what Solid Clouds created with Starborne, the team aim to expand their universe. Starborne: Frontiers will offer new and old players the chance to get up close and personal with the galaxy’s shifting empires. It’s the same universe through a completely new genre. With expanded lore, original strategy, and a peek behind the curtain at the same infamous factions that make Sovereign Space tick. All we have to go off at the moment is a short teaser video, which I will link below, and a short blurb from solid clouds. Below is wh...

22Jun

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News & Updates

Sonic is now in Minecraft!

Sonic has been added to the Minecraft universe Everyone's favourite blue hedgehog has been added to Minecraft. Sonic is here! and so are his textures. From the trailer it looks like we can expect stage textures, as well as some items and enemies from the classic games. I can't say I've ever thought "You know what would be cool. Sonic in Minecraft!" But it's always the additions you don't expect that turn out to be the most fun and unique. It's definitely something different from the normal Minecraft additions, but it's nice to change things up from time to time. Celebrate thirty years of Sonic with this fast-paced Minecraft DLC! Dash through this 3D runner filled with iconic locations, familiar foes, and the blockiest rings you’ll ever see. Get it now from Minecraft Marketplace! ...

21Jun

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PC Reviews, Previews & Early Access

Terra Nil Preview

From developers, Free Lives and published by Devolver Digital, available for Windows (Steam) comes Terra Nil. Free lives are more known for their wacky games, that don't take themselves too seriously (Cricket through the ages, Gorn and Broforce) They've taken a slightly more serious approach for Terra Nil. If you're a fan of city builder games, you'll love this, It offers a different spin on the genre, which is new and refreshing. Rebuild the wasteland Being a fan of city-building/management games, I was very interested in the opportunity to check out Terra Nil. After seeing the launch trailer I was keen to jump in. Carry on reading to find out what I thought of this early preview build. If you enjoy this article you can check out my previous review for Lumberhill here. As always you can...

14Jun

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News & Updates

E3 2021 – Microsoft/Bethesda Coverage

Welcome to Thumb Culture's coverage of the Microsoft/Bethesda E3 conference. We're very happy to be bringing you our thoughts for this year. You can catch up with me and the rest of the team over on Twitter. Where we will have more E3 coverage for you to feast your eyes on. Starfield Kicking off Microsoft/Bethesda at E3 this year we have none other than Todd Howard and a new IP, Starfield. An in-game teaser was shown for this new IP Microsoft/Bethesda has been working on, looking very much like a deep space exploration game. We really didn't get to see a lot sadly. We do have a release date of 11/11/22 though! Sarah Bond has taken the stage, talking more about Starfield Which Sarah has just mentioned will be an exclusive title. A mention of the new Microsoft/Bethesda partnership, dis...

13Jun

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PC Reviews

Lumberhill Review

From new developers 2BIGo and ARP Games, under the publication of All in! Games, comes Lumberhill. 2BIGo is a small, 4-person indie company founded in January 2018 in Gliwice, Poland. Available on PC (Steam) I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to review Lumberhill, and I jumped straight in. Being a fan of the Overcooked! series, Lumberhill looked like a blast. I couldn't wait to give it a go. Lumberhill Review - We Have To Save The Animals... And Harvest The Trees? If like us, you're a fan of the style of gameplay offered by Overcooked! you will absolutely love Lumberhill. Lumberhill features a very similar style of gameplay, where you have to work together as a team to get all your tasks done in time while fighting against nature! Carry on reading to see what I thought of thi...

4Jun

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Xbox Reviews

The King’s Bird Review

From developers Serenity Forge (creators of Alto's Adventure and Alto's Odyssey) under the publication of Graffiti Games, we have The King's Bird. Available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, and Mac. We've been playing the Xbox one variant for this review, specifically the One X. It's one of the new games with gold this month. So we encourage you to give this one a go if you have a subscription (Spoiler, it's really fun) The King's Bird - Momentum is key Let's get stuck into the review. Excited to share this one with you all. If you enjoy this review you can check out my previous review of Biomutant here. As always you can catch up with me, and the rest of the Thumb Culture team over on Twitter Gameplay The King's Bird is a momentum-based platformer unlik...