Friday, October 17

Author: Martin Hosking

I've been an avid gamer since the age of 2. I mainly prefer playing Indie games to the bigger "AAA" titled games, but I'll dabble with anything on various platforms.
Project Winter Content Update – New Map, Bug Fixes & More!
1Apr By Martin HoskingNo Comments
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Project Winter Content Update – New Map, Bug Fixes & More!

Project Winter, the social deception and survival game from Other Ocean Interactive has received a rather large content update. One of our writers, Sam, checked this game out a couple of months ago and gave it a Thumb Culture gold award. Check out Sam's review here. A new map named The Cabin has been added to the rotation that may bring some uphill battles as well as high-level gameplay to Project Winter. Here is a highlight of some of the changes in this latest update. Pre-game lobbies can now use the text chat Blizzard events hide snow trails much faster Various UI changes when using a controller Crossplay icon visuals have been updated for better reading You can now add traps to crates with the tripwire Players no longer ragdoll with explosive crossbow bolts ...
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Where The Heart Leads Gets A Release Date – Coming 13th July to PS4!
1Apr By Martin HoskingNo Comments
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Where The Heart Leads Gets A Release Date – Coming 13th July to PS4!

Where the Heart Leads follows Whit Anderson when he awakens in a world beyond his imagination. This one-man adventure takes Whit from moments in his past, present, and his future. Will the grass be greener? Find out when the game launches as a physical and digital release on July 13th. Read the official press release below: LONDON, UK: March 30th, 2021 — Perp Games is proud to share more details following the recent announcement of their partnership with the AAA veterans at Armature Studio on the physical release of Where the Heart Leads. Physical publishing expert, Perp Games will release the PlayStation 4 boxed version of Where the Heart Leads on Tuesday, July 13, the same day as its digital release. The Physical Version promises to be a very Special Edition with a variety of ...
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Pokémon Primers Help Your Child Learn ABCs and 123s With New Books!
31Mar By Martin HoskingNo Comments
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Pokémon Primers Help Your Child Learn ABCs and 123s With New Books!

Ok, so this one isn't gaming news as such... Yes, it involves Pokémon but it's not gaming news. However, the staff at Thumb Culture love this and just had to share it with you all. The new Pokémon Primers range of books will help your child learn their alphabet, numbers, shapes, and colours. You can see a sample page below, this page has pull-outs to help your child to learn. Read the press release below: London, UK—March 30, 2021—Pikachu Press, the official publishing imprint from The Pokémon Company International, has released “Pokémon Primers,” a new series of books for young children to journey into the world of Pokémon while learning about subjects like the alphabet, numbers, shapes, and colours. Illustrated and designed in-house by The Pokémon Company International, “Po...
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EVE Online – The Annual Pod Hunt Returns To New Eden!
31Mar By Martin HoskingNo Comments
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EVE Online – The Annual Pod Hunt Returns To New Eden!

Canners at the ready Capsuleers! New Eden welcomes the annual pod hunt in EVE Online. This event offers the opportunity to secure special bonuses, a bounty of rewards and discounts. There's also free skins up for grabs. This is now live and running through to 11:00 UTC on 13th April. Read the press release for more information: The Hunt encourages you find and destroy mysterious Guristas capsules and claim the keys inside. Those keys will provide access to special time-limited combat sites. The capsules are reported to be orbiting celestial bodies in random star systems, and can be pinpointed by employing directional scanners or a probe scanner. This increasingly infamous event also brings opportunities to explore non-combative hacking sites, claim daily login SKIN bonuses, e...
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Razer Kanagawa Wave Apparel Collection Coming With Limited Numbers!
31Mar By Martin HoskingNo Comments
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Razer Kanagawa Wave Apparel Collection Coming With Limited Numbers!

Razer is launching a very limited collection of merch. The Razer Kanagawa Wave Apparel collection will be releasing on April 8th at 3am BST for us in the UK. If you're wanting any of this then you will have to be fast as each item is limited to a quantity of, wait for it..... 1337 items. I love that. The Razer Kanagawa Wave Apparel collection has more meaning to it than you would think though. The clothing in this collection is made with materials that have been recovered from marine plastics. The apparel also has a modern and stylish take on the famous Great Wave off Kanagawa. Take a look at the photos below for some cheeky previews. Read the full press release below: HAMBURG, Germany – Razer™, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers (Hong Kong Stock Code: 1337)...
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ROG Live 2021 Has Been Announced by Asus Republic Of Gamers!
31Mar By Martin HoskingNo Comments
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ROG Live 2021 Has Been Announced by Asus Republic Of Gamers!

ROG Live 2021 is coming to a screen near you, real soon. On April 9th-11th there will be an online event celebrating next-generation PC builds from ASUS Republic of Gamers. During this event, PC cased modders Niklas Forsberg and Tim Malmborg will take participants through various PC builds which will range from mainstream to high-end hardware. As mentioned in the below press release there will also be a "ROG Rookie" segment which will help newcomers to PC building. Read the full press release below: LONDON, United Kingdom, March 31, 2021 — ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced ROG Live 2021, a three-day online celebration of next-generation PC building, to be held on April 9-11. The online event will feature renowned case modders Niklas Forsberg and Tim Malmborg, who will tak...
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Now Live! PlayStation Store Spring Sale Starts 31st March 2021!
30Mar By Martin HoskingNo Comments
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Now Live! PlayStation Store Spring Sale Starts 31st March 2021!

Update! - The sale is now live. Read below for some highlights of games on sale. Some of the highlights of games on sale are: Ghost of Tsushima - 43% off - £31.34 sale price The Last of Us Part 2 - 57% off - £23.64 sale price Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Deluxe Edition - 65% off - £24.49 sale price No Mans Sky PS4 & PS5 - 50% off - £19.99 sale price Borderlands 3 PS4 & PS5 - 72% off - £16.79 sale price Dirt 5 PS4 & PS5 - 60% off - £21.99 sale price There are many, many more games on offer, you can check them all out here. Original post PlayStation is about to drop their latest big sale! This one has simply been titled the "PlayStation Store Spring Sale". Currently, there is very little about this sale other than it is starting on March 31st 2021....
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ASUS Republic Of Gamers Announces Strix XG43UQ Gaming Monitor!
30Mar By Martin HoskingNo Comments
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ASUS Republic Of Gamers Announces Strix XG43UQ Gaming Monitor!

ASUS Republic of Gamers has announced a solid new piece of hardware for us all to cry that we can not afford... This time around we have a 43" 4K 144Hz HDR (DisplayHDR 1000 certification) panel that also supports HDMI 2.1 (the worlds first gaming monitor to support this), 1 ms MPRT (Moving Picture Response Time), AMD FreeSync, pro-grade 90% DCI-P3 colour gamut and ASUS ELMB (Extreme Low Motion Blur) Sync technology. There's no public word of pricing just yet but I imagine this will leave a big hole in your pocket. Worth. Every. Penny. You can read the press release below LONDON, United Kindom, March 30, 2021 — ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced that Strix XG43UQ, the world’s first HDMI® 2.1 gaming monitor, will be available in May. Strix XG43UQ features a 43‑inch 4K pan...
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Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Alpha Has Landed On Planet Earth!
30Mar By Martin HoskingNo Comments
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Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Alpha Has Landed On Planet Earth!

Elite Dangerous' expansion pack, Odyssey is getting closer and closer to landing on planet earth for us all to play. Elite Dangerous originally released way back in 2014. Does that make this a retro game now? I think Jay would say so. However, Elite Dangerous is still going strong for a lot of players and is looking as beautiful as ever in the below screenshot from Frontier. Read the official press release below: Cambridge, UK – 29 March 2021. Frontier Developments plc (AIM: FDEV) announced today the start of the highly anticipated Elite Dangerous: Odyssey PC Alpha. Available for Lifetime Expansion Pass owners and players who have pre-ordered the Odyssey Deluxe Alpha expansion pack, this Alpha phase is the eagerly awaited first contact with the new, feet-on-the-ground Elite Dange...
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Enlisted Exiting Closed Beta – Entering Open Beta!
30Mar By Martin HoskingNo Comments
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Enlisted Exiting Closed Beta – Entering Open Beta!

Enlisted, the world war 2 first-person shooter from Gaijin Entertainment will soon be leaving closed beta access and entering open beta. From April 8th 2021, the game will be in open beta for all to join and play. The updated version of Enlisted will bring an influx of new players to the battlefield, a completely new meta-system, new vehicles, weapons, and missions. I definitely look forward to this update. Read the official press release below: Gaijin Entertainment announces that the military online shooter Enlisted (PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S) has almost finished its Closed Beta Testing phase. The game will be ready for the influx of armies of new players from April, 8th. The updated version of Enlisted will feature a completely new meta game system, as well as ne...
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