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Wreckfest Officially Coming To PS5 On June 1st 2021!

30Mar

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Wreckfest Officially Coming To PS5 On June 1st 2021!

The top quality destruction derby racer, Wreckfest, has officially been announced for PlayStation 5. Starting June 1st 2021 you'll be able to get your hands behind the wheel with next-gen features. Owners of Wreckfest on PS4 will also have an upgrade option. See below for more information. Read the official press release below: Vienna, Austria / Helsinki, Finland, March 29th, 2021 - The critically acclaimed demolition racer Wreckfest is ready to wreck on PlayStation®5 starting June 1st, 2021! The PlayStation®5 version offers the best Wreckfest experience on consoles ever and takes full advantage of the PlayStation®5's hardware power. Not only does the new version offer enhanced visuals such as dynamic dirt on vehicles, better textures, and improved visual effects. Additionally, it...

Rust Console Edition – Coming To A Console Near You Soon!

30Mar

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Rust Console Edition – Coming To A Console Near You Soon!

Rust Console Edition is officially coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on May 21st 2021. The crazy PvP survival game is finally coming to consoles some 7 years after it originally launched on PC in Steams early access programme. It's mad to think this game is over 7 years old and I remember when it first came out well. Rust is also a favourite amongst Thumb Culture staff. Read the official press release below: Middlesbrough, United Kingdom – March 26, 2021 – Double Eleven, developer and publisher of Rust for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 announced today that the brutal and competitive multiplayer survival game is now available for preorder across several tiers, giving fans the ultimate choice for the ultimate survival game. Double Eleven has partnered with leading global publishing par...

Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time – Now Available On PC!

30Mar

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Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time – Now Available On PC!

Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time is now finally available on PC via battle.net. The game is now officially available on all platforms. Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time initially released on October 2nd 2020 on Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. This launch also celebrates the 25th anniversary of Crash Bandicoot. 25. Years. That's insane, it really doesn't seem that long ago we were playing the original trilogy on the PlayStation 1. If you're interested in buying it for the PC, here are the minimum and recommended specs for the game. Minimum Specifications · OS: Windows 10 · CPU: Intel® Core i3-4340/AMD FX-6300. ARM64 installation not recommended · RAM: 8GB RAM · Video: Nvidia GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7950 · HDD: 30GB · Input: Keyboard ...

Astral Ascent Demo Preview – Fight Your Way To Freedom

29Mar

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Astral Ascent Demo Preview – Fight Your Way To Freedom

Astral Ascent is the latest PC game I had the pleasure of checking out early. Man what a game we're in for with this one. Astral Ascent is a rogue-lite action-adventure game brought to us by Hibernian Workshop (Dark Devotion). Astral Ascent - Fight Your Way To Freedom In Astral Ascent, you must escape from the Garden. The Garden is an astral prison that is guarded by 12 strong and vicious bosses, The Zodiacs. Will this game fight its way to the top or be another drop in a pool of rogue-lites? Read on to find out my initial thoughts for this preview. You can read my previous article here. Gameplay The gameplay in Astral Ascent kind of reminds me of Dead Cells. Jump, hack, slash, use a spell. You get the idea. Of course, there's more to it than that, but that's a general idea. If you've ...

Numskull Designs Meets Dark Souls With Official Dark Souls TUBBZ!

29Mar

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Numskull Designs Meets Dark Souls With Official Dark Souls TUBBZ!

The latest from Numskull Designs is in. This time it is Dark Souls themed TUBBZ. We have Oscar Knight of Astora and Solaire of Astora along with some Dark Souls themed bathtubs. These are official Dark Souls merchandised designed and engineered by Numskull. There's currently 2 to collect in the Dark Souls range. These are premium collectables with highly detailed features made from high-quality PVC. They are approximately 9cm tall when outside of the tub display stand. Numskull has the below on their site to help entice you into buying. "Even as an Undead duck, the jovial Solaire of Astora is determined to complete his quest through the collapsing world of Lordran to find his very own sun. This officially licensed collectable is part of the TUBBZ range, a highly collectable series o...

Epic Chef – Culinary Combat Coming To Consoles Alongside PC Release

29Mar

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Epic Chef – Culinary Combat Coming To Consoles Alongside PC Release

Team17s latest shapes into the form of the culinary combat game, Epic Chef. Fight, cook, chop and survive in the latest from developers Infinigon Games. Epic Chef currently is yet to have it's release date announced. However, the game is already looking like a beautiful prime rib of beef. I can't really add "well done" after a prime rib of beef as that would be sacrilege! - Back to the game though, it does look fantastic. Read the official press release below: Friday, 26th March 2021 – Team17 and Infinigon Games have today announced that the quirky narrative-driven cooking adventure Epic Chef will be making its way onto Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch™ alongside the PC launch later this year. Fresh off the boat, new to the city of Ambrosia, and playing as Zest, players w...

GamesMaster – The Oral History Book Has Launched On Kickstarter!

29Mar

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GamesMaster – The Oral History Book Has Launched On Kickstarter!

Dominik Diamond and the crew are back! kind of. Read-only memory, publishers of other beautiful books about videogames have launched a Kickstarter for their latest piece of work... GamesMaster: The Oral History. This will be a book full of the highs and lows of one of my favourite TV shows during the 90s, the almighty GamesMaster. The book will feature photography, stories, a foreword from the one and only Robbie Williams (yes, of Take That fame), and much more. In the book, we find out amazing facts about the show, such as the below quote. "It took two Amiga 2000s for designers Chris and Simon to create animated maps of Patrick’s distorted face, purposely run slightly out of phase to create a time-lapse effect" I never knew that one. Amazing. You can get a copy of the book starti...

It Takes Two – Officially Out Now – EA Play Pro Subs Play For Free!

26Mar

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It Takes Two – Officially Out Now – EA Play Pro Subs Play For Free!

It Takes Two, the latest game from Hazelight Studios (A Way Out) has officially launched! The developers of the hit game "A Way Out" have had success with It Takes Two so far, with a slew of brilliant reviews to back that up. It Takes Two is the latest game where you need two of you to play. This game has the same idea that A Way Out had where you have to work together with a family member or a friend to tackle the game together. Read the official press release below: REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – March 26, 2021 – Today, BAFTA awarding-winning Hazelight Studios and Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) have released It Takes Two, a purely co-op experience that delivers a genre-bending platform adventure, on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC via Origin and Steam....

Clockwork Aquario Debut Teaser Trailer Unveiled – Coming Q2 2021!

26Mar

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Clockwork Aquario Debut Teaser Trailer Unveiled – Coming Q2 2021!

Clockwork Aquario has had it's debut teaser trailer unveiled. This game is due to release Q2 2021 and is from ININ and Strictly Limited Games. It will release on the Sony PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch consoles. Read the official press release: Stuttgart, Germany - March 25th 2021 - Strictly Limited Games and ININ Games are delighted to present the first teaser trailer of Clockwork Aquario after the game has been dormant for almost 30 years. Clockwork Aquario will finally see the light of day, releasing Q2/2021 for Nintendo Switch and Sony PlayStation 4 both digitally, from ININ Games, and physically as limited editions from Strictly Limited Games. Other platforms to be announced at a later date. Clockwork Aquario was the last arcade game ever developed by the legendary Westone ...

Red Solstice 2: Survivors New “Missions” Trailer Revealed

26Mar

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Red Solstice 2: Survivors New “Missions” Trailer Revealed

A new trailer has been unleashed into the wild for Red Solstice 2: Survivors. This trailer shows off different mission types featured in the game. Red Solstice 2: Survivors is being developed by Ironward and published by 505 Games, it will feature single-player, up to 8 players online co-op, Steam achievements and more. Currently, it has a planned release date of 17th June 2021. Check out some screenshots below for the game. Gives off that XCOM vibe, as well as Steam saying this is similar to games I have played which include XCOM Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2. Key features: Survival Strategy - combine tactical missions with ongoing survival against the STROL virus. Research new tech - Research new tech as well as upgrade them to be prepared on the battlefield. Real-...