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Jedi Power Battles Releasing on PC & Consoles

13Oct

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Jedi Power Battles Releasing on PC & Consoles

Aspyr, the studio behind 2024's Tomb Raider Trilogy Remaster and the recently announce Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Remaster, have announced a STAR WARS Episode I: Jedi Power Battles remaster for PC and consoles. Originally available for the Dreamcast, PlayStation and Gameboy Advance between 2000-2002, the updated version is due to launch early next year. This Is Where The Fun Begins Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original STAR WARS Episode I: Jedi Power Battles with this fast-paced lightsaber action game featuring enhanced gameplay and controls, environments, game modes, and more. Use the power of the Force and your trusty lightsaber against legions of droids, assassins, and other legendary foes. Look forward to revisiting locations from The Phantom Menace like Naboo, Theed Palace...

Runman: Race Around The World – PC Review

7Oct

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PC Reviews

Runman: Race Around The World – PC Review

Runman: Race Around The World, the 2009 brain-child of Tom Sennett (Deepak Fights Robots) and Maddy Thorson (Towerfall, Celeste), was released on Steam for the first time on October 1st. The 15th-anniversary release sees the addition of full gamepad support, optimised audio and visuals and Steam achievements. You Can't Out-Runman Your Problems... Or Can You? A phrase associated with a certain blue hedgehog claims you've "gotta go fast". But is pure speed always the answer for Runman? Let's find out. Gameplay Runman: Race Around The World is a speed-focused, side-scrolling, 2D platformer. The goal is to get through each level as fast as possible. Achieving this, however, is not so simple. Easy to pick up and difficult to master sums up the experience perfectly. Each of the 36 lev...

28Sep

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News & Updates

House Builder 2 Coming to Steam in 2025

Following up on House Builder, which started Early Access in 2021 and released earlier this year, FreeMind S.A. have announced a sequel, House Builder 2, slated to release in 2025. Move Over Bobby Brown, 4 Can Play This Game Create your ultimate home solo or with friends in House Builder 2. Featuring a vibrant open world, advanced building mechanics, and a brand new 4-player co-op mode! Coming to Steam in 2025, don’t miss the construction adventure of a lifetime! House Builder 2 - Build Together, Dream Bigger! Build your dream constructions with friends or alone in a vibrant, low-poly open world. Gear up and get ready, every job starts with the right tools and a plan! Buy materials for work, load it up, and drive to your next job in the ultimate co-op construction adventure. ...

28Sep

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Two Point Museum Exhibits In March 2025

Two Point Studios Limited and SEGA Europe Ltd are excited to announce that Two Point Museum will be launching on March 4th 2025, on PC, PlayStation 5, and Microsoft Xbox Series X|S. Get Your Tickets Ready For A Museum Like No Other From the creators of Two Point Hospital (review here) and Two Point Campus (review here), Two Point Museum is the upcoming innovative management sim where players can design the museum of their dreams, curate fascinating exhibits, and oversee every aspect of their guests’ experiences. Digital Pre-orders Are Available Now Two Point Museum will launch with two editions, Standard and Explorer. While the Standard Edition contains only the base game, the Explorer Edition contains an exciting variety of features, including a unique jungle-themed museum locatio...

26Sep

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PC Reviews

The Holy Gosh Darn – PC Review

Rounding out the Tuesday Trilogy from developer Perfectly Paranormal is The Holy Gosh Darn. This time-travelling, puzzle adventure game about saving Heaven from destruction joins previous trilogy titles Manual Samuel and Helheim Hassle. Though there are references to the other games, there's no hard requirement to have had to play them before this, so feel free to jump in here and then go back to enjoy the others. I have previously reviewed Helheim Hassle here at Thumb Culture so if you're interested in playing that, you can bookmark that article here for later reading. Tuesday After Next We join the main character Cassiel of Celerity on Tuesday afternoon in Heaven. After a few conversations and a quick game of Guess That Dog with her friend Puriel, all Hell breaks loose. Oh faece...

PlayStation State of Play – September 2024

26Sep

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PlayStation State of Play – September 2024

Sony released one of their regular State of Play shows on September 24th 2024. These shows tend to be a little more low-key than the PlayStation Showcase events and mostly contain updates on previously revealed or announced games. That being said, we did see some decent announcements here. State of Play September 2024 Round-Up I've broken the news into sections below to try to help organise all the different announcements and reveals. Let's not waste any more time... Hear Ye, Hear Ye Let's start with the biggest news from the State of Play, Ghost of Yotei. A follow-up to Sucker Punch's 2020 Ghost of Tsushima was announced and tentatively dated for 2025. This new adventure will follow a new protagonist, Atsu (voiced by the ineffable Erika Ishii), and is set over 300 years after the firs...

Satisfactory Leaves Early Access And Sets Sights On Consoles

12Sep

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Satisfactory Leaves Early Access And Sets Sights On Consoles

After roughly five and a half years in Early Access, Satisfactory has reached its 1.0 launch milestone. Satisfactory is a factory building game with elements of open-world exploration and combat. It can be played solo or up to 4 players co-operatively and is currently available on Steam and Epic Games Store. Early Access Delivers Satisfaction Many moons ago, we took a look at the Early Access launch of Satisfactory, which you can take a look at here. After five years of Early Access, and with a newly announced console edition in the works, budding Pioneers can now finish their mission and complete Project Assembly. Pioneers, We Need You! Coffee Stain Studios has launched the full version of their hit factory-building simulator Satisfactory. With over 6 million copies sold during Ea...

11Sep

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Sony Announce PlayStation 5 Pro

In a short and snappy 9-minute presentation on Tuesday 10th September 2024 Sony announced the latest addition to its PlayStation 5 hardware line-up, the PlayStation 5 Pro. Long-Rumoured PlayStation 5 Pro Finally Announced Mark Cerny returned to give us a brief insight into what to expect from the new console and show us the visual improvements to some of the PS5's biggest titles. The Big Three To demonstrate the differences between the existing PS5 and the new Pro model, Mark Cerny talked about 3 key features. Larger GPU The GPU in the PlayStation 5 Pro has 67% more Compute Units and 28% faster memory. This means that frames can be rendered up to 45% faster over the base PS5. Advanced Ray Tracing Cerny says PlayStation made major upgrades to the Ray Tracing that allow calcu...

9Sep

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New Atelier Game Announced

KOEI TECMO Europe and developer Gust have unveiled the latest instalment in the fan-favourite Atelier series, Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land. An action-packed trailer was released to celebrate the announcement, giving fans their first glimpse of the story, characters, and gameplay awaiting them in this new magical JRPG adventure. Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land Atelier is a series, along with Yakuza and Trials of, that I've wanted to get into. This might end up being my jumping-in point next year. Let's find out what we can expect from this new entry to the long-running series. New Atelier Game Who This In a world where alchemy has become taboo and is considered evil Yumia Liessfeldt and her companions as they s...

Papetura Craft Edition Arrives On November 5th

6Sep

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Papetura Craft Edition Arrives On November 5th

Meridiem Games is excited to announce that it will be publishing a physical boxed edition of Papetura, the intriguing action-adventure game handcrafted with paper cut-outs. Developed by Petums and digitally published by Feardemic, the physical Papetura Craft Edition will be available later in 2024 for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5. About Papetura Developed by Petums and digitally published by Feardemic, Papetura is an intriguing adventure and puzzle game. This point-and-click puzzle adventure game has been a hit thanks to the unique world handmade entirely out of paper. Offering players a unique visual gameplay experience. In the game players control Pape who, along with his friend Tura, must save their world from a mysterious fiery threat. Using Pape and Tura's unique abilities...