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Dead Synchronicity Tomorrow Comes Today – Launches Digitally

22Nov

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Dead Synchronicity Tomorrow Comes Today – Launches Digitally

Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today has landed itself onto the Nintendo Switch system and is available to download from the eShop. Developer, Fictiorama Studios originally pushed Dead Synchronicity on PC, Mac, Linux, iPad, Android, and PS4, but has, as of yesterday, launched onto the Nintendo Switch in collaboration with Stage Clear Studio. The PC edition of the title was published by Daedalic Entertainment, and the PS4, and Nintendo Switch version is published by BadLand Games. The title finds players within a dark, and artistic point-and-click world as they control a man on a mission to recover his identity by exploring the two events that have brought the world to the edge of collapse. One of the events brought a collection of natural disasters to light, with the second event...

Animal Crossing Pocket Camp Available This Week

20Nov

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News & Updates

Animal Crossing Pocket Camp Available This Week

Get ready because the long awaiting Animal Crossing Pocket Camp is arriving onto iOS and Android devices this week on the 22nd November 2017. On the 24th of October 2017, Nintendo announced that the mobile edition of Animal Crossing would be arriving in November. Well it's November now. The game is a toned down version of the popular Animal Crossing titles, and sees you trying to build a camp that villagers wish to flock too, and will require you to travel around collecting items, finishing quests, and even crafting. The title will be free to download and play, but will feature in-game transactions going by the name, Leaf Tickets. While not much is known about the cost of purchasing Leaf Tickets with real world money, we do know that using Leaf Tickets can be used to purchase new mat...

Sea of Thieves New Trailer Shows How to be a Pirate

17Nov

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News & Updates

Sea of Thieves New Trailer Shows How to be a Pirate

Sea of Thieves, developed by Rare, Published by Microsoft Studios, is due to arrive on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox One X with no release date really specified except that we know it's due to arrive in 2018 sometime. The latest trailer shows off a lot of in-game footage showing real players enjoying the various different functions you can perform, such as shooting at skeletons, and other enemy player pirates, digging for treasure, drinking grog, being thrown up on (If that's your thing), being fired out of a cannon, and much more. Graphically the game is looking wonderful, and we get a good long look at Rare's incredible water system as you get to see the waves fluidly reacting to weather and boats. The game is also going to be available in 4K HDR, and is enhanced for the Xbox One X and wi...

Train Simulator 2018 Hits the Rails Both Digitally And Physically

17Nov

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Train Simulator 2018 Hits the Rails Both Digitally And Physically

Train Simulator 2018 launches onto PC with a new launch trailer. Developed by Dovetail Games, the latest simulation title, Train Simulation 2018 sees players being able to take control of various types of trains. Whilst, controlling a plethora of controls in front of them as they travel to various destinations, chugging along on real-world routes ranging from North Wales Coastal to Peninsula. Players will be able to play as the actual driver of the train, the engineer, even a passenger. They will also be able to create their own routes and download content from the Steam Store. Additionally, for a whopping, £4,541.76 you can purchase 405 DLC's. However, you can purchase those DLC's individually from £3 to about £25 each. So if you like getting your conductor hat on, be sure to che...

Chernobyl Project Review – History Comes Alive

14Nov

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PlayStation Reviews

Chernobyl Project Review – History Comes Alive

Chernobyl Project published by The Farm 51 Group is a Virtual Reality experience that is available on multiple systems. You can grab this for Oculus, HTC Vive, Samsung VR and PlayStation VR. Today I'm going to delve into Chernobyl Project on PlayStation VR (PSVR). Firstly this isn't a game, it's a Virtual Reality educational tour of Pripyat. For those who don't know about Chernobyl, Pripyat was ground zero for one of the biggest nuclear disasters in history if not THE biggest and it was in 1986. Information wise Chernobyl Project is full to the brim with a lot of interesting facts about the area and what happened on the build up to the day that everyone remembers. The day of the accident itself. There are some iconic locations to explore. For example there is the haunting ...

7Nov

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Hardware & Tech

Recon 150 Vs XO Three – The Showdown

Turtle Beach have given us two headsets to compare and see which is better for you the consumer. There are a number of factors to take into account for headsets. I'm going to look at the things that you ask us here at Thumb Culture all the time. Things like Design, Build Quality, Sound Quality and Comfort. Today I am comparing the Turtle Beach Recon 150 Headset aimed at the PC and PlayStation Market and the Turtle Beach XO Three Headset aimed at the Xbox One and PC Market. Both headsets are recommended for ages 13+ for some reason. Design First thing with both Turtle Beach headsets are they look identical except for the colour scheme. The Turtle Beach Recon 150 are black with blue and the Turtle Beach XO Three are black and a fluorescent yellow/green. The design of both Turtle Bea...

The Last of Us Part II – New Trailer Gets Brutal

31Oct

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The Last of Us Part II – New Trailer Gets Brutal

The Last of Us Part II launched a new trailer, and it got a little bit brutal, showing a far more darker route for the title. The PlayStation Paris Games Week live stream kicked off on the 30th of October 2017, and with it came a wide range of announcements and trailers. One of them was The Last of Us Part II. The Last of Us Part II, by Naughty Dog, has had players wondering where the title is going after the trailer at E3 2017 showed Ellie playing a guitar amongst a derelict building, with Joel slowly walking towards her. However, the latest trailer that is a whopping, nearly-five-minutes-long trailer seems to be showing the game going down a very dark path. We're introduced to some advanced facial animations and stunning, but dark graphics, but it's what's going on that has people ...

Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Teases Like a Teaser Should

31Oct

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Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Teases Like a Teaser Should

Spider-Man made a lovely appearance at the Paris Games Week, and the teaser shows off a lot of cutscenes, and some gameplay. The PlayStation Paris Games Week live stream kicked off on the 30th of October 2017, and with it came a wide range of announcements and trailers. One of them was Spider-Man. Spider-Man was being raved about after developer, Insomniac Games showed off some gameplay footage at this years E3, and now it's time to start raving again as we get to see some incredible looking footage. The teaser trailer shows off Spider-Man interacting with several characters, and two of those are love interest Mary Jane, and villain, Shocker. The trailer shows some fantastic facial animations as well as what looks like a seamless flow between cutscenes and gameplay. However there ...

God of War Gets Gameplay Trailer, Father and Son Bonding…

31Oct

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God of War Gets Gameplay Trailer, Father and Son Bonding…

Father of War...no wait, God of War gets a new gameplay trailer and it looks hack n' slashin' madness. The PlayStation Paris Games Week live stream kicked off on the 30th of October 2017, and with it came a wide range of announcements and trailers. One of them was a gameplay trailer for, God of War. Kratos and his son Atreus star in the latest gameplay trailer that shows off SIE Santa Monica Studio's upcoming God of War titles combat mechanics and graphics. Admittedly, you can see it through just watching it, but it looks like this is going to have players forming an emotional connection between the two as they smash their way through mythological creatures. 2013 saw the last God of War title, God of War: Acension, and now we're getting a brand new title that's making its way to PS4 ...

31Oct

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Megalith VR For 2018 Launch

PSVR will be getting a rather fancy VR title in 2018 called, Megalith. Here's what was revealed. The PlayStation Paris Games Week live stream kicked off on the 30th of October 2017, and with it came a wide range of announcements and trailers. One of them was Megalith. Developed by Disruptive Games, Megalith is a multiplayer PSVR title coming in 2018 as a timed exclusive. It'll allow you to become a titan to battle other titans and such to become a God. Megalith will feature teamwork and strategy amongst destructible environments, with players also being able to edit their abilities to their own playing style. You can find the trailer for Megalith below, it doesn't show much, but you get a cool look at a possible titan that you could destroy with your very face. https://youtu.be/tZ...