Gareth Trueman, Author at Thumb Culture

15Sep

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How Buddy’s Parents Met – Switch Review

Developed and published by Mens Sana Interactive. How Buddy's Parents Met is a jigsaw puzzle game told in the form of 6 illustrated pictures. A cute little story about how a cat and how his owners fall in love. Let's get our puzzle brains on shall we and see how the story unfolds in this How Buddy's Parents Met Switch Review. How Buddy's Parents Met - It's a Cats Life Call it old age but recently I have been falling in love with doing jigsaws. Whether they are the normal cardboard ones, or 3D ones, or jigsaws turned into a video game. I love a good relaxing game and once I saw How Buddy's Parents Met then I just knew I had to have it. As usual, if you enjoyed this review then why not check out my latest one here. You can also check out what the rest of the Thumb Culture team are up to on...

Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions – Xbox One Review

12Sep

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Xbox Reviews

Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions – Xbox One Review

Developed and Published by Survios, Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions is an action, arcade boxing game. Play through multiple story modes as you choose between your favourite characters from the Rocky franchise. So why don't we try and not look like a Kentucky fried idiot in this Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions Xbox One Review. Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions - Not Much Of A Knockout You'll be hard-pressed to not find a fan of the Rocky movies and when Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions I couldn't help but get excited. A video game based on the Rocky franchise where you could play as the likes of Clubber Lang and Ivan Drago is a match made in heaven. As usual, if you enjoyed this review then you can check out my previous one here. You can also catch up with what the rest of the Th...

8Sep

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Dream Cycle Hits Early Access

Tomb Raider creator Toby Gard’s ambitious project invites players to be a part of the development by exploring the unknown within the Dreamlands. Dream Cycles is an ever-expanding adventure through a cursed, shattered dimension. You take control of Morgan Carter. An arcane apprentice whose essence has been stolen by her Uncle Randolph Carter. After discovering that her path to the waking world has been obscured by dark magic, Morgan must venture into the Dreamlands to purge the realm of corruption. Recover her own powers, and thwart Randolph’s sinister plans to become a god. Once each adventure’s goal has been reached, the darkness will subside and rewards will be granted. Allowing Morgan to claim new abilities and players to change up their strategy with each and every victory. ...

30Aug

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Xbox Reviews

Madden NFL 22 – Xbox Review

Published and developed by EA Sports. Madden NFL 22 is an American football video game based on the National Football League. It seems that the series goes from strength to strength each year. So let's find out if this one is no exception. So let's get cracking with this Madden NFL 22 Xbox Review. Madden NFL 22 - Getting Boring Now? Been a huge NFL fan since I was a boy. Always remember watching it on a Sunday night on Channel 4. But I admit that I only started playing the EA titles around 2010. I always get excited at this time of year when a new game in the franchise is released. But are they just getting boring now or is there still some life left? If you enjoyed this review then why not check out my latest one here. You can also catch up with what the rest of the Thumb Culture team ...

30Aug

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Mad Streets Review

Developed and Published by Craftshop Arts Inc. Mad Streets is a physics-based action beat'em up. Following the craze of other crazy games like Surgeon Simulator or Goat Simulator. Mad Streets takes it to the fighting genre. So let's bash in some people in this Mad Streets Xbox One Review. Mad Streets - This Hurts On So Many Levels I have never been a fan of the games with crazy physics. I just never got the appeal. But I am a huge fighting and beat-em-up fan so naturally, I had to give this one a go. As usual, if you enjoyed this review then why not check out my latest one here. You can also catch up with what the rest of the Thumb Culture team are up to on our social media. Gameplay What can I say about this game that will give it any glimmer of hope? The fact is that I can't. It ...

27Aug

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Switch Reviews

Witch Spring 3 – Switch Review

Developed and Published by Kiwiwalks. Witch Spring 3 is a continuation story in the Witch Spring series. It has the same director as the two previous installments so already full marks for keeping the original team. So let's head to the continent of Derkarr and see what's on offer for this Witch Spring 3 - Switch Review. Witch Spring 3 - A Cute and Artsy JRPG Having spent a huge majority of my gaming life playing RPGs it came as no surprise that I would leap on the review for this. What is surprising is that I had never heard of WitchSpring before. Mainly because the first two installments were released on mobile with Witch Spring 3 being the first one to get a console release. So let us jump into this WitchSpring review on the Switch. If you enjoyed this little review then you can check...

Modus Games heads to Gamescom with a stacked lineup

25Aug

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Modus Games heads to Gamescom with a stacked lineup

Modus Games heads to Gamescom with a stacked lineup and announcements from Soulstice, In Sound Mind, Rustler, and Super Animal Royale. Plus a special announcement is planned. As an official partner of Gamescom, which runs from August 25-27. Modus Games unveiled them ahead of the opening ceremony. Originally announced during the PC Gaming Show at E3. Soulstice is a stunning hack-and-slash action title developed by Reply Game Studios. It puts players in control of two characters at the same time. In Sound Mind from We Create Stuff is an imaginative first-person psychological horror adventure that pits players against the unpredictable dangers stirring within deep memories. Created by the team behind the legendary Nightmare House 2 mod, In Sound Mind twists seemingly simple recollections...

Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World in Sales Event

24Aug

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Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World in Sales Event

Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World in Sales Event. The new Wonder Boy goes on sale as part of the G CHOICE 1st Anniversary Sales event. STUDIOARTDINK CORPORATION is based in Tokyo, Japan. They are celebrating the one-year anniversary of its game publishing brand “G CHOICE” and offering a limited time 15% discount on its popular title Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World. You can download the game today through the end of August to get in on the Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World action. The sales event starts on August 18, 2021, and will last until September the 1st 2021. Asha, the warrior protagonist of the game, is involved in a serious incident that will affect the survival of her world. Our green-haired heroine doesn’t have to save the world all alone and sets off on an adventure ...

Vigor Season 9: Stalkers 2 Year Anniversary Stream

24Aug

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Vigor Season 9: Stalkers 2 Year Anniversary Stream

Vigor Season 9: Stalkers 2 Year Anniversary Stream. Celebrate 2 years of Vigor with a 2-year anniversary stream for season 9. Season 9 of Vigor is here and it comes with a bang. Bohemia Interactive is to introduce grenades to the free-to-play looter shooter. Which is going to cause some mayhem in a major way. It's fitting to add such an explosive feature right now, as this week marks two years of Vigor. Communities across all platforms have made the Outlands the most exciting place to be. So the developers and will be celebrating with an anniversary stream on Twitch. All of the details, including a long list of fresh additions. One new addition is a new assault rifle, along with grenades. Players on next-generation consoles will also be able to get in on the action at 60fps gameplay...

Global Launch of KonoSuba: Fantastic Days on August 19

24Aug

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Global Launch of KonoSuba: Fantastic Days on August 19

Global Launch of KonoSuba: Fantastic Days on August 19. Make sure to tune into the global launch for KonoSuba: Fantastic Days on the 19th of August. With exclusive videos and interviews. KonoSuba: Fantastic Days is a brand new free-to-play mobile game that launches on the 19th of August and Nexon is celebrating the global launch with a virtual showcase event on Nexon Mobile Games’ YouTube channel. Published by Nexon and based on the hit comedy anime series streaming on Crunchyroll and HBO Max, KonoSuba: Fantastic Days is a free-to-play character-collection RPG. It will be available on the App Store and Google Play. It has already surpassed the 1 million pre-registration downloads prior to its global launch. Fans of the hit comedy will be able to join their favorite characters fro...