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The Witcher 4 Trailer Reveal And Reaction

15Dec

By Ruddy CelestialNo Comments

The Witcher 4 Trailer Reveal And Reaction

Let me set the stage to my reaction when watching the reveal to The Witcher 4. It's 10 am JST, you're in a Discord voice channel with friends to watch the Game Awards together. I felt slightly sleepy and was thinking about just going back to bed. I get a bit of a jolt from seeing some new Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound (which as an aside looks great and has a nice retro Castlevania feel to it) But after shouting at one another over some of the games that won some of the awards, the tiredness has taken over. "This is my story, not yours. You must let me finish telling it." That is until I spot behind Geoff Keighley, the stage is starting to fog up and the background has changed to some creepy woods. A tall dark cave with fog spilling out and a wreath hanging on a dead bush appear. Then Geoff ann...

12Dec

By Iain culverhouseNo Comments

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December on PlayStation – Week 3

December On PlayStation titles come to an end this next week! It's crazy to believe these are the last games of 2024. Never fear though, I will be back with your January titles in a couple of weeks. Currently, I am getting ready to set my out-of-office notification as soon as we get the festive time off. Botany Manor (PS5, PS4) – December 17th Welcome to Botany Manor, a stately home in 19th-century England. You play as its inhabitant Arabella Greene, a retired botanist. Explore your house and gardens, filled with botanical research, to figure out the ideal habitat for a collection of forgotten flora. Grow each plant to discover the mysterious qualities they hold It's 1890, and you play as botanist Arabella Greene, who is working on finishing her botanical research book 'Forgotten Flora'...

LEGO Fortnite Odyssey: New Name, New Game

10Dec

By CharlotteNo Comments

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LEGO Fortnite Odyssey: New Name, New Game

LEGO Fortnite is changing things up from today! You can now find LEGO Fortnite within its own category on the Fortnite Discover page. That's not all though as there is a major game update in the form of a name change. That's right, LEGO Fortnite will now be known as LEGO Fortnite Odyssey. Don't fret though, the game will stay the same survival crafting game we all know and love that. Just with a new name, all-new areas to explore, enemies to overcome and gameplay features. The good news doesn't end there though. As Epic Games and the LEGO Group will also be launching LEGO Fortnite Brick Life on December 12th. This is an all-new social roleplay game that invites players to make friends, build their dream lifestyle, and move into a new home in a bustling city. Think The Sims but with LEGO...

6Dec

By CharlotteNo Comments

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Party Spirits Crosses The Veil Today

Party Spirits is a 2D pixel art online party game by solo developer Oliver Sebert. Releasing today on Steam, the game can be played with 2–6 players and features 29 unique minigames, each with its own mechanic. Unlike traditional party games, players never sit idle as spectators. In minigames where avatars can die, they transition to their Ghost Form, allowing them to actively influence the ongoing gameplay. Celebrate the afterlife Party Spirits begins on an island where players choose their avatars by flying over as ghosts and possessing one of the villagers. Once all players have selected their avatars, they gather at the docks and board a boat to travel to the match island. Upon arrival, an entity welcomes them to the tournament. The competition progresses through a series of miniga...

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage – Pre-orders Open

5Dec

By PaulNo Comments

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Lost Records: Bloom & Rage – Pre-orders Open

DON'T NOD has just released an evocative new trailer, and announced pre-orders, for Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. The two-part game promises a deeply immersive journey, with Part One (“Bloom”) launching on February 18, 2025, followed by Part Two (“Rage”) on March 18, 2025. This latest trailer sheds a new light on events and characters of the game, and introduces darker themes like adversity and conflict. It invites players and fans to piece together fragmented memories and offers the closest look yet at the supernatural mysteries that the Abyss presents. What is the Abyss? How will it change the lives of Swann and friends? Let's Get Physical In partnership with Maximum Entertainment, a physical PlayStation 5 edition will be available in summer 2025. Players can pre-order it now ...

5Dec

By Iain culverhouseNo Comments

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December On PlayStation Week 2

December on PlayStation rolls into our second week! It is a quiet week, but with a few standout games that remind me of my childhood!! I made my choices, and here they are. Among Ashes (PS5) - December 9th It's the year 2001 and your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. There's a dark presence in this game, and it wants to get out. As you fight nightmarish monsters and solve mind-bending puzzles, the lines between the game and the real world will fade away. Will you survive the night? Whatever you do… KEEP PLAYING Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered (PS5, PS4) – December 10th 25 years ago, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver introduced the world to the vampire Raziel. In the gam...

4Dec

By CharlotteNo Comments

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Slopecrashers Launched Today

Slopecrashers, the next generation of arcade snowboarding, launches today! Developed by Byteparrot and published by Neonhive Games, the game is available on Steam for £12.74 thanks to a 15% launch discount. Snowabunga! Hit the slopes with up to 8 friends or go solo in this easy-to-play, exhilarating-to-master snowboarding racer. Inspired by classics like SSX, Slopecrashers is supercharged by a next-level physics engine. Grab a board (or maybe a frying pan) and send feathers flying/whiskers wagging as a customisable crew of madcap animal snowboarders. Carve through epic courses, perform ridiculous stunts, and build up boosts to go really, really fast. Johannes Lugstein (Byteparrot) says: “I’m a solo developer who first started working on Slopecrashers over 6 years ago. My goal is to b...

4Dec

By CharlotteNo Comments

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Ballionaire A Week Away From Launch

Indie publisher Raw Fury and developer newobject have announced a launch date for their pachinko roguelike Ballionaire. The game will launch on December 10th on Steam. We recently checked out the demo so if you want to know our initial thoughts check it out here. Everybody loves stickers Ballionaire is a one-of-a-kind physics-driven pachinko roguelike where the goal is to gain Ballionaire status. Generate kinetic chaos, discover explosive combos, and study the game mechanics to find clever ways to break the game and build the perfect pachinko board. The art style is very much giving sticker bomb and we're here for it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsTdrncy6q4 Key Features Bonk to Victory: Drop a ball to bonk triggers, earn money, and spawn more balls! Draft new triggers each...

Scarlet Moon Releases Scarlet Moon Christmas Volume IX

4Dec

By CharlotteNo Comments

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Scarlet Moon Releases Scarlet Moon Christmas Volume IX

Scarlet Moon has released their annual game music holiday compilation. Scarlet Moon Christmas Volume IX is a compilation of music from game composers around the world to get gamers into the festive spirit! Festive Gaming Music Unlocked This year's release features Scarlet Moon's Nami Nakagawa (NieR, Demon Slayer) doing an warm holiday vocal theme titled 'Dear Santa' and Osamu Kubota (Granado Espada, Beatmania) orchestrating a classic hymn. Alongside contributions from Scarlet Moon friends Jamphibious, Midas Klare, Frank van 't Ende, and Rogov. A special guest contribution comes in the form of a holiday remix of Kraftwerk's 'Neon Lights' courtesy of mojera, a duo comprised of composer Mitsuto Suzuki (FINAL FANTASY series) and vocalist non. 'It's always fun to see how our annual holi...

Alexander Perrin’s Short Trip Coming To Steam

1Dec

By CharlotteNo Comments

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Alexander Perrin’s Short Trip Coming To Steam

Short Trip, the viral interactive illustration, is coming to Steam this December! The game took creator Alexander Perrin five years to complete, and the browser version has since been played millions of times. The new complete edition of the game includes a new mode as well as some exclusive behind the scenes content. We're not kitten around In case you haven't heard of this beautiful illustrative experience, Short Trip is an interactive illustration created by Alexander Perrin. The aim of the game is to drive a scenic tram across a tranquil hand-drawn mountainscape, picking up and dropping off cat passengers as you go. Controls are accessible as players only need to use the left and right keys. This is a “slow play” game designed to help players relax and unwind from the bustle of the...