Author: Jonathan Bolding
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Coffee Stain set to publish a stylishly strange-looking new deckbuilder
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As We Descend, a pretty stylish-looking upcoming deckbuilder from new studio Box Dragon, will be published by Coffee Stain, the same folks publishing hits like Valheim and Deep Rock Galactic. Describing itself as a “roguelike deckbuilder with the soul of a strategy game,” As We Descend has a nice aesthetic that seems to blend magic…
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Here’s slice and dice, the roguelike RPG where each of your party members is a different die
After a while of kicking around on other platforms, Slice & Dice has finally come to Steam, so I’m going to take this occasion to let you know that it exists! It’s a pretty straightforward dice-tossing tactical battle setup of a turn-based RPG. Each run you have five heroes, each of which is represented by…
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Larian originally wanted Baldur’s Gate 3 to have multiple narrators, also Astarion was a tiefling
This past Thursday at GDC 2024 saw Larian Studios boss Swen Vincke give a talk on “The Secrets of Baldur’s Gate 3.” The biggest news out of that was Vincke letting everyone know that Larian was done with Baldur’s Gate 3, and will be moving on to new things in the future. “We’re going to…
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Helldivers 2 players find creative ways to punish toxic hosts: ‘I ran with your super samples to the edge of the mission area, and kept on running’
For the most part cooperative games are a great place to enjoy meeting other people and hanging out with them for about a half-hour, then never ever speaking with them again and also not knowing who they are. In the case of Helldivers 2, these are all done in the spirit of shared chaos and…
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How are CD Projekt’s side quests so good? Cyberpunk quest designer says they reject ‘over 90%’ of their pitches
CD Projekt Red’s two biggest RPG hits, The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, are both known for big main quests and engaging characters, but more than anything you’ll hear people consistently bring up the little adventures they have between other stories. In an interview with PC Gamer at GDC this past week, Cyberpunk 2077 lead…
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FF14 Dawntrail will release in July, with early access a few days earlier
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail will release on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 with early access a few days earlier on Friday, June 28. Director and producer Naoki Yoshida announced the dates while speaking at PAX East 2024, via a translator. He also announced the pre-order bonuses and collector’s edition bonuses to come with the expansion’s release.…
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Here’s the demo for an adorable tower defense about green army men battling evil robots
Full-featured 3D tower defense games are pretty rare, but if that’s your genre of choice you should go ahead and check out the demo for Toy Shire that released just last week. In Toy Shire you’re a kid whose toys are at war with each other, as your brand new green army men battle the…
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Automate bases to explore and terraform a huge open world in Eden Crafters
Eden Crafters is a survival, crafting, and automation game set to release this year that puts you on a world hostile to life as you know it and asks you to turn it into a paradise for humanity. To do that you’ll have to build up infrastructure that manufactures, houses, and fuels the machines you…
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Protect the world’s last tree from humanity in free tower defense From Ashes, Bloom
PLAY FROM ASHES, BLOOM FOR FREE NOW!#gamedev pic.twitter.com/rsV9qkmzqZMarch 12, 2024 See more Amidst a desert wasteland stands the last big proper tree, Gaia, and you are a weird blobby spirit who walks around on odd tentacles and may or may not have a weird little hat. Your job is to plant other, smaller trees—very aggressive…
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There’s finally a picross game from legendary makers Jupiter on PC
Puzzle nerds, rejoice, for veteran picross makers Jupiter Corporation have finally released a picross game on PC. Logiart Grimoire, released this past week, is a cute little narrative-driven picross game about a magic book that somebody messed up by casting the spells wrong, so now you and weird buddy Emil need to untangle it by…