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Pollen gameplay preview teases a mystery in space

01.04.2016

Pollen—officially P.O.L.L.E.N., but we’ll be sticking with the more conventional styling—is a first-person alt-history sci-fi exploration game that drops players into the middle of a “mysterious, mind-bending situation” on the Saturnian moon of Titan. It’s coming to Steam on April 20,…

Everybody's Gone To The Rapture confirmed for PC

01.04.2016

Adventure, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, News, Single-player

Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture has at last been confirmed for PC after a long stint on PS4. We suspected it was on its way: the first hint was Rapture’s appearance in a SteamDB listing—an entry that was updated as time wore on.…

Adr1ft review

01.04.2016

505 Games, Adr1ft, Adventure, three one zero, vr

NEED TO KNOW What it is: A first-person game in which you’re an astronaut trying to escape from a heavily damaged space station orbiting earth.Expect to pay: $20/£15Developer: Three One ZeroPublisher: 505 GamesReviewed on: Intel i7 x980 3.33 GHz, 9…

The quest to solve VR's biggest problem: walking around

30.03.2016

Action, Adventure, FPS, Oculus Rift, Oculus VR

Oculus’ Damaged Core is one of a few VR-exclusive FPSs. Jason Rubin Jason Rubin has a big job at Oculus VR: he’s overseeing “over 20” first party Oculus Rift games set for release this year while bringing the culture and…

AMD outs Everybody's Gone to the Rapture on PC in Radeon driver update

28.03.2016

Adventure, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, News

I was tremendously disappointed when The Chinese Room announced that Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, which came out last August, would be exclusive to the PlayStation 4. Say what you will about “walking simulators,” but I thought Dear Esther was…

The Walking Dead: Michonne trailer reflects on the nature of murder

28.03.2016

Adventure, News, Telltale Games, The Walking Dead: Michonne

“Taking someone’s life,” the sword-slinging death merchant Michonne intones at the beginning of the new trailer for The Walking Dead: Michonne, as she stabs one man in the back, another in the eye, and spikes the hand of a third…

Day of the Tentacle Remastered review

26.03.2016

Adventure, Day of the Tentacle Remastered, Reviews

NEED TO KNOW What is it? The classic LucasArts point-and-click adventure, remastered.Expect to pay £11/$15Developer Double Fine ProductionsPublisher In-houseReviewed on GeForce GTX 970, Intel i7-5820K, 16GB RAMMultiplayer NoneLink Official site Released in 1993, Day of the Tentacle is widely regarded as…

Expanded version of The Sea Will Claim Everything hits Steam

26.03.2016

Adventure, Jonas Kyratzes, News, The Sea Will Claim Everything

You enjoyed The Talos Principle and its Road To Gehenna expansion, not least for their surprisingly excellent stories. But you’ve felt a bit bereft since finishing them: where to get your next fix of by turns philosophical, political, imaginative, and properly funny writing?…

Play as humanity's janitor in episodic adventure game The Descendant

26.03.2016

Adventure, The Descendant

I played The Descendant this week, the first episode of an adventure game series made by Swedish developer Gaming Corps. It’s got a bit in common with Fallout—it takes place post-apocalypse and involves survivors locked inside into subterranean vaults—but borrows a chunk of design from Telltale adventure…

Samorost 3 review

24.03.2016

Adventure, Reviews, Samorost 3

need to know What is it? A surreal point-and-click adventure about a tiny gnome who discovers a magic horn. In space. Reviewed on: Intel Core i5-6600, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GTX 960, Windows 7 Price: $20 / £15 Release date: Out nowPublisher: Amanita Design Developer: Amanita…

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