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Preview  First impressions of GreedFall II from Early Access: It’s looking good!

I'm not usually one to get invested in Early Access games. I'd much rather just experience the finished product, when I can experience the full extent of the vision of the developers. However, Spiders' GreedFall had a particularly powerful effect on me (I actually ended up buying it three times over), and so I felt an urge to drop into GreedFall II at the earliest opportunity. The first thing to understand is that this Early Access is, apparently, really early access. Spiders seems to be going around claiming that there's only around 30% of the game in there at this stage. And given that we are talking about the Eurojank RPG space, with a developer with B-tier resources trying to produce something of the scope of A-tier developers, you...
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Preview  Towerborne Hands On Preview - A New Xbox Exclusive Launching In Steam Early Access

Microsoft's release schedule for 2024 might no longer include a certain action role-playing game (we're looking at you Avowed), but thankfully there are other titles under this same genre to fill the void. One of these happens to be the beat 'em up-style game, Towerborne, although admittedly the release model here is slightly different to your average Xbox Game Studios launch. Not only is it limited to just PC for now, but it's also exclusively launching in early access on Valve's Steam service. This rollout is to allow the community to be part of the "building process", according to developer Stoic. So, for this preview, we've obviously been playing the game on PC – fortunately, we were able to plug in an Xbox controller, so when it...
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Preview  Lost Records: Bloom & Rage Seeks to Create a Version of the 90s That Never Existed

Memories are weird: we think of them as very stable things, these absolute truths of what we experienced in the past, but even a cursory glance at research on the topic will let you know that memories are malleable and often incorrect, exaggerated by emotions or warped by time. DON'T NOD's newest game, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage plays with this idea in several ways. Like its two previous Life is Strange titles, Lost Records uses teenage lives as a way to examine societal ills and societal politics, this time taking us back to the heady days of 1995 as protagonist Swann befriends the cool outcast weirdos in town. The framing device surrounding the demo we played is that after almost 30 years of no contact, Swann, Nora, Autumn, and Kat...
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Preview  AYANEO Retro Power Bank - The Cutest Power Bank You'll Ever See

AYANEO's Remake line of products boasts an array of gaming systems in various form factors, but it also includes a cute little power bank shaped like a Super NES / Super Famicom. The Chinese firm has even copied the console's iconic font, but it goes without saying that this isn't an official collaboration with Nintendo, but rather a cheeky tribute which uses nostalgia to encourage a purchase. This 12000mAh bank measures 98 × 81 × 24.4 mm and weighs 238 grams. It showcases a function switch, action button and 32 × 128-pixel monochrome OLED display, as well as two USB-C ports, both of which are capable of outputting 45W of power (only the left-side one can be used to charge the bank itself, however). It's also worth noting that when...
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Preview  Civilization 7 Makes Some Bold Changes, and They're Probably for the Best

Sid Meier's Civilization has remained a constant across its 33-year run; each of the mainline games has been at the very least pretty great. Even spinoffs like Civilization Revolution were excellent for what they were. But there is an argument that when you're that consistent, it's pretty easy to play it safe, and the jump from Civ 5 to Civ 6 was a bit too similar for our tastes at the time it launched. Naturally, when Civilization 7 was announced, we were of course keen for what is likely to be another great game in a great series, but after being invited to a presentation from the developers at Firaxi and a hands on session at Gamescom, it has shot itself way up our most anticipated list. Civilization 7 has flipped the formula on...
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Preview  Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Is a Fiercely Loyal Remake

There are faithful remakes, and then there's Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater. A full one-to-one re-release of the PS2 stealth masterpiece from 2004, Konami and co-developer Virtuos are going so far as to re-use the original voice lines in their visual refresh 20 years later. It's an example of how the two companies are remaining intensely loyal to the source text; a move that could be considered bucking the trend as a lot of modern remakes allow new creative input. For better or worse, then, the final result is exactly what you expect: this is Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater with PS5-level visuals. It feels like a strangely anti-climactic statement to open the Preview with, given that Snake Eater is considered by many to be the...
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Preview  Directive 8020 a 'Huge Step Forward' for the Dark Pictures Series on PS5

Supermassive Games generally releases its trademark style of story-focused horror games at such a consistent rate that it might come as a surprise its premier franchise, the Dark Pictures Anthology, has now been missing in action for two years. That's normal for any other developer, but the Guildford studio defies the usual production demands to where it always feels like its next game is right around the corner. If you take the team's standalone games into account, that's still actually the case, with The Casting of Frank Stone out in a few weeks. For its main franchise, though, a short hiatus has allowed Supermassive Games to upgrade essentially everything that makes a Dark Pictures game tick. Directive 8020 is the next instalment in...
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Preview  Double Exposure Stretches Life Is Strange Across Two Gripping Timelines

The Life Is Strange franchise is at its best whenever Max Caulfield is around, so Double Exposure already has a leg up on its predecessors. The latest narrative entry on PS5 marks only the second time the popular protagonist has played the lead role, and Deck Nine Games isn't purely leaning on her welcome return to sell copies. With a new superpower and a murder case to solve, Double Exposure proves compelling across two timelines — and her friend Safi is dead in just one of them. Set years after the events of the original title, Max is attending university and has found a new home with a fresh group of friends. She's stopped using her powers — actively suppressing them — until she witnesses the death of a pal named Safi. Max attempts...
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Preview  Crimson Desert Is Real, Complex, and Potentially Great

After various "too good to be true" showcases during livestreams in the past, we can now officially confirm that Crimson Desert is an actual, real video game. In a 60-minute session on the Gamescom show floor, we pressed all the buttons on a PS5 controller connected to a PC and things happened on-screen — it's not smoke and mirrors; the promising footage showcased in years gone by really is the game Pearl Abyss is developing right now. Or, rather, the combat portion is. The developer out of South Korea shipped a demo to Gamescom all about the fighting in Crimson Desert. There will be a huge open world connecting all the battles together, along with many other systems, features, and mechanics, but the studio has chosen to focus on enemy...
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Preview  Broken Sword Is Back in the Most Passionate Remaster Possible

While there can be some variation, video game previews are generally handled in one of two different ways: we're either left to our own devices whilst playing or a developer will sit alongside us acting as a guide. The former is preferred, but sometimes, the latter can be handled with such genuine care and passion that you stay longer than your schedule lets you just to hear a creator wax lyrical about their project. In a private room off of the Gamescom showfloor, we had that special experience with Charles Cecil of Broken Sword fame. He and Revolution Software are remastering the point-and-click series' first entry Shadow of the Templars, and to hear of the love being poured into this new PS5 version was a complete and utter joy. It...
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Preview  Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Preview - MachineGames' Latest Xbox Adventure Is Looking Whip-Smart

Look. It's been a long time since we had a good Indiana Jones movie to get excited about, let's face it. Even something half decent, y'know. Dial of Destiny was a bland and soulless money grab, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a war crime…heck the more we think about it, were any of these movies, beyond Ark and Temple of Doom, really any good at all? OK, so that's a very heated conversation for another time, perhaps, but it's worth mentioning here, as a few minutes with hands-off gameplay footage of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (courtesy of an invitation to Bethesda's recent preview event) has given us the distinct impression that the next great Indy adventure will arrive in the form of a video computer game. Who'd have thunk it...
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Preview  King Of Meat - Fun And Foolish Hack-And-Slash With A Side Of Mario Maker

It's safe to say that King of Meat has sprung out of nowhere. Developed by Guildford-based studio Glowmade and published by Amazon Games, it was one of the genuinely new announcements in Gamescom's Opening Night Live showcase, and you may be wondering what exactly it has in store. We were in the same boat when we were invited by the publisher to a preview event earlier this month. But, after watching the trailer, hearing from the developer, and getting to go hands-on for roughly two hours, we're starting to build up a pretty good picture of what it's all about. King of Meat is goofy hack-and-slash fun that combines the co-op chaos of Fall Guys with the creative control of Mario Maker. It all felt very familiar and it's an experience...
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Preview  Silent Hill 2 Grows in the Right Ways for Anticipated Remake

Bloober Team has asked fans of the PS2 classic Silent Hill 2 to give it a chance, as it looks to remake what's considered to be one of the greatest horror games ever made. The fanaticals' fears are based on the studio's previous titles (Layers of Fear, The Medium), where it's been accused of poorly handling sensitive themes the very game it's remaking revolve around. Those concerns are warranted, but having played three hours of the PS5 version's introductory sequence, the studio deserves the chance to make its case. Silent Hill 2 on PS5 is different to how it was 23 years ago, but that does not mean it's bad. It's quite the opposite in fact: Bloober Team and Konami have a new vision for the game, and the opening hours show a great deal...
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