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Star Wars: X-Wing and MechWarrior veterans release In The Black, a "serious" space combat sim with Newtonian physics
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Star Wars: X-Wing and MechWarrior veterans release In The Black, a "serious" space combat sim with Newtonian physics

In The Black is a new space combat sim that is "laser focused on the pilot experience" - this being the one, entirely justifiable and indeed, pleasantly grisly usage of "laser focused" I have ever encountered, while quoting a press release. It's the work of Impeller Studios, a company led by Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance gameplay and story lead David Wessman and MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries director Jack Mamais. Those are certainly the right CVs for the job. I imagine they called the studio "Impelle

Motorslice, out today, looks to pick up where Mirror's Edge, Nier Automata and Shadow of the Colossus left off
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Motorslice, out today, looks to pick up where Mirror's Edge, Nier Automata and Shadow of the Colossus left off

There's a severe drought of sharp looking parkour games at the moment. The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake got canned, and I don't expect we'll be seeing anything new of Mirror's Edge for a while, if ever. Today is a good day for changing that, I think, as Motorslice arrives on the scene bringing the aforementioned running around and doing sick tricks games into conversation with the likes of Shadow of the Colossus and Nier Automata. Read more

Toons Universe codes May 2026
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Toons Universe codes May 2026

Here are all of the new Toons Universe codes that you can redeem for free malachor to help your cause.

Eerie visual novel Schrödinger's Call explores the pain and joy of relationships via phone calls to purgatory
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Eerie visual novel Schrödinger's Call explores the pain and joy of relationships via phone calls to purgatory

I don’t play a lot of visual novels, and I certainly don’t make a lot of rotary dial phone calls, so a clickin’ and speakin’ game like Schrödinger's Call is one I’d normally leave unheeded. That, however, would have been to my WhatsApp-brained detriment: this has the markings of a powerfully presented adventure, the demo for which kept me eagerly ringing up lost souls for a solid hour and a half. Read more