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Psychological horror game The Town of Light is getting a Deluxe-flavoured Switch version this spring, Wired Production announced this afternoon. The Deluxe Edition offers a bunch of extra content, including documentary goodies allowing you to find out more info on the game’s creepy hospital setting and its various patients. In case you didn’t play the original release, The Town of Light is set in the picturesque region of Tuscany, Italy, and through historically-inspired events explores the treatment of mental health in the 20th century....

A demo for Falling Squirrel’s The Vale was released last week, giving many players their first taste of an audio-only adventure unlike any other. The Vale is a first-person action RPG played by using only sounds to navigate through the world, engage in combat, and complete quests. You play as Alex, a princess who has been has been made warden of a Keep on the outskirts of the kingdom by her recently deceased father, the king....

Styx: Shards of Darkness has a brand new gameplay trailer showcasing its drop-in, drop-out cooperative gameplay. At any time during the game the player can invite a friend to join the current session. Two players opens up many more opportunities for clearing a level and reaching the objectives, but also doubles the risk of being spotted. Styx: Shards of Darkness launches March 14 for PS4, Xbox One and PC. Source: Focus Home Interactive

Stardew Valley is undoubtedly one of the most influential indie games ever made. Building on the foundations built up by the likes of Harvest Moon, it has become a staple of the life sim genre. Just like how Harvest Moon influenced Stardew Valley, Stardew Valley itself has gone on to inspire others. Pixel Sprout Studios’ Sun Haven is the latest addition to the ever-growing list of Stardew Valley-inspired life sims....

As you progress through Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris‘ campaign, you’ll be obtaining additional sword skills while mastering the intricacies of chain burst and skill connect combos. But, there’s one more factor to consider when building up your characters and preparing for combat — and that’s a character’s class. Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris features six classes (or Ex Skills) that can be unlocked via your skill tree: Scout, Berserker, Tank, Healer, SP Buffer, and Debuffer....

The System Shock remake will also be released on PS4, Nightdive Studios has announced. The game had previously been confirmed for Xbox One, PC, OSX and Linux. “When we launched this Kickstarter, supporting PS4 was a possibility, but we hadn’t started talking to Sony just yet about it,” explained Jason Fader, project director, Nightdive Studios. “We were all focused on wrapping the demo up and prepping the Kickstarter. We already had strong contacts at Microsoft from prior projects, so supporting Xbox One was less of an unknown....

Tearaway Unfolded has failed to make a significant impact in the UK sales charts, debuting at No.33 in the GFK Chart-Track All-Formats Video Games Chart. While sales figures for the game have yet to be revealed, Tearaway Unfolded managed to sell fewer physical copies than last year’s MediaMolecule title LittleBigPlanet 3, The Last of Us: Remastered, Dishonored Definitive Edition and Far Cry 4. It did manage to place one position higher than Rare Replay, however, which falls to No....

Temtem, the massively multiplayer monster-hunting game, is on its way to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. In last night’s State of Play showcase, we got a glimpse of the game running on the PlayStation 5. This is a major get for developer Crema, and shows that Temtem is not slowing down any time soon. In its first month, the game sold more than 500,000 copies on PC, with over one million Temtem caught by players....

Sally and Franklin Hardesty are picking up one last goddamn hitchhiker. Legendary Entertainment has their hand on the starter rope of another The Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot, according to Variety. With a screenplay by Chris Thomas Devlin, the film will be directed by Ryan and Andy Tohill, who made their feature-directing debut with The Dig (2018). That movie was about a convicted killer with amnesia who gets out of jail to dig up a body he can’t remember....

Sequels always go bigger. Movies up the budget, star power, and stakes. Video games often do the same. Exceptions exist, of course, because they can use the established tools and technology from the prior outing to cut costs, but many eschew these money saving maneuvers in favor of an ambitious follow-up bringing something new to the table in every face of the design. The following ten games are the most expensive video game sequels of the past decade....

Storytelling has taken a huge leap in video games this last decade, but there is still a lot of work to be done. Even games with decent plots often fumble the landing when it comes to endings. In attempts to garner anticipation for a sequel, they’ll often shoehorn in a cliffhanger. This can be a great writing tool, but it can backfire horribly like the ten games on the list. They make it on here for a variety of reasons, whether it be for the cliffhanger itself, the way it resolves, or for it never getting a proper followup....

Key Points A good starting point when sifting through a selection of books is your area of interest. Novels should have a riveting plot, while nonfiction books should be based on reliable sources.The age of the intended recipient of the book also counts. A grade school child is unlikely to be interested in a large textbook on astrophysics.What specific field are you or the recipient interested in? If you are interested in the Asteroid Belt, the solar system, or Jupiter’s Red Spot, you will need to select titles which focus on these subjects....

With the rise of shooters in popularity, the survival genre saw a massive evolution in the 2010s. This came in the form of the survival horror genre, one that combined elements of the two genres; there were other genres that also blended with the survival one. Due to this, we’ve considered any game that made surviving its focal point as something that qualifies it as a survival game. As for Metacritic scores, we’ve taken either the lowest or highest version of a game released across the PC, PS, Xbox, and Nintendo platforms as the one to be included in this list....

Through the utilization of radio waves, WiFi, Bluetooth, or infrared technology, a wireless keyboard does away with the idea of the traditional wired keyboard to deliver a freer, more flexible experience.The Logitech Ergo K860 boasts membrane keys, Bluetooth connectivity with the option for USB, a comfy wrist rest, adjustable legs in the front and the back of the keyboard, and compatibility with both PCs and Macs.With its highly responsive keys, ergonomic layout, and slick design, the Razer Pro Type Ultra is an excellent pick for those looking for a functional work keyboard....

This review contains spoilers. “We’ve got nothing to hide” – the constant refrain of crime drama characters with a gazillion things to hide. See also: ‘there are no secrets in this family’ (oh yes there are) and ‘I trust him/her with my life’ (you shouldn’t. Now, run). If only police training included a module on irony, TV crime shows would only need to be half as long. We’re halfway through The Bay and the suspect wheel is still turning....

Key Facts The best video editors should come with a wide range of features to provide you with the flexibility you need to create a video with effects such as added music clips, and transitions between scenes, for example.They should ideally provide the support you need to iron out any issues you encounter or even come with tutorials.They should also provide you with the option to export files in different resolutions and formats....

It’s a busy week in the free games department over at the Epic Games Store. Starting today, Killing Floor 2, Lifeless Planet, and The Escapists 2 have all become available. The free offer begins at 11:00 a.m. ET and ends exactly one week later on July 16. As usual, all you have to do is claim the games to add them to your EGS library. They are then yours to keep forever and can be downloaded at any time....

I gotta say I’m kind of stumped for words with The Eternal Cylinder. This is probably the weirdest game I’ve seen in the last couple of years covering games. Publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment and developer Ace Team, known for Zeno Clash and Rock of Ages, dropped an announcement trailer for The Eternal Cylinder today. I’m still trying to figure out how to react to it. In practical terms, it’s a surreal survival adventure set on a planet inhabited by a lot of weird life forms....

This The Orville review contains spoilers. The Orville Season 2 Episode 14 “The Road Not Taken” begins with two masked humanoids trying to steal a big ugly looking microwave type device. The Kaylon busts them. The two thieves run away and narrowly escape. It turns out the thieves are Ed and Gordon and the microwave device is a replicator. Ed and Gordon then replicate a Twinkie. While they are enjoying the Twinkie, they are captured by a space scavenger....

Examining the way we interpret the world around us is a fairly popular theme when it comes to gaming. The potential for having a character’s mindset slowly reveal itself with world design and gameplay can make for a truly compelling piece of entertainment. The Shattering tries some interesting things that I’ve never seen in a game before, but it’s also very familiar in other ways and attempts to utilize narrative tricks that feel lazy and unearned when the game is taken as a whole....