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Design review of Redfall by Arkane Studios Austin

Radiator Blog

I completed the main campaign in Redfall ( official site, Steam , also on Game Pass), a 4 player co-op open world shooter by Arkane Austin, who's mostly known for detailed single player story-filled action games. You're fighting not only the privatization of public health but also reckless climate engineering! But not really.

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12 Ways to Take Battle Passes to the Next Level in Mobile Games

Game Refinery

Battle passes for different player types – Dragon Ball Legends Dragon Ball Legends offers players a variety of gameplay modes, from a single-player story mode to co-op PvE events and competitive PvP. The social co-op battle pass – Top War The 4X strategy game Top War is a team-focused game where players create guilds.

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Yomi 2 is Crowfunding

Sirlin

Yomi was, as far as I know, the first fighting card game. Yomi 2 also has a solo and 2-player co-op move thats pretty well built out with 5 different automated opponents in the Morningstar set and 5 more in the Flagstone set. It was pretty popular, had a ton of tournaments, online versions on Steam and iOS.

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new Quake map: "Heart Like A Bird's Nest"

Radiator Blog

The arena has a little observation deck with a little floor hatch to drop down into the fight when the player's ready. Following a pattern from one of my previous maps "Daughter Drink This Water" , each arena gradually unlocks with neighboring arenas after the fight. I started by blocking out a small arena.

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Tower of Fantasy – Is the Game Really a Genshin Impact With a Social Twist?

Game Refinery

Both games have a massive open-world to explore and support co-op features, but Tower of Fantasy has a bigger focus on social elements and makes the process of playing with other players smoother than Genshin Impact. Tower of Fantasy: Co-operative challenges in the open-world. How is the genre shift shown in the game?

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4 Lessons from Pandemic for Aspiring Board Game Designers

Brand Game Development

A well-designed co-op game like Pandemic stands out among the crowd. In my anecdotal experiences, a new co-op game almost always gets a “ooh, it’s a co-op!” You’re sweating the moment you get this game out of the box. You know what I’ve noticed? Oh, and you will get punished.

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Shooting for Success: Navigating the Ultra Competitive Shooter Genre

Deconstructor of Fun

Written by Adam Telfer , our razor-sharp Canadian co-host who doesn’t just play games—Adam both builds and dissects them. New Entrants are Struggling to Break-In While elder games have been fighting over a stagnant TAM of players, new entrants have struggled to gain traction into the market.

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