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Scaravan 66 by Lithic Entertainment is a car-combat-roguelike straight out of hell

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Co-founder Al Bellemare explains: “We were originally picturing it more like a fantasy caravan, but we wanted fast-paced action for this one. That was tough to manage in a low-tech fantasy world.” We had originally been talking about making a caravan game, and now we were making a classic horror psychobilly game on route 66.

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EA signs new fantasy shooter from former Call of Duty developers

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The cult horror game was made by a team who would go on to form Sledgehammer Games, a development studio funded by Activision Blizzard to create Call of Duty titles. One of those studios, Striking Distance, has even created a spiritual successor to that 2008 sci-fi horror. Read more.

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The Heart of Gaming Is the Power Fantasy

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Video games function best as power fantasies. Not all games are power fantasies, and not all gamers want that. What Do We Mean By "Power Fantasy"? Power Fantasy" is usually used as a pejorative term. In other words, all video games take place in Fantasy. (In They are power fantasies. Art is a slippery thing.

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A crash course in designing clothes in games

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I'm currently working on asymmetrical third-person horror title The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, based on the iconic film. From fantasy to the real world, I love working to find solutions and bringing my own passion for fashion into projects I'm working on. Read more

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Wrapping up 2023 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

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Feryaz Beer didn’t pick the easiest of genres for his debut game Super Fantasy Kingdom. Solo dev Feryaz Beer’s debut Super Fantasy Kingdom “A weird mashup of genres” Jordan Mochi has been working on his debut game Conscript for 6 years under the name of Catchweight Studio. “I

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Staying alive is all the victory you can hope for in The Forever Winter by Fun Dog Studios

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Video games are no stranger to the power fantasy of a lone hero who single-handedly turns the tides of war and saves the day, world, or universe. This is not the case in the upcoming four-player sci-fi tactical survival horror shooter, The Forever Winter. Just trying to survive another day is all the victory you can hope for.

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Top 10 Board Games for Christmas 2019 (and Why They’re Popular)

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Long story short, it’s got a cute fantasy theme with really well-executed worker placement mechanics. It’s a sci-fi survival horror story heavily inspired by the Alien franchise. What you have here is a classic, gorgeous fantasy game that never feels stale. Nemesis ( $119.99 on Miniature Market ). on Amazon ).

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