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I still can't quite believe Vampire Survivors spawned a subgenre. I'm not mad at it - I adore it. But who would have predicted such a simple-looking and simple-playing thing would inspire such a following? A game in which all you do is move an auto-attacking character around while avoiding the swarms of enemies chasing after you. A game about choosing the right upgrades. It became an obsession! So the copycats and variations followed. But their job was harder: they couldn't simply recreate it. This brings us to Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, released in 1.0 today, a variation on the theme. And I'm pleased to say it's marvellous.
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The prologue chapter to nDreams's upcoming 'cinematic action adventure game', Reach, is an absolute banger. It kicks off with some fluid parkour action as you learn to leap over boxes and clamber up walls inside a volumous warehouse. Then it gives you a magical bow and asks you to take out multiple armed enemies all whilst a helicopter spits missiles and machine gun fire at you from overhead.
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Telltale's second series-slash-sequel, The Wolf Among Us 2, has become notoriously hard to pin down. Originally announced in 2017, the game disappeared when Telltale closed in 2018, then it was resurrected in 2019 only to disappear again in 2023, amid what sounded like burnout from crunch. And we haven't heard a peep since.
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Episodic games, much like baggy jeans and curtain haircuts, may be about to make a comeback, and once again it's Telltale staff - former Telltale staff - who are leading the charge.
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