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Corona Relief Done Quick raised $400,000 with speedrunning this weekend

20 4 月, 2020 Alice O'Connor 0

Over the weekend, dozens of speedrunners whizzed through 50-odd video games in a bonus Games Done Quick to raise money for charity. In total, the Corona Relief Done Quick event raised $400,774.60 (£320k) for an American charity providing personal protective equipment and medical support in these trying times. That’s pretty great! And it produced a […]

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Realm Of The Mad God escapes Flash shutdown with a Unity port

20 4 月, 2020 Sin Vega 0

I was delighted to learn that not only is Realm Of The Mad God still a thing, but it’s still full of players and it’s as moreish as ever. The perfect hybrid of action-RPG and bullet hell shooter is now being remade in Unity, to escape the curse of Flash and ensure future generations will […]

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Steam will host more virtual game festivals during lockdown

20 4 月, 2020 Alice O'Connor 0

With calendars wiped clean by the ongoing lockdown, another two virtual games events have announced plans to fill in the gap with showcases on Steam for the public to play demos and hear developers. Valve and Geoff Keighley’s official Steam Game Festival will return in June, and it’s probably no coincidence they’re claiming dates previously […]

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Gun Rounds’ turn-based shootouts are a hectic delight

19 4 月, 2020 Natalie Clayton 0

You could throw a hell of a lotta buzzwords at Gun Rounds. It is, at once, an indie roguelike (roguelite) bullet-hell deck builder with permadeath mechanics and tactical blah blah blah. You get the picture. But in play, Blabberf’s turn-based shooter brings all those disparate terms together with wonderfully tight gun puzzles, a potent mixture […]

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I hate Doom Eternal’s new coffee-sipping Archvile

19 4 月, 2020 Natalie Clayton 0

Checking out a new coffee shop is intimidating enough as-is. Wondering whether the wifi’s good enough for work, checking the prices on the croissants, trying to figure out how “chatty” the baristas are. The last thing I need is one of Doom Eternal‘s cretins judging me for my choice of milk alternative. Until May 14th, […]