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6 days ago | popgeeks.com | Peter Paltridge

The Spirit is back. Infuse Studio and Silver Lining Interactive present Spirit of the North 2, the sequel to their third-person adventure game, which they describe as “the Stray of fox games!” In an enchanted land inspired by Nordic folklore, the malevolent shaman Grimnir has cast a deadly curse over everything (though it still looks darn pretty). You are a brave fox imbued with the spirits of the wild, tasked with journeying across the land on a quest to unravel the curse.

6 days ago | popgeeks.com | Peter Paltridge

What’s with the extremely long wait between seasons of streaming shows? In the case of most of them, who knows, but in the case of Max’s Peacemaker, there’s a valid excuse: in between seasons 1 and 2, showrunner James Gunn was given the keys to the entire DC Cinematic Universe. That task has kept him very busy, but it looks like he finally had time to deliver on the promise he made back in 2022: a second season of Peacemaker is on the way.

1 week ago | popgeeks.com | Peter Paltridge

Ever seen pixel and hand-drawn graphics welded together before? You will in Headspace, the 2D psychological adventure coming soon to Steam that combines several art styles to create something you’ve never seen before…it feels to us like playing a zine. The goal of Headspace is…well, you have to figure that out. You’re an amnesiac in the middle of nowhere. You have no idea where you are, or who you are.

1 week ago | popgeeks.com | Peter Paltridge

Gex has sprung back. The Gex Trilogy was announced last February and we said there’d be more info later, and so there is. What was revealed today goes way beyond just a digital dump. Square Enix (who owns Gex these days) has partnered with Limited Run to offer Gex Trilogy in multiple forms, including a “Tail Time” package you have to see to believe. Back in the heyday of mascot platformers, Gex was invented by Crystal Dynamics as a mascot for the 3DO.

1 week ago | popgeeks.com | Peter Paltridge

Here’s something pretty cool. Normally when we hear about new games being developed for older consoles, they’re homebrew efforts created by indie programmers. But Earthion, announced this week, wad created by Japanese developer Ancient Corporation and contains a soundtrack by legendary video game composer Yuzo Koshiro (Streets of Rage, ActRaiser).