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1 week ago | tech-gaming.com | Robert Allen

Former Working Designs present Victor Ireland has been routinely criticized for his decision to revise role-playing scripts. But beyond the blemish of injecting a few topical jokes, Ireland is an industry pioneer. During the early 1990s, many large publishers mistakenly assumed that Western audiences wouldn’t be interested in anything but action games.

2 weeks ago | tech-gaming.com | Robert Allen

In Grit and Valor – 1949, the axis powers weren’t defeated in 1945. In the game’s dystopian alternaverse, the fascists continued, building towering, diesel-drinking mechs that are razing Europe. After stealing a few iron walkers from their fleet, the resistance plans to transport a EMT weapon deep into enemy territory, thwarting their ambitions. Smartly, Grit and Valor doesn’t bombard players with exposition.

3 weeks ago | tech-gaming.com | Robert Allen

Vampire Survivors-inspired games are abundant on Steam. As such, any new entry in the bullet heaven genre needs to inject at least one innovative hook. For Wildkeepers Rising, that means the integration of Guardians. After being collected, these wild creatures march alongside your Wildkeeper, dispensing a variety of useful abilities. As an Early Access title, Lioncode Games (Mech Armada) effort exposes a few balancing issues, with twenty-minute timed runs growing stagnant before the halfway mark.

3 weeks ago | tech-gaming.com | Robert Allen

2021’s Dark Deity wasn’t perfect, but the title demonstrated that a plucky indie studio like Sword & Axe could craft an absorbing Fire Emblem-style tactical role-playing game. Although the sequel has its own share of faults, Dark Deity 2 builds on the robust foundations of its predecessor, introducing players to a new generation of heroes.

3 weeks ago | tech-gaming.com | Robert Allen

Despite turning half a century old next year, Breakout resists retirement. Following Adam Nickerson’s respectable 2022 reimagining of the property, Choice Provisions’ figuratively (and literally) puts their own spin on the brick-breaking property. Breakout Beyond’s campaign tasks players with punching through 72 novelty-filled stages before unlocking an endless mode and an accompanying leaderboard.