Escape from The Red Planet incorporates aspects of FPS and resource management and requires quick thinking and reactionary gameplay. The year is 1979 and the Martians are not too happy at the disturbance of a space explorer who crash landed on their planet, which leads to some epic defensive fights in this uniquely focused tower defense battler.
Bleak Faith: Forsaken takes a lot of inspiration from Dark Souls, but changes it up in key ways relating to hit boxes and dodging, as well as adding new monsters like robots, steampunk abominations, knights, giants and crazy centipede creatures to the usual enemy mix.
The Dungeons and Dragons game is loved by millions of players, but adapting that beloved system to the big screen has proven problematic. Finally, however, with the new Honor Among Thieves movie, gamers have a cinematic experience that is worthy of the Dungeons and Dragons name.
There are not too many survival horror titles on the Nintendo Switch, which is why those who like the genre should give Remorse: The List a try, an indie title that has already been enjoyed by many on Steam and the Xbox platforms.
Keeping the narrative side of the Borderlands series alive, New Tales From The Borderlands features all of the irreverent humor from the original title, but is packed with all new characters, exciting storylines and a few nice extras.
Those who enjoy simulation games should enroll in Two Point Campus, a hilarious title where players are charged with building up and expanding a sprawling and wacky university filled with crazy classes like Knight School, Wizardry, Spy Studies and so much more.
Titles based on construction and building are very popular these days, but WW2 Rebuilder takes things to a whole new level. Set just after World War II, players will be tasked with rebuilding sites destroyed by war, while also learning about the history of those places and the people who lived there.
Rebirth is the third DLC for Iceflake Studio’s Surviving the Aftermath, where players try to turn a struggling post-apocalyptic colony into a major new city. Rebirth adds a new blighted enemy, a separate research tree for upgrades, new buildings and the ability to finally heal the wasteland.
The Diablo IV beta opened its gates of hell over the weekend so that players could jump in and explore the prologue and Act 1 of the upcoming action RPG. Although there were some expected connectivity issues, the beta itself was incredibly fun to play, which bodes well for the full summer launch.
This week our intrepid Modern Gamer Marie Brownhill dives into the strange but fascinating world of GRUNND, a point and click adventure that tells an ambitiously complex and mysterious story.
