Save The Ocean: Samudra Takes Us Into a Dystopian Underwater World

Samudra is an Indonesian term for the ocean. It is originally derived from the Sanskrit word समुद्र and literally means the “gathering together of waters” (saṃ- “together” and -udra “water”). Samudra is also the name of the latest game from the Indonesian studio Khayalan Arts. Most recently, they brought out the horror platformer Incubo, which in its foundations was reminiscent of the narrative platformer Limbo and Inside of the successful Playdead studio, but could not reach the level of its role models due to a lack of balancing and technical inadequacy. Now the studio is venturing into the genre again but is changing the setting and even wants to spread an important message. We will clarify whether they succeed with this noble task in the following review.

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The arcades will soon reopen! Virtually, at least

Who hasn’t missed the arcades? That gloomy twilight, the deafening volume of children playing and sound of arcade games, the flashing lights and that exhilarating feeling of inserting a coin and daring another game. Some of you are probably waiting impatiently to see when the arcades will reopen again.

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Philippine Multiplayer Shooter Project Xandata Enters Open Beta

Project Xandata is a 3v3 first-person team shooter by Philippine studio Secret 6, focusing on fast gameplay and customization options. Visually, the shooter is reminiscent of Blizzard’s Overwatch, but in essence, it should play more like a classic skill shooter despite offering special skills and different classes.

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Become a Deck-building Detective in The Magister

In The Magister, you have the opportunity to play powerful officials of the mighty Empire, investigating the curious death of a colleague in the Northern Province of Silverhurst. You have two weeks to explore and study the scene of the crime and uncover any hidden secrets that will lead you to the truth.

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Preview: Kainga Is A Competent Village-Builder Still Struggling With Its Roguelike Features

Kainga: Seeds of Civilization is a strategy game by solo developer Erik Rempen, based in Thailand. Combining into a hybrid of city/village-builder and roguelike games, Kainga challenges players to build their own civilization in a beautiful, mythical, yet hostile world. Kainga integrates gameplay from traditional real-time strategy games such as Age of Empires or Red Alert with more complex sim building games such as Pharaoh or the Civilization series. On top of that, there are some elements of roguelike games, where the death of a single central unit will result in an instant loss.

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Thee shall beest a Fallen Knight if’t be true thee can’t fight

For those who played the Megaman Series, either Megaman Zero or Megaman X, a long time ago like me, Fallen Knight should bring back some good memories where you play as Zero or X and defeat numerous enemies and bosses with your swords, shields and blasters. Fallen Knight is a classic 2D platformer game from Thai-based developer FairPlay Studios, previously released on Apple Arcade and now available on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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