Transpose is a Puzzler in VR – Review (PSVR)

Transpose is a puzzle adventure game that requires an intricate amount of teamwork between multiple versions of yourself. You’ll feel as though you’ve been transported to a dream and the only way to wake up is by solving the increasingly difficult puzzles spread over the three different worlds that will have you traversing through space and time. Developer Secret Location has constructed a world that has a strange sense of peace even as the challenges become more and more difficult.

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Are There Too Many Video Games Being Developed?

Say what you will about game crunch, but would a little extra time be the worst thing for a game currently? Rockstar may be at the center of this “issue,” but why do they even feel the need to rush these games out? Are we hurting for something to play so badly right now that we couldn’t live without Red Dead Redemption 2 for another six months?

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Why We Love Metroidvanias

A month or so back as I was loading up my Nintendo Switch with games to play during a much needed vacation to visit my parents in Florida, I took a chance on a little indie title called Hollow Knight. It was lowest on my priority list between Captain Toad’s Treasure Tracker, which I figured my daughter and I could play together, and Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze. I’d heard good things about this moody Metroidvania and I figured I might want something more bitesized to fool with on the plane. This all went down about a week or so before departure. 

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The Maestros – Preview (PC)

Did you spend a large chunk of your childhood pillaging human villages with your hordes of Orc’s in World of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness? Do you have little or no experience with anything resembling a modern MOBA? If you’ve answered yes to both of these questions, then you’re probably me. There probably aren’t a ton of you out there like me – most have at least dabbled in the multiplayer online battle arena genre at least somewhat in the last decade. How could you not? This is a style of video game that has exploded in popularity and many could argue single-handedly created and fueled the fire that is the world of E-Sports.

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Nimbatus – Preview

Stray Fawn Studio’s latest release, Nimbatus is a procedurally generated drone simulation game. It takes place in an endless universe that is yours to explore. The third release from the studio in Switzerland, Nimbatus has one of the most difficult learning curves of a game that I’ve ever played.

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