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Dredge Mobile oooooh shit
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Dredge Mobile

Gerard Campbell 483 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

Indie darling Dredge, a fishing game with Lovecraftian horror elements from Christchurch, New Zealand studio Black Salt Games, has made the expected move from PC to mobile – and it’s a mighty good time.

Two years on from the original game’s launch, it’s now available on iOS, MacOS and Android and developer Black Salt says the mobile version includes all the downloadable content that appeared on PC and console versions, such as The Pale Reach and The Iron Rig which will be available as in-app purchases.

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Exo One, Byte Size Review, PS5

Guy 994 Views ,  ,  , 

I have been playing video games for a heap of years now…(I’m getting so old). I can honestly say the most important change I have seen to this hobby I love, is the arrival of legit, top tier Indie Developers. They are brave, ingenious, and creative. They tread where big developers are too scared too, and offer such a massive array of experiences.

Exo One is the perfect example of this. Unique, beautiful, fun, and relaxing. 

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Blockbuster Inc

Gerard Campbell 1206 Views ,  ,  , 

Blockbuster Inc brings the lights, cameras and action of Hollywood to the PC in a game that takes a lot of its inspiration from the management sims that have come before it: The Movies, The Sims, the Tycoon series and the Two Point series.

In Super Sly Fox’s debut game, you’re a budding movie mogul, starting your journey in the the movie-making world.

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Trinity Fusion, Review

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(Guest writer, Nina, returns to give a quick Byte Sized take on Indie game, Trinity Fusion.)

Trinity Fusion is a roguevania platformer and the latest release from indie devs Angry Mob Games. It is quite unlike anything the studio has put out before- up until now, Angry Mob’s MO has been mobile games and the odd Predator tie-in.

But you wouldn’t guess that when playing Trinity Fusion. In fact, you’d probably think these guys were veterans of the metroidvania genre.

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Stasis Bone Totem (reviewed on PC)

Gerard Campbell 1670 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

A sequel to 2015 game Stasis, which I never played.

Stasis Bone Totem sees husband and wife oceanic salvagers Mac and Charlie O’Bannon (and robotic bear Moses) stumble across a derelict oil rig run by the Cayne Corporation.

What follows is a Lovecraftian tale that takes the main characters all the way down to an undersea complex and melds themes of an ancient alien civilisation, unnatural human experimentation and Gieger-esque visuals.

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Dredge review: Fishing the deep, dark depths

Gerard Campbell 1519 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

I usually find that when I think about a game at lot when I’m not playing it.

Trying to find solutions to mysteries, mulling over exactly what did that cryptic conversation with a character mean, then I’m usually smitten with that game.

For me at the moment, that game is Dredge, a “fishing” game from a game development studio in my home town in New Zealand, that has buried itself into my mind and I can’t stop thinking about it, I can’t stop playing it.

I’m smitten with this indie gem.

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Dredge developer interview: A fishing RPG with a sinister undercurrent

Gerard Campbell 3624 Views ,  ,  ,  ,  , 

Gerard Campbell caught up with the team behind Black Salt Games.

A young development studio based in Christchurch, New Zealand, making waves with its debut game, Dredge.

Two years in the making, and coming from fledgling game development studio Black Salt Games, comprising the talents of Joel, Nadia, Mikey and Alex.

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Somerville Byte Size Review (XSX)

Barrie Clarke 1506 Views ,  ,  , 

Somerville, the debut release from Jumpship. A new independent studio out of Surrey in the UK co-founded by Dino Patti of Playdead (Limbo and Inside) fame.

And this history is very evident within Somerville. Is it to the same calibre of Inside and Limbo? Not quite, but there is still enjoyment to be had here.

Although I have already mentioned Limbo and Inside as comparisons for Somerville, I think the best way to describe it is Cloverfield meets Another World.

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