Previews
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2.1KTesseract — Unfold your mind to contain the power of the cube
Tesseract is a cooperative puzzle game. An alien cube has appeared in the sky and begun collapsing in on itself rapidly. As...
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3.9KIndie TTRPGs at Gen Con—Systems you might have missed and up-and-comers
This year’s TTRPG tables at GenCon showcased previously released and currently playtesting games that ran the gamut of tones and mechanics. I...
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966Paper Dungeons — Roll dice, slay monsters, and get the loot
Round up your adventuring party and your pencil in Paper Dungeons, a roll-and-write dungeon scrawler game. Each player has their own dungeon...
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1.1KLet’s Play Icarus: New Frontiers DLC with the RocketWerkz team!
We got the golden opportunity to team up with RocketWerkz to check out the launch of Icarus: New Frontiers -- the newest...
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1.4KHomeworld 3 Introduces War Games Mode — a Cooperative Reinvention for the Series
The Homeworld universe has occupied a serious amount of space in my head for some time. The first game was magnificent, taking...
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703Fantastic Factories — Family friendly fun for everyone
Fantastic Factories is a light tableau building card game with dice. Players first have a market phase, where they get to draft...
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1.4KWild Tiled West — Mine, wrangle, and tussle your way to victory
At its core, Wild Tiled West is a tile drafting and placement game. It mixes in dice rolling, resources, and a little...
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1.0KMortal Kombat 1 preview — An experience worth fighting for
Mortal Kombat has been one of the pillar games of the fighting game community for quite some time now. The series has...
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1.6KFirst exposure — A preview of prototype games from Gen Con 2023
At Gen Con Indy 2023 I had the opportunity to spend some time in the First Exposure Playtest Hall. There were dozens...
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1.5KSky Team — We’re coming in hot
I had an opportunity to play a full game of Sky Team with another GamingTrend editor on the last day of the...
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1.0KJoyride: Survival of the Fastest — Race fast, drive hard
Joyride: Survival of the Fastest is an upcoming game by Rebellion Unplugged, designed by Duncan Malloy and Pete Ward with art by...
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2.4KSpace Marine 2 Hands-On Preview — Vicera-soaked Violence, Now With Friends!
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine is one of those games that I never expected to see a sequel. It’s been 12 years since...
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2.9KThe 7th Guest VR hands-on preview — A Virtual Reinvention of a Classic
The 7th Guest is a tentpole for the start of the CD-ROM era, giving players an interactive horror story that unfolds in...
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4.5KGranblue Fantasy: Relink Hands-On Impressions — A New Frontier
For the longest time, I heard of Granblue Fantasy: Relink, but I didn’t know what it was. I thought it had something...
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1.4KWarhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin Preview — New faction, new mode, and a release date!
You might recall that we went hands-on with Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin recently, talking about the setup for this...
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1.3KQueen by Midnight — Only one princess will claim the crown
Queen by Midnight lets up to six players compete to be the last one standing in a vicious battle royale before the...
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1.2KMistwind preview — Come for the flying whales, stick around for the clever action system
The first time we played Mistwind was a year ago at Gen Con 2022. Even in that early state it had quite...
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1.3KIncredible Dream — Kinfire and beyond
While at Gen Con 2023, we were able to get a look at Kinfire Chronicles along with a sneak peek at two...
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2.2KGranblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Hands-On Impressions — Simplistic for the casual, deep for the expert
Cygames hosted an in-person demo event for Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, the next iteration on Versus, a fighting game that was spun...
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1.1KThe rundown on Siege Y8S3 – Testing your mettle
We’re right around the corner from the next competitive season of Rainbow Six Siege. So, naturally, I’ve done another preview and have...
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2.6KPalia preview — Friendly fantasy farming
Farming sims are a dime a dozen these days - turns out growing up with Story of Seasons has that effect on...
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1.5KBattle Shapers preview — Shaping up to be great!
When I first played and previewed Battle Shapers back in June, I knew it was going to be a banger of an...
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741Cities of Venus preview – Sacrificing meeples on the altar of progress
Humanity has left Earth and chose one of the most inhospitable planets in the solar system to start a new life on,...
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1.3KSix Days In Fallujah Early Access preview — Somber strategy
This is a game none of us ever expected to launch. Back in 2009, the controversy behind this impactful conflict was about...
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1.1KBlue Protocol — hands on with an Anime come to life at Summer Game Fest 2023
When I saw the trailer for Blue Protocol I knew it was going to eat my time like a bowl of candy....
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1.4KArmored Core VI: Fires of the Rubicon hands-on preview — Prepare for Launch!
Armored Core is experiencing a resurgence, and it’s about time too – Armored Core: The Last Raven was back in 2005 and...
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1.5KGunbrella preview — Shoot, parry, and glide your way through a noir mystery
I’m a sucker for narrative-based action side scrollers, and that goes quadruple if the game has any sort of parry mechanic. Gunbrella...
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1.0KMoving Out 2 preview – The F.A.R.Ts are back
The dynamic duo of SMG Studio and Devm Games have something truly sensational in store for us with Moving Out 2. While...
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1.4KClassified: France ‘44 preview – The path to victory is clear
Recently, I had the privilege of flying out to the Big Apple to check out Absolutely Games’ upcoming World War II turn-based...
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1.2KThe Crew Motorfest Preview — To the horizon
There’s a particular type of racing game I really enjoy. There is something interesting about full on simulators like Gran Turismo 7...
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1.0KDiablo IV: Season of the Malignant preview — Malignant Hearts and Menacing Monsters
Season 1 of Diablo IV is launching on July 20th, and there’s a whole lot to know. We recently sat down with...
