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Resort Hotel: Bay Story Official Trailer
Official Trailer from WhaleApp Ltd for their Match-3 puzzle game: Resort Hotel: Bay Story.
Aura Kingdom March Giveaway
We’ve partnered with gamigo to offer a special goodies pack for Aura Kingdom!
Aura Kingdom is a gorgeous free to play fantasy MMORPG adventure. The game features:
- Interactive Companions: Eidolons are no mere pets; they are powerful warriors in their own right and are not to be trifled with. If you earn their trust, however, they will reward you with their invaluable aid in the numerous battles to come.
- Fast, Fluid Battles: Change combat into an art form! Engage in battle like never before, and watch as your screen explodes with the power and grace you exhibit on the battlefield. If you still need more than that, call upon your trusted companion and team up for spectacular combos. Show all of Azuria how truly powerful you are!
- Stunning Anime Art: Take in the stunning art that waits around every corner. From fantastic character and monster models to magnificent landscapes that stretch beyond the horizon, you can spend hours just marveling at the vistas Azuria has to offer. Get out there and explore!
- Travel in Style: Why walk when you can ride an ostrich? Why ride an ostrich when you can fly? There are a number of unique and fantastic ways to get around the world of Azuria, making the journey just as gratifying as the destination.
Your Code Includes:
- Eidolon: Tanith’s Key of Gaia
- Mount: Thunderbolt Tiger
- Custom Crystalline Archmage’s Hat (M) + Custom Crystalline Archmage’s Robes (M) / Custom Crystalline Archmage’s Hat (F) + Custom Crystalline Archmage’s Robes (F)
To Redeem Your Code:
- Register for the game, using this link!
- Redeem your key on this page here.
There is no country restriction; codes will expire in 45 days.
BATALJ Review (PC)
by Jason Parker (Ragachak)
Tactical Board Games are far from a dying art, but they’re terribly difficult to get right on PC without feeling frustrating. BATALJ is the first game from Fall Damage Games, and I have to say, I think they have a real hit on their hands. The concept of simultaneous-turn strategy/tactical games is one I enjoy, but most of the games in this style I have played felt lackluster in some manner. They seem to be missing a certain something. The concept for BATALJ is a simple one, but behind that easy-to-play exterior lies a wealth of complex tactical potential. The word BATALJ is Swedish and roughly translates into “Skirmish” or “Battle”, and it’s a very fitting, but important name. That’s exactly what you do in BATALJ. It’s one vs. one tactical skirmish, where the winner is the first to five points – or the first player to completely wipe the other team.
There are presently three factions in BATALJ, each with their own units and personality/playstyle. You cannot make teams of cross-faction units unless you’re using Sandbox Mode. It can be very overwhelming to enter a game like this that has 63 units across three factions. That’s what makes Sandbox Mode so great. You can build a battlefield based on whatever criteria you want, placing any units on friendly or enemy sides. Using this, you can get an accurate gauge on how useful a unit is to your potential squad, or even help you find the faction you want to represent the most. This is one of the biggest positives for BATALJ, doubly great since you don’t have to unlock any characters. All units are unlocked upon purchase.
Under the Squads menu, you have the three factions, and plenty of options to build your own loadouts. You have 10 points to put together a squad for battle – Tier 1 Units cost 1 point, Tier 2 Units cost 2 points – and you can run one of three Heroes. The three factions are the Re-Linked, Rusters, and Splicers. The Re-Linked are humans who replaced their bodies with machines and use logic and reasoning to do battle. They are mobile, have powerful abilities, but aren’t the sturdiest units. Rusters pilot old, junkyard style mecha, and lean towards high armor and high defense. They excel at holding down points and turtling. The Splicers are genetically-altered humans, they take any moment to upgrade and improve their biology. The Splicers are pretty hard to deal with since they have plenty of damage, healing, mobility, and debuffs. You really can’t go wrong, but I’m sure this game will have a meta as it goes on.
This is only a 1 vs.1 game, so after you select Quickplay (Ranked is not available yet), you select your Squad and place your first units near your Command Unit. Players start across from each other, and there will be three “Control” points set on the map. What makes this interesting, is none of the units specifically ‘goes first’. Both players move their units at the same time during the planning phase. Depending on what that unit did or did not do, it moves up or down the line for the next turn. For the first turn, you have four points to deploy units, and a coin tossed is used to determine who makes the first move. You can also set them where you want them to go on the timeline (turn order). Each round/turn you have the Planning Phase and Action Phase. At the top of the screen, there’s a list of units currently on the battlefield – that’s the timeline. If a unit takes no action, it conserves energy and moves closer to the front of the line. Units that use powerful abilities move towards the back, and it’s always clear who is going to go when at the start of a turn.
The hexagon grids are easy to see simply by clicking a unit that’s on the field, and hovering over the abilities at the bottom of the screen tell what they do, what any cooldown might be, and the damage it deals. Clicking the ability will show its range. This creates a choice of “do you attack and try to knock out an enemy, or do you hold back and let that unit go first next turn?” there are tons of options and possibilities, all of which make BATALJ a satisfying strategy game.
The goal is to gain five points by claiming the choke points or defeat the entire enemy team, but there are some hurdles that prevent that from going down incredibly fast. You can only gain one point a turn, so there’s seldom a reason to spread your units out across all three points unless it’s to deny the opponent a shot at them. If you control a choke point, it glows green, and if it’s contested it’s yellow. If your foe has it, it’s red. Every two turns, you spawn another unit or two onto the battlefield also, so these two things prevent the game from being over far too quickly. One of the other excellent points about this turn-based system is there’s plenty of options to outplay, outguess and outmaneuver your opponents. You could prepare a massive attack to finish someone off, but they go first and may have an ability to leap away just in time.
There’s a great deal of tactical depth and possibility in BATALJ. There are hundreds of possible squads you can put together, and who knows what the other player is going to have? I do wish that there were an option to play against bots in the event that there are long queue times for player-made matches, or an option to play against your friends. This is one of the few points of contention I have with BATALJ, is that the wait times can be a little rough, and players who are losing tend to wait down the clock. These, however, are not knocks on the game itself. Another point in BATALJ’s favor is the unit customization. While you cannot customize each unit, as you play you unlock army colors, such as “Amphibian Force” for the Rusters. What’s that? No lootboxes? You can just. . . play the game? It’s wild.
Battleground of the Future: 4.5/5 (Great)
I really and truly have loved playing BATALJ. It’s got a lot of heart, it’s sound on a strategic level, and I enjoy the visual aesthetic of the game immensely. Fall Damage Games really have something special on their hands here, and I hope more people get into it. Strategy games that don’t rely on Inputs Per Second are far more enjoyable in my opinion. You can take your time (within reason) and plan your moves out instead of furiously clicking everything in sight and memorizing insane shortcuts on your keyboard. But with a low cost of entry and no cash shop, I wonder how it will be monetized. Will they offer new factions in the future for a moderate sum? I’d be okay with that. Will it be balanced and updated based on how the player/ranked matches go? That’s something else I’m curious about for the future. It could use a combat log to see exactly what happened on a turn-for-turn basis or maybe a chat window for that, but I can see that also slowing the game down. BATALJ is a fun, solid strategy game that I would recommend to anyone who is a fan of turn-based strategy/board games.
Note: A game key was provided for review purposes.
BATALJ Screenshots:
Total War: Three Kingdoms Gives First Look at Dong Zhuo
Dong Zhuo aims to take control of the land while it burns and crumbles into chaos during the events of Total War: Three Kingdoms. Driven by greed and a need to instill fear and terror into all those under him, his gameplay is certainly unique. His playstyle relies on executing government officials, claiming vassals territory as his own, and bullying those weaker than him. The Han is in his clutches and the fear he creates is palpable.
Players can unlock Dong Zhuo’s campaign by defeating his army in a battle or by reaching the rank of Emperor, bringing the total number of playable warlords to 12. Each of the warlords has their unique strengths they’ll have to employ to unify Ancient China. Today we have a Let’s Play that shows off what he can do, and embedded is the shorter “features” teaser that also covers the mighty Dong Zhuo zi Zhongying.
Judgment – Features Trailer: English
Judgment launches in the West on June 25th, 2019. Though it is set in the familiar streets made famous by the Yakuza franchise, players should not expect Kiryu, Majima, or any of the other main characters. Let’s look at some of the features Judgment is bringing!
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin Aims To Be Spiritual Successor to Quake
1C Entertainment is working together with 3D Realms and KillPixel to pay homage to one of the classics of PC gaming – Quake. WRATH: Aeon of Ruin is a dark fantasy horror FPS which is also powered by the original Quake engine. It comes to PC this summer, and to Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Playstation in early 2020. In WRATH: Aeon of Ruin, the Old World has passed on, and there are ancient crypts, sunken ruins and more to explore. Nine weapons, ten artifacts, and plenty of horrific enemies to fight.
WRATH’s hub world design inspires exploration-heavy non-linear play. Only the first two realms are open at first, but keys lay hidden throughout the five worlds that open the other doors. Secrets scattered in the shadows award both lore and desperately-needed armaments.
“WRATH’s dark fantasy horror, core gameplay and classic feel, is something we feel is often imitated, but rarely matched. It’s something sorely missing from today’s games,” said Frederik Schreiber, Vice President of 3D Realms and Producer on WRATH. “Alongside our team of Quake scene developers who are masters of their craft, and the game visionary, Jeremiah ‘KillPixel’ Fox, the haunting journey they are creating is going to be incredible.”
“With the POWER of the legendary original Quake engine, WRATH brings back good memories while at the same time creates greater new ones,” said Nikolay Baryshnikov, CEO of 1C Entertainment.
World of Warships Blitz Ovechkin Giveaway
We’ve partnered with Wargaming to offer a special Ovechkin bonus package for World of Warships Blitz!
World of Warships Blitz is a free-to-play mobile MMO action naval battleship game by Wargaming and is based on the top award winning online PC version of World of Warships Blitz. World of Warships Blitz brings the World War 2 naval strategy and action gameplay of PC to the highly immersive, quick and fast paced action on your mobile and tablet.
If you like war ship games, join this MMO naval action game with a fleet of naval vessels. Jump straight into quick online action-packed 7vs7 epic warships battles no matter where you are and sink enemy ships! World of Warships Blitz is the ultimate fighting and war game. Battle online and offline, on the high sea or in a bay, authentic warships and gunship battles await you!
A truly free-to-play game. No timers, energy bars, fuel—play as much as you want and whenever you want.
- Master the WWII steel boat juggernauts from a variety of Battleships, Cruisers, Destroyers and even Aircraft carriers
- Choose from 90 unique classes of ships from Japan, the U.S.A., U.S.S.R or Germany and battle for ocean dominance
- Take on your enemies in real world locations of the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans in massive world battlefield areas
- Choose from different levels and missions with different battle of warships difficulty
- Switch between various types of combat weapons such as missiles, torpedoes and guns
- Play single-player solo missions or team up with friends to battle the enemy. Get supplies, equipment, war upgrades and new navy ships
- Get rewards and medals for your successes as a fleet commander
A truly free-to-play action multiplayer game. No timers, energy bars, fuel—play as much as you want and whenever you want in this sea battle game.
We have 100 Bundles – 50 for North America and 50 for EU – which include:
- Ovechkin portrait
- 3 days premium account
- USS tier 3 South Carolina Ship
- ShipSlot x 1
We are giving these codes away on a first come, first serve basis in our forums! To get your code:
- Visit this thread
- Log in to the forums (we cannot give codes to guest accounts) and make a post telling us if you want a code for NA or EU
- A link with the code will be PM’d to you in the forums, along with redemption instructions.
Nanotale Announced as Spiritual Successor to Epistory
Fishing Cactus, creators of the award-winning Epistory are bringing the Typing Chronicles franchise to life again with the upcoming Nantotale. It’s slated to hit Steam in Q3 2019 and will rely on fast and accurate typing skills. Players will journey to a picturesque world, solving puzzles and going head to head with ferocious enemies to save a dying planet.
Nanotale tells a fascinating story of a world on the brink of destruction as the heart of magic siphons its last hits. Players take on the role of novice Archivist, Rosalind, who sets out to the magical valley to collect plant and rock samples as well as catalog mysterious occurrences in an attempt to unravel the secrets surrounding the looming demise of the Earth. The battle for Earth will be a full-fledged RPG experience, and players will have to learn unique game mechanics, from simply moving to menu controls, should they want to succeed.
Nanotale is slated to launch on Steam in Q3 2019 and will be localized into English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Polish with voice-overs in English.
“We are excited to announce that the Typing Chronicles franchise will be revived this year with Nanotale,” said Bruno Urbain, CEO of Fishing Cactus. “After receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback from Epistory fans, we decided it’s time to create a sequel worthy of the franchise. Featuring the same typing gameplay mechanics, Nanotale builds upon the strengths of its predecessor and includes more RPG elements, as requested by our community, to fully round-out the experience. We hope fans of the genre will support us during this incredible year ahead!”
Devil May Cry 5 – Dante Combat Video
It’s all about Style, and Dante has that in spades. Here’s a sneak peek at Dante’s smooth moves that are coming in Devil May Cry 5, on March 8th, 2019.








