Monthly Archives: August 2019

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (aka TABS) is a tactical, physics-based, battle simulator that focuses a lot more on humor than historical accuracy.

Business Model: Retail Purchase – $14.99 on Steam

Microtransactions: No

Key Features:

Campaign: Fight through prefabricated scenarios.

Sandbox: That means you make your own fun.

Workshop: Play someone else’s levels, or share your own.

Pagan Online

Pagan Online is a hack-and-slash ARPG that will challenge your skill against fearsome bosses and hordes of foes.

Business Model: Retail Purchase, Steam/Wargaming.net – 29.99

Microtransactions: Yes/No, Types of Microtransactions (Cosmetic, Experience, DLC, etc)

Key Features:

Heroes: As of launch, Pagan Online has 10 playable heroes: Istok, The Stalwart Protector; Anya, The Blood Ritualist; Elden, the Frozen Soul; Hector, The Rebel Fighter; Kingewitch, The Juggernaut; Dameer, The Wildborn; Lukian, The Servant of Two Gods; Masha, The Vagrant Champion; Morokh, The Dark Sentinel; and Valeria, The Royal Assassin.

Hard Hitting Fast Paced Combat: A moment to learn the combat system, but a lifetime to master.

Full Story Campaign: Eight full acts of story campaign, with three difficulties: normal, hard, and master.

All the Shiny Things: Tailor your build with glorious loot drops including items with set bonuses, plus Legendary and Fabled weapons.

Slay in Style: Customize your hero with wardrobe slots.

Dark Knight

Become a demon hunter in Opogame’s MMOARPG: Dark Knight.

Business Model: Free-to-Play

Microtransactions: Yes – Purchase diamonds from the recharge shop for various in game purchases.

Key Features:

Classes: Choose between Slayer or Sorcerer initially. Upon gaining high enough level you may choose to become a powerful Destroyer.

Instanced Play: Play solo or with an ally in challenging instances.

Play Your Way: You make your own playstyle by combining a selection out of hundreds of powerful relic skills.

Pacer – Satawald, Germany Track Teaser

R8 Games, developers of the upcoming anti-gravity combat racer, Pacer, revealed a new track today, set in Germany. Called “Satawald”, it is set among forested mountains, and will showcase the gorgeous 4K-native visuals coming with Pacer.

As with all tracks, Satawald is playable in both day and night modes. In night mode, neon lights glow brightly, casting glistening reflections on the track and while in the day glints of sunlight sparkle off the wet track in gorgeous 4K as racers speed through exotic locales at 60fps. Reverse and mirror modes will also be available, offering 8 total ways to race each track. Pacer will also launch with 14 tracks, and five customizable craft, and wishes to capture the spirit of the 1990s anti-gravity racers. Pacer will also launch this winter on Steam.

Last Oasis Hits Steam Early Access in October 2019

Last Oasis, which is in development by Donkey Crew has revealed the Early Access release date for the upcoming nomadic Survival MMO. The living, breathing world set in a world of vast deserts opens its doors on October 10th, 2019. Last Oasis is set thousands of years in Earth’s future, and a cataclysmic event has halted the rotation of the planet, and plunged it into two extreme environments. Only one habitable strip of land exists between the frozen waste, and the unbearable sun, which slowly moves, as the planet rotates around the sun. A day now lasts a year, and the only way to survive is to keep moving.

Previously slated for a September 3 release, Donkey Crew has extended development time as they continue to work closely with their closed beta community to optimize and add further polish to Last Oasis, ahead of its Early Access launch.

Galactic Civilizations III – Villains of Star Control: Origins DLC Launches

Galactic Civilizations Villains DLC

Galactic Civilizations III has a new DLC dropping today, which brings some of the most awesome villains from Star Control: Origins to life again. The DLC pack, “Villains of Star Control: Origins” will add four new playable factions, complete with leaders, theme music, ship parts and more. Each of these factions will be unique and offers dozens of new parts for building/modifying ships. The factions in this DLC also have unique traits suited to their playstyles and histories.

The Measured, for example, have a trait called “mitosis” that grants them an additional administrator for every adjacent planet when they claim a new one. Using their “ravenous” ability, the Phamysht are able to gain free food from each battle in which they are victorious. The Xraki’s “chaotic” ability grants them 2 free random techs at the start of each tech age (beginning with the age of war). Finally, the Scryve’s ships gain hit points per colony in their zone of control using the “imperial” ability. This DLC is available for 5.99 on Steam today.