Hunt: Showdown Crytek I remember watching videos of Crytek’s first-person, survival horror hunting game, Hunt: Showdown, back in 2017. Even the pre-alpha footage intrigued me. It had quite a unique set-up and diverged from pretty much any other survival horror and battle royale game out there. In Hunt: Showdown, you enter a dark and savage…
P.A.M.E.L.A. NVYVE Studios I woke up in a haze of ominous sights and sounds. When my vision cleared I saw that I was coming out of cryo-stasis and once I became conscious I opened the door to my cryo-pod and stepped out of it. The once cheery and pristine cryo-chamber was dark and dreary. I…
Squad Offworld Industries There are basically two different types of military shooters out there on the market these days. We have the super-arcadey types, such as the Battlefield, Counter-Strike, and Call of Duty franchises, and on the other side you have the more milsim-like titles, such as the Arma series and Escape From Tarkov.…
The Hunter: Call of the Wild Avalanche Studios My gaming buddy and I stood in the forest clearing. We heard the chirps and calls of various birds as the wind blew and cast brightly colored leaves about. “There’s some tracks right there,” my friend said as he approached some faintly visible deer tracks. There was…
Deep Rock Galactic Ghost Ship Games/Coffee Stain Publishing A gaming friend and I were complaining a couple of years ago about the apparent lack of games that focus on the co-op experience. Sure, we’ve always had tons of survival games where you must stick together with other players in order to have the best chances…
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Fatshark My friends and I often wondered why there hadn’t been many good games (there were some really bad ones) based on the Warhammer Fantasy Battle IP. Then, about 4 or 5 years ago, Games Workshop, who owns the IP, suddenly began licensing it out to particular video game developers of their…
Miscreated Entrada Interactive LLC Post-apocalyptic survival games are all the rage these days. I know that I’ve played my share of them, that’s for sure. I’ve weathered the toxic community that Rust offers, and formed anti-bullying teams in order to protect newly spawned players. I’ve survived several seventh days in 7 Days to Die, managing…
