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Julie Cooper

REVIEW: Millennials are killing the restaurant industry—again!—in 4-player co-op thrill PlateUp!

Alton Brown, eat your heart out. There's a new source of chaotic and competitive cooking entering the arena: PlateUp!

Green

BitSummit 10 Developer Q&A: Kingblade Games instructs Do Not Buy This Game... but we say go for it

The developer says Do Not Buy This Game. But between you and me, I won't tell anybody if you do.

Nate Hermanson

Splitgate: Portals + slick gunplay = way too fun to be free

Splitgate is Halo-meets-Portal in an unexpectedly appealing package. It's way too fun to be free... and yet...

Nate Hermanson

Early Access Check-in: Lose hours of your life to the hidden temple grind in Phantom Abyss

Avoid traps, loot tombs, and learn from other players' mistakes in Phantom Abyss, an asynchronous multiplayer roguelite in early access.

Nate Hermanson

REVIEW: Unearth what's hidden below the surface in The Magnificent Trufflepigs

Consider me sold on the narrative metal-detector walking sim. Apart from a few poor design choices, this game's unique systems shone.

Julie Cooper

E3 2021 Mini-Preview: Book your stay with Bear and Breakfast

An unBEARably cute management game, Bear and Breakfast, invites you to make a little cash in the forest as you restore and operate a B+B.

Nate Hermanson

REVIEW: Minute of Islands hits hard with its haunting beauty

Between satisfying mechanical interactions and an affecting story, narrative puzzler Minute of Islands is one that will stick with players.

Nate Hermanson

E3 2021 Mini-Preview: A tiny look at a tiny frog in Frogsong

We always root for an underdog. An underfrog, if you will. Here's what to expect from the tiny frog hero Chorus in Frogsong. Demo out now.

Nate Hermanson

NEWS: Steam Game Festival returns with 500+ demos of upcoming games!

Over the last year or so, Steam and Geoff Keighley found a way to bring back a relic of gaming past. The demo disc.

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