‘Tis the season for Jingle Brawls, the special holiday-themed event returning to LEGO Brawlsall December long! During the event, players can sleigh the competition in a new Jingle Brawls level and unlock 22 limited-time festive LEGO Minifigures, all free with purchase of the base game.
A brand-new trailer for LEGO Brawls showcasing the new content coming as part of Jingle Brawls is available below:
LEGO Brawls is a family-friendly, brick-based, team action brawler with cross-platform play (cross-play) and multiple game modes that can be enjoyed by players of all ages, skill levels, and play preferences. Players build and compete with custom, one-of-a-kind LEGO Minifigure brawlers tailored to their personality, strategy, and play style with more than 77 trillion customization possibilities. The game features iconic LEGO themed levels, from beloved classic themes like Space and Castle, to fan-favorites such as LEGO Jurassic World™, LEGO NINJAGO®, and LEGO Monkie Kid™.
Face off against a tyrannical system and become a hero in a cyberpunk world ruled by artificial intelligence, coming to PC and consoles
Limassol, Cyprus – 30 November, 2023 – Developer Nekki today released the first gameplay of its upcoming gun fu action game SPINE. Revealed at the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, the trailer showcases SPINE’s futuristic cyberpunk world, close-quarter gunfights, spectacular combat system, movie-like action experience, and vibrant graffiti aesthetic. SPINE will be published for PC and consoles.
SPINE is a single-player, story-rich action game where the player takes on the role of rebellious street artist Redline, accompanied by her sentient combat implant, Spine. Join them as they challenge the autocratic AI regime of Tensor Corporation while learning to trust each other. As players advance and improve their rapport with Spine, they will boost Redline’s reflexes and acquire stunning combos, with unique camerawork and combat choreography designed by action movie specialists, enabling them to embody the protagonist of their own action movie.
“We are thrilled to unveil SPINE and invite players to experience what we hope would be a new level in cinematic action gaming,” says Dmitry Pimenov, producer of SPINE. “From John Wick to District 13, we adore those films so much, and want to make this game an ode to our favorite movie genres.”
SPINE features:
Close-quarter Gun Combat:SPINE introduces a unique fusion of cinematic gunplay and close-combat beat ’em up, emphasized by elaborate camerawork and providing players with dynamic and immersive gun fu gameplay.
Cinematic Action: Collaborating with action movie specialists and paying homage to iconic action movies, Nekki promises a truly cinematic adventure where every moment feels like a scene from an epic blockbuster.
Gripping Narrative: Explore an immersive cyberpunk world as Redline and Spine challenge Tensor’s autocratic regime. Discover a story of rebellion, trust, and survival, while exploring the risks and benefits of AI.
Cutting-Edge Tech and Graphics: Powered by Unreal Engine 5 and Nekki’s proprietary animation engine, Cascadeur, SPINE boasts fluid, lifelike combat animations within a detailed cyberpunk environment, pushing the boundaries of gaming graphics.
Players can wishlist SPINE now on Steam and keep to date with SPINE on the official website, Discord, Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit. For those interested in the game’s universe, Nekki publishes a webtoon comic “SPINE: Bullet Dancers” that lets fans dive into the world of SPINE before the game is released.
About Nekki
Headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus, Nekki is a leading developer and publisher in the gaming industry, known for creating high-quality action games and the proprietary animation software Cascadeur. With global downloads exceeding one billion, Nekki’s portfolio includes famous titles like Shadow Fight and Vector. With SPINE the company continues to push boundaries, creating a new action IP for PC and consoles.
Explore and investigate a walled-off land of phenomena in one of next year’s first must-play outings
LONDON (Nov. 30, 2023) –Pacific Drive will send players on a road trip of a lifetime when the driving survival adventure game releases Feb. 22, 2024 for PlayStation 5 and PC, Ironwood Studios and publishing partner Kepler Interactive announced today. The highly anticipated title’s release date was revealed within a new trailer debuted at the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted showcase while a Deluxe physical edition of Pacific Drive was also unveiled, to be distributed later next year by Maximum Games.
Take a brief glance behind the curtain of the Olympic Exclusion Zone’s past, the engrossing expanse at the heart of Pacific Drive. Once a shining jewel in the Pacific Northwest, it now sits behind a 300-meter wall, closed to the outside world and left to mysterious phenomena and the forces of nature. Explore distinctly fascinating new biomes as you drive deeper into the unknown; chart the Zone, uncover its hidden history and try to outrun the deadly anomalies of this surreal place.
Get behind the wheel of a uniquely capable station wagon, maintaining and upgrading your ride with life-saving tools while navigating treacherous terrain, gathering supplies and surviving tense encounters with the land’s dangerous hazards. Mysterious voices reach your car’s radio the further you drive, offering questions and dire warnings – leaving you to wonder who or what remains in this desolate place. Will you survive or become another relic in the Zone’s haunting landscape? The Pacific Drive: DELUXE EDITION is a retail exclusive that features the base game, a set of three art cards from the heart of the Olympic Exclusion Zone, traveler’s journal, deluxe sleeve, reversible coversheet as well as a pack of in-game cosmetic items for your station wagon.
Pacific Drive is available to wishlist now and will be available on PlayStation 5 and PC (via Steam and the Epic Games Store). To find out more, visit https://www.pacificdrivegame.com/.
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About Ironwood Studios
Since its founding in 2019, Ironwood Studios has been hard at work on Pacific Drive and are extremely proud to be working with PlayStation to bring it to life. The team’s passion stems from a love of road trips and the relationship between the driver and the car, always dreaming about surreal worlds and the Pacific Northwest – two things that feature prominently in the game. Ironwood’s goal is to create games that inspire players to tell their own stories, with systems that work together to create unexpected and unique experiences.
About Kepler Interactive
Kepler Interactive – led by the founders of Kowloon Nights – is a developer and publisher that operates on a co-ownership model. Its studios are given strategic leadership roles, all while continuing to develop their games their way, with no creative limitations. Kepler’s partner studios are as varied as they are talented, including A44 Games in New Zealand, Alpha Channel and Timberline in North America, Awaceb, Ebb Software, and Sloclap in Europe, and Shapefarm in Asia. Kepler Interactive itself is headquartered in London.
New gameplay revealed in a psychedelic new trailer with a glimpse at all-new locations and mysterious characters
LONDON (Nov. 30, 2023)– Indie developer Hadoque revealed today that the highly-anticipated and kaleidoscopic Metroidvania action-platformer ULTROS launches next year on Feb. 13 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC (via Steam and the Epic Games Store).
Watch today’s trailer for ULTROS here:
Today’s newly-released trailer introduces would-be adventurers and space gardeners to all-new gameplay showcasing new extractor-based mechanics that can be used to unlock new abilities to assist in exploring the stunning, multicolored world of ULTROS. Within glimpses of new locations and scenery, fans are also introduced to mysterious new characters that will expand their world and reveal undiscovered depths to the giant, space-drifting, cosmic uterus of The Sarcophagus.
ULTROS is a mystical action-platformer from developer Hadoque that presents an entirely unique world set in outer space. Only through a mastery of skills can you balance the cycle of life and death in this enchanting, mind-bending alien world.
Alongside the Standard Edition, fans can also pre-order the Deluxe Edition of ULTROS via the PlayStation Store, Steam and the Epic Games Store, which comes complete with a Digital Artbook, showcasing the psychedelic world through never-before-seen imagery from the visionary El Huervo, and the ULTROS Original Soundtrack, blending Peruvian instruments with classic orchestral themes, lovingly orchestrated by Oscar “Ratvader” Rydelius. Fans can also now pre-order an exclusive physical Deluxe Edition of ULTROS for PlayStation 5 from participating retailersmade in partnership with Maximum Games, which also comes with three stunning art cards, plus a magnet of Ouji, the game’s protagonist alongside the items included in the digital Deluxe Edition. For more information, visit https://www.ultrosgame.com/.
Achieve balance when ULTROS launches on Feb. 13, 2024 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC (via Steam and the Epic Games Store).
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About Hadoque:
Hadoque is a kaleidoscopic blend of creatives – gathered to forge the embodiment of ULTROS and breathe life into its dormant potential. Some of us have wandered abreast for over ten years, while others are crossing paths for the first time. Congregated in Gothenburg, Sweden, where the seed of imagination gently met fertile soil, the roots of Hadoque stretch beyond the eastern realms and southern moors of the northern Kingdom we call home. Our confrères have previously worked on titles such as Hotline Miami, the SteamWorld series, Fe, Stick It To The Man, Magicka, Toca Life, Else Heart.Break(), and Kenshō.
Prepare for Battle with a New Look at the Gorgeous Action-RPG Arriving Summer 2024
London (Nov. 30, 2023) – A44 Games, in collaboration with publisher Kepler Interactive, unveiled the stunning new gameplay trailer for their highly anticipated gods-slaying Action-RPG, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn at this year’s PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted. Scheduled for release in Summer 2024, the game is set to send players on a journey only they can survive on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC (via Steam and Epic Games Store).
Watch the brand-new trailer:
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn takes place in a breathtakingly beautiful yet perilous open world where magic and guns collide. Taking control of Nor Vanek, alongside her mystical companion, Enki, players find themselves in a relentless battle against the gods and their menacing army of the dead. They must hone their combat skills using an enthralling mix of gunpowder and magic to reclaim the lost City of Dawn as the world around them plunges into chaos. Switch seamlessly from magic to weapons-based combat and partner with Enki to deliver devastating attacks on towering enemies. As the gods seek to rule over everything they call home, Nor must become more than a soldier if she’s to save humanity.
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn launches on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC (via Steam and Epic Games Store), in Summer 2024. Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn will also be available day one with Xbox Game Pass. For more information visit www.playflintlock.com.
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About A44
Founded in 2013, A44 Games has operated with the goal of making games we want to play in mind. Headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand, the team at A44’s expertise is in combining cinematic experiences with complex gameplay. A44’s first game, Ashen, released in 2018 to critical acclaim.
About Kepler Interactive
Kepler Interactive – led by the founders of Kowloon Nights – is a developer and publisher that operates on a co-ownership model. Its studios are given strategic leadership roles, all while continuing to develop their games their way, with no creative limitations. Kepler’s partner studios are as varied as they are talented, including A44 Games in New Zealand, Alpha Channel and Timberline in North America, Awaceb, Ebb Software, and Sloclap in Europe, and Shapefarm in Asia. Kepler Interactive itself is headquartered in London.
Dredge up the forbidden secrets of the Brazilian forest and survive the dangers that lurk in the darkness
NICOSIA, Cyprus – Nov. 30, 2023 – During today’s PC Gaming Show, indie developer Monumental Collab and publisher CRITICAL REFLEX revealed a new trailer officially announcing Drowned Lake, a story-driven horror fishing game with survival elements in development for PC. Pilot a boat into the heart of the forest and investigate its ominous waters to fish out the terrifying secrets hidden in the darkness. Unravel the truth in a mystery told from three unique perspectives, inspired by the legends and nightmares of Brazilian folklore and influenced with a retro VHS aesthetic.
Deep in Brazil’s coastal forest is the Drowned Lake, an area of folk tales and legends, where many who trespass never return. When Bento, a student in his twenties, goes missing in this sinister place, it sets off a twisted story to discover the truth. Explore your surroundings by boat from a top-down perspective, collecting evidence with a fishing rod, while solving puzzles in first-person adventure-like segments. But try to avoid disturbing these troubled waters too much. Remember: you’re not safe here.
Key Features
A Non-linear Horror Story, Told From Three Perspectives: Explore the most forbidding reaches of the forest as a firefighter, a journalist and an elderly fisherman. Unravel the mystery and each character’s true motives in an interactive narrative where your choices matter.
Scour Dark Waters for the Truth: Collect evidence and uncover what hides beneath the surface of the Drowned Lake by exploring, fishing, investigating, and solving puzzles.
Beware Making Noise: As you probe the forest’s farthest depths, your choices and actions may increase your noise level, attracting unwanted attention from the horrors of the night.
Discover the Nightmares of Brazilian Folklore: Experience a tragic, twisted tale inspired by the unique melting pot of Brazilian culture and mythology.
Investigate in First-Person Mode: Navigate narrow areas, complete intricate puzzles, and experience the true terrors the darkness hides in first-person POV sections inspired by escape rooms and classic horror games.
Drowned Lake builds on the success of Monumental Collab’s Our Lady of the Drowned Lake, an original nautical horror experience created for the 2022 GMTK Game Jam. The development team has a shared passion for weird horror, producing multiple experiences for game jams over the years. The studio most recently released the free found-footage horror game TELEFORUM, which launched earlier this year to “Very Positive” player reviews on Steam.
Drowned Lake is available to wishlist now on Steam. For the latest information, follow the developers on Twitter, sign up for CRITICAL REFLEX’s horror-focused CR Channel newsletter, and join the CR Channel Discord.
About Monumental Collab
Monumental is a small collective spread throughout Brazil – a team formed by award-winning professionals known for games with a great sense of mood, mysterious narratives and immersive atmospheres.
About CRITICAL REFLEX
CRITICAL REFLEX is an indie game publishing label on a mission: find kick-ass games, make sure they’re at their best upon release, and put them in front of as many gaming fans as possible. Members of our team have worked with a lot of successful indie projects, launched a dozen crowdfunding companies, and now we’ve come together to publish games that we love! www.criticalreflex.com
Discover brand-new in-game features also coming soon for players on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and PC
LONDON (Nov. 30, 2023)– Developer Awaceb and publisher Kepler Interactive today announced that Tchia, the beloved, heartfelt love letter to New Caledonia, will launch on Steam in March 2024, alongside a wealth of new gameplay features and updates.
New for the Steam release in March 2024, and available at the same time via a free in-game update for players on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and PC via the Epic Games Store, players will be able to enjoy a variety of exciting, new features to enhance their journey through the beautiful archipelago, including:
Outfits Perks System – Each piece of equipment Tchia finds in the world now provides various boosts and benefits, such as extra environmental resistances or stamina boosts. Explore the world and discover new items to suit your playstyle – looking stylish (or sometimes goofy) to boot.
New Cosmetic Items – Search for brand-new costumes and accessories hidden within the island locales to stand out from the crowd and show your personality, such as a classy top hat, or a hilarious clown costume.
New Soul-Melodies – Play your ukulele and unlock new abilities to help explore the world around you in whole new ways, like a blast of powerful energy to knock fruit out of trees or leaping to new heights and performing tricks in the sky.
Tchia, which has been played by more than one million players since launching on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and the Epic Games Store earlier this year, is a sun-soaked sandbox that invites players to climb, glide, swim and sail around a beautiful open world inspired by New Caledonia – the homeland of Awaceb’s co-founders. With inherent Soul-Jumping powers at her disposal, Tchia can take control of almost any object or animal she can find to give her the edge in combat and traversal. From taking flight as a bird to reach mountain peaks, plunging to the ocean depths as a dolphin, to setting mindless minions alight as a lantern, players will turn the environment into the ultimate tool.
Tchia is releasing on Steam in March 2024 and is available to Wishlist now. For more information, visit https://www.awaceb.com/tchia.
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About Awaceb:
Awaceb is a small studio based in Montreal, Canada. Founded in 2016, the studio’s first game was Fossil Echo, a story-driven 2D platformer. Tchia, Awaceb’s latest title, is a love letter to New Caledonia, the home of the studio’s two co-founders.
About Kepler Interactive: Kepler Interactive is the first global publisher co-owned and run by creators. Launched in 2021 and led by the founders of Kowloon Nights, Kepler nurtures creativity through collaboration with each of its founding studio partners having a stake in the business and a leadership role in strategic decision-making, whilst retaining total artistic independence. Following the successful launches of Ebb Software’s, Scorn, and Sloclap’s two million selling and critically acclaimed, Sifu, Kepler’s studio partners are as varied as they are talented, including A44 Games (Ashen, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn) in New Zealand, Alpha Channel and Awaceb (Tchia) in Canada, and Timberline (The Red Lantern) in North America and Shapefarm in Asia. Kepler Interactive is headquartered in London.
Establish a colony, survive the desolate wastes, and leave your legacy in this strategic roguelite
NICOSIA, Cyprus – Nov. 30, 2023 – Developer Wondernaut Studio and publisher CRITICAL REFLEX have announced Ironhive, a new deck-building strategy game in development on PC. Revealed during the PC Gaming Show, Ironhive challenges players to survive a harsh, dystopian future through an interconnected system of deck building, city building, crafting, exploration, resource management, and more. Build your colony, ensure the survival of your people, and create a legacy that will be passed on to the next generations. As the Ironlord, you are their only remaining hope.
The world as we know it ended hundreds of years ago. “The Great Collapse” saw the fall of humanity. With time, surviving groups began to establish new settlements-fortress-cities called “Ironhives.”
As the leader of an Ironhive, you will build your colony, lead your people, explore the world around you, and do everything in your power to withstand the harsh challenges of your hostile world. Every decision will contribute to building your Legacy, acquiring Cultural Traits that will affect subsequent colonies.
Key Features
Rebuild Your Home. Elevate housing, utility, social, production, and defense buildings.
Corrupted by Choices. Use your cards to maintain your Ironhive’s Stability through every season.
Explore the Wasteland. Send out expeditions in search of vital resources, technologies and more.
Take On the Harsh World’s Challenges. Make decisions through interconnected narrative events, telling a different story with each playthrough.
Secure Your Legacy. Register your legacy in the Book of Ashes and choose cultural traits that will influence your next colonies.
Thick Atmosphere & Beautiful Visuals. Ironhive takes inspiration from Avery Alder’s The Quiet Year and Simon Stålenhag’s The Labyrinth.
The Brazil-based team at Wondernaut comes from a variety of backgrounds, sharing a mission to create rich worlds and tell extraordinary stories. Inspired by the intersection between board games and RPGs, they began to develop Ironhive in 2022 at BIG Festival’s game jam, gaining enough praise both from the judges and the community to pursue expanding the game.
Ironhive is available to wishlist now on Steam. For the latest information, follow the game on Twitter and visit the website to join the Discord and subscribe to the newsletter.
About Wondernaut Studio
Driven by stories and fantastical worlds, Wondernaut Studio was founded in early 2020 by Pablo Abraham and Bruno Klipel, professionals passionate about creating experiences that not only entertain but also enlighten and enrich lives. We achieve this through original aesthetics, captivating music, and engaging narratives, focusing on transforming each game into a unique journey that takes players beyond their everyday realities.
About CRITICAL REFLEX
CRITICAL REFLEX is an indie game publishing label on a mission: find kick-ass games, make sure they’re at their best upon release, and put them in front of as many gaming fans as possible. Members of our team have worked with a lot of successful indie projects, launched a dozen crowdfunding companies, and now we’ve come together to publish games that we love! www.criticalreflex.com
Frantic Multiplayer Mayhem Due for Arrival on Steam Early Access 2024
LONDON (Nov. 30, 2023) – During today’s PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted showcase, independent developer Indoor Astronaut announced the sequel to its runaway co-op hit Unrailed! with Unrailed 2: Back on Track, coming to Steam Early Access next year.
Watch today’s announcement trailer for Unrailed 2: Back on Track below:
Featuring chaotic online and couch co-op multiplayer mayhem, players will gather resources, craft tracks, upgrade their trains and overcome the wild world’s wicked challenges to reach the next station or risk becoming a total trainwreck. Each journey through diverse biomes is unique with procedurally generated maps and branching paths across exciting landscapes, or players can even challenge their friends with brand-new user generated maps using the Terrain Conductor tool to create truly frantic and one-of-a-kind game worlds.
In Unrailed 2: Back on Track, players will be able to customize their train and characters in a variety of ways, meaning no two excursions will ever be the same. As the train’s wheels keep on rolling, do you purchase upgrades like a Cannon Cart to blast helpful building components across the map to your waiting teammates, or do you set up a series of costly Conveyor-Belt-Transporters to automate the process? Feeling too lazy to walk? Learn to lob your items across the map or upgrade your stamina to sprint that little bit further and help your fellow conductors. The possibilities are endless.
Players will be able to freely explore a vast world of interconnected and diverse biomes, unlocking new regions as starting points to continue their journeys on. Additionally, players will keep certain upgrades between runs, so each locomotive loss is an opportunity to rebuild and get back on track with new abilities and perks. Unrailed 2: Back on Track will be available on Steam Early Access in 2024. Fans are invited to Wishlist the game now to stay updated for more information or follow the Unrailed! social channels for up-to-date news. For more information visit: https://unrailed-game.com/
Publisher GameForge and Indie Studio Nordic Trolls Announce Under a Rock, a New Open-World Survival Craft Game
Don’t Get Caught Living Under a Rock Following this Title’s Reveal for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation Consoles
Karlsruhe, Germany (November 30, 2023) – Today, Gameforge—a leading Western publisher of MMORPGs—and indie developer Nordic Trolls are excited to reveal their new title: Under a Rock, coming to PC via Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation consoles. In this open-world survival craft game, players must build, craft, and explore to survive and succeed on a colorful but mysterious and perilous island.
Watch the Under a Rock announcement trailer:
Walk the path of an early nineteenth-century explorer, recently stranded in an exotic and strange new land. A world draped in mysteries once thought lost to time, this land experienced completely different evolutionary paths, with exotic creatures roaming dangerously.
Survivors can build a base, explore dark caves, swim through underwater environments, and traverse a diverse surface world, facing a myriad of unique challenges and discovering much-needed resources. Players must fish, fight, farm, craft, and more as they build their new island base and hope to fight off the forces of nature and terrifying curses.
Under a Rock utilizes procedural level generation to offer a new gameplay experience every playthrough. With multiplayer co-op available for more than 10 people and a deeply diverse character creator, players can look forward to surviving a vast new world of fearsome flora and fauna together.
“Under a Rock is a unique new take on the open-world survival-craft genre,” said Noemi Feller, Vice President of Products at Gameforge. “The procedural generation means each playthrough is a new experience, and the ability to build and explore with up to 10 friends will make for some unpredictable and dynamic gameplay.”
“We’re thrilled to have partnered with Gameforge to help bring this dream of ours to life,” said Thorbjoern Olsen, CEO and Co-founder of Nordic Trolls. “We’re incredibly dedicated to living up to everyone’s excitement in making this an extremely fun, if not chaotic, multiplayer experience for players to really enjoy.”
Key Features of Under a Rock:
Expect the Unexpected: Featuring procedural world generation, no two playthroughs of Under a Rock will be the same. A once-safe base could be riddled with danger the second time around, and players will need to stay on their toes to keep up
Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover: They may seem cute and cuddly, but some of these creatures sure pack a punch. Fight, tame, breed, and ride various creatures…or players can develop their cooking skills for nourishment and other potential benefits in efforts to survive various biomes, curses, diseases, and the forces of nature
It Builds Character: Players can create their own unique looks with the in-game character creator, offering a variety of diverse customization options
A Not So Desert(ed) Island: Explore this mysterious island together with co-op multiplayer support for up to 10 players
Stay tuned for more information on Under a Rock by following the Nordic Trolls on X (Twitter), Instagram, and Discord.
About Nordic Trolls
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Beijing, China, Nordic Trolls is an independent game developer with Nordic roots. The developer’s first title is the award-winning VR action RPG title Karnage Chronicles, but have since returned to their roots and are currently developing the open-world survival craft game Under a Rock for PC and consoles.
Founded in 2003, Gameforge is a leading Western publisher and operator of widely acclaimed Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) and browser-based game titles. Gameforge builds highly active and enduring global communities by supporting players through the greatest quality LiveOps, provision of localized content, engaging community management, and frequent delivery of meaningful updates.
Gameforge’s diverse portfolio of highly successful gaming brands provides different worlds with engaging experiences for players from all walks of life: core MMORPG titles AION Classic, Runes of Magic, and Metin2, beloved anime MMOs Elsword and NosTale, strategy-focused browser games like OGame and Ikariam, along with indie titles such as Trigon: Space Story and Tiny Thor.
