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Ain’t nothing but a heartbreak
Actually pretty fine title as it has exactly similar playability and feeling as Life is Strange titles. Pretty visuals as well. Finished that last year myself.
 
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Pretty decent game. Also a very dangerous game. Now I'm wondering if I could make a CPU with pistons. As if I wasn't missing enough life as it is...

Actually pretty fine title as it has exactly similar playability and feeling as Life is Strange titles. Pretty visuals as well. Finished that last year myself.
Zoomer spotted.
 

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Zoomer spotted.
"a person born in the late 1990s or the early 2000s" I guess that I'm too old as I didn't even know what that meant, but I turned 34 a week ago.
 
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"a person born in the late 1990s or the early 2000s" I guess that I'm too old as I didn't even know what that meant, but I turned 34 a week ago.
mannn !!!i was born early 80s, that f$^%^&* idea that is :roll:. i just love your avatar :D
 

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mannn !!!i was born early 80s, that f$^%^&* idea that is :roll:. i just love your avatar :D
Some guy did that pic with AI as I just asked to make a hot blue-haired Korean chick in red dress. :toast:
 
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nVidia subscriber's on GeForceNOW can get some games FREE on Microsoft for their streaming service :cool: ..but only if they own 1050 or higher cards :kookoo: :


List of available games: Palworld, Minecraft, Forza Horizon 5, ...
Promotion is up to 5th of Jul...

Small font also :laugh: :
But also, not the whole World. Participating Regions: Offer valid only in the following regions: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, and Uruguay (void where prohibited by law).
 
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nVidia subscriber's on GeForceNOW can get some games FREE on Microsoft for their streaming service :cool: ..but only if they own 1050 or higher cards :kookoo: :

"FREE", with your paid subscription! :rolleyes:
 
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New freebie Star Wars: Hunters is a hero shooter (5v5 like Valorant, Team Fortress 2, Overwatch, and others) available for Nintendo Switch and mobile devices. Here's the Switch store page:


and links to the smartphone apps can be found on the game's homepage:


Designed for mobile devices, this arena shooter's scope is appropriately different: smaller maps, simpler movement and combat, short matches (like three minutes or so) according to this Kotaku article:


Enjoy! Er, I mean may the Force be with you!

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New freebie Star Wars: Hunters is a hero shooter (5v5 like Valorant, Team Fortress 2, Overwatch, and others) available for Nintendo Switch and mobile devices. Here's the Switch store page:


and links to the smartphone apps can be found on the game's homepage:


Designed for mobile devices, this arena shooter's scope is appropriately different: smaller maps, simpler movement and combat, short matches (like three minutes or so) according to this Kotaku article:


Enjoy! Er, I mean may the Force be with you!

:)

but if they harvest your soul with all the data they take to exploit our weak brains, is it really free?

:roll: Don't mind me, just having a bit of fun :D
 

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Demo out, just to check out. dont complain
 
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So TDU is still a thing? Good to know. :)
I never got into TDU much but huge fan base. Forza Horizon series is my thing.
 
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Demo out, just to check out. dont complain
Just a heads-up. 46GB download, online only, and you can't access the demo until you create a nacon account.
 
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Nice heads up actually, I am not even going to look now, I was about to before I read that. lol

I just ain't got the time for another account.
Agreed. Besides, I'm not interested in online-only games.
 
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Dungeon crawler Dark and Darker is now available free at Steam:


This game has navigated through some rocky legal waters but it appears those days are mostly behind it. (The devs were accused of stealing assets and IP from a previous company they worked for.) But that's a discussion for another time and place...

Dark and Darker is a Dungeons & Dragons inspired extraction looter (a bit like Overwatch or Escape from Tarkov).

Reading some articles at gaming sites, it appears the free version doesn't offer all of the various play modes like high roller dungeons (better loot) but there's certainly enough for someone to get started with this. Originally the game required up an front purchase (ten, twenty bucks? I forget).

If I recall correctly, this title was available at some other storefronts (maybe EGS) but this is the game's return to Steam.

When it was going through some late beta free test play (free at the time), the gameplay got very sweaty. Being a freebie on Steam, I expect it to be very sweaty.

Enjoy!
 
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