After 21 years, this forgotten game is back on Steam. It's the last successful game of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers creators
Stormfront Studios won the affection of many players with its Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers game. The launch on Steam of their latest successful title, Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, is a good opportunity to recall this production.
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Christian Pieniazek
August 16, 2025
A game that “doesn’t exist” is actually in the works. What started as a simple AI generated GIF is now coming to life
How a 5-second AI GIF inspired a game. Everyone said it was impossible, but now someone’s really making it.
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Olga Racinowska
August 15, 2025
Arcade drifting, low-poly charm, and endless mountain roads. Driftline Peaks nails that old-school PS1 racing vibe
Driftline Peaks taps into that sweet spot where nostalgia meets modern indie design. It feels like rediscovering an old favorite.
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Olga Racinowska
August 15, 2025
2025 is the strongest year for RTS in ages, but the big breakout hit hasn’t arrived yet
Tempest Rising, Cataclismo, and Broken Arrow – 2025’s already packed with great RTS games, and we’ve still got months left in the year. But can any of them actually break into the spotlight?
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Olga Racinowska
August 14, 2025
This game left nearly everything what's „Fallout” behind. Meet the forgotten Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel is a now forgotten title that introduced this post-apocalyptic universe to console players long before Fallout 3. It was also Interplay's swan song.
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Christian Pieniazek
August 2, 2025
Enemies were shooting through walls, and I didn't have a gunpoint. That's what my tough adventure with Project I.G.I looked like
Project I.G.I. is a game that, to this day, many players recall with nostalgia. And for good reason - the title of Innerloop Studios had the potential to have a real chance against the giants of the tactical shooter genre, but it lacked something.
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Christian Pieniazek
July 19, 2025
Most famous simulator of a nonexistent 'invisible' jet feels like a CIA operation
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, MicroProse was the undisputed king of the simulator genre. Its games perfectly combined accessible gameplay with realism. One title, however, was somewhat at odds with realism.
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Darius Matusiak
July 12, 2025
The House of the Dead 2 Remake finally has a release date, now let’s hope it doesn’t repeat the same mistakes as the last one
It’s still looking pretty brown, but the real question is, will it still be just as clunky? The House of the Dead 2: Remake hits in a few weeks, so we won’t have to wait long to see.
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Olga Racinowska
July 7, 2025
A side-step ahead of Duke Nukem Forever. Manhattan Project was a great spin-off of Duke's adventures
In anticipation of Duke Nukem Forever, fans of the franchise received a spin-off of the series. Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project was a good game, so to speak, returning to the roots of the series.
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Christian Pieniazek
July 5, 2025
Four characters, one objective. Severance: Blade of Darkness might be consider as the prototype of the Souls series
In 2001, the game—now described by its developers as the precursor to the Souls series—was released on PC. While that claim may be somewhat exaggerated, Severance: Blade of Darkness still managed to captivate many players.
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Christian Pieniazek
June 28, 2025
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy set the standard for telekinesis and psi powers in games
Telekinesis and other psi powers are topics not covered by video game developers as often as you might think. Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy knew how to use them.
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Christian Pieniazek
June 21, 2025
Gex Trilogy launch sparks wave of PlayStation 1 nostalgia
The iconic gecko-cartoon is back. Gex's adventures got a decent refresh and a few surprises. Gex Trilogy is finally out.
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Danuta Repelowicz
June 17, 2025
Grand space opera from Ender's Game creators. Advent Rising could have been like Mass Effect
A little more than two years before Shepard began his fight with the Reapers, another game with the potential to kick off a sweeping galactic saga saw the light of day. Advent Rising was a title shaped in part by sci-fi legend Orson Scott Card.
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Christian Pieniazek
June 14, 2025
Pokemon meets WarioWare in this Game Boy-inspired RPG: Petal Runner needs to be on your wishlist
Petal Runner is a gorgeous retro-inspired pixel-art RPG that combines creature collecting with an array of mini-games, and it's all handcrafted by two people.
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Matt Buckley
June 12, 2025
This was supposed to be the „soulslike” of the 90s. Die by the Sword tried to set new standards for action games
Free sword control, brutal gameplay with limb-cutting, and a high level of difficulty - this is what the Treyarch studio tried to do in 1998, when releasing Die by the Sword.
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Krzysztof Kaluzinski
June 7, 2025
This could have been the third Deus Ex. Project: Snowblind is a cyberpunk shooter from Tomb Raider creators
Deus Ex almost got a third installment years before the release of Human Revolution. However, Crystal Dynamics' masterpiece ultimately went in a different direction, evolving into a cyberpunk shooter called Project: Snowblind.
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Christian Pieniazek
May 31, 2025
„World's First Yoyovania” Don't miss this retro-inspired indie Metroidvania: Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo wears its retro inspirations on its sleeve. It's a top-down „yoyovania” with gorgeous pixel art and truly clever use of yo-yos.
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Matt Buckley
May 28, 2025
Game about time travel stuck in the past. In Shadow of Memories, death becomes the only way forward
Shadow of Memories is a forgotten experiment in Konami's portfolio. This adventure lacks combat or complex puzzles, but it has an amazing storyline.
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Krzysztof Kaluzinski
May 24, 2025
Brutal fights in the world of Vikings. Before God of War: Ragnarok came along, we had Rune from Prey creators
Norse mythology is a great subject for a bloody action game starring a Viking. Human Head Studios (the team responsible for Prey) came out of such an assumption years ago, developing Rune.
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Christian Pieniazek
May 17, 2025
Such original games are no longer made. MDK is a cult game for a reason
MDK was a title that tried something new instead of following a familiar path. Shiny Entertainment's game surprised with its diversity and original concepts.
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Christian Pieniazek
April 26, 2025