A bare-bones throwback to a darker, faster era of FPS - or is it a wishful vision of how cool 90s arena shooters could have been ? See how long you can survive the mumbling, stumbling hordes spewing from the abyss and share replays with other players on the leaderboards.
An international team of astronauts embarks on a one-way journey to a distant planet reported to be Earth-like, intact and lush with life... If only they had read the title. Developed by a one-man studio helped by a modest crowdfunding campaign, this third-person adventure consists mostly of light puzzling and jumppack-assisted platforming across atmospheric scenery. Following the game's release on consoles, the PC version was patched to a Premier Edition in late July, 2015. Among other changes this free update saved the picture from stretching on wider-than-HD displays.
" Explore the worlds of Californium, a first person exploration game where you are a writer trapped into shifting realities. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra ?" - Steam store page
A different kind of ripping yarn. Little thread devil comes to life, explores the neighbourhood and collects memories of its human family. Set in rural Sweden, this side-scrolling puzzle-platformer tells a moving story with fancy graphics, delicate music, and without a word.
Two Forks, Wyoming: come for the solitude... stay for the mystery. The story of a middle-aged man settling in a fire lookout tower for summer, told in snippets of hiking and chatting over the radio.
They have won, and they're not done. In the years following XCOM's desperate attempt to rid the sky of rogue UFOs, humanity was forced to surrender to the alien invasion army. Some still refuse to submit and join the remnants of the organization... The sequel to 2012's "X-COM re-imagined" is a PC-focused title shipping with official modding support.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is an online tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It was released worldwide for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on December 1, 2015.
The game puts heavy emphasis on environmental destruction and cooperation between players. Each player assumes control of an attacker or a defender in different gameplay modes such as rescuing a hostage, defusing a bomb, and taking control of an objective within a room. (source: Wikipedia)
The direct sequel to the series' reboot from 2013 pits Lara against soldiers of a secret society in a deadly race across the frozen landscapes and decommissionned Soviet-era facilities of Siberia.
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a reimagening of Max & the Magic Marker. Just like the original game it is a 2D side-scrolling platformer with a focus on physics to solve puzzles. The visuals have been enhanced extensively and are now presented in 2.5D instead of the plain 2D of the original game. Basic movement allows Max to move around, jump, slide down, swing and climb ropes, duck through narrow passages and climb platforms. There is no way to attack, instead he has to use a magic marker in inventive ways.
The Phantom Pain is the latest installment in the long-running Metal Gear series. It is an open world action-adventure stealth video game the follows directly its prequel Ground Zeroes.
