A Short Hike is a (mostly) solo project from Canadian developer Adam Robinson-Yu, also known as adamgryu.
The game follows a remarkably simple premise. The player is tasked with, as you might have guessed, taking a short hike. In this case up to the summit of a mountain in order to get a phone signal.
There’s plenty of side quests to distract you along the way, with a host of talking animals on the island who need your help, but it’s a distinctly low stakes experience. It’s a game perhaps best described as
Animal Crossing meets
Breath of the Wild (two games that Robinson-Yu points to as inspirations) – a colourful, friendly island that rewards exploration and experimentation.
If you hear the sleigh bells ringing, that means the holidays are around the corner and the big sales are coming closer to your doorstep. But if you don t want to wait for those deals, there s some really good stuff to find this weekend across the various PC gaming storefronts.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War s still on sale over on Battle.net, just in time for Season 1 to begin. Death Stranding is celebrating its Cyberpunk 2077 crossover content with a big sale throughout the PC retailers. And winter sales are starting up early for Fanatical, Green Man Gaming, GOG.com, and the Epic Games Store. And the Epic Games Store features some noteworthy discounts on recent releases like Assassin s Creed Valhalla, Immortals Fenyx Rising, and Watch Dogs Legion.
The Game Awards have wrapped up and, yes, the console makers are having big sales. But are the two major PC digital gaming storefronts. Both Steam and the Epic Games Store are hosting massive sales for many of the Game Awards nominees, past and present. That includes Among Us, Yakuza: Like A Dragon, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, and Destiny 2: Beyond Light on Steam and Watch Dogs: Legion, Mortal Shell, and Tony Hawk s Pro Skater 1+2 on Epic.
However, do not sleep on Battle.net this weekend. Blizzard s storefront features the first major discount on Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. That s not only just in time for next week s Season 1 launch, but it s also coming at the start of a double XP weekend. Jump in and catch up while you can!