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Cool. Updated on 3 June 2021
If you ve been casting a curious eye at developer 11 Bit Studios celebrated post-apocalyptic city builder Frostpunk but have yet to experience its brutal survival charms, now s the perfect time to do so, as it s currently free on the Epic Games Store.
Frostpunk, which launched to much acclaim in 2018, is a fascinating, if decidedly gruelling, experience. It s a sort of narrative-rich blend of survival sim and city builder, challenging players to stay alive and, as much as is possible in Frostpunk s desolate sub-zero world, thrive.
That s done by establishing a settlement with a vast generator at its centre, a precariously fuel-hungry device intended to provide some degree of warmth for your population as, at your command, they set about scavenging the land for supplies needed to expand their new home.
Following PC demo release last year. Updated on 13 January 2021
Fearless console adventurers can take their first tentative steps into developer Tarsier Studios deliciously sinister platform sequel Little Nightmares 2 today, courtesy of a new playable demo now available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Switch.
It s the same demo that launched on Steam and GOG at the tail-end of last year, and casts players as new protagonist Mono, who s accompanied throughout the adventure by Six - the pint-sized, yellow-raincoat-wearing protagonist of the original game, this time controlled by AI.
Little Nightmares 2 trades the squalid interiors of the first game s grimy Maw in favour of some airier - although no less oppressive - exterior locales situated in and around the Pale City. One of these is on display in the demo, with players able to take a tense trek through a fog-shrouded forest as Mono attempts to liberate Six from a shack belonging to the nefa