The respite comes to an end, of course, propelling the duo on a journey across the French countryside, through rat-infested tunnels, and across the rooftops of plague-ridden slums. Set shortly after A Plague Tale: Innocence, Requiem finds protagonist Amicia and her younger brother Hugo during a brief reprieve from the Macula, the sinister plague that gives Hugo vicious powers, but is also eating him from the inside. And despite the pedigree of the above examples, I have encountered few “escort” stories as stunning as that of A Plague Tale: Requiem. Whether it be a man escorting his proxy daughter through an apocalyptic America, a father guiding his son through the trials of mythical Armageddon, or a government agent sent to retrieve the president’s daughter from a remote Spanish village, this is a medium obsessed with those who have been deemed guardians. Video games have an endless fascination with protectors. Ben KucheraĪmong Us is available via Game Pass on Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The thought of all those hidden gems, just waiting to be given a second chance, is comforting in a time when so many people are finding it hard to continue to be creative, or have hope at all.Īmong Us helped show us that relief may come from unexpected places, and the game has been keeping players occupied, and laughing, ever since it took off in the summer of 2020. In this case, it was found and rescued from relative obscurity, and there’s even a free-to-play iOS and Android version that can connect with PC players if you want to get a crew together. There’s something amazing about the idea that there are so many games out there, so many titles across so many platforms, that the near-perfect game for every situation seems to already exist. How the imposter tries to get away with it, and talk their way out of it when emergency meetings are called, is half the fun. It’s basically a goofy take on The Thing, but weaponized as a social game with multiple levels of strategy. You can play with up to 10 players, running around each level trying to finish tasks while an imposter (or several) tries to kill everyone else without being found out. Among Us was originally released in 2018, but it took the events of 2020 to make it a phenomenon. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. It is also in development for the Xbox Series X|S, however, there is no release date yet for the Xbox version.Ī life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. It will also launch for the PlayStation 5 on September 6. This is enough to make the game the ninth highest number of concurrent players in the history of Steam.īaldur's Gate 3 released on PC via Steam and GOG on August 3. The CRPG on Sunday reached a new peak having topped 800,000 concurrent players with a peak of 814,666, according to SteamDB. Larian Studios' Baldur's Gate 3 on Friday had surpassed 500,000 concurrent players, which made it the 12th game ever on Steam to reach 500,000 concurrent players. By William D'Angelo, posted on 07 August 2023 / 1,792 Views
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