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Apotheon makes us all barbarians
A beautiful place meant to be destroyed.
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Playlist: The Metroidvania goes to Ancient Greece
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. APOTHEON (PC) BY ALIENTRAP Apotheon uses the geometric constraints of a Greek sculpture to explore the limits of beauty and glory. It’s beautiful, sensuous, and deadly, which isn’t surprisi
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Axiom Verge is a five-year labor of love
Like an alien bursting out of Sony’s chest.
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Here is a metroidvania that lets you explore the gnarled passageways of adolescence
Occasionally as gross as it seems.
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Heart Forth, Alicia is a gorgeous RPG seven years in the making
Videogames are hardly wanting for another Metroidvania – that exploration-heavy, upgrade-focused branch of the RPG tree. But Heart Forth, Alicia is a particularly tempting fruit. The game lays its cards on the table with a $60 tier that delivers a boxed copy of the game and manual designed “in the s
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The Sun at Night casts new light on the Soviet Union
What can the space dog Laika tell us about history and current events?