You are the Guardian Spirit of this realm and you have been tasked with raising elf heroes by the Fairy Queen. Your realm is in grave danger, the Dark Lord and their minions are attacking the countryside, your elves might be the only creatures who can save this land.

Yolk Heroes: A Long Tamago combines classic Tamagochi-style gameplay, where you raise and care for creatures at a slow relaxing pace, with RPG elements where you send your hero out on quests to test their strength. As you adventure with your hero, you will encounter new quests, equipment, areas, bosses, NPCs and consumables.

Falling in battle repeatedly or not caring for your hero’s needs properly means that your little elf will perish. However, fear not – as the Fairy Queen can always give you a new elf egg to raise! You can’t save a realm without breaking a few eggs, after all.

Elves, in their egg form, must be defended from the weather and other creatures. Once the egg cracks open, a cute baby elf pops out! As a Guardian Spirit, your next step will be to raise your baby to become a fully-fledged hero.

Yolk Heroes plays like a classic Tamagotchi or more recent idle game. Once your hero is doing an activity, you can sit back and relax. Have the hero defeat monsters on your second screen or in your pocket. Your hero will notify you when they need your help on what to do next.

Even heroes need their rest (and bathroom breaks). Take good care of your elf before (and after) every adventure. Train their strength, dexterity, or intelligence – make them rest or put them in a bath. Keep them entertained and keep them fed. Take the game at your own pace and only venture out into the world when you (and your elf) are ready.

Excited to raise your elves and protect the realm from evil? Wishlist Yolk Heroes: A Long Tamago on Steam now.

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The trailer is a tease for potential players ahead of Brown Dust 2’s Global Early Access Test on January 10th. Anyone can take part in the Global Early Access Test that will run from Tuesday, January 10th through January 17th. The Brown Dust 2 client can be accessed and downloaded from the Google Play Store.

I’m not the biggest fan of mobile games but I will say I’m cautiously optimistic about Brown Dust 2. The designs of the characters are interesting, the levels seem imaginative and the puzzles seem engaging. Only time will tell though. Check out the official site to learn more about this upcoming RPG and decide if you want to jump into this adventure.

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Monopoly Tycoon is a free-to-play city-building game for Android and iOS. Far from the family ending their relationships around the dinner table, this game seems to take the franchise in a new direction. A single-player experience, Monopoly Tycoon features 3 maps (Atlantic City, Paris and London). The player, armed with their start-up capital, must wisely invest and grow their wealth. Rather than the more static development available in other editions of Monopoly, in this game, players can freely build hundreds of different, unique buildings and decorations. It seems the game will feel quite different from the board game adaptation, because you can place buildings freely throughout the city. So, if you like city-builders like SimCity or City Mania, this might just scratch that itch for you.

This isn’t the development team’s first adaptation of a popular franchise to mobile. For instance, Nvizzio Creations launched RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch in 2017, and reviews of that title are excellent. Also, way back in 2001, they launched the original Monopoly Tycoon. All that said, it seems like this project is in good hands.

Key Features of Monopoly Tycoon

Straight from the horse’s mouth, here’s what the developers claim Monopoly Tycoon will feature at launch;

• Discover over a thousand buildings and decorations to collect, build and upgrade
• Compete to acquire properties in the Auction House
• Fulfill the needs from your houses and hotels to maximize rents
• Complete missions to progress and get rewards
• Draw Community Chest and Chance cards to boost your performance
• Pass Go everyday to increase daily rewards
• Resolve City Problems, by playing fun mini-games
• Unlock three famous MONOPOLY board locations: Atlantic City, Paris and London.
• Become the wealthiest real estate tycoon ever!

Additionally, Nvizzio are working closely with Hasbro – the game board giant who owns the original tabletop game. That lends credibility to the game but, above all, we’re hoping it means this title will feel like a proper adaptation, not just a city-builder with the Monopoly branding slapped on.

All in all, we at GamEir can’t wait to get stuck in and see how it feels. Players can download the game for free via iOS and Android, and follow the latest news for MONOPOLY TYCOON via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram!

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Goblin, Orcs and Elves oh my!

The once-thriving village of Whitestone is under siege by the Twilight Empire. This is an evil organization whose ranks include nefarious goblins, savage orcs, and cunning elves. Not a fun bunch. The only opposition is the brave wizards, warriors, and rogues. These heroes are drawn to the city in the hopes of honour, glory, and loot.

Rally an adventuring group from more than 60 heroes. Then advance in each adventure through a tabletop-game like arena. Roll dice to move across the board and trigger different scenarios, like engaging turn-based combat. Create a balanced party by equipping unique dice to every character then upgrading their dice, skills and items to create an unstoppable team.

Traversing the board offers more than just combat options. Players will encounter tiles with NPC conversations to progress the story, tiles to complete quests or gain new ones, and chest tiles that offer up epic loot and equippable gear. The Blacksmith can arm heroes with better tools while the Greedy Goblin will steal the items needed to fight the Twilight Empire.

Players can face numerous challenges in RPG Dice: Heroes of Whitestone

Face the ultimate challenge: other people! PVP battles offer great rewards and a ranked progression system with online leaderboards. Form a guild to slay the deadly Swine Chief through the teamwork of many warriors. When the guild is strong enough, raid the Ziggurat, an endgame dungeon featuring the deadliest enemies in the game, and the most epic loot.

Potential saviours of Whitestone can prepare for their adventure by pre-registering on the App Store and Google Play. This will help the community unlock a variety of valuable rewards. This loot includes the Uncommon Rank 2 Combat Die, Rare Rank 3 Rogue Gloves, Rare Rank 3 Warrior Weapon Nightsteel Mace and the Verdant Doublet, an Epic Rank 4 Caster Chest Armour. With enough pre-registrations leading up to launch, warriors can earn the Orc Warrior Hero Thokrug.

“We loved the worlds we adventured through in tabletop RPGs growing up, said Dave Rosen, CEO, WIMO Games. RPG Dice: Heroes of Whitestone, is our love letter to those games and we’re excited for players to experience that letter on iOS and Android.”

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In a time where monsters freely roam the land in large numbers, the relatively new role of ‘witcher’ has become essential across the Continent. That’s right folks you are a newly inducted witcher! Yay, you’re an orphan or an unwanted child!

In The Witcher: Monster Slayer, players will see the world around them transformed into the dark-fantasy realm known from The Witcher universe. As a freshly trained witcher themselves, they will engage with location-based gameplay and advanced augmented reality features to track down and hunt bloodthirsty monsters lurking nearby.

Users can now pre-register on Google Play in order to start their journey on the Path the moment the game launches. By pre-registering, players will receive the Kaer Morhen Steel Sword. This weapon will be added to their inventory immediately when they begin their adventure. This will allow players to receive 10% more Experience Points in-game with every monster they kill. Which is a pretty nifty bonus.

If I’m being honest though. This is a bittersweet reveal. The idea of a player becoming a freshly trained witcher is great. I would have prefered it not to be a mobile game, especially an augmented reality game at that. After all how much fun would it be to forge your own witcher. Players would actually get to experience the trials.

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Inked tells a beautiful story of love and hope. Through the immersive world created by pen on paper, players will solve puzzles to help the protagonist on a journey to search for his lost love. The game features nine visually stunning chapters that include numerous puzzles and original soundtracks that is guaranteed to offer a unique gaming experience for up to four hours.

About Inked:

Inked is a tale of love and redemption told in ink and paper. In this story-driven puzzle game, the players will play as the Nameless Hero who sets out on a journey in a vast and beautiful landscape filled with puzzles for them to solve. Each puzzle takes the players closer to their lost love, unravelling a story that’s heart-warming and enchanting.

Game Highlights:

• Uniquely hand-drawn gameplay and character design
• Rich storyline that reveals itself as you play along
• Numerous intriguing puzzles
• Mesmerizing soundtrack

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Gwent’s Journey progression system has 100 levels for you to rank through. Each one contains a reward. Work your way through special weekly quests and play through all the different game modes. The standard, seasonal and draft modes will all earn you progress towards unlocking some sweet rewards. This season is set to last three months and is themed around Yennefer of Vengerberg. That’ll give Geralt something to play for.

All players of Gwent can avail of the base tier of Journey for free. As with all seasons, you can pay for the premium pass to get access to the full list of rewards. Getting the premium pass nets you the legendary neutra leader skin for Yennefer. 

Gwent: The Witcher Card Game is available for free on PC via GOG.COM and Steam, as well as on Android and iOS. 

If you’re a fan let us know in the comments below. Which is your favourite deck? Who is your favourite character? We’ll be sure and let you know ours.

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In-game Tales of series crossover with Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space

In the crossover with the Tales of series, to celebrate its 25th anniversary on December 15th, characters will be featured from the four titles, Tales of Phantasia, Tales of Vesperia, Tales of Xillia, and Tales of Berseria, and will be released along with the crossover content on December 17th.

The crossover content can be played at any time, and is not time-limited. After clearing the quest in Symphony “Tails of Time and the Brave Four: Tales of Chronographia,” players will obtain Tales of characters Cress, Yuri, Milla, and Velvet.

After completion, players can strengthen the four characters and upgrade them to their 5-star classes by playing the extra contents called the “Trial of Spirits.” In addition to the four playable characters, Tales of characters such as Mint, Arche, Repede, Rowen, and Magilou will appear in the crossover quest.

Original opening animation and theme song

Planned campaigns and events for Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space

• Must have cleared Chapter 13 of the main story
• Must be updated to Ver. 2.5.400 or above

Chronos Stone Sale Information

• A limited time 2000 Chronos Stone package
• A limited time 4000 Chronos Stone package
• Duration: December 17, 2020 3:00 (UTC) – December 24, 2020 14:59 (UTC)*
• The 2000 Chronos Stone package can be purchased twice, and the 4000 Chronos Stone package can be purchased once.*

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2020-11-26

Replica is an interactive novel from Somi. You may recognise it  – it’s been around since 2016 – but it just recently came to Nintendo Switch. Also, I never got a chance to play it on any other platform, so this review is with fresh eyes. Fabulous. Let’s get right to it!

What’s Replica all about, then?

I’m glad you asked! Replica is a game that puts you in the shoes of a political prisoner. You have been handed the phone of another inmate, and told that you must find evidence of criminal activity by hacking into this phone and reporting back to your captors. The whole thing takes place on a phone screen – it’s a little reminiscent of Unfriended or Searching in form if you’ve seen those.

When I say “hacking”, perhaps you’re thinking of Keanu Reeves slamming raw code into a black & green terminal. No, Replica is more like real lifehacking. It’s mainly in the form of guessing passwords – finding birthdays, special dates, significant phases etc. Over the course of the game’s admittedly short story, you’ll learn bits and pieces of the life of the phone’s owner. Read texts, trawl through photo metadata, and scroll through this guy’s social media account. Yes, it feels as weird as it sounds. In a good way, however.

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Authoritarian Surveillance State Nightmare Never Read so Awkwardly

Replica feels pretty good. Other than the pixel art aesthetic, it really does replicate (haha) the experience of using a phone. It truly makes you feel a little icky and invasive reading through this dude’s texts from his mum. That said, the writing left an awful lot to be desired. There’s no real subtlety to any of it.

The agent from Homeland Security is less O’Brien from Nineteen Eighty-Four and more Big Bad Government Guy from South Park. Very little in the game is irrelevant or just for flavour. A little disappointing considering Somi is a South Korean developer – just across the border from the most famous surveillance state on the planet.

That may have something to do with the length. You’ll finish Replica in maybe half an hour if you take your time. HowLongToBeat puts a completionist playthrough – all endings – at 3.5 hours, but I think that’s quite generous. Most of that time will be repeating content, too.

The Old Switcheroo

I have to say, I was a little disappointed that Somi didn’t take advantage of the Switch as a platform. There’s no portrait mode – which is weird, as the main play space is explicitly portrait – and you can’t realistically play with touch controls. Touch is an option, it’s unfortunately just implemented very poorly. Also, as a port, it feels rushed, which is sad because this kind of game would be perfect for the Switch’s unique form factor and touchscreen.

All that said, Replica is the price of a pint. It’s pretty unique, standing in the auspicious company of games like Paper’s, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn. If you’re looking for a short game to keep you occupied on a train ride, it’s perfect.

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From launch, Brawlhalla will allow mobile players to fully customise their touch screen control schemes and use controllers, letting them achieve precise combos in real-time combat.

Choosing from 50 unique Legends and counting, like the newest Legend Jaeyun, players can jump into online and offline modes, including over 10 game modes for up to 8 players.

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Brawlhalla where all legends are welcome

In addition to these Legends, players can also play as Epic Crossovers, including Finn and Jake from Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time and aliens such as Diamondhead, Four Arms and Heatblast from Cartoon Network’s Ben 10 (exciting).

It’s great to see that Brawlhalla is drawing on other sources for warriors in their arena. I wonder who else they’ll bring in as the game continues to grow. Hopefully, now that Brawlhalla is everywhere the devs will focus on making it that everyone wants to play.

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