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Monster Crown is the next-generation of retro monster catching out now

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2021

Monster Crown takes the idea of the older Pokemon games and blends in some fancy new ideas, along with a darker story to make a game that will suit fans of monster catching games nicely.

Card-collecting action RPG with tile-based combat Hero.EXE plans Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2021

Blending together what seems like quite a few genres Hero.EXE caught my attention recently from Mystery Egg Games and publisher Top Hat.

This upcoming indie game is basically My Little Pony meets Pokemon and I want it

By Liam Dawe, 31 Aug 2021

I don't know how we missed this but Battle Gem Ponies from Yotes Games only has a few days left on Kickstarter, it's fully funded and it's pretty much My Little Pony styled creatures in a Pokemon style RPG.

Pokémon for adults? Monster Crown to release in full on October 12

By Liam Dawe, 6 Aug 2021

The monster taming and battling game Monster Crown is set to leave Early Access on October 12. This follows their Kickstarter campaign in 2018 and then little over a year in Early Access.

An interview with the developer of TRBot for running your own Twitch Plays like event

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jul 2021

Heard of Twitch Plays or anything like it? Well, you can run your own thanks to the likes of TRBot so we spoke to the developer to find out more.

Catch over 1,200 creatures in Siralim Ultimate out now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 13 Mar 2021

It might not be the prettiest around but the Siralim series is quite popular because of the incredible depth and the latest Siralim Ultimate is now in Early Access.

Monster taming and farming mix in Ova Magica is up on Kickstarter and already funded

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jan 2021

Ova Magica, a blending of casual farming in the spirit of Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon blended with monster taming and battling like something out of Pokemon is now live on Kickstarter.

Explore, hatch monsters and train in Monster Sanctuary out now

By Liam Dawe, 9 Dec 2020

Monster Sanctuary from Moi Rai Games and Team17 has now left Early Access as a finished game, along with a bunch of extra content in the 1.0 update.

Farming and creature battler Ova Magica gains an impressive new tech demo

By Liam Dawe, 2 Oct 2020

A little farming, a little egg hatching and perhaps a battle or two? That's on the cards today with Ova Magic, which has a fresh tech demo available to try.

Check out some open world gameplay from the upcoming Cassette Beasts

By Liam Dawe, 28 Sep 2020

Cassette Beasts is the in-development title from Bytten Studio (previously Lenna's Inception), which is an open-world monster capture / transformation RPG inspired by Pokemon Fusion.

Glitchy kingdom action-adventure RPG Lenna's Inception has a big post-release update

By Liam Dawe, 5 Sep 2020

Lenna's Inception, the wonderful top-down Zelda-like action-adventure that takes place in a world that's glitching away has a big first post-release upgrade.

Dark monster taming game Monster Crown gets a major upgrade with online trading

By Liam Dawe, 1 Sep 2020

After early success on Steam, retro Pokemon inspired creature capture / taming game Monster Crown has its first major update available now and it sounds exciting.

Ova Magica looks like the next great life sim with a creature-taming twist

By Liam Dawe, 28 Aug 2020

Top Hat Studios along with ClaudiaTheDev have shown off a bit more of Ova Magica, what I think could turn into the next great big casual life-sim type of game.

The weekend round-up: tell us what play button you've been clicking recently

By Liam Dawe, 8 Aug 2020

What's that? It's the weekend? It can't be already can it? Yes. It's time for the weekend chat about what we've been playing and what you've been playing.

Monster Crown has a new adult take on Pokemon and it's now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jul 2020

With a darker tone, a setting aimed at adults and creatures that might give a few pixelated nightmares, Monster Crown has entered Early Access as a new breed in the genre of monster catching.

Ova Magica blends Harvest Moon, Stardew Valley and Pokemon in the tech demo

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jul 2020

Currently available as a tech demo with the developer needing feedback, Ova Magica looks like a promising start of a new casual sim blending lots of different gameplay features.

Monster Crown enters Early Access July 31 playable at Steam Game Festival

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jun 2020

Studio Aurum and SOEDESCO have announced that the dark monster taming game inspired by Pokemon, Monster Crown, will be launching in Early Access on July 31.

Siralim Ultimate, the monster catching RPG is now funded

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jun 2020

Siralim Ultimate, a monster catching game with over one thousand creatures to collect has managed to be a huge success on Kickstarter and so it's on the way to Linux.