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This type of climbing is not a teller-that is, there is a lot of contrast in the field of mountain climbing games, from the Sims that mechanically moves to survival experiences, but it tends to share the same hypothesis: access to peak. You are miles away from civilization, with no limited vehicles and backgrounds of the equipment, and directly in front of you, there is a mountain. rise.

All you have is your body and mental stability against the overwhelming physical challenge, and your step -by -step journey is the story. There is a clear symbolism of these games, as it provides a cliff aspect as the physical appearance of impossibility, despair, persecution or fear, as well as a message on the surface level about the lack of surrender and try again and comment in general there. Cat Poster feelings, but a constantly relevant and influential lesson.

Today, though – especially after spending time playing cairn and Child steps Explanation offers, and watch summit Streams-I want to focus on the other half of the climbing game equation. The part in which you fall again and again. Your fist slips, do not bow your leg in this way, drain your energy, and your body retreats to the bottom of the mountain, rises from the rocks and collides with the trees, leaving you bloody, broken and the return of the right as it has started. Or, at least, stain with clay.

You know to appreciate these moments. In mountain climbing games, the fall tends to generate the strongest reaction of the players, whether it is an immediate laugh (summit) Or dark frustration (cairn), And this is a great quality. It is easy to say that the fall is more important than climbing, because without the leafy bed than the emotion resulting from the constant threat of slipping, retreating and restarting, reaching the peak will not feel that it is special at all. There is a context in the fall, however, there is a fragment of peace.

When you spend all your time climbing, it is easy to forget that falling is actually the most natural things you can do. The next time you are on your way down, try to make peace with autumn.

Well-we have moved from motivational cat stickers to the worship of the new era, so I will reach this point. There are a noticeable number of mountain games in The Zeitgeist at the present time and I just wanted to scream because they are all incredible in their own ways.

cairn It is a climbing simulation, endurance test and the game of staying in a great package, with music by immediate Poisoned composer, French artist GildaAnd Martin Stege Andersen, who made the soundtrack for Controland Forgetting forgetfulness and inside. Climb anywhere completely, manage your inventory by shaking your bag, vibrio of your wounds, food feed and sleeping under the stars. cairn It comes from immediate Studio The Game Bakers is scheduled to go out on November 5 for PlayStation 5 and Steam; The illustration is available on both platforms now.

Child steps It is a different type of mountain division game, and one can argue that it does not belong to the same category as something like something cairnBut I think you will find it. Child steps He is committed to the applicable hypothesis of the climbing type – Access to peak – It features a remote mountain top as the main road point for NATE, and he is a lonely man in a gray game. Nate is basically a tense child who learns how The appropriate amount From Farhan and mechanical plots. Child steps It was published by Devolver Digital, heading to the PC and PS5 on September 23, a date It was recently pushed To avoid curse Faris Faris: Silksong. (More on that below).

summit It is the thing that all the wonderful children play this summer, and as a dull hip that does not prefer individual games and familiar FPSES, I can bear witness that it is exciting to see it and seems to be a lot of fun to play. summit It is a game of climbing cooperation with simple 3D models and mountains that represent a deceptive challenge to the summit, each with four vital matches. The map is updated every day, so there is a continuous flow of fresh climbing content, and the nearby voice chat works exceptionally well. I love players in particular to live as small ghosts after their death. summit It comes from the Indie Studio Team Peak team Steam for $ 8.

And why not, I will shout some of the modern favorites, but not in modern, preferred on the mountains based on the mountains: Jusantand Celesteand GIRP and a trip All are very amazing.

Enjoy climb – and fall.

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News

A selection of Indie and AA games that I look forward to Silksong

Child steps It is the latest game to change the date of its release in order to get out of its way Faris Faris: SilksongAnd it is It comes out on September 4. The Cherry team dropped the date of release in a trailer on August 21 and since then, At least eight independent studios They are late their own games to avoid Silksong window. It is nice to see Silksong I wish you the day of the sun, but personally, I am more interested in playing Child steps Completely.

However, here is a sample of Indie and AA games that I expect is not SilksongIn any specific order and immediately before my head:

It is clear, Child steps (September 23, 2025) and cairn (November 5, 2025).

Date skating.

Electronic arts revive the ski series after 15 years, and (a very youthful designer) skating. It is prepared for early arrival on September 16 via PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC. New skating. It is a conversion to the series: It is a free, internet and open experience with fine transactions (but nothing in the profitable world, according to EA). Early access version will also be free, of course.

The most terrifying part of Silent Hill and His awareness of mental health may be

You will find this alongside Refort Ille Squiem and Raghbata In the comprehensive AAA game menu that I look forward to more than others, and inspect the head of the Engadget UK Mat Smith from Gamescom makes me more disturbing. Silent Hill and It is located in a remote village in the sixties of the last century in Japan and a student stars called Hinako. Here is a little Mat’s Take after two hours for two hours, which included facing scarecrow and Marionette attacks:

The latest Silent Hill still has a jump, as you expect a horror chain, but the preparation systems and games focus more on tension, putting both Hinako and the player under constant coercion. The typical health scale joins the scale of reason and even your weapons have limited durability, so you are forced to choose your battles.

… the entire experiment is mired in the air, with the support of this new reasoning system – is there anything 2025 more than the mental health scale? The constant feeling of isolation (“Where is everyone?”) And made questions that were not answered by the illustration of the game.

Silent Hill and It is scheduled to go out on PS5, PC and Xbox Series X/S on September 25, 2025.

Overwatch 2 Stadium Get’s is the largest Udpate ever!

Remember when I said I liked the familiar FPSES game? Overwatch 2 It is a type of pressure. With Season 18, Blizzard changes how the hero’s progress is offered, with the addition of colors encrypted and upper champion boundaries to the selection of letters. The goal is to clarify the extent of your skill with any specific personality, as well as sharing this information with teammates and enemies in a way that will not be able to hunt during the ban. Progression 2.0 developer notes hereIf you are interested. Season 18 also brings Support the keyboard and mouse for key devicesBut these players will be thrown into the pool to reconcile the computer, and support for Hero Wuyang water.

Overwatch 2 Season 18 went directly today, August 26. My colleague and colleagues Overwatch 2 Player Chris Hoult monitored terrible copies of the welcome screen in the new season, captured for future generations below:

Parsons House leaves Bunji

Bungie’s leader has long left the studio and the fate society was happier. The Parsons House took a lot of heat for the meaningless shooting state (and the size of its car group), but it is likely to be the theft of the entire art, its release, and an unspecified delay. Marathon He led to his departure. New CEO Justin Truman, who ran at some point Fate 2 Recently, the company’s “main development officials” had been cut off to restore fans.

Additional reading

• Kris Holt’s Indie Roundup game

• The PlayStation President says that the company is now “more strict and more frequent” after the failure of Concorde – IGN.

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