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The Verge
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Verge
Posted May 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM EDT 0 Comments
Build-a-Gunpla. This September, Bandai will open a Gundam museum in Japan, where you can not only watch staff members manufacture Gunpla kits inside its factory, but also create a plastic mini mech of your own, as spotted by IGN. You'll get to design the concept of your model, pick a color scheme, create plastic runners to house the individual parts, and even make the packaging. Time to buy a plane ticket to Japan!
Geek Tyrant
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
AUTONOMICA: The Indie Mech Game That Blew Past $500K After EA Scraps TITANFALL Project — GeekTyrant
In the fallout of EA's recent wave of layoffs and the cancellation of its new Titanfall extraction shooter, fans of mech-fueled mayhem were left with a mech-sized hole in their hearts. But while the big studios fumbled, an indie developer quietly launched something that's now capturing the attention of gamers worldwide. Enter Autonomica , a wildly ambitious open-world survival game from Crytivo. The team launched a Kickstarter campaign with a modest goal of $170,000, but after a viral X post that cheekily declared, "No new Titanfall? Fine. We built our own," it took just 24 hours for that campaign to skyrocket past $500,000. That now-viral post was accompanied by gameplay footage showing players hopping into various towering mechs—some with bunny ears, because of course they do. The Titanfall-style traversal instantly caught the eye of the community still grieving EA's decision, and the timing couldn't have been more perfect. But if you're expecting Autonomica to be a straight-up Titanfall clone, you're in for a surprise. The game's vibe is less 'gritty future war' and more 'solar-powered techno-utopia.' Crytivo describes it as an open-world survival game with farming, automation, and life-sim mechanics set in a cozy solarpunk world. It's got a slower pace, but a ton of depth. 'We're creating a world designed around harnessing clean energy, from cozy farms to solar-powered mega-factories. Every task, like watering crops, harvesting resources, or running production lines, can be done manually if you enjoy staying hands-on.' The devs added that automation kicks in when players want it, letting them streamline routine tasks and focus on exploring, building, and shaping the world: "Grow organic crops, manufacture synthetic products, and steadily expand your farming operation.' That farming operation can be anything from a quiet greenhouse to a sprawling mech-fueled factory. But that's just the start. Autonomica promises a buffet of gameplay options: relationship-building, over 100 crop types, mech traversal, ghost-hunting, dynamic weather, multiplayer, and even time travel. Alpha access is slated for September 2025, with a Beta to follow in 2026 and full release aiming for October of that year. If Crytivo can deliver on even half of what it's promising, Autonomica could be a really cool and fun game to play.
The Review Geek
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival (2025) Game Review – A challenging underwater roguelike
A challenging underwater roguelike Note: This is an add-on to the review previously published in 2024. I had the privilege of playing the early access edition of Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival when Retrostyle Games, the game's developer, invited me to delve into their latest game in the early summer of 2024. After loading up the game, I was quickly plunged into an underwater world where I was tasked with digging up resources on the bottom of the ocean floor. Piloting a spider-like mech, I traversed the pretty (but occasionally sparse) environments and entered caves where I could mine the materials that were needed to upgrade my initially fragile mechanical transport. It quickly became apparent that this was not a simple crafting game. If it were, I could have explored the ocean at my leisure, taking my time to explore every nook and cranny of the world RetroStyle had created. Unfortunately, my life in these underwater surroundings was not so simple. Spoiling my peace were endless hordes of sea monsters which attacked my mech in swarms. Needless to say, I died, many, many times, making very little progress as a consequence due to the harsh gameplay and frequent difficulty spikes. Fast forward to 2025, and the full version of this challenging roguelike game has been released. Did it kick my ass into underwater oblivion, as it did before? Well, yes! However, those who played Ocean Keeper in early access will be glad to know that it's a tad easier this time around. The game is essentially the same – you still need to explore various excavation sites and battle swarms of ocean creatures, both large and small – but your path to doing so is made easier by the enhanced tutorial and improved customisation screens that make improving the mech easier. These aren't the only changes made to the game. Previously, it was fun to play, but more than a little aimless due to the thin narrative that did little to explain the whys and wherefores of the adventure. But this time around, RetroStyle have incorporated a story that makes the game more meaningful. As such, you will have more reason to keep playing, as you'll feel like you're making progress towards an endgame with clearer objectives and a greater understanding of the mission you have been handed. The underwater world you explore is now more detailed, with added landmarks to minimise the chances of getting lost on the ocean floor. The game was already good looking and atmospheric, but with new lighting and colour grading, it's even more beautiful now, though you won't have a lot of time to gaze in awe at your surroundings due to the tense countdown situations where you're encouraged to complete your objectives quickly before the next swarm of enemies arrive. The enemy types are now more varied, with different attack patterns and new ways to defeat them. Thanks to the improved mech controls, it's easier to survive in the early stages of the game, though you'll still need to upgrade your vehicle to counter the harder enemy waves and boss battles as you progress. Thankfully, the improved UI means upgrading the mech is less fiddly than it was before, so you'll find it much easier to improve your craft's capabilities. These include new weapons, including a powerful Rail Gun that can pierce through multiple enemies (especially useful when overwhelmed), and new mining tools that make cave explorations that much simpler and faster, which is a godsend when up against the strict time limits. If you're after a challenging roguelike, then Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival comes highly recommended. The updated version of the game is only available on Steam at the time of writing, but RetroStyle plans to bring the new changes they have made to the console editions of the game at a later date. For more on Ocean Keeper, check out the gameplay trailer above and check out my original review of the game.
