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\nThere are over 70 free demos of indie games available on the Xbox store right now. Here\u2019s the full list. Published on By There are over 70 free demos of indie games available on the Xbox store right now. Here\u2019s the full list. When Geoff Keighley promised us a Summer Game Fest, he really meant the whole damn summer, didn\u2019t he? This thing just keeps going on and on. Honestly, if we never had to see or hear from Geoff ever again, we would be very happy. But there are nice things coming out of the Summer Game Fest, at least. Like this. Presently, Xbox is having an [email protected] demo event, where 73 weird and quirky indie games all have free demos available to play. These aren\u2019t all polished demos from already-released games, though. This is your opportunity to get in on the ground floor with some games that are still in development. That means you might run into some bugs and issues, but also, you get to discover brand new stuff while it\u2019s still in development. You get to be like a games journalist, but you don\u2019t have to work horrifically long hours for next to no money! There are some real gems in the list, too. Some big names jump out, like the Destroy All Humans! remake, but you should take this opportunity to chance your arm on some things you may not have heard of. We heartily recommend Cake Bash, Cris Tales, Curved Space, Haven, Road to Guangdong, Swim Out, and of course, the mighty Tiny Hawk\u2019s Pro Skater Skatebird. Here\u2019s every game included in the [email protected] summer game demo event: The event is on now and runs through until July 27, 2020. So go fill your boots, play some demos of games you wouldn\u2019t normally consider, and most of all, have fun. (And if you see Geoff Keighley in the street, throw something at him.) Found it interesting, entertaining, useful, or informative? Maybe it even saved you some money. That’s great to hear! Sadly, independent publishing is struggling worse than ever, and Thumbsticks is no exception. So please, if you can afford to, consider supporting us via Patreon or buying us a coffee. Tom is an itinerant freelance technology writer who found a home as an Editor with Thumbsticks. Powered by coffee, RPGs, and local co-op. Torchlight II is free on the Epic Games Store A modern classic is free to play on Xbox One this weekend Four classic Double Fine adventures ported to macOS Catalina, free for a limited time The Sims 4 is free to play on Xbox One this weekend Cellular Harvest is a biological horror take on Pok\u00e9mon Snap PlayStation Plus gets three excellent games in July 2020 Alba: A Wildlife Adventure will come to PC, consoles and Apple Devices later in 2020. Published on By Alba: A Wildlife Adventure will come to PC, consoles and Apple Devices later in 2020. Do you know what we could all use right now? A lovely bit of time spent outside, on a beautiful Mediterranean island, getting back to nature. But that\u2019s obviously not a good idea at this precise moment in time, in spite of everything reopening. (No, we don\u2019t think those cheap flights to the Balearic Islands are a good idea. Just because something is open doesn\u2019t mean you have to go.) One alternative is to use video games to get that escape. There\u2019s the wonderful Animal Crossing: New Horizons, of course, but that can be a bit of a chore. There\u2019s always the danger that turns into The Wolf of Wall Street over turnip prices. A beautiful new island adventure, then, a tale of getting back to nature and reconnecting with wildlife could be exactly what the doctor ordered. Enter Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, a dreamy new title from the developer of Monument Valley and Assemble With Care. Alba is a little girl with a big heart! \u2600\ufe0f Experience a magical Mediterranean Summer filled with friendship, family and nature. ???? Alba: a Wildlife Adventure is coming to PC, consoles & Apple Devices. More info:https:\/\/t.co\/8JsbWYlp2g#SummerGameFest #DayoftheDevs #AlbaGame pic.twitter.com\/skx1p6G0Ms Alba: a Wildlife Adventure (@WildlifeAlba) July 20, 2020 Here are the limited details we have about Alba thus far: \u201cAlba: a Wildlife Adventure is a new tale from the creators of Monument Valley and Assemble with Care. When Alba visits her grandparents on a Mediterranean island, she is ready for a peaceful summer of wildlife exploration with her friend Ines. But when she sees an animal in danger, she realises she needs to do something about it!\u201d Beautiful island environments? Check. Chill outdoorsy gameplay? Check. Positive interactions with animals? Check. It ticks all the cosy little boxes. Expect to see Alba: A Wildlife Adventure on PC, consoles and Apple devices in Winter 2020. Found it interesting, entertaining, useful, or informative? Maybe it even saved you some money. That’s great to hear! Sadly, independent publishing is struggling worse than ever, and Thumbsticks is no exception. So please, if you can afford to, consider supporting us via Patreon or buying us a coffee. This week\u2019s crop of Xbox One deals includes games from Warner Bros, some classic RPGs, and some indie gems. Published on By This week\u2019s crop of Xbox One video discounts includes games from Warner Bros, plus some classic RPGs and indie gems. The enhanced editions of Baldur\u2019s Gate and Baldur\u2019s Gate II are our picks from this week\u2019s new Xbox One Choose Your Quest sale. The console editions \u2013 released in late 2019 \u2013 include a host of improvements, but it\u2019s that classic gameplay that ensures both games still hold up after 20 years. A more recent highlight is Dead Mage\u2019s fantastic Roguelike RPG, Children Of Morta. The WB Games publisher sale is chockful of Batman and Lego games, but our highlights are Hitman and Hitman 2. A half-price discount for Mortal Kombat 11 is also welcome. This week\u2019s Deals with Gold lineup includes both Forza Horizon 4 and Forza Motorsport 7. Plus, there are deals on a couple of top-notch strategy games in the shape of Frostpunk: Console Edition and Sid Meier\u2019s Civilization VI. Finally, our Spotlight sale highlights are Shantae and the Pirate\u2019s Curse and Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, two excellent adventure platformers from WayForward. All four sales run through to July 27 on the Xbox digital games store and Microsoft online store. Here are some more Thumbsticks picks. For regular updates on the latest video game savings, visit our sales page. Bookmark our new releases section for the latest PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch games. Finally, why not follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Found it interesting, entertaining, useful, or informative? Maybe it even saved you some money. That’s great to hear! Sadly, independent publishing is struggling worse than ever, and Thumbsticks is no exception. So please, if you can afford to, consider supporting us via Patreon or buying us a coffee. Almost a year after terrorising the village, Untitled Goose Game is back with some physical editions and an eco-friendly vinyl soundtrack. Published on By Almost a year after terrorising the village, Untitled Goose Game is back with some physical editions and an eco-friendly vinyl soundtrack. We rather liked Untitled Goose Game. That\u2019s not an especially unique opinion, of course. Almost everyone liked Untitled Goose Game. But whereas most people\u2019s reading of it was that the goose was horrible and was terrorising the village because it was a jerk, we prefer to think of it that the goose was terrorising the village because, as villages in England so often are, the village is full of gammon-faced Tories and Brexit voters. They deserve it. (And the goose is a socialist. It\u2019s canon.) Now, almost a year on, the world faces a different threat. Well, it\u2019s the same threat \u2013 idiot conservatives and right-wingers \u2013 but right now the idiots are refusing to wear masks when they go in Tesco. So, in our time of need, the goose is back. Like Batman \u2013 except, you know, not a violent, privately-funded cop \u2013 the goose is the hero we need, but not necessarily the hero we deserve. Specifically, the goose is back with physical editions of Untitled Goose Game on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. We\u2019re not sure exactly how that helps with the global pandemic, but it does, alright? Let us have this one. The Untitled Goose Game physical release is being handled by Skybound Games, the games publishing arm of The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman\u2019s production company. In addition to the boxed version of the game \u2013 which is always a lovely thing for an indie release in this day and age \u2013 you\u2019ll also receive some extra bits and bobs in the box: But there\u2019s more. If that\u2019s not unique enough for you, iam8bit is producing a limited \u201cLovely Edition\u201d of Untitled Goose Game for PS4 and Nintendo Switch which, in addition to a unique reversible cover, will be made of primarily recyclable materials, including biodegradable shrinkwrap. The boutique merchandise company will also produce a limited edition Untitled Goose Game vinyl soundtrack, featuring Dan Golding\u2019s charming adaptation of Debussy\u2019s Preludes. That, too, will be as environmentally friendly as possible, including a sleeve made from recycled card and the record itself made from recycled vinyl. It\u2019s very green. In that it\u2019s eco friendly, but also, the vinyl might be green. It might be other colours. Why? It\u2019s random based on the LPs your edition was recycled from, which makes each one pretty unique. Socialist, eco-warrior, and puts a smile on your face. See? The hero we need, but not necessarily the hero we deserve. Found it interesting, entertaining, useful, or informative? Maybe it even saved you some money. That’s great to hear! Sadly, independent publishing is struggling worse than ever, and Thumbsticks is no exception. So please, if you can afford to, consider supporting us via Patreon or buying us a coffee. Today\u2019s Nintendo Direct Mini included updates on a small selection of upcoming Switch titles. Published on By Today\u2019s Nintendo Direct Mini included updates on a small selection of upcoming Switch titles. I think it\u2019s fair to say that gaming\u2019s Summer of Geoff has been a little disappointing. We\u2019ve certainly seen some great reveals from Sony, and some half-decent presentations from CD Projekt Red, Ubisoft, and EA. Some of the indie showcases have also been entertaining. We\u2019re also excited for Microsoft to unveil its Xbox Series X lineup later this week. Surprised as we are to admit it, we miss the chaos of E3, and the compression of every announcement into one hype-fuelled week. We\u2019ve also missed Nintendo. Following a couple of Pok\u00e9mon Directs and Treehouse event, the company today released a new Nintendo Direct Mini focused on games from third-party partners. There\u2019s not too much to get excited about, but some news is better than no news, right? Nintendo has confirmed that more Nintendo Direct Mini videos will be released later this year. We\u2019re also yet to hear anything about the company\u2019s first-party fall lineup, which is rumoured to include a collection of Super Mario HD remasters. In the meantime, you can read about this week\u2019s new Nintendo Switch releases right here. Follow Thumbsticks on Facebook, Google News, Twitter, and Flipboard. Found it interesting, entertaining, useful, or informative? Maybe it even saved you some money. That’s great to hear! Sadly, independent publishing is struggling worse than ever, and Thumbsticks is no exception. So please, if you can afford to, consider supporting us via Patreon or buying us a coffee. Reverse horror game Carrion and the return of Turok are the highlights from this week\u2019s lineup of Xbox One releases. Published on By The return of Turok and reverse horror game Carrion are the highlights from this week\u2019s lineup of new Xbox One releases. We\u2019ve been keeping an eye on Carrion\u2018s since we first saw the game at the 2018 PC Gaming Show. But, perhaps, Carrion has been keeping an eye on us. This clever reverse horror from Phobia Game Studio casts players as a tentacled creature that must stalk and kill its captors to escape from a mysterious facility. Static images of the game\u2019s pixel-art visuals belie the fact that it looks horribly good in motion. It\u2019s sublimely animated, visceral, and violent. We can\u2019t wait. If your only memory of the Turok franchise is from its Nintendo 64 heyday, you\u2019re in for a surprise. Turok: Escape from Lost Valley is a bright and breezy isometric action-adventure with a cute, hand-drawn art style. It received a mixed reception on PC last year, but we can see it being more enjoyable played from the couch on the big screen. Finally, Creaks is the long-awaited new puzzle adventure from Amanita Design, creators of the legendary Machinarium and Samorost. The game is best left unspoiled, but we\u2019re pleased to see the studio\u2019s visual flair is undimmed. Other new games include Rainswept, Tannenberg, and Rock of Ages 3: Make and Break. Each new release can be purchased from the Xbox One digital games store or the Microsoft online store. Carrion is also one of the new titles coming to Xbox Game Pass this month. Bookmark the Thumbsticks new releases page for the latest games. You can also follow us on social media via Flipboard, Facebook, Google News, and Twitter. Found it interesting, entertaining, useful, or informative? Maybe it even saved you some money. That’s great to hear! Sadly, independent publishing is struggling worse than ever, and Thumbsticks is no exception. So please, if you can afford to, consider supporting us via Patreon or buying us a coffee. 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