My impressions from Steam Next Fest (June 2022)

22 Jun 202222 Jun 2022

Another Steam Next Fest featuring lots of game demos has come and gone. I tried to narrow down my selection this time, but ended up with too many games yet…

Steam Next Fest (Feb 2022) – Part 2

7 Mar 2022

I wasn't sure I would find the time and enough demos to have a part 2, but here you go! I actually did manage to play through almost all demos…

Steam Next Fest (Feb 2022)

25 Feb 202226 Feb 2022

It's time for another Steam Next Fest! This means that you can currently find a lot of demos for upcoming games on Steam. The event runs from February 21 to…

Steam Next Festival (Oct 2021): More demos

12 Oct 2021

After my last post about Gremlins Inc. - Card Game, I tried out a few more demos: Tavern Master, Inscryption, Who's Lila? and House Flipper City. Tavern Master This is…

Steam Next Festival (Oct 2021): Gremlins Inc. – Card Game

3 Oct 2021

Limited play time means that I need to be much pickier about which games I'm going to give a try during this week's Steam Next Festival. It started on October…

Goodbye, Atlas Rogues?

7 Sep 2021

I do not have much hope left for Atlas Rogues. And even though there's been a lot of criticism about the new take on the Atlas Reactor IP (no PvP,…

Steam Game Festival (February ’21) – Part 2

8 Feb 2021

The second part has a few more visual novels/point and click games than the first one. But there are other genres as well! As is usual for me, these are…

Steam Game Festival (February ’21) – Part 1

6 Feb 20216 Feb 2021

I have been able to play through six of the 17 game demos that I've chosen and decided to share my thoughts about them with you. I will try to…

Steam Game Festival: Feb 3 to Feb 9

4 Feb 2021

It is time for yet another Steam Game Festival - running from February 3 (so yes, it is already live!) to February 9. Participating (indie) developers are letting you play…

The first days with Atlas Rogues

21 Nov 2020

Atlas Rogues came into Early Access on November 18. Since then, I have played several matches with the four starting freelancers and my current conclusion is that I would not…

Steam Game Festival: Simulation Games

12 Oct 2020

As I mentioned in my previous post, some of the demos I tried there were already simulation games, but they were also listed as strategy games. There is sometimes a…

Steam Game Festival: Strategy Games

11 Oct 202011 Oct 2020

As I said, I went and looked at the strategy and simulation demos of Steam's Game Festival. This post now is about the strategy games I found interesting at first…

Steam Game Festival: Demo marathon Part 2

28 Jun 202029 Jun 2020

This is part 2 about the demos from the Steam Game Festival. I already wrote about the ones that didn't make it onto my wishlist, so let's switch to the…

Atlas Reactor Giveaway: Grey’s Citadel Skin, Loot Matrices and more beta codes!

17 Aug 201629 Jun 2020

(Update August 22, 9 pm local time: This giveaway is closed. All winners will get their codes via email, so you won't have to do anything. Just wait a bit...)…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (Mai 2016)

14 May 201614 May 2016

When reading through the Steam community hub of Funatics's game "Valhalla Hills", I saw a post by a player saying that Funatics was recently acquired by InnoGames. The post is…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (April 2016)

17 Apr 201617 Apr 2016

Fragmented, the "little brother" of The Repopulation will officially arrive in Steam Early Access soon, on April 26. If you already own The Repopulation, you will get Fragmented for free…

Atlas Reactor Alpha returns on March 31

28 Mar 2016

Yes, that's right! We will finally be able to play Atlas Reactor again come March 31. According to Trion, this is the last alpha test and the game will go…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (28. February 2016)

28 Feb 2016

Fragmented, the game that the developers of "The Repopulation" are working on as a basis for the engine-switch of Repopulation, is entering closed testing soon. You can sign up and…

Atlas Reactor: First Impressions Review

20 Feb 201623 Aug 2019

Atlas Reactor is currently in alpha and they are currently holding their "alpha sneak peek" event until February 24. Since there is no NDA for this event, I can write…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (February 2016)

16 Feb 201616 Feb 2016

Welcome to Bookahneer’s Geekwatch! This is the place where we take a look at all those little pieces of gaming news that have attracted our interest and talk about what's…

Sunken – First Impressions Review

31 Jan 201623 Aug 2019

In general, I really despise permadeath in games and stay away from games where I am forced to play with this feature. With my playtime being limited due to my…

The future of The Repopulation

31 Jan 20161 May 2023

Rather exciting news appeared while I was sleeping: The Repopulation will come back*! The developers (Above and Beyond Technologies) decided to leave the Hero Engine behind and port the game…

Wildstar “open” beta started

24 Sep 2015

Wildstar will go free to play in 5 days! And maybe you're sitting there, in front of your PC, wondering: Is Wildstar for me? Will it suit my gaming needs?…

Wildstar: loyalty and cosmic points – Blaugust Day 22

19 Aug 2015

I saw Missy's post about Wildstar yesterday and was a bit surprised when I saw the table she had added about loyalty rewards. One of my concerns about Wildstar's switch…

Wildstar Free-to-play beta (Blaugust Day 12)

11 Aug 201511 Aug 2015

This is exciting! Wildstar's Free-to-play closed beta has officially started and since I am currently subscribed to the game, I get to participate. Now, excuse me while I'm still wearing…

Trove will launch on July 9

4 Jun 20154 Jun 2015

Every player probably knows at least one of those games who seemingly stay in open beta for an eternity. Some wondered whether Trove will be one of those games. However,…

Trove: Open Beta and Unlimited Use Access Key

1 Nov 20143 Nov 2014

First things first, if you want to get into Trove, you can do so right now! Avarem just posted an unlimited access key on the forum: 9YR7-HRM7-LYXE-NZQM-QT7R Other than that,…

Two beta keys for Trove – Giveaway!

21 Oct 201423 Oct 2014

UPDATE: The Giveaway is now closed. Winners will be chosen and contacted in a bit! Congratulations, The Mystical Mesmer and Donald McLeod Jr! I don't even remember how many alpha…

Trove: Second Impressions Review

17 Oct 201412 Jul 2015

Update (July 12, 2015): This post is outdated! Go here to read the latest impressions piece about Trove! Back in alpha, I already wrote about my first impressions. Now that…

Wildstar: First Impressions

17 Mar 2014

Carbine Studios lifted the NDA for Wildstar some days ago, so I can finally share my impressions about this game. This also includes screenshots with watermarks, so this is what…