Epic Games Store free game: “Midnight Ghost Hunt”

Epic Games Store‘s new freebie of the week is Vaulted Sky Games and Coffee Stain Publishing‘s ghost hunting multiplayer game Midnight Ghost Hunt.

Midnight Ghost Hunt has an amazing premise: either one plays as a ghosthunter or ghost in order to eliminate the other group. So anyone who wanted to know what it’s like to be a Ghostbuster or what it feels like to be chased by one can experience it now, even if it’s only in 4v4 multiplayer.

Probably the most interesting abilities can be found with the ghosts, as they can take the forms of various objects as well as imitate the ghosthunters. Of course the human side has all sorts of gadgets to have the upper hand, including a spectrophone, spectral cannon, etc.. All in all the title looks and sounds amazing, setting it apart from other multiplayer shooters for sure.

The game can now be added to the Epic Games Store account for free until tomorrow, June 8, 2023, at 5:00 PM.

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Game release: “Hello Goodboy” (PC, Nintendo Switch)

Rolling Glory Jam and Freedom Games‘s afterlife adventure game Hello Goodboy is a heartwarming and personal fairy tale for everyone.

Games dealing with death are often bleak, given the subject matter, but here one is given more hope, as one plays young boy Iko who has lost his memories of why he ended up in the afterlife. Together with Coco, a dog that is strangely familiar to him, he explores the world beyond and doesn’t only try to unravel his mystery, but helps other people along the way.

While I’m not a dog person, I find the idea of filling up a Goodboy-o-meter by rubbing the dog’s belly or keeping him happy with toys quite endearing. But of course it’s the stories people tell that might be the most memorable, especially as one only has a limited amount of time to spend and bond with them, resulting in different tasks to do and ultimately multiple endings.

The game is out now on PC and Nintendo Switch with a 20% launch discount that lasts until tomorrow, June 8, 2022, at 1 PM UTC. The soundtrack can also be bought separately with the same discount.

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Buy the soundtrack for PC on
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Steam

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the Nintendo eShop

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GOG release: “Alekon”

The Alekon Company’s photograph adventure Alekon invites GOG customers to take some creative snapshots.

Alekon‘s inspirations from Pokémon Snap are clear to see with the main premise of taking photos of creatures in different poses while being on an on-rails like safari through different realms. However, here the creatures are called fictions and can be befriended in various quests and mini-games, too.

Incorporating ideas not only from photography, but art and music, these quests and mini-games are quite varied, while additional puzzles that require certain tools, including donuts and fireflies, seem to be creative, too. So it doesn’t come as a surprise that one throws parties or tells ghosts stories at a campfire to win over fictions that represent concepts like Rainy Day Magic.

Alekon was originally released in June 2021 and is now available DRM-free on GOG with a 75% launch discount that lasts until June 8, 2023, at 1 PM UTC. There’s also a pack which includes the soundtrack as well.

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Game release: “STASIS: BONE TOTEM” (PC)

THE BROTHERHOOD‘s sci-fi adventure game STASIS: BONE TOTEM takes players into the unknown horror of the Pacific Ocean.

It’s no secret that the company’s previous games STASIS (see the review), freebie CAYNE (see the “CAYNE” chat review with Later Levels blog) or BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION (see the game release news) were amazing in their presentation for such a small team, and the newest title continues the tradition of point-and-click puzzle solving with some scary body horror storytelling.

One plays as three characters (husband and wife duo Mac and Charlie, together with Super-Toy Moses) and explores a derelict oil rig in the Pacific Ocean where something sinister awaits thanks to the Cayne Corporation who likes to keep secrets in a similar way as the Umbrella Corporation in Resident Evil. Working together as a team seems to be the only option not only to solve various puzzles, but to get out alive again.

The game is out now on PC with a 20% launch discount that lasts until tomorrow, June 7, 2023, at 5 PM UTC. There’s also a SUPPORTERS PACK which includes the soundtrack, a game guide, an artbook, and a wallpaper pack. GOG customers can count themselves lucky because they receive the pack for free if they purchase the game until that date.

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GOG
Steam

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GOG (after June 7)
Steam

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GOG release: “Batora: Lost Haven”

Stormind Games and Team17‘s sci-fi action-RPG Batora: Lost Heaven has many DRM-free decisions to make on GOG.

Batora: Lost Haven might at first glance be very similar to other hack-and-slash games, but its duality system has a big influence on combat, story, and puzzles. One plays as young Avril who has lost her whole family and traverses alien planets in order to restore her lost haven, whatever that might entail. One thing is for certain: each of her decisions can change the course of her as well as other people’s history.

The duality system is not only reflected in conversations, but also in combat, as one wields the powers of Sun and Moon, corresponding to mind and body. So special abilities and combat styles add to variety in levels that are described as puzzlescapes, which wins the prize of name of the week.

Batora: Lost Haven was originally released in October 2022 and is now available DRM-free on GOG with a 40% launch discount that lasts until June 7, 2023, at 1 PM UTC. There’s also a deluxe edition which includes the soundtrack and digital artbook.

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