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This week, my daughter asked me to go with her to the Barbie movie. Honestly, I had no expectations and went to keep her company, but I loved it. The movie is not for everyone, I know. But I absolutely loved the humour and the storyline with an important message!
Anyway, here’s this week’s other news.
Wildmender Partners with the Rainforest Alliance
Upcoming desert survival game Wildmender has joined forces with the Rainforest Alliance to promote their shared goal: to empower gamers to be more aware of the environment, reduce their impact on nature and be more proactive in how they nurture the planet.
The Rainforest Alliance is an international non-profit organisation with over 35 years of experience in sustainability transformation and staff in 20+ countries. Their global alliance spans 58 countries and brings together farmers, forest communities, companies, governments, and millions of individuals. Their mission: to protect forests and biodiversity, take action on climate, promote the rights and improve the livelihoods of rural people.
Wildmender is to be released on Steam, PS5 and Xbox on September 28th. While Paula is reviewing the game, you can read more about it in our in-depth interview with Muse Games.
Sale Discounts Publisher Fellow Traveller
Indie narrative publisher Fellow Traveller today launched its Steam Publisher Sale, featuring a range of discounts across their catalogue of story-rich titles. From now until October 2nd, players can score up to 90% off a range of indie narrative games. These include such excellent games we reviewed on LadiesGamers:
- Beacon Pines 40% off
- The Stillness of the Wind 85% off
- No Longer Home 60% off
- Paradise Killer 60% off
These games are story-rich indeed: The Stillness of the Wind really made an everlasting impression on me.
Ooblets is Dancing onto Steam
Usually, it’s the other way around. Not for Ooblets, though. The game has been available on consoles for quite a while (my review on Switch is here), but now it’s also coming to Steam (Windows) on October 5th.
At the same time, the game is getting another content update at the start of October for Halloween (running through mid-November. It will revamp the yearly Halloween event; they used to already go all-out for that one! Townsfolk will have costumes now, Badgetown got a spooky makeover, brand-new event-limited ooblets and loads of new clothes, accessories, furniture and decor items.
History and Alternate History In Millennia
Together with C Prompt Games, Paradox Interactive ( the company behind Cities: Skylines) has announced a new 4x strategy game: Millennia.
In this game, coming to Steam in 2024, you can create your own nation, challenge your strategic skills and strive for new discoveries and experimentation. Navigate 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to the near future, as you tell the story of worlds that never were. You choose the course of development through Ages, where you set the path or adapt to a future of your rivals’ choosing. Select your nation’s attributes to match your strategic situation or play style, taking advantage of the resources around you to explore unique combinations of traits. Paradox promises us unmatched variety in Millennia.
You can read more about it on the Steam page.
Sales for Whitethorn Games
On September 27th, Whitethorn Games, publisher of inclusive, accessible, easy-going indie games, celebrates seven years of sharing amazing games from incredible indie developers.
As part of their birthday bash, from September 18 through October 8, you’ll be able to get some good deals for PC and Xbox on some of their games.
These include games like (discounted prices are based on Steam)
- Beasts of Marravilla Island 45% off
- Calico 50% off
- Evan’s Remains 56% off
- Re:Call 35% off
- Kana Quest 60% off
- Princess Farmer 55% off
- Teacup 45% off
Space for Sale
Imagine you are a cute little astronaut who recently bought a solar system. And now you want to build homes for eccentric alien clients on exotic planets? Heads up, because being a space realtor is a demanding profession!
Space for Sale follows the delightful journey of an intergalactic property developer on a mission to build hospitable dwellings, cosy lodgings and luxurious estates. Your list of alien clientele is ever-expanding, but so are their demands.
Explore the picturesque landscape on multiple procedurally generated planets. After all, the housing market is all about location, location, location. So venture out to discover the wonders scattered throughout your solar system, and more importantly, try to turn them into sweet profit. Word of warning: some of the local flora and fauna will not take kindly to outsiders. Don’t jump the gun just yet; with careful observation and collaborative experiments, you might win them over.
Space for Sale is developed by Mirage Game Studios in Karlstadt, Sweden and will be available for PC at an SRP of € 29.99 / $ 29.99 / £ 24.99.
That’s it for this week; thanks for reading!