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Dune: Awakening confirms air-to-air combat in ornithopters

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It’s almost spice time. Survival MMO Dune: Awakening launches on May 20, and we’re all sitting here not-so patiently in our stillsuits and wearing our nose-tubes until the day we wait to finally set foot on the sands of Arrakis.But let’s not worry about tromping around on the blistering hot sand dunes just yet. In a new blog post today, Funcom revealed more information about Dune: Awakening, and most of it had to do with flying, not walking. Specifically, ornithopters, those cool dragonfly-like helicopters.The first ‘thopter highlighted was the “strong and bulky carrier ornithopter,” which is used for carrying sandcrawlers…

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Here’s a roguelite dungeon crawler Steam reviewers call ‘a botanical Diablo’ and ‘like Cult of the Lamb’ except you manage a mystical garden

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There’s no reason a dungeon crawler needs to be dark and violent or even take place in a dungeon. Case in point: Grimoire Groves, a colorful and cozy roguelite that just launched on Steam.As a young witch named Primrose, explore a colorful forest instead of a gloomy dungeon, cast spells instead of swinging a sword, and grow magical plant creatures to restore your garden. I’ve been playing it a bit this morning and I’ve been having a blast. A gentle blast, that is: Grimoire Groves is pretty much non-violent.Rather than killing monsters, you head out into the forest to collect…

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