December Rewards and its Holiday time! So we've restocked!

Posted By: GamerDating Team - December 19, 2022

GamerDating's December Rewards! It's the holiday season, a time for relaxation, spending time with loved ones, and gift-giving. For many of us, it's also a time to get back into our favorite hobbies, like gaming. This year, we've restocked and added some exciting new titles to our collection. Whether you're looking for the latest releases or classic hits, we have something for every gamer to enjo This month, we are offering even more games

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Frozen Flame – a Survival RPG that needs a little thawing out

Posted By: Elena Walker - December 12, 2022

Frozen Flame is a multiplayer survival fantasy RPG, in a world once governed by Dragons and is now in the aftermath of what appears to be a post-apocalyptic world. It was released in its Early Access form on the 25th of November by fresh-faced developers Dreamside Interactive. I’ll be honest – my first impression was that the game looked generic. The style was immediately reminiscent of the many aesthetic copycats of cartoony an

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November includes Core Keeper, Golf with your Friends and Moving with your subs

Posted By: GamerDating Team - November 01, 2022

GamerDating's November Rewards! It's November! Christmas is coming, games are flowing, and its time to plan your gifts! We aim to keep the subscription cost down, while we can offer indie games or popular titles so that you can game, whilst we find you a match. We offer games every month with our 2 and 4-month subscriptions. Our list of games is available to view, with updates each month. Subscription grants you the ability to read

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Fueled up a chaotic couch co-op reviewed

Posted By: Ryan - October 28, 2022

Space-borne chaos or a shiny re-tread of old ground? Couch co-op party games are a small, but still popular, genre. As evidenced by games like Overcooked and Moving Out, there’s a need for one-to-four-player games that rely on communication, a willingness to make mistakes, and an almost sadistic urge to test the strength of friendships. Make no mistake, much like its chaotic forebears, Fueled Up will also put your relationships to the

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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Closed Beta Preview

Posted By: Dan and Team - October 19, 2022

This weekend October 14th to 16th our team had the privilege to try Fatshark's closed BETA of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. We gathered together, jumped into Discord in varied group sizes and chugged through the delights of Darktide. You can play with any variation of your custom characters, a refreshing step away from Vermintide.   The Poundshop Paladin, WoodTier, Farske and Zahur gathered together to dip their toes i

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Games while you date! Imp of the Sun, Potioncraft, Spirit of the Island now available

Posted By: GamerDating Team - October 06, 2022

GamerDating's October Rewards! It's October, autumn is here, winter is coming and the new games are flowing! It's the time of year where curled up on the sofa, with hot chocolate and gaming all evening is ideal. We aim to keep the subscription cost down, while we can offer indie games or popular titles so that you can game, whilst we find you a match. Our list of games is available to view, with updates each month. We offer 2 or 4-

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Pokemon Killer Temtem? Ryan Reviews

Posted By: Ryan - September 26, 2022

TemTem - Pokemon killer? An indie, monster-taming MMO with PvP built into its foundation, and a full PvE story, was always going to be a sure bet for fans of the Pokémon franchise. Temtem goes out of its way to emphasise how much of its gameplay experience is focused around competitive play, so much so that it’s nigh impossible to escape, but, if PvP isn’t your thing, all is not lost! I’m not a huge fan of PvP in m

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Smooth Summer Update to make your experience better.

Posted By: GamerDating Team - August 22, 2022

Say hello to our summer fresh update!  In this update, we focused on some quality of life updates, better email interactions, improved performance and bugfixes. Our last big update was earlier this year when we updated messaging with the use of emojis, gif support, improved updates and optimisation. Now we have introduced a new notifications sidebar, improved email notifications and new anti spammer/bot measures to make your experie

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South of the Circle Preview

Posted By: Ryan - August 15, 2022

A narrative experience about the power of regret. Emotional, story-driven games like South of the Circle (SotC) are not, for better or worse, everyone’s cup of tea. Originally released in 2021 for Apple Arcade, it was developed by State of Play, published by 11 Bit Studios, and is a compelling story of ambition and love set around the Cold War. I played SotC on the Nintendo Switch to write this review and was pleasantly surprised by w

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Overcooked! Our sous-chef reviews a top coop.

Posted By: Will Smith-Parsons - August 01, 2022

Overcooked: All the fun of watching your kitchen burn down, none of the messy clean-up. Overcooked! is a top-down, high-pressure cook-em-up that pits aspiring chefs against the clock and a series of strange circumstances to prepare ingredients and cook dishes to the satisfaction of hungry customers. After each level, players receive a score and a number of stars based on how many orders were completed, how many were missed, and how many wer

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Tails of Iron, House Flipper, Foxhole and Overcooked! 2 added for August subscriptions

Posted By: Alex - July 29, 2022

GamerDating's August Rewards! It's August! The perfect time for some game dates, followed by nice walks in the evening. Our goal is to keep subscription at a low cost, offer unusual indie games or popular titles so that you can game, whilst we find you a match. Our list of games is available to view, with updates each month. We offer 2 or 4-month subscriptions which allow you to read and send messages to any user, your messages allow

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Gloomhaven, Kitaria Fables, Farm Together, and Tavern Master now available with subscription

Posted By: Alex - July 01, 2022

GamerDating's July Rewards! As we roll into July, the peak of the summer season, and we have new games for our subscriptions. Our mission is to keep subscription at a cost low, offer popular or unusual games so that you can start gaming whilst we find you a match! Our list of games is available to view, with updates each month. We offer 2 or 4-month subscriptions which allow you to read and send messages to any user, your messages all

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Wingspan, Cuphead, Children of Morta and Outriders available in our June subscription.

Posted By: Alex - June 02, 2022

GamerDating's June Rewards! It's June, new game time! Available for new subscriptions, we have limited stock, so first come, first served. Our goal is to keep subscription cost low, and always offer new games so you can find a match, start chatting and play a game with your date, preferably one of those new ones you've just got! Our full list of games is now available on our static page which we'll update each month. We offer 2 or 4-

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Games available in our packages

Posted By: GamerDating Team - June 01, 2022

Our gaming offers bundled in with our packages Check out our entire list of new games added and available. Our games we offer are separated between two options of subscription to GamerDating, a gold option and a silver option. Remember you can choose two silver games for the gold option instead of just one gold game if you'd prefer. Each month we add new games, restock and seek out the unusual games for those game dates and couples da

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10 Reasons to Date a Gamer

Posted By: Alex - April 13, 2022

10 Reasons to Date a Gamer There are many benefits to dating a gamer, be you a gamer yourself, or an open minded non-gamer who is looking to support their partner or perhaps even become a gamer. It is also not uncommon for couples with a gamer in the mix to convert the other and introduce them to what it’s like to date a gamer. We reached out and asked some of our successful couples to give a list of reasons why it is good to date a g

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April Rewards - Easter new games for your subscription!

Posted By: Alex - April 05, 2022

GamerDating's April Rewards! Spring Bunnies and Happy Hearts. It is the month of new love, relationships and the blossoming of true love. Love, date, game. Each week we add more new games that are available with your first subscription, and each month we update that selection. We keep our subscription cost low, and at the same time offer you games with your first month so you can play. So get gaming, get matching and find your ideal part

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March Rewards - It's spring and we have new games!

Posted By: Alex - March 09, 2022

GamerDating's Spring March Rewards! It's spring, everyones talking about Elden Ring, and it's time to give them a ring!. Sorry, I couldn't resist. The rhymes flowed, and I was on the road to overload .. and... and... and it's time to, just get on with this update so you can go on a Game Date. Each week we add more new games that are available with your first subscription, and each month we update that selection. We keep our subscription

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Valentines February Rewards - Latest games for you!

Posted By: Alex - February 16, 2022

  GamerDating's Valentines February Rewards!   Happy Valentines Day, and if you are here, maybe you have yet to reach out and connect with your potential special co-op gamer. Well reach out now! Each week we add more new games that are available with your subscription, and each month we update the selection. This month we've added a selection of new games, but also a selection of ideal co-op games or games to have

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Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall - Swing and a Miss

Posted By: Alex - February 16, 2022

Swing and a miss, but literally. Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall is a VR-exclusive action-adventure game. A game that I was super excited about, because who doesn't enjoy being a Stormcast Eternal! When the combat worked, it felt great, but the game didn't support that! I was super stoked for this, as a fan of all things Warhammer I leapt into the game with excitement, looking forward to playing a skilled Lord-Arcanum of

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Pupperazzi, cute game of dog photography

Posted By: Ryan - January 26, 2022

A wholesome, casual video game for lovers of dogs and photography everywhere. This review was written based on my experiences playing the Xbox Game Pass version on an Xbox One X. Pupperazzi has a simple premise: take pictures of adorable dogs. That’s it. There’s no overarching story, there’s barely any lore to speak of, and that’s okay. The world has been a dark place in the past few years and sometimes it’s ni

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Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 - Grim Dark Review

Posted By: Dan - January 26, 2019

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As a twenty year fan of the Warhammer 40k universe, It was with great pleasure and excitement that I was recently offered the chance to write a review on the upcoming release of Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2. Whilst I never had the pleasure of playing the tabletop version of Battlefleet Gothic, the upcoming PC game is, as expected set in the same rich, gritty dark and terrifying universe as the parent tabletop miniature wargame from which it evolved.
 

Starting with the tutorial I was immediately struck by the sense of vastness to the field of play. You have a warship (or several, later on). In the 'immediate' area (is there such a thing in the vastness of space?) there is some sort of gargantuan structure surrounding the area of battle. I'm not sure what it is, even with my familiarity with the setting, but it wasn't necessary; the vastness of this structure dwarfing your warship, a huge vessel in itself gives you a firm idea of just how big the Warhammer 40k universe is and illustrates just how small and insignificant human life is in this setting. I won't spend too much time talking about this, but it is an important and subtle point being made about the setting the game is in. Life is cheap, war is everywhere and worse than Hell.
 

The campaign medu is tastefully organised into trading card like sections.

The game starts as you might expect by teaching you the basic manoeuvres and actions that can be performed by one of your ships. The ships have 4 basic modes of movement which are – standard speed, 'burn retros' (shut off the engines), perform a sharp turn and full speed ahead. The functions here appear simple, but I could tell there was a strategic nuance to them which would become apparent through tactical planning and timing when commanding your ships, especially when under fire and time is against you to either destroy the enemy ship or get your own to safety.

You might imagine that a battlefield in space would be relatively devoid of features, and whilst it's fair to say that the battleground is a little more bare than traditional land based war games, there are still interesting terrain features present in game that are both helpful and harmful such as asteroid fields that can hide your ship from the enemy, but cause damage to the ship's hull as you fly through, and gas clouds that conceal your ships from the enemy unless they perform a scan of the area.
 


A common theme in many strategy games old and new, strategy points must be seized to control areas of space on some battle maps.

The first enemy ship came into sight and as expected of a tutorial was something of a pushover. Another thought that struck me, was the similarity in the pace of gameplay and the tactical style between this and naval combat in games such as Empire: Total War and Napoleon: Total War. Ships move relatively slowly to the player's eye by comparison to land based troops in most conventional strategy games, and to render an enemy ship defenceless or destroyed using a single ship can take quite a bit of time. From this, I could tell this was a game that would require some patience from its players in order to win battle as cleanly as possible and with the fewest casualties possible.

I was playing the second mission of the game for quite some time. As I mentioned, combat moves at quite a slow pace, yet somehow maintains tension throughout the engagement. On completion of this I was presented with a long and beautiful cut scene, and I realised that I had only just completed the prologue!
 

This little guy just told Admiral Spire he would take his skull this day. Admiral Spire - lol nub

I was starting to realise there was far more complexity to controlling the ships in battle than I had first thought, and that far more ships would be present in battle than I had anticipated. This was both exciting and daunting. The tutorial had given me a good basic knowledge of moving and fighting with various Imperial warships, but I was left in the dark as to the finer points of certain special abilities, and where it was appropriate to use them. Further, I wondered how much these abilities would influence the outcome of battles as when I had used them in the prologue they had not seemed to have had an effect worth writing home about. For all my doubts about my ability to command more than a few ships at a time to any great effect, I was excited at the prospect of seeing huge space battles unfolding before me and pressed on into the main part of the first campaign : The Imperium.

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 offers campaigns with the Imperium, Necrons and the Tyranids, and in Skirmish/Battle mode you can play anything right off the bat.

 


In space no-one can hear you scream

Leaping into the Imperium campaign the cut scene details a mighty invasion of the 'fortress world' Cadia. For those of you familiar with other games with the 40k setting, I will point out here that the storytelling does an excellent job of making the forces of Chaos seem terrifying without ever showing us a single daemon or suit of spiked power armour. There is a sense of the unknown about the invading navy, and the fact that nobody seems to know exactly what they're up to at any given time makes them seem so much more threatening than in other computer games set in the 40k universe(let's face it, Chaos have been the main antagonists in most of them). The scene follows a female commodore leading her 'small' fleet through the space just outside of Cadia. She launches what she soon comes to realise was a suicidal attack against the enemy forces. The ship's computer reads a damage report, the last part detailing that the crew has sustained an estimated 65,000 casualties across all decks. This drives home hard that the ships that appear small on screen are in fact enormous machines of war with screws equivalent to the population of a small city, and the lives of those aboard are like so many candles easily snuffed out with a few well-placed shells from the enemy vessels.
 

An enemy vessel detonates with cataclysmic forces The Phalanx rams it's gargantuan bulk home into it's black heart.

Whilst the defenders of Cadia struggle to stem the tide of Chaos pouring from the Eye of Terror (a portal to the 'Immaterium'; a Hell-like dimension where anything is possible, and the realm of daemons) the story shifts to the flagship of one Admiral Spire, an Imperial Navy commander who has been trapped in the Immaterium along with his crew for 800 years in pursuit of none other than the superhuman evil leading the invasion – Abaddon the Despoiler. As his ship emerges from this dimension he displays mild surprise that he is now almost a millennium out of his own time and resolves himself to continue his quest to destroy the 'Arch-Traitor' as though 800 years in Hell-Lite was a minor inconvenience. I liked him immediately.

Almost as soon as he exits the Immaterium Spire spots a small (by comparison, it's still a huge vessel) Chaos ship, the commander of which eagerly declares he will take Spire's Skull. Spire calmly identifies himself and his ship and says '...And today I will be your death.' probably whilst pouring himself a brandy or some 41st millennium equivalent. Upon the destruction of this impudent heretic three more Imperial ships join Spire's fledgling fleet and together they destroy several more patrolling Chaos cruisers securing the Belisar planetary system for the Imperium. Spire's crusade to cleanse Cadian space of the Chaos menace begins... (I can tell Dan was really getting into playing this game – Ed)

Upon completion of the first mission, I was taken to a turn based strategy map not dissimilar from that of Epic 40k : Final Liberation (for those of you who may remember it!) or a Total War title. I realised I'd just been introduced to an entire new layer of Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 that I hadn't even realised was present through the previous few hours of gameplay. From here you can manage the fleets you control, repair and upgrade ships and manage (and annex) other planetary systems. Your fleets have an upkeep per turn offset against planetary systems currently under your control. You can deploy minefields to defend systems, set up networks through which ships and resources move safely.
 

The Belisar system is liberated, and Admiral Spire's crusade begins.

There is a layer of complexity to the campaign map that will appeal to any connoisseur of grand strategy games. For me, the interface felt a little clunky. I can't quite put my finger on why. I found myself squinting at various values and options in the highly detailed menus wondering what I was supposed to be doing despite the numerous tutorial messages coming up at the right of the screen.
 

Experience is earned through combat, bringing an RPG element to the game.

Regarding bugs, the game even in beta is incredibly tight. There appear to be no noticeably hindering bugs during gameplay either in battle or in campaign. The only bug I noticed was the aforementioned save-game crash, but to be fair that's a biggy. In fairness, we were informed of a save-game bug in the beta notes (saving games with '!' in the file name will crash them) but considering how smooth and tight the game is overall I have no doubt that the developers will get that ironed out before release.
 

Fighters scramble to assault the enemy ship.

Hopefully the bugs won’t spoil too many new players experience.

The music was thematically appropriate. In particular when you hit the in game battle soundtrack. It's EPIC. Music, at least for me is a hugely important part of any computer game, be it a horror game, a strategy game or an action shooter.

As gamers, we all have memories of our favourite computer game soundtracks, from the police station main hall in Resident Evil 2, to the foreboding tune ('Destiny' by Jeff Van Dyk) that played before a battle in Medieval 2: Total War. Music is a critical part of any game aiming to be a masterpiece and Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 certainly steps up to the mark.
 

If you are a fan of the Warhammer 40k universe, a fan of the Battlefleet Gothic table top game, or a fan of grand strategy games, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is a must. If you're a fan of all three of these then to fail to buy it is a crime against the Imperium and you can expect a fleet of Inquisition warships knocking at the door! (Not really, just buy it if you love 40k, it's awesome.)

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