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Celebrating 5 Years of OP Giveaways!

Opium Pulses Giveaways went into public Beta on 27th March 2016 and officially launched on 20th May 2016. This means that for over five years, members of Opium Pulses have been able to visit the site and enter new and exciting giveaways for games of all types, genres, and sizes - every day of the week!We wanted to share some incredible milestones and stats from the last five years that really puts into perspective what our giveaway platform has achieved since its introduction to our community.We recently passed the milestone of 10,000 individual giveaways. Just think of the man-hours!Between March 2016 and

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My Dream Review

Few words about the gameMyDream is a game based on an amazing idea of forming and exploring your world however you want to. You're able to create your own world or join any world created by other players and, well, build anything you want to. To be fair, there's still a long way to go before it will be finished and polished, but in the first 5 minutes of gameplay, you can clearly see the potential and how big this game might get in the near future.AdvantagesGameplay is smooth and visibly optimized even for lower machinesMusic and ambient sounds is well-madeGraphics

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OP Achievements Balancing

For over 5 years now Opium Pulses have allowed members to collect loyalty points in various ways, whether that be via cashback in the store, completing quests or by earning on-site achievements by completing certain tasks and milestones.After so many years and hundreds of thousands of registered users, we are left with a lot of data on how our members interact with the website and how they ultimately earn and spend their points.One thing we have noticed is that our most popular achievements are the less interactive ones (what we call our 'Idle Achievements'), such as years of membership or entering/winning

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Air Missions: HIND Review

Few words about the gameAir Missions: HIND is an amazing combat flight simulator, where you're being deployed into various battlefields to accomplish the commanded missions. I may have no experience with this kind of games as I played only one combat simulator before, but I easily recognize a good game when I play one and this is definitely one of those.AdvantagesGraphics are not breathtaking, but still very nicely done, and the models are pretty realisticBig variety of weapons to customize your helicopterDiversity of missions and surrounding makes it very interesting to play and quite hard to get bored withSounds are realistic

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Not for Broadcast Review

FMV has fell out of popularity in an era with more detailed and quality 3D models, and is only making a resurgence recently with the indie community. It's a medium that can better portray characters and create a connection between the player and the story, but the problem lies with player engagement because the gameplay relies on what scenes are recorded which limits player agency. One such FMV game is being developed by NotGames, it's called Not For BroadcastThe story starts as the player character (Alex) is deceived into taking his friends job as he moves out of the country, only

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Wordscapes Review (Mobile)

Wordscapes is a free word game from PeopleFun. If you want to test how broad your vocabulary is, this app will not disappoint. There are currently over 6,000 levels to unlock. It also allows you to learn new words and add them to your stock of knowledge. You will have fun playing while gaining the benefits of a sharper brain. If you find a level too hard to solve, you have the option to use Wordscapes Answers that you will find online.It’s free to playYou can download this game for free. If you are the type of player that does not

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Test Games and Earn Rewards with Game Tester!

We at Opium Pulses are proud to announce that we have partnered and are an official affiliate with Game Tester.GAMERSImagine a world where gamers get to test games, give feedback and contribute to making games better and better, and to top it off, get rewarded for their efforts. This is what Game Tester does, they bring gamers and game developers together to make the best, most epic games possible.You’ll collaborate with game developers, give them your valuable opinions and get to play the next generation of great games too. You’ll receive rewards and exclusive offers – and bragging rights!With Game Tester,

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Top 6 Social VR Apps to Hang Out With Friends

Can’t see your friends in person? Video chats and voice calls can offer the basic elements of communication, but maybe you want an experience that is more like being in the same room as your friends.If you have a VR headset, you should know that it can be used for more than just games. Social VR apps can be great for bringing people together. Some offer a virtual space where people can go to discuss ideas and there are others that offer features like social games and activities.Check out the following apps if you are looking to have a cool VR experience

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No Time To Explain Review

Few words about the gameNo Time To Explain is an amazingly fun platformer game, where you pass levels using the laser cannon or few other tools, fight alien crabs or mecha-pterodactyls or dance off a cake. After this kind of description of a game, I really have no clue what you're waiting for, there's no time to explain, it's just perfect!Advantages- Totally random and stupid humour - I love every bit of it- Ton of fun, non-repetitive levels to pass through- Collectives are everywhere, but it's challenging to get some of them- Music and voice acting are awesome- Local co-op- Game

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Tick Tock Isle Review

Few words about the gameTick Tock Isle is a short 2D puzzle adventure game made by an indie dev team, Squiddershins, that specializes in weirdly fun, small games, and they're definitely are keeping their formula in this one. You're taking over the role of a young guy named Strike and your goal is to basically repair both a clock in an abandoned clock tower and a strange, dysfunctional family. But there's a twist - you need to travel back in time to be able to do that.AdvantagesSimple controls, you're only going to use arrows and occasionally, enter to access inventory /

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