Real-Time Resurgence: The Story of Shadow Tactics, Stealth Strategy, & Mimimi Games

 

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116.  “MOD IT UP: FORGE YOUR OWN PIRATE TALES WITH THE NEW ‘MODDING TOOL’!” - shadowgambit.com

117.  “Mimimi Games revived a genre, pushed it forward, and then shut down” - Polygon