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Relic's taken a break from real-time strategy to make a turn-based hybrid of Advance Wars and cult classic Impossible Creatures—but it feels totally removed from the studio's legendary legacy

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Impossible
Role · Developer / Publisher
Active · 2024
Latest · Été
Top genres · adventure, indie
190 articles 109 writers 1 games
Advance Wars
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Advance Wars
Active · 2001–2023
Latest · Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Top genres · strategy, tbs, tactical
49 articles 43 writers 6 games
Creatures
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Creatures
Active · 2004
Latest · Creatures
Top genres · simulation
57 articles 46 writers 1 games
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