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The stealth strategy genre lost one of its great studios two years ago when Mimimi Games, developers of Shadow Tactics, Desperados 3, and Shadow Gambit decided, after that string of absolute bangers, to call it a day. In lieu of a new Shadow game from the masters, River End Games – a new group of industry veterans whose CVs cover everything from Unraveled 2 to Battlefield – have stepped into that void with Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream, and it makes a fairly good crack at scratching that itch.\n<\/p>\n

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The stealth strategy genre lost one of its great studios two years ago when Mimimi Games, developers of Shadow Tactics, Desperados 3, and Shadow Gambit decided, after that string of absolute bangers, to call it a day. In lieu of a new Shadow game from the masters, River End Games – a new group of industry veterans whose CVs cover everything from Unraveled 2 to Battlefield – have stepped into that void with Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream, and it makes a fairly good crack at scratching that itch. 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