{"id":1639960,"date":"2026-07-20T22:51:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nWVs595g6H823xLcAN7msP"},"modified":"2026-07-20T22:51:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:51:46","slug":"theres-a-dinosaur-soulslike-launching-on-steam-this-week-where-youre-a-spinosaurus-swinging-a-greatsword-with-your-mouth-who-just-might-be-able-to-parry-the-meteor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/theres-a-dinosaur-soulslike-launching-on-steam-this-week-where-youre-a-spinosaurus-swinging-a-greatsword-with-your-mouth-who-just-might-be-able-to-parry-the-meteor\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s a dinosaur soulslike launching on Steam this week where you&#8217;re a spinosaurus swinging a greatsword with your mouth who just might be able to parry the meteor"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>It&#8217;s taken centuries of human advancement, but soulslikes and demanding third-person action games have finally reached a level of cultural proliferation where we as a society can ask the all important question: What if the dinosaurs could have simply parried the meteor?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the tantalizing possibility suggested by Dinoblade, a probably paleontologically accurate soulslike launching <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3440070\/Dinoblade\/\" target=\"_blank\">on Steam<\/a> later this week that portrays dinosaurs just as the fossil record tells us they lived: As big lizards getting into sick as hell swordfights by swinging around weapons they&#8217;re holding in their teeth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ncZbS1DfY2A\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Step into the role of a young Spinosaurus, wielding a colossal Great Sword forged from ancient power,&#8221; says developer Team Spino in Dinoblade&#8217;s store description. &#8220;Confront rival dinosaurs, some armed with brutal weapons of their own, all in a desperate fight to prevent a looming extinction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The latest Dinoblade trailer is like a highlight reel of all the coolest things we would have daydreamed about as dinosaur-obsessed youths before society taught us how to be ashamed of imagination: There are tyrannosaurs with battleaxes. There are tyrannosaurs with halberds. There are tyrannosaurs biting down onto ankylosaurs to use <em>them <\/em>as weapons. Meanwhile, the spinosaurus player character is unleashing some of the wildest combat animations anyone has ever caused a spinosaur animation rig to perform.<\/p>\n<p>And, as alluded to earlier, the trailer ends with that heroic spinosaurus seemingly preparing to enter a boss battle with the very meteor that wiped out all of dinosaur-kind.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ZEHEq8ti5eri2qii3XaQ3X\" name=\"ss_dd831b124cdb96ec91b600768fd96b0697bffc73.1920x1080\" alt=\"The player spinosaurus enters a combat stance as another weapon-wielding dinosaur approaches in Dinoblade.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/theres-a-dinosaur-soulslike-launching-on-steam-this-week-where-youre-a-spinosaurus-swinging-a-greatsword-with-your-mouth-who-just-might-be-able-to-parry-the-meteor.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline expandable\"><a href='https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/theres-a-dinosaur-soulslike-launching-on-steam-this-week-where-youre-a-spinosaurus-swinging-a-greatsword-with-your-mouth-who-just-might-be-able-to-parry-the-meteor.jpg' target='_blank' class='expand-button icon-expand-image icon' ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Team Spino LLC,\u00a0Boltray Games)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately, dinosaurs didn&#8217;t know about i-frames. But that might change! And I&#8217;m clearly not the only one eager to see how it might: Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/3440070\/view\/670621050832163469?l=english\" target=\"_blank\">Team Spino announced<\/a> that Dinoblade has amassed over 500,000 wishlists on Steam. And frankly, I&#8217;d be concerned for us all if it hadn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Dinoblade launches <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3440070\/Dinoblade\/\" target=\"_blank\">on Steam<\/a> on July 23, but there&#8217;s a demo available now if you can&#8217;t bring yourself to wait.<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height: 250px;\">\n<div class=\"kwizly-quiz kwizly-W0Rm7X\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/kwizly.com\/embed\/W0Rm7X.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"7aee3ee2-8480-11f1-88a2-f911f30b91f5\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/theres-a-dinosaur-soulslike-launching-on-steam-this-week-where-youre-a-spinosaurus-swinging-a-greatsword-with-your-mouth-who-just-might-be-able-to-parry-the-meteor-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"7aee3ee2-8480-11f1-88a2-f911f30b91f5\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/theres-a-dinosaur-soulslike-launching-on-steam-this-week-where-youre-a-spinosaurus-swinging-a-greatsword-with-your-mouth-who-just-might-be-able-to-parry-the-meteor\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s taken centuries of human advancement, but soulslikes and demanding third-person action games have finally reached a level of cultural proliferation where we as a society can ask the all important question: What if the dinosaurs could have simply parried the meteor? 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