Tom Quirk
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Sometimes, after mowing down hordes of enemy goons and exploring massive fantasy worlds, you just want an experience where you can relax and listen to a good story. Developed by Toge Productions, Coffee Talk aims to provide that kind of slower-paced experience, placing you in the shoes of a barista...
Black Future '88
There’s a rule of thumb that suggests that popular culture exists in 30 year cycles. Now that 80s kids are all grown up and making our TV, films and video games, nostalgia for the 1980s is clearly in right now. If it isn’t clear in the title, Black Future ’88...
Few games have had as much to prove as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. After the particularly frigid reception to Star Wars Battlefront II’s monetisation model, publisher Electronic Arts needed to prove that it can produce Star Wars games that are simply good games, and not simply complicated schemes to...
While licensed tie-in video games to film franchises have a rough reputation, Ghostbusters: The Video Game in 2009 sought to be a worthy successor to the two live-action films. Featuring the voices and likenesses of the original cast and a story penned by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, it stayed...
GreedFall
French developer Spiders’ output can be compared to a chef trying to make a delicious five course meal with fast food ingredients; their ambition has always eclipsed their resources. Their desire to make AAA titles has been held back by the studio’s AA budgets. Their latest endeavour, Greedfall, is an...
Rad
Double Fine, creators of Grim Fandango and Psychonauts, have come out with their newest title, RAD. A suitably stylish roguelike set in the nuclear post-apocalypse, RAD certainly presents itself well. Players will have to venture out into the wastelands again and again, making incremental progress.
Metal Wolf Chaos XD
It is kind of amazing that it took this long for Metal Wolf Chaos to be officially released outside Japan. This game was originally made for the Xbox in 2004, but only released in its home country.
Do you like Dragon Quest, but always wanted to build all the towns yourself? Omega Force and Square-Enix decided to serve that particular niche in 2016 with the original Dragon Quest Builders, an open world RPG title in the Dragon Quest setting, which also took on elements of crafting games...
There are few crowdfunded games that have been as widely anticipated as Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Promising a return to the classic f the 2D Castlevania titles, primarily Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, the game amassed over $5 million on Kickstarter back in 2015, making it one of the...
Gato Roboto
The Metroidvania genre has given us many iconic lead protagonists. From Alucard in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, to Samus Aran from the Metroid series, to Juan from the Guacamelee games. Gato Roboto, developed by doinksoft, brings us our newest hero, Kiki the cat in futuristic power armour. This 2D...
Originally released back in 2012, Capcom’s open world fantasy RPG, Dragon’s Dogma, didn’t get much of a chance. Releasing near many other major releases, and making players buy it again for the Dark Arisen expansion, ensured that the game didn’t quite live up to Capcom’s initial sales expectations. However, it...
Xenon Racer
Update: We have been informed that a patch is on its way to address many issues we have found with the stability and quality of the game on Nintendo Switch. The patch is scheduled to arrive this month (April).
