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Critter Café
Lately, there have been a handful of cozy games moving past the farming sim and leaning towards hospitality and the food service industry. One of those games is Critter Café by Sumo Digital. In this indie title, not only do you get to run your own café, but you’ll also...
Spirit Mancer
Spirit Mancer is a co-op hack-and-slash action game with a monster-summoning twist. The game gets a decent amount of mileage from its unique mechanics, buoyed by some varied enemy designs and an interesting fusion of action game and Pokémon-style monster-collection gameplay. Unfortunately, the fairly solid combat system is marred by...
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl had a tough development cycle, marked by financial challenges, multiple suspensions, and a global crisis that shook its very foundations. Originally announced in 2010, the game faced setbacks from company dissolutions and massive layoffs to the devastating impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. After...
Tetris Forever
Tetris Forever is a love letter to the cultural phenomenon. Developed by Digital Eclipse as part of their Gold Master Series, this experience delves into the game’s rich history, its creation by Alexey Pajitnov, and its journey from the Soviet Union to becoming a global icon. At first glance, the...
Sorry We’re Closed is the debut venture from á la mode games. It is a survival horror game infused with dreamy bubblegum pop vibes as you’re introduced to a colourful cast of characters amidst a world that is filled with people, angels and demons in disguise in modern London. It’s yet...
The marketing for Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake spoils a lot of its story. This is the third Dragon Quest game, and it’s only revealed well into the second half that – spoilers – this is a prequel to Dragon Quest 1, something most trailers for this remake state outright....
LEGO is venturing outside of large-scale iconic movie franchises and tackling a video game of a different kind with LEGO Horizon Adventures. Taking the bold, open-world narrative of iconic hero Aloy trying to figure out who she is and where she came from, the game offers a family-friendly take on...
Running your own farm sounds calm and idyllic but is actually a lot of work. Farming Simulator 25 gives you a good look at what farming entails and the work that goes into creating our food. While not the most intense activity, your future hangs on the success of your...
Farmagia
We’ve seen a lot of new half-farming sim, half-something-else games in recent years. Rune Factory is one of the original examples, and a few years ago I had the pleasure of reviewing Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin a game that was half farming sim and half side-scrolling beat ‘em up....
The Metal Slug franchise has largely been dead in recent years except for the occasional spin-off title or remake. The last mainline entry in the Metal Slug series was in 2008 on the Nintendo DS. Need I say more? When you’ve already conquered the run-and-gun genre with little evolution since then, where...
Slitterhead
Video games these days often have an insecurity where they have to insist on their maturity and seriousness. I love my hard-hitting narrative ventures as much as the next person, but when you consider that this is a medium that started with some of the simplest experiences, you start to...
With all of the charm of a Saturday morning cartoon and a set of RPG-lite mechanics perfect for novice adventurers, Mario & Luigi: Brothership confidently sets sail across smooth waters. Supported by an RPG legacy that is beloved by many if a little undervalued, this title proves to be a...
