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22 years since its original release in 2022, Aspyr has released a remaster of Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, the action game starring the iconic bounty hunter Jango Fett from Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Despite improved graphics and performance, as well as some welcome control scheme updates,...
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is a role-playing puzzle adventure game developed and published by Furniture and Mattress. The game is the studio’s very first title, and the team includes members who have previously worked on well-known releases like Braid, Celeste, Per Aspera, and Carto.
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus looks like a classic side-scrolling Metroidvania, and it is, except that description belies the game’s true focus. Realistically, this is a demanding, at-times brutal platformer with Metroidvania elements, set in a gorgeous world inspired by Japanese watercolour art. It has a beautiful art style...
Depictions of war in video games have always deserved more than the Call of Duty-style glamorising approach of making it look badass while asking you to bear no mind to the torture scene you instigated. We’ve come close in other titles: the Valiant Heart games show some of the emotion and...
A small but gorgeous alpine village in the Austrian Alps, Hinterberg is a bustling town full of tourists, influencers and adventurers, all trying to make names for themselves. That’s because the world is full of magic, and dungeons that have recently appeared are just begging for willing dungeon crawlers to...
Gaming competitions are often decided by a few seconds of gameplay. Even the slightest mistake wastes valuable time that gives an advantage to a competitor. Speedrunning is even more strict as only the fastest time counts. Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition takes that concept and applies it to their entire...
As the first new expansion after the final chapter of the Ascians, Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail had a tough act to follow. What stakes could Dawntrail possibly have compared to Endwalker, or even Shadowbringers before it? The trailer for the expansion seems to embrace this, billing itself as a well-deserved...
When a talking, clothed, toddler-sized frog was the first to greet me in the town of Grat in Magical Delicacy, I knew I was in for a wholesomely spooky adventure! Magical Delicacy is a fun combination of cooking, magic and platforming mechanics that sees you play as Flora, a young...
Flock
From the creative minds at Hollow Ponds, the studio behind titles like I Am Dead and Wilmot’s Warehouse, comes Flock, an imaginative co-op game that invites players to sore a colourful world of interesting creatures. Published by Annapurna Interactive, Flock aims to captivate with its enchanting visuals, engaging mechanics, and...
Being a fan of the RPG series The Legend of Heroes, no matter your stage of fandom, is a weird, special little thing. You feel like you’re in your own little silo at times. Despite the fact the series has been kicking on for 35 years now, it has never quite...
Anger Foot
Anger Foot is the latest from Terra Nil developer Free Lives and hit indie publisher Devolver Digital. Controlling a sneakerhead with a series of his most trusted pairs of shoes robbed from him by various gangs, you must engage in a quest for revenge, kicking shooting and blasting your way...
If there is one way I can describe Rolling Hills: Make Sushi, Make Friends by Catch & Release, it would be “if Diner Dash has a story mode”. In this cosy restaurant sim, you play as Sushi Bot, a cute robot with dreams of becoming a renowned sushi chef and...
