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Hauntii
Hauntii is an adorable and rather unique little game where you play as a ghost exploring the afterlife and regaining your memories in order to ascend. Centered around a quirky object possession mechanic making virtually every enemy and object an element of experimentation, the game’s gorgeous presentation makes it effortlessly...
I play video games for a lot of different reasons. Often it is to unwind from a long and stressful work day. Sometimes it’s a creative outlet or space to talk with my friends. Once in a blue moon, a game is so emotionally heavy and cathartic, it changes my...
There’s a reason Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Nintendo Switch doesn’t come with a fancy remix title like Redux or Deluxe. Rather than completely remaking this GameCube classic, Nintendo has improved upon it with a deft touch, making this release the definitive way to play the game; you’ll never...
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is one of the most striking and inventive puzzle games I’ve ever played, an eccentric, stylish mystery box full of riddles, supernatural characters, and a devilishly cool art style. Incredibly tactile and intentionally vague in its confusing but intriguing narrative, it’s an experience that refuses...
Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER is the long-awaited sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories – originally scheduled for release in 2020, and now finally hitting the virtual shelves. Billed as a “Psy-Fi” Adventure, you play as a psychic agent who can dive into peoples’ memories with the help of a bio-engineered...
Five teams of characters and five trips across multiple worlds. It sounds like a great adventure with several possibilities, enticing you to return and re-experience the story to see different endings. Jumping across worlds and carrying over your experience allows SaGa Emerald Beyond to stay with you in a way...
Crow Country
The original Resident Evil and Silent Hill on PlayStation 1 arguably set the framework for all survival horror games to come. In the past few years, many great indie survival horror projects have used these classics for inspiration. Crow Country now follows suit as a charming, nostalgic homage to the...
Tales of Kenzera: ZAU is the debut project of Surgent Studios, a multimedia studio created by Abubakar Salim, who voiced protagonist Bayek in Assassin’s Creed Origins. The titular Zau is a young shaman who journeys through a short but tight Metroidvania world to return his beloved dad (‘baba‘) from the land...
Taking you on an underwater journey through the vastness of the mythical Veiled Sea, Endless Ocean: Luminous is the third entry in a series of ocean exploration games that first launched in 2007 on the Wii. This sequel allows players to don scuba gear and scour the depths of various...
TopSpin 2K25
A new entry in the Topspin series has finally happened after 13 long years. Yet wildly, after all this time Novak Djokovic is still the world’s number one men’s tennis player, just like back then. This fact perfectly encapsulates TopSpin 2K25: the more things change, the more they stay the...
Sand Land
Sand Land seems to be part of a relatively recent push to adapt the manga of the same name, originally released throughout the year 2000. A film adaptation was released last year, an animated series earlier this year, and now the official video game’s out. Sand Land was created by...
Stellar Blade
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. A malevolent force has devastated planet Earth, and you’re the only one who can save it, by slicing and dicing your way through vicious creatures and saving humankind. This is the well-worn premise of Stellar Blade, a focused and thrilling action game that...
