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Become Coen of Laslea in he Blood of Dawnwalker, a third-person action adventure RPG that is as divided as its protagonist.
CAPTAIN TSUBASA 2: WORLD FIGHTERS is full of hot-blooded charm and fast-paced soccer but there's a lot to learn.
Star Wars: Zero Company is a cinematic tactics extravaganza of Star Wars storytelling and strategy.
Asobo Studio have taken a bold swing with their new action-adventure game Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy. But can it make the landing?
Dead Reset
I’ve always found a strange fascination with full-motion video (FMV) games that I’ve never been able to put my finger on. Maybe it’s how FMV fundamentally changes how we interact with stories and narratives. Or the uniqueness of living actors being superimposed on pre-rendered backgrounds. While FMV games were more...
Six years ago, Marvelous Entertainment debuted a new mech series called Daemon X Machina for the Switch that promised players a broad adventure full of robot customisation, a dazzling world and a memorable story. It delivered on about half of those promises. Fast forward to now, and we’ve got a...
Bloober Team have been steadily sharpening their skills as horror developers over the last several years; some hits, some misses, and a lot of learning. They have dabbled in their own slow-burning original IP like Layers of Fear, tackling big supernatural brands like Blair Witch, and even last year, finding...
Metal Eden
Metal Eden is a fast-paced boomer-shooter FPS by Reikon Games, the developer of Ruiner. The game made a strong impression when I covered the preview earlier this year. Now that I’ve played through the entirety of Metal Eden, I can confirm that it is an exhilarating, if sort of short...
Hirogami is the latest entry in the curiously specific subgenre of “platformers set in an arts-and-crafts-themed world”, following the likes of Yoshi’s Woolly and Crafted World, as well as Sackboy: A Big Adventure. As the name suggests, Hirogami’s gameplay and general aesthetic are based on the Japanese paper-folding craft of...
Hell is Us
The defining design pillar of Hell is Us is a refusal to guide the player. There are no waypoints, no quest markers, and very little in the way of an actual objective to follow. Instead, you’ll have to listen, observe, and puzzle your way through a brutal civil war that...
Shuten Order
Only 168 left until the end of the world. You are the only one who can put a stop to it, but before you can, you must figure out who killed you. Hot off the heels of The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, DMM Games has teamed up with Too...
Quartet is a love letter to retro-style turn-based JRPGs. While it wears many of its influences on its sleeve (particularly the Octopath Traveler series and Final Fantasy VI), its strong writing, amazing soundtrack and enjoyable character-switching gameplay made this adventure one to remember, and not just a simple homage to...
