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If you were faced with an impossible choice, how would you respond? If you were allowed to turn back time and bring back the love of your life from the dead, how far would you go to make that happen? Would it be worth sacrificing your beliefs, and everything that...
When it was first released back on the PS2 in 2006, Persona 3 was a greatly influential JRPG codifying the formula upon which its more well-known successors have expanded. With Persona 3 Reload, Atlus has gone back to this seminal installment and attempted to bring it into the modern era...
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League reminds me of the discourse surrounding the release of Forspoken last year. Like then, here is a game that made such a terrible first impression that it was panned by audiences and critics alike, months before it even came out. It doesn’t help that...
Graven
GRAVEN is a dark fantasy first-person shooter, harkening back to the ‘boomer shooters’ of the late 90s. In this latest offering from Slipgate Ironworks, you take on the role of a priest who is mysteriously transported to a land ravaged by an unknown plague. You’re handed your trusty staff and...
Following re-inventing the Yakuza franchise by renaming it to Like a Dragon and also making mainline entries turn-based RPGs, SEGA developer Ryu Ga Gotoko has taken that all one step further. With Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the series has now exited Japan and gone abroad for the first time, also taking place on...
When enemies from a strange portal take all the fun away, you jump in after them to get it back. That’s the premise of Go Mecha Ball, though it’s barely touched upon after the initial scene is set. The real draw here is curling up into a ball and ramming...
TEKKEN 8 offers the next evolution for fans of the nearly 30-year-old franchise and story, as well as newcomers with its more accessible and aggressive fighting style. The Mishima bloodline battle for supremacy unravels further with the highs and lows of the King of Iron Fist Tournament’s latest instalment.
First comes tax evasion then comes… major thievery? Turnip Boy Robs a Bank is the new game in the series starring our favourite root vegetable. Abandoning the Zelda-esque adventure format and now tackling the roguelite genre to great avail, Turnip Boy is a whimsical, cross-genre success story.
The Cub
The remnants of an abandoned Earth are your playground in The Cub, a game that combines a satirically drenched post-apocalyptic society with childlike tomfoolery. Building upon developer Demagog Studio’s past work, The Cub depicts a world that is both bleak and cheeky at the same time, punctuating every on-screen action...
Another Code: Two Memories and Another Code: R — A Journey of Lost Memories are apparently hidden gems on their respective consoles; The DS in 2005, and the Wii in 2009, respectively. I can certainly agree with the “hidden” part — I had never heard of the series before. The...
Have you ever gone on an adventure just for the sake of it? That’s the premise of Atlas Wept, a game where you explore two stories of kids doing just that. It’s not always clear what the game is presenting as stories aren’t given quite enough exposition. Though with a...
The Last of Us Part II Remastered sees the updated return of a much-loved—and certainly controversial—PlayStation game. It’s releasing at a time of peak The Last of Us topicality, from the franchise’s 2022 remaster of the original game, to last year’s HBO TV show launch and its upcoming second season,...
