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The art of a rhythm game channelling and championing licensed music has long died down. Existing largely in growingly desolate arcades and scarcely on our home consoles, rhythmic games with beloved pop and rock (or anything in between) songs are sorely lacking. Gone are the days of Guitar Hero, Dance...
Sea of Stars
Bedraggled and beaten, the two heroes are fighting for their last ragged breaths. The Fleshmancer’s minions swarm and heave. These snarling masses of limb, tooth, and blood are desperate abominations thirsting for carnage. As they poise to strike, the cold light of the watchful moon suddenly breaks through the surrounding...
Ride 5
RIDE 5 is the latest offering from Milestone S.R.L, one of the leading and longest-established racing game developers in the world. Founded in Milan all the way back in 1996 their franchise stable also includes the MotoGP series, MXGP, and Monster Energy Super Cross – The Official Video game. So,...
Returning to a beloved franchise that had its last mainline entry back in 2012, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is FromSoftware’s attempt to recalibrate the series. Without completely recircuiting the formula that makes this mech-fighting action game, what we’re offered is a fusion of quality and control from the...
It’s not often that you find a JRPG that combines comedy, life perspectives, time management, and strategy. Affogato takes those aspects and mixes them together like a fine cup of coffee, taking several cues from the Persona series but having enough unique elements to stand on its own. The characters,...
Occasionally, a game pops up out of nowhere and completely surprises you with just how fun it is to play. En Garde! is that very game, announced and then released in a mere few months. It follows a swashbuckling action pirate adventure with a focus on combat. If you’re anything...
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood is the latest game from Red Strings Club and Essays on Empathy developer Deconstructeam. Five years in the making, it’s also the artful indie studio’s most ambitious. Your journey follows Fortuna, a witch that was exiled to an asteroid hurtling through space. Her crime? Using her aptitude in tarot, predicting the...
Blasphemous II
4 years after the release of the dark 2D Metroidvania, Blasphemous, developer The Game Kitchen has returned with a sequel. This follow-up takes the amazing art and formidable gameplay from the original and expands it in every way, providing more varied combat, more over-the-top boss fights and a whole new...
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is the newest stealth tactics game from Desperados III and Shadow Tactics genre smiths Mimimi Games. With the studio starting a pirate-themed new IP with this title, it makes for some swashbuckling fun and some of the most inventive stealth mechanics that could only come from such a talented...
When you think about a space voyage, you likely imagine the finest astronauts who know what they are doing. Everyone is unified, disciplined, and properly trained in their craft. But when you travel with a bunch of odd personalities, your trip to space is anything but certain. Astronaut: The Best...
Atlas Fallen is the latest to enter into a crowded space of “open-world action games with a twist”, coming from developer Deck13 Interactive who you might be familiar with from their sci-fi Souls-like foray, The Surge. Trading hardcore slicing of robots and post-apocalyptic cities for a gigantic fantasy desert setting...
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