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Few games have left as deep an imprint on modern shooters as Gears of War. When it launched on the Xbox 360 in 2006, it set a benchmark for console graphics and established cover-based shooting. The Lancer’s chainsaw bayonet, the weighty roadie run, and the tension of ducking behind cover...
Ninja Gaiden, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles—it’s been a great year for ninja-based games, and the train keeps rolling with Shinobi: Art of Vengeance. Serving as the first title in 14 years following the last foray with Shinobi 3D on the Nintendo 3DS, Lizardcube, developers of Streets of Rage 4, bring this new fix to...
Originally released on the Nintendo DS in 2008 (back when it was still part of the Harvest Moon franchise), Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar is starting its new life in a post-Stardew Valley world, a game that is so good that it serves as the inevitable litmus test for any...
Fresh Tracks
One of the hallmarks of brilliant game design is that, in retrospect, it feels obvious. An idea is placed in front of you that makes you think, “how hasn’t anyone done this before?”. Fresh Tracks is a new rhythm game from the new Canadian studio Buffalo Buffalo that manages to...
Intent on reviving their IPs, Konami has been rolling out the classics these days. Last year saw Silent Hill 2 remade by Bloober Team, surprising and delighting fans with its faithfulness, reinvention and mood. Next on the remake block is Metal Gear Solid 3 with Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater. The...
The Prince of Persia series is in an odd place right now. Outside of remakes and mobile releases, after 2010’s The Forgotten Sands, we didn’t see a mainline Prince of Persia for fourteen years until the release of the excellent The Lost Crown in 2024. The Lost Crown itself suggested...
Discounty
Prior to my current job, I worked in retail for a decade. One of the few reasons I was able to leave the house during COVID was to stock shelves and hear customers complain about having to buy a second pasta maker because their first one was stuck at their...
Off
I remember during one high school lunch break, circa 2013, when my favourite webcomic was on hiatus and I had nothing better to do, I decided to follow in the footsteps of some of my Tumblr mutuals and download some weird game called OFF. It was quite a process; there...
In a world ravaged by human hubris, you must journey across a land to rescue a kidnapped family member. In Echoes of the End, you’ll navigate beautiful environments while fighting dangerous enemies with your supernatural powers. Those powers are vital to helping you solve environmental puzzles that coincidentally fill every...
Drag x Drive is a new and unique oddity from Nintendo built entirely around the Nintendo Switch 2. It’s an online multiplayer game, situating players in 3v3 wheelchair basketball matches and minigames, all within an arena. Simultaneously pinnacle and anti-Nintendo design, Drag x Drive is an interesting project filled with game...
When you’ve bled for someone, when you’ve really given all you have left, what else is there to do?
Static Dread: The Lighthouse, developed by Solarsuit Games and published by Polden Publishing, is an attempt at blending the high-stakes bureaucracy and ethical dilemmas of Papers, Please, with the suspense and dread of Lovecraftian horror. Where, instead of checking visa documentation at the border of a totalitarian nation, you are...
