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The Mario range of sports titles have become a Nintendo staple over the years, but Mario Strikers, the series based on soccer (or “football”), has always remained one of the more underrated. Pitting your favourite Mario characters against one another in an aggressive game of 5v5, Mario Strikers: Battle League...
Souldiers
Developed by first-time Spanish developer Retro Forge, Souldiers is a charming, if imperfect, pixel-art 2D metroidvania action-platformer. It draws influences from many other games, but ultimately ends up creating something greater than the sum of its parts. Souldiers has its flaws, but the charming art style and compelling exploration and...
Card Shark is an intriguing little narrative set in 18th Century France that stands out right away as something different. In this rags-to-riches tale, you play an unnamed and mute tavern worker who gets taken under the wing of the mysterious ‘Comté de Saint-Germain’, a master cheat at cards. Together,...
Loot River
If you’re all about going with the flow (where the flow hurts you sometimes), then allow me to introduce Loot River—a tense roguelike that floats somewhere between a Souls game and Tetris. Developer straka.studio have made an innovative take on an already well-established indie genre, a new venture for a...
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story follows the adventures of Haruka Kagami, the author of a series of mystery novels. From the get-go, her know-how in this space is immediately required and put to the test. She, along with her editor, is tasked by an ex-collaborator named Eiji to investigate...
It’s been a long time since Kao the Kangaroo jumped onto the 3D platformer scene, with classic games released throughout the early 2000’s before a long hiatus. Fans enjoyed Kao enough that they started a hashtag movement to bring a new Kao game into the modern era, and that’s exactly...
Co-op games have grown a lot. Back in the day, the genre felt like it was somewhat swallowed up by other styles of game such as the shooter. Despite this, co-op developers never stopped making new titles for two from all corners. The work of Hazelight studios, among a crowd...
Dolmen
Dolmen is a self-described Soulslike adventure. Featuring a soldier suited up in technologically advanced armour, wielding swords and guns, players must escape the alien planet known as Revion Prime. Dreadful cosmic horrors such as martian soldiers and arachnids await, confronted only with your methodical movement and combat. All these elements and more make...
Can one tiny change in an event completely alter someone’s life? I’ve always been fascinated with that question. If I left home for work an hour earlier one day, or if I didn’t go out for lunch that day, could it possibly vary the course my life was taking? Eternal...
Good, bad, I’m the gal with the game. Evil Dead: The Game has been summoned from the depths to possess your free time, and if my experience with the title is anything to go by, you may not be all that inclined to resist. J̴o̸i̵n̸ ̴u̴s̴.̵.̴.̸
Souls-like games truly are a dime-a-dozen these days. After the success of From Software’s flagship series, Dark Souls, and the subsequent smash hits Bloodborne, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and most recently Elden Ring, the genre is well established as one of the most dominant and popular flavours in the current...
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters is a single-player turn-based tactical strategy game developed by Complex Games and published by Frontier Foundry. It’s the latest video game entry in the Warhammer franchise and comes with a lengthy single-player campaign and four difficulties to choose from: merciful, standard, ruthless, and legendary....
