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Yoko Taro, most known for helming the NieR series, is certainly a unique figure in the gaming sphere. Often considered an auteur (something wrought with its own problems itself), entries that this man works on often have a unique style to them. NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…, released earlier this year, for example,...
There’s no other escapism quite like the one provided in Forza Horizon, the long-running open-world racing series that started as a spin-off of Forza Motorsport, but has now completely evolved into “its own thing”. Forza Horizon 4 has been wonderful running on the Xbox Series X, but now three years...
I’ve been looking forward to playing Unpacking since I first played the demo at PAX Australia 2019, what feels like a thousand years ago. I loved its simple premise: you take things out of boxes and place them around a home. After playing its 2-level demo a few times, I...
Every so often, when Square Enix isn’t busy creating another entry in the beloved Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest series, the giant Japanese games company likes to take risks. Sometimes it works out horribly and leaves you wondering “Why?” Other times, they re-release sleeper hits and it works out… okay. Most rare and special...
The Mario Party series, to date, has a combined 70 boards and almost 800 minigames. You’d think we’d get remakes and compilation games more often, but Mario Party: the Top 100 for the 3DS is the only one we’ve gotten – and that was just minigames. We never really needed...
Eastward is a beautiful and spirited pixel adventure lovingly developed by indie studio Pixpil, set in a decaying post-apocalyptic world. Being also published by the pixel favourite Chucklefish, it’s a clear sign for you to strap in for a marvellous visual and musical ride. You will laugh, you may weep,...
Guardians of the Galaxy are right up there in the mix when it comes to the best entries into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The over-the-top superhero action combined with a charming, lovable band of misfits and some of the funniest writing, they debuted almost unknown to the mainstream back in...
Revelling in an eerie Tim Burton-esque style, Tandem: A Tale of Two Shadows, developed by Monochrome Paris, uses its surreal and detailed design to create visually unique puzzles that force you to utilize the entirety of each level. Steadily introducing new ideas across the 5 different regions—the Gardens, Boiler Room,...
Lemnis Gate is a turn-based first-person shooter strategy game developed by Ratloop Games Canada and published by Frontier Foundry. It comes with four game modes, twelve maps, and 1v1 and 2v2 modes.
New World
There are very few things in gaming as exciting and monumental as the launch of a huge, new MMORPG. It’s that feeling of exploring an expansive world with limitless possibilities alongside millions of others for the first time that’s so appealing and difficult to capture. It’s also the feeling of...
Two entries down and never quite hitting the mark, Supermassive has definitely seen some trouble when it comes to their recent horror series known as The Dark Pictures Anthology. Upwards of eight entries were promised for the franchise originally, but two unmemorable affairs to kick us off didn’t bode well....
The Good Life is a crowdfunded photography/detective/”debt repayment RPG” title by Hidetaka “SWERY” Suehiro, the wild mind behind Deadly Premonition and D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die. A quirky and rather charming tale involving a murder, aliens, ancient mythology and sheep, The Good Life is just as much of a mixed...
