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Catherine: Full Body
When it originally released in 2011, I loved Catherine. A strange blend of visual novel, puzzler, romance and horror, it combined some very adult and strange themes, making it one of the more memorable titles I can think of in recent video game history. To my pleasant surprise, the mish-mash...
Grab a close friend or three and sit down for a good hour or more with this wacky puzzle co-op published by Devolver Digital and developed by Le Cartel Studio . Heave Ho pits the lovable long-limbed ‘Grabbers’ in unfortunate challenges. The colourful creatures must jump from platform to platform,...
After the surprise success of campy teen horror Until Dawn in 2015, Supermassive Games have smartly, if not quite ambitiously, engaged in creating more horror stories with the same choice-based mechanics and concept of “anyone can die at any time”. Not only that, but they have planned an anthology series...
Astral Chain
Astral Chain is the latest release from PlatinumGames and it is safe to say that this title continues Nintendo’s massive success streak with first-party titles for the Switch. I have spent many hours with Astral Chain and it has captivated me at every point, the story and characters kept me...
Control
It takes just a beat. I stop in my tracks and I look around the room. I know I’ve been here moments ago but the hallway I just walked through can’t have looped back like that. Wait, didn’t I exit through the door I just entered? Who was that janitor,...
Rad
Double Fine, creators of Grim Fandango and Psychonauts, have come out with their newest title, RAD. A suitably stylish roguelike set in the nuclear post-apocalypse, RAD certainly presents itself well. Players will have to venture out into the wastelands again and again, making incremental progress.
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
My first thought when booting up Rebel Galaxy Outlaw was “Whoa”. It opens with a gorgeous 2D animated cutscene, introducing you to the characters and the universe you’re going to be exploring. The animation was punchy and the music was great. I was hooked immediately. The art style was clean...
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is a 4X turn-based strategy game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Paradox Interactive. The game is the latest entry in the Age of Wonders series and is the first Age of Wonders game set in a sci-fi setting. For a strategy game Age of...
Darq
Developed almost entirely by a solo developer, DARQ is an unbelievably impressive puzzle game that manages to be equal parts creepy and intelligent. Using perspective to alter the game space, DARQ will have you lost in a Burton-esque nightmare where you’ll have to bend space and defy gravity in order...
The Blackout Club
If you were to watch a trailer for recent horror co-op game The Blackout Club, it’d be pretty easy for you to see its play on 80’s nostalgia. With popular properties such as It and Stranger Things following a team of ragtag teens working to fight against the great big...
The Church in the Darkness is an indie action-adventure game from Paranoid Productions set within South America in the 1970’s. Your mission hits close to home as you attempt to find and rescue a loved one from the grasp of a deceiving and diabolical cult.
Metal Wolf Chaos XD
It is kind of amazing that it took this long for Metal Wolf Chaos to be officially released outside Japan. This game was originally made for the Xbox in 2004, but only released in its home country.
