Who doesn’t love a good platformer? There’s a reason this genre has stood the test of time while so many others have fallen in or out of vogue and remained a popular choice for new releases despite existing since video games were still in their infancy. At the end of the day, if you can
Being on a bit of a RPG spree lately, I was quite intrigued by the opportunity to get a look at Sandfall Interactive’s upcoming title, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, what with it seeming to have a nice fantasy/sci fi blend and a photorealistic art style. For this preview, we played through an early demo offering
Rhythm games are a deep-seeded part of my gaming history. As of late the genre has largely stayed relevant in the VR space thanks to games like Beat Saber and Ragnarok. This makes Fresh Tracks from new Canadian studio Buffalo Buffalo a refreshing return to form. With an expected release in 2025 on Steam, Xbox
When it comes to shooters, I often find myself leaning towards games that lean heavily in a co-op direction as of late. I’m pretty familiar with the caves of Hoxxes IV in Deep Rock Galactic and later the democracy-laden Helldivers 2. So it’s always a fun proposition to squad up with a few of your
Over the last few years, we’ve seen the rise of gacha games in the gaming market. A part of me sees the allure. After all, how can one not love the instant hit of dopamine you get after pulling the exact character you want? Still, this is a genre that I’ve struggled to get into
Over this past year, I’ve done a fair bit of coverage for Mechwarrior 5: Clans. As someone who enjoyed the earlier games and the Battletech arcade pods back in the day, I was of course excited. So when they dropped some DLC, of course I had to check it out. I expected to check out the new modes, drum up a little hype, nothing much. Things… weren’t quite as simple as I’d planned.
From where I’m sitting, there can never be enough good action games to play. In recent years especially, it’s felt as though the months were marked by a consistent stream of stylish, challenging games that rewarded mechanical skill and scratch that itch for self improvement. Volgarr the Viking II and Kill Knight were two such
Sometimes, it’s hard for me to know which parts of a game that don’t totally land in a preview are a result of the game still being in an early state and which parts are just conceptual issues. There are a lot of games that go into early access when they are more or less
Personally, I’m no stranger to story-driven adventure games. While many people look in Telltale’s direction for many of the genre’s best examples, the Life is Strange series has been chugging along pretty steadily since its inception back in 2015. Spanning multiple stories and multiple protagonists, these narrative-based adventure games have held their own in the
I can’t be the only one out here who’s enjoying getting more content for Shredder’s Revenge. The folks over at Tribute Games knew that what they put together a couple of years ago ended up being one of the genre’s best. Hell, I would go so far to say the base game is on the
Ah, Crayon Shin-chan. In Japanese: a wholesome manga-series-turned-anime for viewers of all ages. In the English dub: a wholesome anime edited and dubbed into a farcical, adult-oriented comedy bearing exceedingly little resemblance to its original source material. The release we’ll be taking a look at today is of course regarding the original version: Shin chan:
When it comes to the Legend of Zelda series, I’ve always found myself gravitating more to the 2D iterations rather than the more modern 3D ones. Sure, I’ve had my fun with Ocarina of Time and such, but I will happily pick Link’s Awakening or the Oracle games over it any day. And, it pains
I’ll admit, when I first saw Nowhere I got a bit excited. Sleuthing out a mystery in a terrifying forest and dealing with matters of old myths and legends? Sign me up for that ASAP. I was genuinely excited by what the trailer had promised and looked forward to checking out the demo. Unfortunately, as
It’s kind of a well-worn trope at this point to have a game that is set inside of a storybook of some sort. Lots of games have done it now, usually with the best of intentions. That doesn’t make it bad, but it does mean that you kind of need to do more than just
It’s been a good while since I’ve played a rhythm game. And when I say a good while I mean…since the days when Osu was popular. Despite that, I still hold a special place for these types of games in my heart, so when I heard that a studio was mixing RPG and rhythm game
When most gamers think of fantasy games these days, many will default to either an MMORPG or some Soulslike on prevalence alone. Swords, sorcery, gunpowderless combat, and the associated vibes just fit in nicely with the genre. Fantasy can and will tumble into other gaming genres, but I’ll be the first to admit that first-person
There’s no way to write about Metal Slug as a franchise without acknowledging that it’s a really weird one. You can really forget that the series kicked off in 1996, because its core gameplay – run, jump, and shoot, with one hit killing your character – very much feels like a relic of a longstanding
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is a game that immediately intrigues. If not for the gunpowder-and-magic stylings of its world, then certainly for the blend of two somewhat disparate gameplay genres. Ostensibly Flintlock reads as a Soulslike, but then you begin to take note of the protagonist’s high mobility, the number of tools at her
If you think about it, cyberpunk is a weird genre. It’s not weird because it has something of a wide-open structure, although that’s definitely part of it; it’s more weird because it’s a genre that has a core concept that’s remarkably dark but can also be retooled to be fairly light-hearted by playing the same
“The pride and joy of our studio.” “Kind of our crown jewel.” This is how CEO and Co-founder of studio Cyan, Rand Miller, described their 1997 release, Riven. The sequel to arguably one of the most well-known and impactful PC games of the 90s, Myst, Riven is held in even higher esteem by many gamers