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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron Review

While El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron may have slipped under the radar, it's time to recognize that this hack-and-slash might very well be one of the greatest titles from its generation.

September 2, 2021 | 10:00 EDT

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Townscaper Review

Townscaper is less of a game, more of a tool to simply play around with. It has no goal either, but that is part of its almost hypnotic charm at being an enjoyable experience that allows us to simply play around as we see fit.

August 30, 2021 | 10:30 EDT

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Rustler Review

Sometimes it's fun to just pick up a controller and jump in to a chaotic adventure. This can also include jumping into the past as with Rustler, a ye olde open-world crime game with lots of horses to steal.

August 30, 2021 | 09:00 EDT

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No More Heroes 3 Review

After over a decade of waiting, No More Heroes 3 finally arrives, chaotic energy and all. Our review of this garden of madness is here.

August 27, 2021 | 12:00 EDT

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Necrobarista - Final Pour Review

Necrobarista is a visual novel that involves magic, coffee, and the dead, but it isn't quite so exciting as you might think. This shorter visual waxes poetic about death and moving on, yet it never gripped me as I expected it would.

August 26, 2021 | 11:00 EDT

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Aliens: Fireteam Elite Review

The Alien franchise is iconic and content bearing its name has reception all over the spectrum. However, a new blip has appeared in the form of a fast and hectic co-op shooter with Aliens: Fireteam Elite.

August 25, 2021 | 11:00 EDT

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Hoa Review

Skrollcat Studios' Hoa is full of childlike wonder and delightful sights, but comes up short in limited levels and a short run time.

August 23, 2021 | 09:30 EDT

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Axiom Verge 2 Review

Axiom Verge 2 continues the expansive story of the Axiom Verge universe and while it might not do Indra justice does deliver on exceptional gameplay and exploration.

August 19, 2021 | 12:00 EDT

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Twelve Minutes Review

Twelve Minutes is an interactive thriller taking inspiration from classic point-and-click games, starring James Macavy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Defoe.

August 18, 2021 | 03:00 EDT

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The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Review

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles isn’t just far and away the best entry in a long running franchise, it's one of the greatest visual novel games ever made.

August 18, 2021 | 11:00 EDT

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Boyfriend Dungeon Review

Despite an underwhelming boss fight and some undercooked action elements, Boyfriend Dungeon is a great dating sim experience with a lot of heart.

August 17, 2021 | 10:30 EDT

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Road 96 Review

Road 96 is a first-person adventure game about a group of teenagers on a road trip to escape the dangers of their politically unstable country.

August 16, 2021 | 12:35 EDT

Triple Threat!
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Greak: Memories Of Azur Review

A lot of games revolve around the bonds between siblings and Greak: Memories Of Azur makes gameplay out of it. Guide the siblings Greak, Adara and Raydel out of danger and use their different abilities to overcome the dangers ahead.

August 13, 2021 | 08:00 EDT

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Foreclosed Review

We take a look at Foreclosed, a new cyberpunk shooter pledging to mix Deus Ex and Max Payne. Can it fulfil such a lofty promise?

August 12, 2021 | 09:00 EDT

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Night Book Review

Regardless of my respect for Wales and developer Good Gate Media making this under rough circumstances, the game proper still feels incomplete.

August 11, 2021 | 11:30 EDT

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Fire Tonight Review

With its vibrant artwork and nostalgia-inducing soundtrack, Fire Tonight is a low-pressure journey through young love and all its joys, even against the backdrop of a city on fire. It’s a short-but-sweet experience that’s really more about the story than the challenge of the puzzles, which, considering its lighthearted vibe, is totally okay.

August 11, 2021 | 10:00 EDT

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Monster Hunter Stories 2 Review

The latest in the line up of spin-off Monster Hunter titles, Monster Hunter Stories 2 combines the best of traditional Monster Hunter and JRPGS and is much more than just another Pokémon clone.

August 10, 2021 | 10:30 EDT

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Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life Review

The Games-as-a-Service (GaaS) model didn't help Sea of Thieves when it just started, but there's no denying the tremendous sea legs three years later.  With this free full-blown expansion, A Pirate's Life, new energy is coursing through its sinews in a way few other titles can match.

August 9, 2021 | 12:00 EDT

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Button City Review

Button City is a great narrative-led adventure game starring a fox called Fennel who has to save his local arcade from an evil businessman.

August 9, 2021 | 11:05 EDT

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Black Book Review

Black Book is a huge card battler RPG based on Slavic lore. Taking a little from Slay The Spire, The Witcher and something else - you get something special.

August 5, 2021 | 01:00 EDT

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Dreamscaper Review

Dreamscaper combines the polished gameplay and progression of a roguelike to tell a more grounded character-driven story with aplomb.

August 5, 2021 | 10:00 EDT

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Lost At Sea Review

Studio Fizbin's first foray into the first-person narrative adventure sub-genre is their most uncreative work thus far.

July 30, 2021 | 11:00 EDT

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Chernobylite Review

Chernobylite is nearly impossible to put in a specific genre and it feels generally unpolished, but the sheer amount of fun and excitement that it provides makes the game more than worth playing.

July 29, 2021 | 10:00 EDT

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The Ascent Review

While Neon Giant's cyberpunk action RPG The Ascent has a few undercooked issues, it's an imaginative take on cyberpunk sci-fi that sticks in the mind.

July 29, 2021 | 09:00 EDT

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Unbound: Worlds Apart Review

Thinking with portals has gotten to a level beyond using them to jump to different worlds. This time, it's using them to have the properties of other worlds affect your world in Unbound: Worlds Apart.

July 28, 2021 | 01:00 EDT

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Paint the Town Red Review

Paint the Town Red is a 3D, First-Person brawler with an interesting combat system and amazing voxel-based character models who display real-time damage.

July 28, 2021 | 12:00 EDT

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Streets of Rage 4 - Mr. X Nightmare Review

Streets of Rage 4 was incredible. The one thing that was missing was more of it. Luckily, the developers noticed and brought us the Mr. X Nightmare.

July 28, 2021 | 10:00 EDT

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The Forgotten City Review

The Forgotten City is an adventure game developed by a small team of individuals. The team at Modern Storyteller present a recreation of their highly popular Skyrim mod of the same name, created as a brand new, standalone adventure. It's every day you see a mod turn into an actual game, and remarkably, The Forgotten City never needed Skyrim to begin with.

July 27, 2021 | 10:00 EDT

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The Sims 4 Cottage Living Review

A great location and the introduction of a few new gameplay elements make The Sims 4 Cottage Living an enjoyable but unessential add-on.

July 26, 2021 | 10:30 EDT

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Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective Review

We take a look at Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective, the new adaptation of a popular children's seek and find/maze book series to see if it stacks up.

July 21, 2021 | 10:30 EDT