Team Ninja is a developer that I’ve become quite fond of in recent years, ever since I tried out the beta for Nioh. They play to their strengths, releasing consistently solid titles with challenging…
March 21, 2024 | 07:00 EDT
The original Dragon’s Dogma was always such an elusive game to me. I never had the chance to play it when it came out back in 2012, but I always held a sort of peripheral awareness that it was…
March 20, 2024 | 11:00 EDT
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden continues developer Don't Nod's history of ambitious interactive narratives. It is a refinement of the team's character-driven thematic storytelling while still…
February 12, 2024 | 12:00 EST
If you asked me what Granblue Fantasy was before December of last year, I wouldn't be able to tell you anything. It was after the release of the stellar Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising that I…
January 31, 2024 | 10:00 EST
To an extent, writing this Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name review feels unnecessary. The game feels less like a fully-fledged Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios title and more like a premium…
November 6, 2023 | 10:00 EST
RoboCop: Rogue City takes a familiar formula -- cop shoots baddies while looking for clues -- and raises it to new heights by staying absolutely true to its franchise roots. We've covered other great…
October 31, 2023 | 05:00 EDT
Any Lords of the Fallen review should, by rights, begin with its somewhat troubled development cycle. This game has been through a lot; it began life as Lords of the Fallen 2 in what feels like a…
October 12, 2023 | 09:00 EDT
For the past two weeks, I've only played one game, and that's Fate/Samurai Remnant. Okay, that's not so unusual for a video game reviewer, but I like to have at least one other game on to play as a…
September 28, 2023 | 07:00 EDT
I didn't expect to enjoy Atlas Fallen as much as I did. Featuring a VERY enjoyable set of traversal mechanics and a vibe (and mechanics) akin to many games in the Xbox 360 generation, Atlas Fallen…
August 9, 2023 | 02:11 EDT
2019’s Remnant: From the Ashes was an odd blend of fun gunplay, somewhat limited procedural generation, and uneven difficulty. Despite its flaws, it was still an enjoyable time both solo and with a…
July 20, 2023 | 10:11 EDT
It's been over a decade since Diablo III was released to the masses. It was met with significant anticipation, but it soon became an extremely divisive title among the fanbase. Over time, Diablo III…
May 30, 2023 | 12:00 EDT
I know what you might be thinking: "There's a new Elden Ring DLC out? What is Road to the Erdtree?" No, we've still got an undetermined amount of time before we can play some new Elden Ring content,…
May 27, 2023 | 11:00 EDT
Hunt the Night's dark fantasy world makes an excellent first impression. Immediately you find your way into a corrupted fortress to take on its many horrors and reclaim a place for humanity. It aims…
May 4, 2023 | 11:30 EDT
One of my favorite aspects of a game is the progress that you get to make. Starting out with limited equipment and weaponry, and becoming incredibly powerful by the time the credits roll. Whether…
February 16, 2023 | 10:00 EST
For years now, PlayStation has been an incredible ecosystem for fast-paced third-person adventure games to call home, and Forspoken fits right into the prestige selection that already dominates the…
January 23, 2023 | 09:00 EST
The Final Fantasy VII renaissance is upon us! Fans of Cloud, AVALANCE, and the world of Final Fantasy VII have come from the excitement of the Final Fantasy VII Remake, have Final Fantasy VII Rebirth…
December 6, 2022 | 05:00 EST
I consider boss fights to be the most interesting part of a lot of games. Making a game around boss fights? My jam. I've also been having a recent love for the wholesome game aesthetic. They seem…
November 28, 2022 | 03:26 EST
Abandoned hospitals are creepy places. It's an immutable fact of life. That's why they make for such great settings in horror media; the myriad stories they have to tell, of suffering patients and…
November 14, 2022 | 10:30 EST
Seven years after Batman: Arkham Knight capped off Rocksteady's impressive run with DC's Dark Knight, WB Games Montreal is returning to Gotham City with Gotham Knights. This game thematically picks…
October 20, 2022 | 07:00 EDT
With a market that offers a number of souls-like games, alongside others that offer choices that impact your story, it's hard to stand apart. The Last Oricru mixes both, offering the promise of…
October 13, 2022 | 04:00 EDT
I really wanted to like Asterigos: Curse of the Stars. At PAX East, its action-packed combat made a strong impression, and the first boss was the perfect mix of challenging and thrilling. I had high…
October 11, 2022 | 01:00 EDT
Made In Abyss: Binary Star Falling Into Darkness is a frustrating experience. It has sparks of interesting ideas, building upon the nihilistic horror of its source material, and they are handled with…
September 13, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Few historical moments couldn't be improved with the addition of murderous clockwork automata. Imagine robots rampaging through the signing of the Declaration of Independence, for example, or shoring…
September 7, 2022 | 08:49 EDT
Something that you can’t discredit the Gundam series for is the community that still inhabits it. Take the SD (Superior Defender/Super Deformed) sub-category of Gundam media, which transpired after a…
September 5, 2022 | 07:00 EDT
Have you ever watched a cookery show or a concert and thought "hey, I could do that"? If so, there are two potential reasons for that: one, you genuinely could do that; two, the presenter or musician…
May 19, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Rising from the ashes of Suikoden, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes managed to get backed by over 46,000 people on Kickstarter back in 2020. With this huge support came a clear indication that…
May 10, 2022 | 03:58 EDT
Its been a while, but we’re finally getting our hands on Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 2, another compilation of classic NIS titles bundled together and prettied up for a modern audience. The…
May 9, 2022 | 10:30 EDT
There are few Japanese developers as fascinating as Platinum Games. "Fascinating" is the choice word for the disparate spread of their quality instead of their consistency. One moment they're…
April 19, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
A long time ago, during the days when Borderlands 2 was considered the king of the looter shooter genre, Gearbox had the brilliant idea to develop a Dungeons and Dragons-themed DLC called Tiny Tina's…
March 23, 2022 | 03:50 EDT
I was one of the people who greatly enjoyed the original ELEX, despite its flaws. There's always something about a new open world to explore, character story arcs, and challenging mechanics that…
February 28, 2022 | 11:00 EST
It’s sort of an odd feeling to finally be talking about Elden Ring. It’s been quite a journey since the original Demon’s Souls bought this style of gameplay to the forefront, and in recent years we’…
February 23, 2022 | 10:00 EST
It’s sort of an insane proposition to try and review an MMO. After all, these typically aren’t the sort of games that you’re going to pour a normal amount of time into. Even 200-hour RPGs typically…
February 16, 2022 | 12:00 EST
In Nobody Saves the World, you can play as many different things: a spooky necromancer, a powerful robot, or heck, even a monk that throws out fists of fury. like a lot of fun, doesn't it? Me though…
January 18, 2022 | 08:00 EST
There’s a simple, intrinsic satisfaction that comes with savoring a delicious, filling meal. Even when one bite tastes more acidic or bitter than expected, the next one more than makes up for it,…
September 8, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is the quintessential Metroidvania. This is both a blessing and a curse. It's got a huge map absolutely crammed full of secrets to find, where locations interlink…
June 18, 2021 | 11:05 EDT
Hack 'n' slash dungeon-crawler feels like a difficult genre to get right. From Gauntlet to Diablo, the genre has seen many entries that have thoroughly explored every aspect of loot-hunting and…
May 26, 2021 | 09:50 EDT
As a folklore enthusiast, I was excited to get my hands on Hood: Outlaws & Legends. Considering its rich heritage in popular culture, with a raft of acclaimed films, books, and songs published on…
May 14, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
When it comes to anime-style games, they tend to take genres to the extreme. From extreme action to extreme romance and on to extreme horror no one is taking their foot off the gas. There’s nothing…
April 20, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
Bloodborne is my favorite of From Software's iconic Soulsborne series. Not only was it a brutal and harsh action RPG, but the entire setting dripped with gothic dread, a ghoulish and diseased…
March 27, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
If you're unfamiliar with the terms of Pascal's wager, it goes thus. Believing in God is better than not believing because if you don't believe and God is real, you'll be punished, whereas if you do…
March 11, 2021 | 12:00 EST
In the wave of imitators to Dark Souls that have released over the last decade, Team Ninja’s 2017 hit Nioh stood out as perhaps the best attempt at replicating FromSoftware’s formula. While not…
February 18, 2021 | 11:30 EST
Here's a question for you to ponder: is Soulslike a helpful genre classification anymore? With such a wide variety in approach and aesthetic, you'd think these games would have escaped the shadow of…
February 17, 2021 | 11:00 EST
It’s been a real treat seeing the Persona series grow from a relatively obscure RPG franchise into a semi-mainstream hit. It’s hard to pinpoint which title thrust the brand into the limelight, but…
February 9, 2021 | 10:00 EST
Werewolves are rad. Despite how rad they are, there doesn't seem to be a lot of good werewolves in video games. Thankfully, World of Darkness has an entire spin-off devoted to werewolves. Werewolf:…
February 4, 2021 | 04:00 EST
Cyberpunk games are the “in” thing right now. From the blockbuster tentpole releases like Cyberpunk 2077, or hidden gems like Cyber Shadow and Ghostrunner. There's no shortage of genre-pushing and…
January 28, 2021 | 03:05 EST
Ocean's Heart is the kind of game that proudly wears its inspiration on its sleeve. A fantasy adventure on a smattering of islands across the sea that borrows heavily from top-down adventure titles…
January 21, 2021 | 10:00 EST
Following the success of Remnant: After the Ashes, Chronos: Before the Ashes has been resurrected from the proverbial, and physical, "ashes" to deliver a prequel story. Once an Oculus exclusive, now…
November 30, 2020 | 11:00 EST
Chinese mythology and history are some of the most interesting source materials for adapting into works of fiction. Weirdly, other than Journey to the West, there are not many games in the west that…
November 9, 2020 | 11:00 EST