The Last Hero of Nostalgaia is so close to greatness. The imaginative world of pixel art meeting 3D animation is absolutely glorious to look at, and the concept of an unpredictable narrator is…
October 17, 2022 | 11:23 EDT
Eldritch horrors and H.R. Giger's designs have always been some of my favorite aesthetics in horror movies and games. It's because of this that I've been looking forward to playing Scorn since I…
October 14, 2022 | 06:00 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 learned it's a bad idea to play Cultic at night. If you're freaked out by chainsaws and get the heebie-jeebies from the paranormal, you're sure to find Cultic a worthwhile fright. It's a pleasant…
October 12, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
There should be more games like WarioWare. Nintendo's microgame collections are effortlessly innovative, and few games can even approach the garlic-loving developer's gameplay madness. Perhaps this…
October 11, 2022 | 06:32 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
A video game's price is a touchy subject, especially in the confines of a review. A cheap game may have less pressure to impress because of its budget status, which can be a crutch for someone who…
October 10, 2022 | 10:30 EDT
Hot off the heels of Battleborn's launch was Overwatch, which soon decimated any chance of success for Gearbox's then newest IP. Let's hope history doesn't repeat itself, because Gundam Evolution,…
October 6, 2022 | 10:30 EDT
A barrow, for those of you who don’t know, is an old-fashioned burial mound. A bit like a low-cost alternative to pyramids, burial mounds heaped the earth on top of the burial chamber containing not…
September 28, 2022 | 12:05 EDT
The Monkey Island series, created by Ron Gilbert, has a long and storied history. The first two games, released in 1990 and 1991, were both helmed by Gilbert. The next two games in the series, Curse…
September 27, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
It’s not often a piece of media asks, “what are you afraid of” and “can you destroy that from your childhood which drives you to nightmares?” What would you do if you could take on all the real-life…
September 27, 2022 | 09:00 EDT
Prodeus is Doom in its primal form. It's a bloody and brutal shooter hearkening back to its old-school roots, in part due to its small team of veterans of the genre. It's clear from the start that…
September 26, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you combined campy 50s B-movies with Life Force or R-Type-style shmups? If you have, then your weirdly specific musings have been realized in the form of …
September 23, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
On the edges of civilization, a small town has had to abandon the old ways and call in a Chemist from the capital to cure the Mayor's sick daughter. You are that Chemist -- and in Potion Permit, it's…
September 23, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
If the impactful release of PowerWash Simulator proved anything, it’s that the cleaning genre of games has finally been given the spotlight it deserves. It’s not just the zen of the activity taking…
September 21, 2022 | 03:00 EDT
What would you do for your sibling? Would you give them the last cupcake from the packet? How about giving them a ride somewhere if they're stuck? Would you let their ghost float alongside you and…
September 20, 2022 | 03:05 EDT
With dystopian settings all the rage these days, everyone is trying to put their own spin on the genre. From Cyberpunk 2077 to Hunger Games, every story is eager to show what’s unique to them, and in…
September 16, 2022 | 11:30 EDT
Given the state of the world, I wonder how many of us would react if we were suddenly transported to a Wonderland-like realm, condemned by our own personal hubris to never see the Earth again. For…
September 14, 2022 | 11:00 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
One of my favorite things in any video game is when a player's actions and a developer's soundtrack sync into memorable moments that tattoo themselves on the brain. Plenty of games use this trick to…
September 12, 2022 | 05:43 EDT
At the start of the summer, Shredder's Revenge proved that there was plenty of gas left in the Turtle Van for TMNT video games. As we near the fall, Turtle fans have the opportunity to see all the…
September 7, 2022 | 10:30 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
As Bob Dylan once wrote, "just remember/That death is not the end". He wasn't talking about Restless Soul, but his lyrics certainly apply to Fuz Games' new comedy bullet hell adventure. In fact, in …
September 1, 2022 | 03:05 EDT
Scathe is one of the most immersive games to release this year because it actually made me feel like I was in a living Hell. This FPS takes place in a demonic labyrinth filled to the brim with demons…
August 31, 2022 | 05:00 EDT
A long, long time ago, Atari 2600 owners the world over enjoyed a little game called Yars' Revenge. This era of gaming is difficult to go back to if you were born beyond the crash, but those early…
August 22, 2022 | 08:00 EDT
Don your rubber cleaning suits, because PowerWash Simulator has finally reached a 1.0 release. Developed by the UK studio FuturLabs, who most recently released Peaky Blinders: Mastermind, it’s also…
August 20, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Ever since seeing John Wick and its subsequent films in theaters, I've been on the search for a video game that scratches a similar itch. I'm talking about an extremely action-heavy, adrenaline-…
August 18, 2022 | 12:00 EDT
The Megami Tensei games and their spin-offs have had all kinds of releases in recent years. Shin Megami Tensei V returned to the supernatural post-apocalypse, Persona continues to tell stories of…
August 18, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
Multiverse stories are becoming more and more popular in the current pop culture landscape. Often, they take characters to a world where one minor decision they made, or one minor difference in the…
August 16, 2022 | 08:00 EDT
I've played a lot of shooters in my days, but I definitely haven't seen anything quite like Fashion Police Squad. Trading the typical blood and gore, ultra gritty and dark themes we see in many…
August 13, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Roguelikes are no stranger to religious fervor. The Binding of Isaac offers a demonic twist on Christian themes that presents endless opportunities to wield holy artifacts against poop monsters. At…
August 10, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Behavior Interactive hit gold with Dead By Daylight a few years after its release date and has continued to grow since then. Taking pages out of classic slasher films, the game presents a players vs…
August 10, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Sometimes the lore will live far beyond the person who brought it to light and that's the case with H.P. Lovecraft. Though he mainly wrote short stories, they led to the creation of a whole universe…
August 10, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
If stories and advertising are to be believed, the Old West was not an easy place to live. Whether you were just trying to make a living or roaming the wilderness, it's apparent that only the…
August 5, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
Digimon games have always come in a wide variety of genres. Some entries are simulation games where you'll need to correctly train your Digimon to have it evolve into greatness, others are full-blown…
August 4, 2022 | 11:30 EDT
There's been a lack of variety in video games adapted from classic literature recently. There are only so many times the tentacles of Lovecraft can satiate the needs of the gaming equivalent of a…
August 4, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
If Frogun had been released during the same time as the patformers it emulates, it would have enjoyed plenty of love from gaming at large. Host to a slew of inventive platforming mechanics, the game…
August 2, 2022 | 09:00 EDT
I won't mince words - The Mortuary Assistant scared the absolute daylights out of me, and I'm very lucky I didn't have nightmares when I fell asleep right after playing. The game opens with a warning…
August 2, 2022 | 08:00 EDT
The initial 2018 launch of Moss (Book I) was an interesting time for PSVR in particular. After it and Team Asobi's Astro Bot: Rescue Mission, I’d argue the platform's greater potential became more…
August 1, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
South of the Circle is an experience clearly designed with a specific platform in mind. It was released on Apple Arcade in 2020 and a lot of its design decisions, from control scheme to UX to UI, can…
July 29, 2022 | 09:00 EDT
Sometimes, the best place for an overnight stay isn’t the area’s 5-star hotel with room service and a fancy ballroom. Rather, it’s the bed and breakfast that’s run by a teenage bear and his friends.…
July 28, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
[Reviewer's Note: I have to dive into SPOILERS to critique major issues with this story. Read at your own discretion.] It's not fun to denigrate indie titles with unique ambitions in mind. After all…
July 23, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Rarely has a game gripped me as tightly as Endling: Extinction Is Forever did. Through only a few hours of gameplay, I was more invested in guiding a mother fox and her cubs around a threat-filled…
July 19, 2022 | 10:00 EDT
Hazel Sky is a charming puzzle game that has you on a journey to becoming a mechanic. Set on an unknown island, you'll have to repair planes to get to the next chapter, and there are many hurdles in…
July 18, 2022 | 09:00 EDT
Like any cat owner, Stray should perk up your ears, just as it did mine. My own cat -- who is appropriately named Kitten -- is perfect in every way, minus the fact that she always has a scowl like…
July 18, 2022 | 12:00 EDT
“Couples See Man-Sized Bird...Creature...Something” is what the headline of a newspaper in 1966 said in reference to the first sighting of the Mothman in 1966. Needless to say, Mothmen 1966 is based…
July 18, 2022 | 10:30 EDT
Indie game APICO hit PC back in May, but has now made its way to Nintendo Switch. APICO is a beekeeping simulator based on Minecraft mods and casual crafting games, and though it takes a bit of a…
July 18, 2022 | 10:00 EDT