Let’s Sing might not have the same name recognition or impact as the likes of SingStar, but it’s been quietly moving in on the karaoke rhythm game scene for a few years now. Multi-platform releases have been a particular focus, and that continues with Let’s Sing 2023 (the “only karaoke …
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Final Bar Line was one of the highlights of last week’s Nintendo Direct. The Final Fantasy rhythm game series has been long dormant on consoles, but it’s finally making its way to Switch and PlayStation 4 next February, and with a whopping 385 songs included—502, if you …
The world can always do with more cute-’em-ups. Shmups are all well and good, but trade the spaceships and gritty sci-fi for adorable characters and bright, playful colours and you get magic—as the TwinBees and Cottons of this world have proven time and again. It’s that tradition that Hazelnut Hex …
The lack of backwards compatibility on PSVR2 isn’t exactly surprising news, but being honest about the complications would go down a lot better than PR spin. I thought we’d gotten past this. After a period of odd resistance to the idea of backwards compatibility—highlighted most excruciatingly by that comment from …
I’ll state right upfront that I’ve never played a Heroes of Might and Magic. Maybe that’s blasphemous, but such is life—you can’t play anything, and HOMM is one of those things that passed me by. A bring this up because, if you’re hoping for a review that’ll dive deep into …
Update: We’ve now got a full list of the tracks in the base game! Original post: It feels like a new Theatrhythm has been a long time coming. It’s been eight years since Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call landed on 3DS in 2014, and while the series has had some …
Even without any personal nostalgia to draw from, there’s always something enchanting about rural Japanese settings in games. From Persona 4 to Root Letter, Boku no Natsuyasumi to The Kids We Were, it’s not an uncommon backdrop, but one that always comes with its own unique magic. It’s that same …
When you win a dance battle in Ooblets—because dance-offs are how these particular collectible monsters compete—you get a chance to collect a seed from the leader of the other team. But rather than snatching the spoils from a vanquished foe, or ensnaring them in a little ball, you give a …
There were plenty of exciting announcements in this morning’s Future Games Show at Gamescom: a shadow drop of an English update for the Steam version of Wizardry: The Five Ordeals; an intriguing-looking climate change-themed city builder in Floodland; the release of a demo for character action game Soulstice; among many …
A new dungeon crawler is always good news. A new game that channels a sumi-e art style is always good news. A new game revolving around yōkai is always good news. So one that hits all three of those targets? Well that’s very good news indeed. Enter Labyrinth of Zangetsu, …
