Sony’s PlayStation 5 showcase got off to a huge start with the reveal of Final Fantasy XVI—which will be exclusive to PlayStation 5 for a limited time. Square Enix and Sony announced Final Fantasy XVI with a four-minute trailer “captured on a PC emulating the PS5 experience”. It looks like …
Nintendo’s keeping up its recent trend of regular “Mini Directs” with another third-party showcase set for this Friday. The Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase – September 2020 will broadcast from midnight AEST / 2am NZST on 18 September. The focus this time will be on “upcoming Nintendo Switch titles exclusively …
Masayuki Furuya has a remarkable ability to use grim, horrific settings to tell the most heartfelt and hopeful stories. Games like Hotaru no Nikki: The Firefly Diary and A Rose in the Twilight are unforgiving games that explore difficult themes like depression, but their cute character designs always sit in …
Indie publisher Digirati has announced Rangok Skies, a bright and colourful bullet hell shoot-’em-up inspired by classics like DoDonPachi and Gunbird. It’s coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC sometime around the end of this year or early 2021. Rangok Skies is the creation of one-man studio Samurai Games. …
Kholat, an indie horror game inspired by true events and narrated by Sean Bean, is getting a limited-edition physical release on Switch thanks to Red Art Games. Developed by IMGN.PRO, Kholat is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure that sees players exploring the cold, inhospitable Ural Mountains to try to find …
The next PlayStation 5 Showcase will stream live from 8am on Thursday, 17 September 2020 (NZT), offering another look at the games that will be coming to Sony’s next home console. The showcase will run for around 40 minutes, focusing on “updates on the latest titles from Worldwide Studios and …
A remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is in development, Ubisoft announced today during the Ubisoft Forward presentation. The company’s “first full-scale remake” is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Epic Games Store, the Ubisoft Store on PC, and UPLAY+ on 21 January 2021. Prince of Persia: …
We finally have answers for two of the most pressings questions around Xbox’s next-generation consoles: how much will they cost, and when can we buy them? Xbox Series X will cost AU$749 / NZ$799 (RRP), while the less-powerful Xbox Series S will be AU$499/NZ$549 (RRP). Both consoles launch on November …
RollerCoaster Tycoon is looking to return to its heydey with RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition for Nintendo Switch and PC, due out later this month. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition comes with both the Soaked! and Wild! expansion packs, which bring water park and wildlife elements to the game. All …
At Realms Deep 2020 this weekend, 3D Realms announced Graven, a spiritual successor to Hexen II that’s coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, and PC in 2021. Graven is a dark fantasy first-person shooter that casts you as a disgraced Priest of the …
