I guess 2020 is the year I learnt to appreciate the soulslike. Earlier this year, Nioh 2 opened my eyes to a genre I’ve long had a conflicted relationship with, and now Mortal Shell is here to seal the deal. I can’t stop playing this game, even when—especially when—it kicks …
In what has been a big year for wholesome, feel-good videogames, Giraffe and Annika is up there with the best of them. Through a classic action-adventure framework with a dose of rhythm game, game and uses that to tell a beautiful, personal story about the ties that bind family together. …
Two New Zealand beaches have been brought to life in Dreams, as part of a game built to raise awareness about environmental sustainability and the impact of litter on the natural environment. Called Pick Up Quick!, the game challenges you to pick up as much litter as possible within 45 …
Wondering what could have been is, I think, one of those inherently human things. “What would my life be life right now if I had that thing differently? What if I had applied for that job, or declined that invitation?” Or maybe even just something like “What if I’d chosen …
Indie publisher nakana.io and developer Lovable Hat Cult have unveiled Journey of the Broken Circle, a story-driven platformer “about falling in love and falling out of love”. Journey of the Broken Circle is the story of a broken Circle on an existential journey to find something to make it whole. …
Ys Origin is getting both a Collector’s Edition and a Limited Edition for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, thanks to a partnership between DotEmu, Clear River Games, and Strictly Limited Games. The Collector’s Edition, priced at €44.99, is limited to 3,000 copies of the Switch version and 1,500 copies of …
If you’re planning a game night, Boomerang Fu is essential. Making a really good party game is, I think, a lot more difficult than it may appear. It needs to be easy to pick up and get the hang of when you’ve never played it before, but also offer some …
The Zelda-inspired action-adventure game Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm is coming to Switch this northern fall / southern spring, after being exclusively available on Apple Arcade for almost a year. Oceanhorn 2 is a prequel to the very good Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas, which first came out …
SNK’s new trend of bringing classic NeoGeo Pocket games to Nintendo Switch continues, with King of Fighters R-2 and Samurai Shodown! 2 being the latest games to join the NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection range. Both games released last Friday, priced at NZD $13.20 / AUD $12.00 each. They offer “perfectly …
Yesterday, 8 August, marked the 10th anniversary of the launch of Momodora. To celebrate, developer Bombservice (aka rdein) shared a few things on Twitter—chief among them, a teaser trailer for a new Momodora game that’s in the works. The emphasis is on “teaser”. The trailer shows a red pixel-art moon …
