French indie studio UN JE NE SAIS QUOI has announced Dordogne, a narrative adventure game that sees players revisiting childhood memories in a gorgeous watercolour rendition of the Dordogne region. Dordogne follows the 32-year-old Mimi as she visits the home of her recently deceased grandmother. Before her passing, Mimi’s grandmother …
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This morning, Sony gave the world a first look at the new controller for upcoming PlayStation 5 console. Called “DualSense”, the pad aims to “bring the sense of touch to PS5 gameplay.” Perhaps the most crucial detail, even if Sony completely buried the led in its announcement, is that the …
It was only a matter of time before Super Mario got the LEGO treatment, iconic as both properties are. After announcing a collaboration between Nintendo and LEGO last month, the Danish toymaker has now revealed that the first sets will launch globally on 1 August this year. The “Adventures with …
Chucklefish today released a handful of new screenshots for their upcoming magic school-themed life sim RPG Witchbrook, and it’s looking absolutely spellbinding (sorry, not sorry). Witchbook sticks with the colourful, pixel-art aesthetic seen in Chucklefish’s previous games, Starbound and Wargroove. When it was first announced, early screens showed a flat …
Nihon Falcom’s epic JRPG saga The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel comes to a close later this year, with an international release of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV announced for the latter part of the year. Trails of Cold Steel IV is a direct …
Update: This article originally stated that Shantae and the Seven Sirens was a timed exclusive on Apple Arcade, which is not correct. This has been corrected. Exciting news for fans of WayForward’s hair-whipping half-genie hero: Shantae and the Seven Sirens is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and …
The original NieR is finally getting a remaster for current platforms, Square Enix announced during a concert celebrating the game’s 10th anniversary. It’s called NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…, and it’s coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Related: Since NieR Automata‘s announcement I’ve been calling for a NieR remaster—it’s simply …
For anyone who likes classic JRPGs, Bravely Default II is easily one of the most exciting games on the horizon this year. A new demo released on the Nintendo Switch eShop today offers players a taste of what to expect, as well as a chance to give feedback before the …
ITTA, a game that uses bullet hell design to explore themes of loss and grief, will launch for Switch and PC on April 22. ITTA casts players as a young girl who finds herself in a strange landscape, armed with her father’s revolver and guided by the ghost of her …
In what is, for me personally, the most exciting Guilty Gear Strive update since the game was first announced, Arc System Works has unveiled Millia Rage and Zato=1 as the two latest additions to the Strive roster. As exciting as the character reveals so far have been, I’ve struggled to …