I have a confession to make: a hate Tetris. I had the NES version as a kid, but I found it tedious and stressful and thus rarely played it. The litany of new versions in the years since did little to change my perceptions, nor did the many other falling …
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Cricket games are few and far between, and they’re almost always aimed at the hardcore fans with the most lifelike simulations of the sport possible. Big Bash Boom looks set to change that, taking a comical, arcade-style approach to cricket that calls to mind NBA 2K Playgrounds and Super Mega Baseball. A new gameplay trailer …
11-11: Memories Retold: Memories Retold is what a game about war should be like. It’s not about creating “interesting gameplay flavours” or offering “a unique battlefield experience“. It’s not Saving Private Ryan style historical revisionism, realistically portraying the violence of war but presenting American forces as unlikely but infallible heroes …
Pianista: The Legendary Virtuoso is a celebration of classical music. A lot of rhythm games have a handful of classical tracks, but they tend to be few in number, limited to the most well-known stuff, and in genre-bending arrangements that fit the tone of the game but don’t quite have that …
There’s been a lot made of the control scheme for The World Ends With You: Final Remix, with many suggesting that the use of touchscreen or mobile inputs (depending on whether you’re playing in handheld or docked mode) ruins an otherwise great experience. At worst, though, the controls are a …
Lewis Denby, one half of the two-person team behind the poignant adventure game Richard & Alice, has a new game on the way called Reality Falls, and those interested will soon be able to check out an alpha demo. Due out in 2019, Reality Falls follows the journey of Adrian Watts through the …
Today Koei Tecmo released a new Dynasty Warriors 9 trial, as well as the above video showing what this trial includes. As the publisher outlined in a press release: DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Trial enables fans to choose up to three characters from the roster of 90 total playable characters in a small …
At a glance, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey looks nothing like the series early days. It leans heavily into role-playing game systems, more so even than last year’s Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, to the point that many liken it to The Witcher and BioWare’s games. Stealth still plays a big role, but depending …
At the Lucca Comics and Games 2018 festival this past weekend, Square Enix unveiled a new Kingdom Hearts 3 Tangled-themed trailer, introducing the Kingdom of Corona world. It looks like Sora and co will meet Rapunzel around the time she’s escaping her tower with Flynn Rider, where the appearance of Heartless …
In Deracine, you are a faerie. Not a “fairy” as they’re commonly conceived in a post-Peter Pan world—a tiny magical being that flits about with dragonfly-like wings, sprinkling fairy dust about and being playful and good-natured—but a “faerie”, more akin to their origins in Celtic mythologies. You’re an otherworldly spirit, …