For just shy of 20 years, WarioWare has been down the delightfully absurd corner of Nintendo’s repertoire with frantic medleys of bizarre “microgames”: bite-sized minigames, each lasting only a couple of seconds, played in rapid succession to hilarious outcomes. WarioWare: Get It Together continues that legacy, but with a big …
Team Good Knight and Doublethink Games’ Good Knight is out now on Steam Early Access, dishing up a “butt-clenching” heavy metal bullet hell steeped in Filipino mythology. Drawing inspiration from everything from Dante’s Inferno and Greek classics to Super Hexagon, Castlevania, and rhythm and puzzle games, Good Knight is a …
There’s been a neat trend of story-focused digital jigsaw puzzles over the last few years. Instead of a random assortment of pictures, or a collection of thematically linked but otherwise standalone illustrations, we’ve seen games use the sequence of puzzles to tell a story—like a picture book, only you have …
Today, DELiGHTWORKS Inc. unveiled the latest addition to the roster for the upcoming 2D fighting game Melty Blood: Type Lumina: Vlov Arkhangel, a long-range fighter who wields the powers of fire and ice. In battle, Vlov can switch between Flame Mode and Ice Mode, the latter of which gives him “nearly …
If you want some ’90s-style pixel-art horror this Halloween, you might want to keep an eye on Scarred Stars: Traumatic Edition. Created by indie developer Tuomo Laine with inspiration taken from the likes of Clock Tower, this psychological horror launches October 22 for PC. Taking place in an abandoned theme …
Four years on from its initial release, Yangyang Mobile‘sThe Letter: A Horror Visual Novel is finally coming to console, with plans for a release on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S this December. Originally released in 2017 for PC and mobile, The Letter draws …
Deathloop is the latest in an increasingly rare breed of games that value focus above everything else. Arkane’s latest immersive sim adapts the freeform design philosophies of its longer and larger triple-A contemporaries into a laser-focused experience more concerned with minutiae than grand vistas. The game’s shorter length (compared to …
Sony today unveiled the new Dolby Atmos / DTS:X 5.1.2ch HT-A5000 soundbar, promising a “multi-directional, cinema sound experience from the comfort of your own home” when it launches in New Zealand next March. The combination of front speakers, side beam tweeters, up-firing speakers, and “Sony’s unique signal processing” allows the …
The Woman Called Fujiko Mine is one of the most acclaimed series within the beloved Lupin III franchise, but at the moment, options for watching it are limited. That’s going to change soon, with a new partnership with TMS Entertainment (who owns the rights to Lupin III) bringing a whole …
During this morning’s PlayStation Showcase, Square Enix unveiled a new trailer for Luminous Productions’ upcoming fantasy action-adventure game Forspoken. While that trailer is great—and more on that in a moment—perhaps the more exciting thing is the reveal of a star-studded cast and crew that includes, among other big names, Amy …
