Psychonauts 2, the long-awaited sequel to the 2005 cult hit Psychonauts, is a game I can only describe as “mental”. It’s apt, as the game is “mental” in the way it is written and designed by the idiosyncratic mind of Tim Schafer and the Double Fine team, and in the …
A collaboration between Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town and Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin will soon see Story of Seasons players able to dress up as everyone’s favourite harvest goddess. From September 15 to September 30, the “Princess Sakuna’s Heavenly Garb” outfit will be available as free DLC …
Good news for My Hero Academia fans! World Heroes Mission, the series’ third film, is getting a theatrical release this October, with both subbed and dubbed releases. And for Oceanic folks, the news gets even better: it’s coming to Australia and New Zealand a day ahead of everyone else. World …
Cotton isn’t exactly a household name, and that’s a damn shame. “Cute-’em-ups” are a delight, with their blend of super-cute presentation and classic shooter action, and 1991’s Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams and its handful of sequels more than earned their place alongside the TwinBees and Fantasy Zones of the world. …
If you ask most people today what they like about adventure games, it’s almost always some echo of what Telltale brought to the genre: compelling characters, weighty themes, choice and consequence. Less so is it about the genre’s crunchier roots, from the likes of Monkey Island or King’s Quest to …
One of the more surprising things to come out of the onslaught of Gamescom announcements this week was Marvel’s Midnight Suns: a turn-based tactical RPG developed by Firaxis Games, the studio behind the acclaimed XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2. Marvel’s Midnight Suns takes place “in the darker side of …
No More Heroes III is the kind of wildly creative adventure you don’t experience often in today’s gaming landscape. And yet, it’s exactly what you should expect from a studio whose relatively long motto begins with “Punk’s not dead.” Unlike the traditional action game, No More Heroes III features considerable …
The introduction of the WNBA-focused The W mode in last year’s NBA 2K21 was welcome, but it was still a first step—as exciting as it was to be able to create your own WNBA MyPlayer and play in that league, some of the modes and options felt a little lacking …
Armature Studio’s Where the Heart Leads is a dense narrative game, with an apparent 600,000 words of dialogue and tons of decisions to make throughout the game. That word count is neither a positive or negative, however: it gives players the chance to craft their own story, yet drags along …
The Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ultimate Edition Blu-ray set that GKids announced last week is coming to Australia and New Zealand courtesy of Madman Entertainment, but you’ll want to get in quick: it’s limited to just 500 copies in this corner of the world. (There’ll also be Collector’s Edition and Standard …
