Tales of Arise is set to launch on 10 September this year, and in addition to the previously-announced PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC versions, it’s now coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S as well. This will be the new-generation debut for Bandai Namco’s long-running JRPG series, and …
Like a lot of people, NieR Automata was my introduction to the world of NieR and the works of Yoko Taro. It’s no exaggeration to say that it quickly earned its place as my favourite game of all time, with its beautiful, heartbreaking story, its sense of humour, its subversive …
There’s a lot to be said about the comfort of a daily routine. When life gets chaotic, routine can keep you grounded, give you something solid to hold on to in the middle of a storm. The more enjoyable and less demanding, the better: reading a few pages of a …
Magical academy stories sure have become popular lately, especially in the last five years or so. The Dawn of the Witch follows those same footsteps, but with a slightly unusual twist: rather than taking place in the school itself, it follows a group of students and their eccentric teacher on …
From LittleBigPlanet and Kirby’s Epic Yarn to Yoshi’s Woolly World and Sackboy: A Big Adventure, it seems like “textile-themed platformers” are becoming a genre of their own—as oddly specific as that may seem. It’s this trend that Where’s Samantha? jumps on, and while it lacks the budget and refinement of …
This morning, Nintendo held its latest Indie World Showcase, unveiling a swathe of indie games making their way to Switch in the next year or so. In true Nintendo Direct fashion, it was a no-nonsense show focused on reveal after reveal, without much faffing around in between. There were plenty …
The steady stream of chilled-out farming games continues with Deiland: Pocket Planet Edition. Coming from Chibig, the studio behind last year’s charming (if a little rough) Summer in Mara, it’s a “reimagining” of a remake of their very first game—what started as a humble mobile game got remade for PlayStation …
The best thing about SaGa Frontier Remastered isn’t the new content or features, but how it stays true to the scrappiness of the original. The original SaGa Frontier is a fascinating game. Nigh-unrestrained ambition and an constrained development cycle clashed to create something wholly unique, even within the inventive SaGa …
Plenty of games dive head-first into the eternal question about the meaning of life. Plenty of games tell stories about redemption, about what people will do to clear a guilty conscience. But I’ve never played anything that explores these themes quite like Adios; it turns out that a short-form story …
Overnight, Microsoft’s Age of Empires Fan Preview event dropped a whole lot of new information and footage—mostly focused on the upcoming Age of Empires IV, as you’d expect, but with a few looks at new updates for the Definitive Editions of Age of Empires II and III, too. An in-depth …
