One of my favourite things about Touhou is just how creative the fangame community gets with it. There’s Touhou mahjong, Touhou rhythm games, Touhou metroidvanias, Touhou roguelikes, Touhou RPGs … so why not a Touhou kart-racing game? Cue Gensou SkyDrift, a game that pits the delightful residents of Gensokyo against …
Does the Hundred Years War (or should that be the 116 Years War?) make you think “Hmm, that would have been a good time to make bank from metalworking”? If so, Anvil Saga has you covered—coming to Steam later this year, it sees you trying to turn a ramshackle blacksmith …
One of the staples of a Legend of Zelda game—and the many, many games Link’s adventures have inspired—is a steady progression of new tools or abilities to help you explore. But with Skjoldur Story, solo developer Snoozing Pixel decided to flip that idea on its head: your shield is the …
Fans of heartwarming, colourful platformers have something new to look forward to: The Lightbringer, a charming-looking game that sees you exploring diorama-like levels on a quest to cleanse the world of corruption, coming to Switch and PC later this year. According to Zordix Publishing’s announcement, “The Lightbringer‘s gameplay is all …
Yesterday, Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital Inc. and motorsport governing body FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) announced the FIA Certified Gran Turismo Championships 2021 Series, with Stage One starting April 21. The Championship Series includes two different competitions: the Nations Cup, in which individual players represent their country, and the …
You’re a witch living in the middle of a poisonous swamp, minding your own business making dubious potions. When a group of bandits raids your home and steals your most precious jewel, what do you do? If your answer is “jump on your broom and chase the bandits down, blasting …
One of the most common complaints about Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (a divisive game, but one that I personally enjoyed a whole lot, despite its frustrations) is around the inefficiency of makers. These machines let you turn raw materials into all sorts of other things, but at …
Mark April 14 on your calendar, because this is when you’ll be able to play Tasomachi: Behind the Twilight, a gorgeous-looking 3D exploration platformer from Japanese industry veteran nocras and publisher Playism. Tasomachi sees you, as crash-landed explorer Yukumo, exploring a mysterious fantasy town inspired by East Asian art, culture, …
Crossword City Chronicles is a barebones port of a woeful mobile game that turned Scrabble into a tedious, mind-numbing grind. Let’s clear something up: crosswords and Scrabble are different things. They’re both word-based puzzles that use a grid of overlapping words, sure, but very different in how they actually work, …
Not only is MLB The Show making its Xbox debut with this year’s MLB The Show 21, but it’ll be on Xbox Game Pass from the game’s launch on April 20. It’s a surprising move, considering that The Show is a Sony first-party series that, until now, has only ever …
