Yesterday, Nintendo shared the last of its Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase presentations for the year—continuing a somewhat annoying new trend of broadcasting them with no warning and at 3am New Zealand time. But that scheduling headache aside, it was a show full of exciting announcements and nice surprises, including—finally!—a …
A new Final Fantasy XVI teaser site sheds some more light on the setting and main characters for the upcoming action RPG, as well as some impressive key artwork. Final Fantasy XVI takes place in Valisthea, “a land blessed in the light of the Mothercrystals”. Great powers have developed around …
Earlier this year, Sony announced the PlayStation Plus Collection, an assortment of PlayStation 4 games that would be available to PlayStation Plus subscribers on PlayStation 5 at no extra cost. Today, the company finally shared the full list of what those games will be, with 20 in total from both …
It’s hard to fairly describe a game like Pikmin 3 Deluxe. I said as much when I shared my first impressions, and despite having spent much more time with it since then, I’m still struggling to do it justice. It’s a game that’s not quite like anything else out there, …
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, a spiritual successor to the acclaimed Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, is coming to mobile thanks to a partnership between ArtPlay and NetEase. The mobile version of Bloodstained will be a premium title (in other words, not reworked into a free-to-play game) that “features all …
“Sangre” is a fitting title for the sixth volume of Joe Benitez’s Lady Mechanika, and not just because there’s plenty of blood and bloodshed to be seen across its pages. This is a story about the blood that ties families together, for better and worse—about the lengths a mother will …
Crimzon Clover: World EXplosion is coming to Switch on October 29, bringing this fan-favourite shoot-em-up to console for the first time since its 2011 debut along with a new update. Crimzon Clover is the creation of Japanese indie developer Yotsubane, delivering an intense bullet hell experience to rival CAVE’s creations. …
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, the first game in the Fire Emblem series, is finally getting an English release—30 years on from its launch in 1990 for Famicom. The classic tactical JRPG is coming to Nintendo Switch on December 4, and will be available for purchase …
If you like exploration-centric platformers (aka metroidvanias) and emotive, story-driven games, you’re going to want to keep an eye out for Reina & Jericho. This “touching metroidvania from Reclamation Games following a woman’s time bending journey to save the love of her life” comes to Switch and PC next year. Reina & …
I’ve been eagerly looking forward to Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin for what feels like forever. The concept of an action platformer / farming sim hybrid based on Japanese mythology was enough to get my attention when it was first announced back in 2017, but the way developers Edelweiss have …