I have to be honest: I’ve never played Pikmin before, nor have I really had any inclination to. I never had a GameCube, so Pikmin and Pikmin 2 never even crossed my radar, and none of the nostalgic attachment when Pikmin 3 came out almost a decade later. All I …
Yesterday, Sony shared a first look at the PlayStation 5 home screen, and some of the new features that come with it. It’s broadly similar to the PS4 interface in terms of layout, but with a new focus on being “completely centered on the player”. The 12-minute video below has …
Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy finally has a Western release date: 26 January 2021 for North America, and 29 January 2021 for Europe and Oceania. It’s coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC (via Steam). This isn’t quite the simultaneous worldwide release that …
Running a country is one job I’d never, ever want to have. The level of responsibility, the very real and wide-reaching consequences of your actions, the fact that no matter what you do, you’ll always leave someone feeling let down-—there’s no paycheck on the world that I think could be …
There’s a new Reigns game on the way to Apple Arcade, and it looks rather different from the monarchy-themed games we’ve seen from the series so far. Instead of ruling over a medieval kingdom or fighting over the Iron Throne, Reigns: Beyond puts you in charge of an intergalactic indie …
PlayStation 5 launch day, November 12, is just a month away. We’re getting a clearer picture of what we’ll be playing on PlayStation 5 at launch, with some 20 games available on day one and a bunch more coming out across the rest of this year. The list below has …
During today’s Guilty Gear Official Livestream, Arc System Works unveiled the latest addition to Guilty Gear Strive‘s roster: a new character called Giovanna. Giovanna fights with a combat style that appears to be very kick-oriented, like a Guilty Gear twist on Kim Kaphwan from The King of Fighters. She’s also …
Chinatown Detective Agency: Day One, a prologue demo for General Interactive Co’s cybernoir adventure game, is now available on Steam. Inspired by Carmen Sandiego, Chinatown Detective Agency casts you as Amira Darma, a former INTERPOL agent turned private investigator based in Singapore’s Chinatown district. Day One lets you try your …
Last month, indie developer Benny Heller released Arachnowopunk, a single-button, infinite-runner metroidvania. It’s a concept that doesn’t sound like it should work—the defining features of the genre are a variety of different abilities that improve your ability to explore, and the freedom of movement to actually do that exploring. How …
There are some big expectations being placed on Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time. This is the first new Crash Bandicoot game in a while, and an explicit attempt to return to what made the original trilogy so popular. Doing those beloved games justice with a remake like Crash Bandicoot …