It’s easy to overlook just how influential Chunsoft’s Mystery Dungeon series really is. Beginning life as a Dragon Quest spinoff heavily inspired by Rogue—yes, that Rogue—the series has gone on to see collaborations with everything from Final Fantasy to TwinBee, not to mention plenty of original works. With that sort …
Fairy Knights, a puzzle-based RPG with adorable chibi characters, is heading to Nintendo Switch on April 30, developer WID Studio and publisher CFK announced this week. The game is inspired by classic JRPGs, and sees a group of heroes setting out to restore rain to a barren kingdom. The story is …
Publisher Nakana.io has released a new add-on for Soul Searching on Nintendo Switch, with all proceeds going to support the the UN Refugee Agency. Called “Soul-Soothing Donation“, the DLC also adds a music player to the game, and there’s a game and DLC bundle available, too. The United Nations High Commissioner …
A few years ago, I would have told you that a remake of Final Fantasy VII would never happen—that the sheer scope of such a project would make it impossible. A few months ago, I would have told you that Final Fantasy VII Remake had little hope of living up …
Indie game development-themed yuri visual novels Yumeutsutsu Re:Master and Yumeutsutsu Re:After are coming to Nintendo Switch and PC on April 23, thanks to publisher Degica Games. Related: If you want some idea of what to expect from a Kogado visual novel, check out our review of Nurse Love Addiction. The …
French indie studio UN JE NE SAIS QUOI has announced Dordogne, a narrative adventure game that sees players revisiting childhood memories in a gorgeous watercolour rendition of the Dordogne region. Dordogne follows the 32-year-old Mimi as she visits the home of her recently deceased grandmother. Before her passing, Mimi’s grandmother …
In Other Waters is something special. It’s the sort of game that takes a seemingly simple idea—in this case, an underwater exploration driven entirely through a minimalist user interface—and delivers on that to perfection. It’s a game where you’ll never set eyes on the place you’re exploring, other than through …
This morning, Sony gave the world a first look at the new controller for upcoming PlayStation 5 console. Called “DualSense”, the pad aims to “bring the sense of touch to PS5 gameplay.” Perhaps the most crucial detail, even if Sony completely buried the led in its announcement, is that the …
It was only a matter of time before Super Mario got the LEGO treatment, iconic as both properties are. After announcing a collaboration between Nintendo and LEGO last month, the Danish toymaker has now revealed that the first sets will launch globally on 1 August this year. The “Adventures with …
I’ve long been fascinated by the “soulslike” genre. Dark Souls, and the many games that followed in its footsteps, are built entirely around triumphing over seemingly insurmountable odds through perseverance, practice, and mastery, and the feeling of accomplishment that comes with that. But when I actually play them, they tend …