When you think of PlatinumGames, you probably think of over-the-top, high-energy action games. The likes of Bayonetta and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance start with the dial at 11, and only raise the stakes from there. Astral Chain—a joint effort from Platinum and Nintendo—comes, in large part, from that same school …
Having never played a Remedy game before (I know, I know), I didn’t really know what to expect from Control. The impression I got from pre-release marketing was another entry in the game industry’s endless list of third-person cover shooters, except maybe with a slightly more intelligent story than your …
I joked on Twitter recently that Fire Emblem is basically Adventure Time‘s “now kiss” moment—it may be a tactical RPG first and foremost, but for a lot of people, much of the appeal lies in the characters, their relationships, and the chance to play matchmaker. It seems Nintendo and Intelligent …
Seoul-based developer and publisher Intragames has announced a “bullet-hell fusion” shoot-em up called Grand Brix Shooter, which is due for release on Switch and PC later this month. The trailer shows all the hallmarks of a bullet-hell game: complex mazes of bullets that require precision and strategy to navigate safely, …
EMMA: Lost in Memories, a new 2D platformer from Barcelona-based indie studio SandBloom Studio, looks set to embark on a thoughtful exploration of memory loss when it launches later this month. Judging from the trailer, that theme is built right into the game’s defining mechanic: each platform starts to fade …
2015’s Super Mario Maker was a stroke of genius for Nintendo. Everyone who’s ever played a Mario game has probably dreamed of making their own levels, and here was a game that made that possible. The creation interface was intuitive, but still offered enough depth for imaginative creators to come …
“Unable to fathom everything there was, humanity began to name everything they feared; they mastered the sky, the earth and the entire world. Still in fear, they tied up what nobody else was able to see, they put it in order and they enclosed it inside a concept, regardless of …
Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the Necrodancer feat. The Legend of Zelda is a bold new direction for Nintendo. This is a company known for being fiercely protective of its intellectual property, but it saw fit to lend one of its most precious franchises to a small indie developer from …
There’s no mistaking Jupiter and Mars‘ purpose. “There was a time when the color had faded, when the machines of the earthwalkers blew poisons into the sky and covered the land with their neglect, when everything was thrown into the seas and the underwater world was filled with the remnants …
It’s so refreshing to play a horror game like Layers of Fear 2. When so many games are trying to be the next viral hit by hitting streamers with jump scares, it’s a rare treat to play something that’s more interested in getting under the skin and embedding a feeling …