Soulcalibur VI is already the best game in the series since the lofty heights of Soulcalibur II, and the best fighting game in a year that’s been chock full of them. It’s set to get even better in the near future, too, with Bandai Namco announcing that the next DLC character will …
I’m honestly surprised it’s taken Ubisoft as long as it has to jump onto the toys-to-life bandwagon. But that’s for the best: they’ve had time to look at what worked in games like Disney Infinity and LEGO Dimensions, and, more importantly, what didn’t. Enter Starlink: Battle for Atlas, a toys-to-life …
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We’ve got two download codes for Black Bird on Nintendo Switch to give away! Last week, I published my review of Onion Games’ Black Bird, finding it to be “one of the most enthralling shoot ’em ups I’ve played in a long time.” That’s in part due to solid shoot ’em up gameplay …
Earlier this week, Weekly Famitsu unveiled Atelier Lulua: The Alchemist of Arland 4 for release in Japan next year. A Western release was pretty much a given, but the announcement came sooner than I think most would have expected: Koei Tecmo today announced a spring 2019 (autumn 2019 in ANZ) for the …
If you’ve walked into a toy store, department store, or even a supermarket in recent months, you’ll no doubt have seen a swathe of new “blind box” toys. LOL Surprise dolls are the most prominent by far (in New Zealand, at least), but plenty of others are cropping up in …
Aotearoa New Zealand, a small island nation that’s often left off maps of the world and that most Americans think is somewhere in Europe, will get a spot in the limelight next month, at least for people who pick up Hitman 2. Developer IO Interactive released a new trailer for the …
“When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau Black Bird is one of the most enthralling shoot ’em ups I’ve played in a long time. There are no space ships, aliens, shrine maidens, here; rather, Black Bird casts you as a …
It took a while for Warriors Orochi 4 to really click with me. Recent games in the Warriors series have gone in wonderful new directions, be it the open-ended nature of Warriors All-Stars, the increased focus on characterisation in Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada, or the brilliant use of an …
Content warning: The Missing—and, by extension, this review—deals extensively with themes of self-harm, suicide, bullying, and discrimination against queer people. “This game was made with the belief that nobody is wrong for being what they are.” This message is one of the first things you see when you load up …
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age will be remembered as one of the JRPG greats, at least of this generation. As is always true of Dragon Quest games, Echoes of an Elusive Age is instantly familiar, yet feels new and fresh at the same time. I said as …
