One of the staples of a Legend of Zelda game—and the many, many games Link’s adventures have inspired—is a steady progression of new tools or abilities to help you explore. But with Skjoldur Story, solo developer Snoozing Pixel decided to flip that idea on its head: your shield is the …
As part of the Square Enix Presents showcase this morning, Square Enix announced the proper title for what had previously been unveiled as Project Athia. It’s called Forspoken, and with a new trailer introducing Ella Balinska in the starring role, it’s looking impressive. Balinska plays Frey Holland, “an ordinary young …
We’ve got a release window for the Steam version of El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron: mid-April 2021. Originally released in 2011, El Shaddai combines elements of action, platforming, and strategy to tell a story of fallen angels inspired by the apocryphal Book of Enoch. It was the directorial debut …
For Thomas Olsson of Skeleton Crew Studio, Olija is a very personal project. It’s a game about being a foreigner in a strange land, drawing from his own experiences as a foreigner living in Japan—an experience that can be exciting and awe-inspiring, but also lonely. Olija may take a swashbuckling …
Ocean’s Heart is a game that overtly and deliberately puts its Legend of Zelda front and centre. It’s explicitly made for an audience who loves A Link to the Past and wants more of what made that game special. It’s a loving tribute to one of the most revered games …
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas was a thoroughly enjoyable, if somewhat derivative, Zelda-style action adventure game. It used its comparatively low budget and short form in its favour, capturing much of the Zelda magic in a game that never overstayed its welcome. By comparison, Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost …
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered is a welcome PlayStation 5 touch-up to one of the better blockbuster hits on PS4, and a nice accompaniment to the cross-generation Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Both games benefit greatly from Sony’s newest console. Marvel’s Spider-Man, first released in 2018 for PlayStation 4, is one of the …
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, …
A remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is in development, Ubisoft announced today during the Ubisoft Forward presentation. The company’s “first full-scale remake” is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Epic Games Store, the Ubisoft Store on PC, and UPLAY+ on 21 January 2021. Prince of Persia: …
In what has been a big year for wholesome, feel-good videogames, Giraffe and Annika is up there with the best of them. Through a classic action-adventure framework with a dose of rhythm game, game and uses that to tell a beautiful, personal story about the ties that bind family together. …
