Breakpoint, a “twin-stick slasher where your weapons explode” from Studio Aesthesia, is coming to Nintendo Switch and Steam on September 24. Breakpoint puts a twist on the classic twin-stick shooter formula by focusing entirely on melee attacks, with no ranged weapons whatsoever. Instead, you use a variety of different physical …
Despite the name, Ghost of Tsushima isn’t a game about Tsushima Island. It’s not really a game about the attempted Mongol invasions of Japan, either, despite that being the premise of the story. Ghost of Tsushima is, instead, about a very imaginary, artificial version of these things. There’s nothing wrong …
Onion Games, the Tokyo-based indie studio behind the likes of Black Bird, Moon, and Dandy Dungeon has a new game on the way: an “insta-death kissing game” for Nintendo Switch, called Mon Amour. Mon Amour is one of the games that will be featured during BitSummit Gaiden, an online indie …
In April this year, Japanese game company G-Mode launched the G-Mode Archives project, with the aim of bringing some of its old flip-phone games to Nintendo Switch. The first four such games are already out on the Japanese eShop, and and G-Mode announced the next two—Sukebooo Man and Shijō Saikyō …
Ratings board listings might have stolen the thunder about the existence of definitive editions of the Mafia games, publisher 2K still had one nice surprise in the games’ official announcement: Mafia II: Definitive Edition and Mafia III: Definitive Edition are available right now, on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam. …
Vienna-based indie studio Follow the Feathers has released a free playable demo for Weaving Tides, the upcoming textile-themed adventure that’s currently funding its final push on Kickstarter. You can get the demo right now from itch.io, and it will soon be available on Steam, as well. Taking place in a …
ITTA, a game that uses bullet hell design to explore themes of loss and grief, will launch for Switch and PC on April 22. ITTA casts players as a young girl who finds herself in a strange landscape, armed with her father’s revolver and guided by the ghost of her …
In a very welcome surprise release, Exit the Gungeon—a sequel to Dodge Roll’s acclaimed Enter the Gungeon—is now available for Nintendo Switch and PC (via Steam). Publisher Devolver Digital describes Exit the Gungeon as a “bullet hell dungeon climber”. Where Enter the Gungeon was a top-down dungeon crawler that saw …
Vertex Pop describe their work as “feel-good action games”, and I can’t think of a more apt description. They’ve mastered high-energy, combo-centric arcade action and the endorphin rush that comes with that, while keeping frustration to a minimum, and coupled that with bright colours as whimsical designs. So it was …
In the shadow of Mount Morta, in an old mansion made only more beautiful by the moss and ivy climbing its walls, live the Bergsons. They look the part of any typical family of relative hermits: three generations living together under one roof, working together to mind their home, hunting …
