Ghostrunner’s blend of free-running and action is refreshing because the latter is incorporated into the former. It’s a platformer first and foremost but the action itself remains exciting due to two reasons: most enemies die from a slash of your sword and ALL enemies kill you in one hit. By …
When Scarlet Nexus was first announced, I was intrigued but a little skeptical of the way it was being described: “brainpunk”. In a world where “cyberpunk” has lost all meaning—where it’s so often reduced to neon lights and “cool” body augmentations, with none of the depth and thematic weight that …
At the Future Games Festival on Friday, The Moon Pirates announced a release date for its upcoming “jazz-punk mind-manipulation adventure game” detective adventure game, Don’t Forget Me. It comes to Windows, Mac, and Linux on April 20. Taking inspiration from the likes of Her Story and Red Strings Club, Don’t …
When it comes to psychological horror games with a deeply atmospheric surreal bent, few can match Bloober Team. Layers of Fear and Layers of Fear 2 are fine examples of that, delving as they do into the fractured psyche of an artist and filmmaker, respectively, but Observer might just be …
CD PROJECT RED is teaming up with Studio Trigger and Netflix for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, an anime series set in the world of Cyberpunk 2077. Due to premiere in 2022, Edgerunners is a 10-episode series about a street kid with everything to lose who decides to become an “edgerunner”—that is, an …
After initially being announced solely for PC, the impressive-looking Cloudpunk is now heading to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One as well, courtesy of Merge Games. Described as a “story-driven open-world title” that draws inspiration from the likes of Firewatch and Kentucky Route Zero, Cloudpunk will cast you as …
Dex is a game I wanted to like, and for the first hour or two, I really did like it. It’s a cyberpunk action RPG reminiscent of Deus Ex and Shadowrun, but that plays out as a sidescroller with some gorgeous 2D artwork. The combination of action RPG staples, light …
