You’ve got to love a good yokai story. From folk tales passed down by word of mouth to picture scrolls that are both stunning and gruesome, these tales of ghosts, supernatural creatures, and other strange phenomena have captivated people for millennia. Pop culture is no exception—the influence of (and fascination …
There’s a fundamental mismatch at the heart of Super Bullet Break. On one hand, it’s a roguelike, a genre defined by impermanence; on the other, it’s a (microtransaction-less) gacha game, a genre defined by permanence. In a roguelike, the transient nature of everything you pick up, and the situations that …
If you assumed The DioField Chronicle was another “traditional” turn-based tactical RPG, guess again—we’re going real-time, this time. I clearly haven’t been paying close enough attention, because ever since its announcement a few months ago, I’ve just assumed The DioField Chronicle would be another turn-based tactical RPG of the Final …
The tension of a roguelike and quiet charm of a cozy life sim might seem at odds, but Cult of the Lamb finds magic in that juxtaposition. There’s nothing quite like a quiet, cozy life sim. The old Animal Crossing vibe; hanging out with a quaint little woodland community of …
The revamped PlayStation Plus subscription service is here, bringing with it a library of a few hundred games (for the Extra and Deluxe tiers, at any rate). The value is clear—it takes playing just a few games from the list for the subscription to work out cheaper than buying the …
You could be forgiven for looking at screenshots from Train Valley and expecting a railway management sim a la Railroad Tycoon; it certainly looks the part in screenshots. And while it does have some light simulation elements, in truth, it’s more of a puzzle game—and a rather unique one at …
Bright Memory: Infinite is a conceptually fascinating, technologically impressive game: an intense sci-fi FPS with a hefty dose of Chinese mythology, playing out across some truly gorgeous sets based on real-world locations. But for all that promise, it also feels incomplete, like a prototype for something much more grandiose—a very …
Over the last couple of years, Square Enix‘s mobile manga platform Manga UP! has been making its mark in Japan, giving convenient and speedy access to a wide range of popular titles to some 19 million years. Now, the rest of the world can get in on the fun, too, …
Start getting those leave requests in, friends: you’re going to want to make sure you have September 20 free to play games all day, because that’s the release date Studio Drydock announced today for the Switch and Steam versions of cozy magical farm life sim Wylde Flowers. A quick, back-of-the-envelope …
There was a time when a 60Hz display was just fine. They were simpler times, perhaps, but as graphics cards get ever more powerful and frame rates in the hundreds become more common (in the high-end PC gaming sphere, at least), displays need to keep up. 120Hz and higher have …
