SINoALICE, a dark fantasy mobile RPG directed by Yoko Taro (of NieR fame) is finally available worldwide. It’s available to download for from both the iOS App Store and Google Play. Developed by Pokelabo and Square Enix and originally released in Japan in 2017, SINoALICE tells the story of the …
Summer in Mara is rough around the edges, but its tropical farming adventure and story about finding a place to call home are still delightful. I’ve spent a good share of my time in the last couple of weeks lost in an idyllic tropical archipelago, sailing the bright blue ocean, …
Steam’s latest Steam Game Festival is now underway, with some 900 demos available for the next week, and a busy schedule of developer interviews and livestreams. The festival runs from 10 am on June 16 to 10 am on June 22 PDT (5am, June 17 to 5am, June 23 NZST). …
Black Book, an upcoming indie RPG based on Slavic mythology, is blowing away its Kickstarter goals—at the time of writing, it’s more than doubled its initial target, with 19 days still to go. Black Book is the second game from Morteshka, an indie studio based in Perm, Russia whose projects …
Fans of Mario’s papercraft comedy RPG adventures, rejoice! Today Nintendo announced a brand new Paper Mario coming to Nintendo Switch, and it’s not far away: Paper Mario: The Origami King is coming out on July 17 this year. I usually try to avoid copy-pasting directly from a press release, but …
Chucklefish today released a handful of new screenshots for their upcoming magic school-themed life sim RPG Witchbrook, and it’s looking absolutely spellbinding (sorry, not sorry). Witchbook sticks with the colourful, pixel-art aesthetic seen in Chucklefish’s previous games, Starbound and Wargroove. When it was first announced, early screens showed a flat …
The Good Life, a “debt repayment daily life RPG” from White Owls Inc and Suehiro “Swery” Hidetaka*, is coming to Nintendo Switch this year, Nintendo revealed today. The game follows Naomi, a journalist from New York who moves to a sleepy British town called Rainy Woods in order to pay …
Anyone who wants to try out the Final Fantasy VII Remake ahead of its launch next month is in luck: there’s now a free demo available on PlayStation 4. The demo covers the first chapter of the game, which sees Cloud, Barret, and the rest of Avalanche bombing one of …
Since its PC relaunch earlier this month, I’ve seen plenty of comments about the “old-school” nature of Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls. Whether that’s said as a point of praise or criticism depends on the individual, but it’s the common refrain: “old-school”. But to me, though, Labyrinth of Lost Souls …
I’m glad that Final Fantasy VIII is finally getting the recognition it always deserved. It was the black sheep of the series for a while thanks to some of its more experimental elements, but it seems to have grown on people in the years since (or, perhaps, I just follow …
