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Discounty
Prior to my current job, I worked in retail for a decade. One of the few reasons I was able to leave the house during COVID was to stock shelves and hear customers complain about having to buy a second pasta maker because their first one was stuck at their...
In a world ravaged by human hubris, you must journey across a land to rescue a kidnapped family member. In Echoes of the End, you’ll navigate beautiful environments while fighting dangerous enemies with your supernatural powers. Those powers are vital to helping you solve environmental puzzles that coincidentally fill every...
Drag x Drive
Drag x Drive is a new and unique oddity from Nintendo built entirely around the Nintendo Switch 2. It’s an online multiplayer game, situating players in 3v3 wheelchair basketball matches and minigames, all within an arena. Simultaneously pinnacle and anti-Nintendo design, Drag x Drive is an interesting project filled with game...
Mafia: The Old Country
Set in 1900s Sicily, Mafia: The Old Country is a bold reimagining of what a Mafia game can be. Equal parts historical drama and brutal crime story, this is Hangar 13’s most focused effort yet. It blends narrative grit with breathtaking scenery, letting you immerse yourself in the bloodstained soil...
To me, the beating heart of any city-builder / simulation game is the poetic balance of aesthetic design and mechanical optimisation. It’s how successfully the game lets you create a visual paradise while scratching that itch, telling you that what you’ve made is pretty good, buuuuuuut… if you tweaked the...
Killing Floor is a cooperative zombie horde shooting franchise that is now over fifteen years old. It comes to us from renowned developer Twipwire Interactive, who, beyond Killing Floor, have also developed the Red Orchestra series alongside 2020’s Maneater. Now in its third iteration, Killing Floor 3 has a legacy...
The King is Watching
Roguelikes and roguelites feel like an indie release staple at this point. Coined from the 1980 release of Rogue, the rise of small game studios, digital distribution, and the success of hits like Spelunky and Slay the Spire have seen a growing cornucopia of roguey releases for players to choose...
Dead Take
Dead Take is a brand new game from Surgent Studios, the developer of Tales of Kenzera: Zau. Ditching the Metroidvania and hopping into the Horror genre, the adventure covers new grounds, merging 3D exploration of a Hollywood mansion with FMV (Full Motion Video) cutscenes, interweaving an intriguing mystery story. Though it doesn’t...
Wheel World
Wheel World is a universe that cyclists would view as a utopia. Cycling is life in this open world adventure game, so much so that if an ancient bike ritual isn’t upheld, it will be the end of this cycling paradise! That’s where you come in. You play as Kat,...
It can be hard to stand out as a soulslike action RPG in this day and age. We’ve had underwater soulslikes, we’ve had soulslikes based on classic Italian literature, and we’ve had steampunk soulslikes set in revolutionary France. Wuchang: Fallen Feathers makes a decent enough impression in a crowded market...
Super Mario Party Jambooree was only released last year, so one could argue that such a recent game has the least to gain from a Switch 2 edition. However, Mario Party games have always celebrated the novel control schemes a new console has to offer, so Super Mario Party Jamboree...
Normal town revitalisation games make you focus on the well-being of one town. Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma takes that idea and runs with it, putting you in charge of four villages that need help. The land has been ravaged by corruption, ruining the environment and creating dangerous beasts. It’s...