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Baseball is more than just hitting a ball out of the arena. It’s about working with your teammates, anticipating the other team’s movements, and pushing yourself to your limits. Every baseball player is working hard to participate in the most prestigious tournaments in the world. That means training, improving, and...
It’s incredibly good to have the Suikoden franchise back in orbit with the recently released Suikoden I&II HD Remaster. This is not only because it’s the first thing Konami has done with the series in over a decade. Playing this compilation of two classic RPGs for review, I initially wondered why the themes and...
Look Outside is a brand new horror RPG venture all about channelling dread. Controlling a player locked away in an apartment complex during a supernatural horror epidemic and unable to go outside (in fact even discouraged from merely glancing out your window or else some unspeakable illness will befall you),...
Atomfall
Few games throw you to the wolves as quickly as Atomfall. The latest from Sniper Elite’s Rebellion Developments, Atomfall is a post-apocalyptic survival-action game taking place in Northern England. Unlike Rebellion’s previous titles, Atomfall heavily focuses on narrative—primarily the goal of unearthing the mystery of the disaster at the Windscale...
Cabernet
Fans of vampires have been eating pretty well in the past few years, there have been vampire films, and vampire games, and it seems like our favourite blood-sucking monsters are working their way back into the cultural zeitgeist. The newest to the collection of vampiric video games is Cabernet, a...
Centum
An adventure game featuring a time-loop, post-apocalyptic mutants, and a staunchly unreliable narrator, Centum is a narrative title that delights in obscurity and aims to deliver existential angst. It plays on fears of digital subservience and the concept of humanity, leaning on gore and the macabre to evoke a sense...
Xenoblade Chronicles X was a standout title on the Wii U, a game that pushed the boundaries of open-world design and mech combat, but not without hardware limitations. Now, with its long-awaited Definitive Edition on the Nintendo Switch, we can finally experience this ambitious sci-fi RPG with modern refinements. But...
For as long as Assassin’s Creed established its custom of setting each new title in a new country and era, fans have begged Ubisoft to bring the series to Japan. It’s surprising it took them so long, but now we finally have it: Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Personally, I’ve skipped the...
There are very few games in my life where I can take a step back, get comfortable, and explore a vibrant world at my own pace, while enjoying a thoughtful story with satisfying combat and crafting mechanics when I feel like it. That is until Atelier Yumia: the Alchemist of...
WWE 2K25
WWE as an overall product right now is arguably stronger than ever. As the “Road to Wrestlemania” continues to come into focus, viewership is high, with a global Netflix partnership kicking things up a notch, and even another tour Down Under is coming to Perth later this year. Hollywood star...
Wanderstop
You’re no good to the fight if you can’t even currently take the time to look after yourself.
MainFrames
MainFrames grabs attention with its charming art style and brilliant concept for a platformer. Exploring the world of a dying computer sounds so cool, like a digital version of The Pedestrian. Instead, MainFrames ends up as an unimpressive experience, but not one that’s outright bad either. It’s simply mediocre, and...
