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Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? She’s currently starring in her own video game off of the back of her 2019 animated Netflix, Carmen Sandiego. Developed by Gameloft Brisbane, Carmen Sandiego, for the first time ever, is in control as she teams up with the detective agency ACME. Using...
Knights in Tight Spaces, developed by Ground Shatter, is a fantasy twist on their previous title, Fights in Tight Spaces. It iterates on the turn-based tactics deckbuilding roguelike, retaining the focus on positioning and movement mechanics to mostly great success. While some tactics games relish in random chance, mechanically, Knights...
Split Fiction
Hazelight Studios is back at it again, doubling down on their love for cooperative play with Split Fiction, a game that’s basically what happens when you take a sci-fi epic and a fantasy novel, mash them together in a blender, and crank it to eleven. Following in the footsteps of...
A surrealist caricature of vibrant colours, absurdist personalities, and warped music—Everhood 2 is the latest project from the creative minds of Chris Nordgren and Jordi Roca. Following Everhood in 2021, this sequel takes on the tough task of evolving what was already a strong concept. These are rhythm game battlers where...
PGA Tour 2K25 is the latest golfing title on the market. As an avid golfer and gamer, I’ve spent countless hours on the virtual links. From nostalgic sessions with PGA Tour Golf on my Mega Drive to the latest iterations on modern consoles, I’ve witnessed the evolution of golf games...
How will someone react when they walk into a museum? You hope it’s with awe and excitement when they see the exhibits on offer. Seeing someone gain new knowledge or broaden their horizons is one of the greatest joys you can experience. However, nurturing the minds of museum visitors isn’t...
Monster Hunter Wilds is the latest entry in Capcom’s long-running multiplayer beast-slaying series, and a return to home consoles after the Switch-focused release of its predecessor, Monster Hunter Rise. Taking more inspiration from 2018’s Monster Hunter World, with its greater focus on narrative and spectacle and the return of many...
Like it or not, 2025 looks to be the year of the Warriors franchise. Already getting fed well with Dynasty Warriors: Origins last month, Warriors: Abyss, a roguelike spin on the long-running Musou genre, shadow dropped earlier this month. Featuring fast-paced combat battles against hundreds upon thousands of enemy soldiers,...
There is something so special about playing a game that feels comfortingly familiar, but wonderfully new at the same time. I don’t think I’m alone in that, given the recent prevalence of retro-inspired games. We’ve seen the NES-likes, the SNES-likes, and the PS2-likes, but Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is...
Keeping Driving is not just the name of indie devs YCJY (car)RPG, pixel, management driving adventure, but its whole philosophy. Keep driving through the rain, the damage to your car and other things that could just get in the way of your main goal.
The Like a Dragon series (originally known as Yakuza in the West) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. In that time they’ve had countless mainline games but also spin-offs that depict detective mysteries, Edo period samurai and a zombie apocalypse. There’s little the franchise has done at this point,...
I sat on the rooftop of the Movie Palace. Swann and I hadn’t met any of her friends yet. I didn’t know what would bring them together, just that this summer would ripple across the rest of their lives. Before I crossed the carpark to greet them, I wanted to...
