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When the creators of some of the most influential RPGs of the last 20 years in Persona announced they were creating a brand new IP in Metaphor: ReFantazio, you better believe many eyes were on them. After a long wait, the brand new fantasy venture is here.
Have you ever wanted to jump into the Dragon Ball franchise but didn’t know where to start? Or maybe you’re a diehard fan who wants to create their ideal battle scenarios? Even if you are somewhere between those extremes, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero will be great for you. There’s enough...
Shattered Space has now been released as the first, and so far only, expansion for Bethesda Game Studio’s spacefaring RPG Starfield, which released about a year ago. Letting the player explore the homeworld of the secretive House Va’ruun faction and introducing a few new enemy types to face, the expansion...
Phoenix Springs is a point-and-click adventure game, set in a mysterious neo-noir world that feels like it could be a near future. It’s the debut game from Calligram Studio, a team of three people between the UK and France. They call themselves an art collective rather than a development studio,...
Without question, Silent Hill 2 is one of the most iconic and notable psychological horror games of all time. In 2001, it revolutionised the way horror games were made; while others were hitting high notes with jump scares and zombies, Silent Hill 2 brought an overwhelming sense of dread. There’s...
EA Sports FC 25 is the latest annual entry for the series formerly known as FIFA. Despite the loss of the FIFA license a few years ago, the series is still going strong featuring a plethora of gameplay options and content. It features teams and leagues from all over the...
Bloomtown: A Different Story is an astonishingly charming little RPG developed by Lazy Bear Games and Different Sense Games. Taking no small amount of clear inspiration from ATLUS’ Persona games, with some Stardew Valley and Earthbound influence thrown in there for good measure, Bloomtown nonetheless is a lot more than...
Kill Knight
An outrageously bombastic slaughter-fest with a uniquely demonic presentation—KILL KNIGHT is the latest from Melbourne’s own PlaySide Studios, known for titles like Age of Darkness: Final Stand and Dumb Ways to Die 3. The game is a fast-paced isometric shooter where an onslaught of enemies will take over an evolving...
Reynatis
Reynatis is a new JRPG developed by FURYU, the developer behind Trinity Trigger and The Caligula Effect: Overdose. Despite a compelling premise and worldbuilding courtesy of Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts writer Kazushige Nojima and an excellent soundtrack composed by Kingdom Hearts composer Yoko Shimomura, Reynatis’ repetitive gameplay and backtracking,...
The princess kneels on the cold stone floor, colour slowly returning to her. The hooded man, sheathing his bow after shattering the last remains of her prison, wordlessly turns to her and holds out a kind hand. Before the princess can grasp it, a jagged chasm of shadow tears through...
Since its release on the Nintendo Wii back in 2010, Epic Mickey has been begging for a re-release. Despite getting a sequel that was more widely available, it’s only now that the original game is getting a much-needed update. Announced during a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed finally...
Following a long five and a half years in early access, part automation and part survival game Satisfactory has finally released into 1.0. Having players control a space explorer to mine, gather resources, and create facilities on an alien planet, players were building this game at the same time as developers...
