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When enemies from a strange portal take all the fun away, you jump in after them to get it back. That’s the premise of Go Mecha Ball, though it’s barely touched upon after the initial scene is set. The real draw here is curling up into a ball and ramming...
TEKKEN 8 offers the next evolution for fans of the nearly 30-year-old franchise and story, as well as newcomers with its more accessible and aggressive fighting style. The Mishima bloodline battle for supremacy unravels further with the highs and lows of the King of Iron Fist Tournament’s latest instalment.
First comes tax evasion then comes… major thievery? Turnip Boy Robs a Bank is the new game in the series starring our favourite root vegetable. Abandoning the Zelda-esque adventure format and now tackling the roguelite genre to great avail, Turnip Boy is a whimsical, cross-genre success story.
The Cub
The remnants of an abandoned Earth are your playground in The Cub, a game that combines a satirically drenched post-apocalyptic society with childlike tomfoolery. Building upon developer Demagog Studio’s past work, The Cub depicts a world that is both bleak and cheeky at the same time, punctuating every on-screen action...
Another Code: Two Memories and Another Code: R — A Journey of Lost Memories are apparently hidden gems on their respective consoles; The DS in 2005, and the Wii in 2009, respectively. I can certainly agree with the “hidden” part — I had never heard of the series before. The...
The Last of Us Part II Remastered sees the updated return of a much-loved—and certainly controversial—PlayStation game. It’s releasing at a time of peak The Last of Us topicality, from the franchise’s 2022 remaster of the original game, to last year’s HBO TV show launch and its upcoming second season,...
Have you ever gone on an adventure just for the sake of it? That’s the premise of Atlas Wept, a game where you explore two stories of kids doing just that. It’s not always clear what the game is presenting as stories aren’t given quite enough exposition. Though with a...
It’s a cold, grey dawn in a dank alley on the East End. Snoring among empty liquor bottles and barrels of rotten herring lies a sprawled, dishevelled minotaur, top hat askew and horns coated in week-old grime. He opens a bleary, bloodshot eye and feverishly winces at the morning sky,...
It’s been a long time since we’ve had a Prince of Persia game – 14 years in fact – and it’s been even longer since we’ve had a 2D entry in the long-running series. So quite understandably, a lot of people were excited by the announcement of Prince of Persia:...
Born of Bread
Thanks to its resemblance to the beloved Paper Mario series, Born of Bread immediately captivates fans eagerly awaiting a similar experience. Unfortunately, I am not one of them, but this doesn’t weaken the charm that Born of Bread brings from the moment you started playing.
House Flipper 2 is the aptly named follow-up to 2018’s House Flipper, developed in Poland by Red Dot Games, Empyrean Games and published by Frozen District. Development for the sequel started all the way back in 2020 and the size of the development team has more than doubled compared to...
Trinity Fusion is a fast-paced roguelike hack and slash platformer developed by Angry Mob games. Now having reached its full release atfer several months in Steam Early Access, the delightful and surprisingly deep combat system and fun multiversal concept is enough to keep one engaged for hours, at least until...
