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Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp is a remake of the first two original games in the classic Game Boy Advance series. Freshly available on the Nintendo Switch, it is an excellent excuse to return to some of the tactics genre’s best, or a strong welcome to those that missed it. Twenty...
Dead Island 2
A group of feverishly hungry undead creatures stumble and lunge toward you, eager to feast on your flesh. You’ve spent some time gearing up at the nearby safehouse where other survivors cower within. You know you need to try and figure out what the hell happened to set this virus...
Minecraft Legends is the next anticipated game in the Minecraft franchise, though it isn’t quite the sandbox game you might be expecting. Legends is made in a new mold entirely, pulling back the game’s original freedom for a focused action-strategy experience that puts the player in control of new and...
Set over 2000 years following the events of 2010’s Tron: Legacy arrives Tron: Identity, a new video game entry for the cult sci-fi franchise. Developed by Thomas Was Alone and John Wick Hex creator Bithell Games, it’s yet another wonderful example of the team flexing their creative writing muscles. Better yet, it does so with...
Road 96: Mile 0 is a prequel following the original release of Road 96 in late 2021. The original game was essentially a road trip experience, working to travel to the border of the fictional country Petria and eventually escape. It was a game with a lot of heart and...
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is the kind of game that makes you wonder if the current model for reviewing games is working. It’s the tenth game in Frogwares’ Sherlock Holmes series, but as Frogwares is a Ukrainian developer, it’s the first game they made since the country was invaded by...
Prepare to delve deep into the mysterious and treacherous Wall World, an exhilarating game that combines the elements of mining, roguelite gameplay, and tower defence strategy. Alawar Premium offers players a procedurally generated world with vast biomes and valuable resources to uncover, all within this very reasonably priced indie game’s...
Wildfrost
Wildfrost is an upcoming tactical deckbuilding game developed by Deadpan Games and Gaziter and published by Chucklefish. Set in a world plagued by an eternal winter, it’s up to you to gather a band of heroes, take on enemies, and restore the balance of the world.
Telling stories isn’t always the focus in puzzle games, but Storyteller makes the story itself the puzzle. Players become a sort of narrator, having full control of all elements of the story. The goal is to tell the tale, but it’s not always as easy as you might think. Players...
Dredge
A seemingly innocuous fishing management game turns into an eldritch horror RPG as Dredge sets sail into release on PC and console. Coming to us from New Zealand studio Black Salt Games, this unnerving title will test both your inventory management as well as your sanity management as it dives...
The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure is a sequel to Trails From Zero and is also a key part of the greater Legend of Heroes franchise. It’s a nice and memorable follow-up and closer to the Crossbell arc, setting up even more events to come for the IP. In...
Like playing a Saturday morning cartoon, Curse of the Sea Rats is a hand-drawn style adventure with a focus on action combat and cooperative gameplay. Aiming at a general audience, this is one of Petoons Studio’s first original IPs after a range of licensed family games. A “tail” of swashbuckling,...
