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Blanc
Have you ever forged an unlikely alliance? Maybe found friends in odd places? Well, this fawn and wolf cub duo have you beat in those departments. Blanc is a co-op adventure game where each player takes on either the fawn or cub to find their way home. Players first got...
They make you sweat, over-think, change your outfit multiple times and contemplate just staying in with your dog and Netflix instead. First dates are either adored or hated, and for obvious reasons – they can be absolutely terrifying! Ten Dates is your way to live vicariously through a young Londonite...
Forspoken
Forspoken is a game not without controversy, largely since the demo that released towards the end of 2022 didn’t put its best foot forward. The weight of expectation is also strong considering the pedigree of its developers Luminous Productions, a team assembled from folk who worked on Final Fantasy XV....
Hi-Fi Rush
One of the many ways that games stick out and garner appeal is their style. Sure, we’re at a place where games can be a spectacle in story and budget, bringing cinematic experiences now like no other. Though when a game is able to achieve an otherworldly design and do...
Are ya ready gamers!? Fresh out of his pineapple under the sea, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake has flopped like a fish onto our sunny shores, promising gripping gameplay alongside the nautical nonsense we all know and love. Alliteration is fun!
ATONE: Heart of the Elder Tree was originally released by developer Wildboy Studios back in 2019 as an apple arcade exclusive. It is an interesting merge of a rhythm game and an adventure game, with a linear story and puzzles to solve throughout and a distinctive art style that captures...
Dead Space
Second only to Silent Hill (which has its own remake on the horizon), one of the most beloved horror franchise fans have been dying for a return is Dead Space. Following a mediocre 2013 release of Dead Space 3, the series was on ice for a decade. Finally, EA has...
The grass feels wet and cool on your back. Dappled sunlight dances across your closed eyelids as a light breeze sighs gently. You breathe, deeply, inhaling the rich scent of earth and tasting the hint of blossom on the back of your tongue. Exhaling, you make a point of recording...
Dread Templar
Are you nostalgic for the boomer shooters of yesteryear? Do you yearn for the days of keycard hunting, hordes of foes, and just enough plot to string it all together? Well, T19 Games’ Dread Templar has you covered, delivering a love letter to the retro FPS genre, to both its...
Every once in a while a game comes along and catches you completely by surprise. Picture this: it’s 2016, and I’ve just been given a PlayStation Vita for Christmas, as well as an obscure JRPG I’ve never heard of. That game was Persona 4 Golden and it consumed my entire...
Like a blessing from the JRPG gods, Atlus and Sega have shone their favour upon gamers and bestowed Persona 3 Portable to us to play on modern consoles. Hailing from the post-Golden Age of JRPGs in the mid-2000s, Persona 3 Portable was originally an updated version of the PS2 classic...
Now an enthralling pixel-art story, A Space for the Unbound has overcome previous publishing troubles and eight years of development to be a stand-out experience. Indonesian-based developers Toge Productions and Mojiken Studio offer a slice of 90s rural life and tell a magical account of relationships, mental health, and cats.
