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Upon its release back in 2017, Cuphead stole the show with its incredible attention to detail, music, animations, and tough-as-nails gameplay. 5 years later and that same uniquely charming aesthetic and compelling boss-rush gameplay loop can be experienced with new content under the title Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course.
When half of a body turns up during a live game show, it’s a horrific incident. Everyone is shocked, a police investigation is launched, and it’s a mystery that doesn’t have a good answer. When the other half of the same body turns up in a stadium six years later,...
Who am I and what do I want? These are questions that are easy to answer in the modern era. But in ancient Japan, when honour, status, and reputation carry a burden that can be more important than your life, what do you choose? It’s a difficult situation, especially if...
Explore a scenic archipelago in The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle and the Legacy of the Bretons, the newest Chapter in the now eight-year-old MMO. A story of deceit and corruption hidden within bayside towns are coupled with new companions and an intriguing in-game trading card game. After our preview...
Just shy of three years ago was the release of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, the latest mainline game in Nintendo’s tactical RPG series. It’s safe to say it blew up and came with glowing reviews. Now comes somewhat of a continuation of that, with Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. It’s...
Gordian Quest is a deckbuilding roleplaying game developed by Mixed Realms. It sees you play as an adventuring character in a fantasy world where humans are under threat from mysterious undead forces. The game comes with a campaign mode, a realm mode, and a skirmish mode, with ten heroes to...
Neon White
Neon White is a first-person action game where the goal is to get through each stage as fast as possible. With a stunning yet minimalist art direction and elegantly smooth gameplay, Neon White is hard to put down once you start, and an easy recommend for anyone looking for a...
Sniper Elite 5
Sniper Elite returns for the fifth entry in this surprisingly long-running series, spanning multiple console generations and continuing to excel and thrive during the ever-changing landscape of the video game industry. Developer Rebellion is a rarity in the game development scene, in that they retained their independence after all these...
Following on their well-tread path of choice-based horror experiences, developer Supermassive Games are back with their next teen slasher title. The Quarry tasks players with making the decisions needed and having the reaction time required to keep alive a group of young adults who find themselves fighting to survive a...
Please Fix The Road is a puzzle game that needs little explanation. The name sells itself. You are subjected to a series of puzzles made up of dioramas. It features roads and paths that are in disarray. The players’ task is simple. They must bend, shape, reverse, flip, and rotate...
The Mario range of sports titles have become a Nintendo staple over the years, but Mario Strikers, the series based on soccer (or “football”), has always remained one of the more underrated. Pitting your favourite Mario characters against one another in an aggressive game of 5v5, Mario Strikers: Battle League...
Souldiers
Developed by first-time Spanish developer Retro Forge, Souldiers is a charming, if imperfect, pixel-art 2D metroidvania action-platformer. It draws influences from many other games, but ultimately ends up creating something greater than the sum of its parts. Souldiers has its flaws, but the charming art style and compelling exploration and...
