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Warm up your sword arm and prepare for adventure in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD for Nintendo Switch, a remaster of the 2011 title for the Wii. This is a traditional Zelda game through and through, complete with an overworld to explore, puzzles to solve, and dungeons to...
Boomerang X is a title that is very simple and very focused in its approach. Coming to us from indie studio DANG! and publishing label Devovler Digital, this first-person “boomeranger” plays out like an arena shooter, albeit with a uniquely stylised weapon of choice. A huge amount of work and...
With the return of the mainline Monster Hunter series to Nintendo consoles, it only makes sense for its cult classic turn-based spin-off to get another chance at the limelight. Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin puts you in the shoes of a Monster Rider, rather than a hunter, who...
The Wild at Heart is a story-rich action-adventure game about childhood escapism. Take command of a magical swarm of curious creatures to battle precarious wildlife and supernatural foes, construct and craft new pathways, and discover the secrets of a forgotten world.
The world is black and full of cascading raindrops that fall fatly into translucent pools around you. You awaken as Lily, the protagonist of ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights, in a deserted church on a funeral pyre. As you rise you won’t be able to make Lily awaken very...
Four years ago, Doki Doki Literature Club! (DDLC) absolutely blew up on the PC. On the surface, it’s initially hard to see why. The game appeared to be your average, run-of-the-mill visual novel dating sim. However, take a peek inside and you’ll soon see that things are actually a bit more...
Ahh, the Mana series. The once-proud third sibling in the Square Enix pantheon of RPGs, sitting a little behind Dragon Quest and a fair whack behind Final Fantasy, but consistently winning the hearts of JRPG fans across the world. Secret of Mana was a banger, Trials of Mana (Seiken Densetsu...
The Mario sports games are always an interesting spectacle when a new one drops. In nature, they’re not going to be the amazing, maybe even masterpiece game the mainline entries often are. Still, they always offer a sporting adventure that’s more fun than it has any right to be. Maybe...
Time to explode peg-legged, demon penguins because Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny returns with an all-new story and lead. The tactical role-playing game series has been around since Disgaea: Hours of Darkness from 2003 and is popular for its bonkers plot and addictive gameplay. With the sixth mainline game, developers...
Anime inspired action RPG’s come and go, and it takes something special to stand out from the pack. When Scarlet Nexus was announced, it certainly looked the part with dual protagonists and flashy action scenes that would fit comfortably in the genre’s zany wheelhouse, but it wasn’t until I got...
A cybernetically-enhanced super-soldier named the Executor is all that stands against humankind’s destruction at the hands of the deadly STROL virus in Red Solstice 2: Survivors, a sequel to the 2015 survival tactics title. Fusing real-time strategy with action, survival horror, and online squad-based multiplayer, players fight to secure humanity’s...
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance takes up the D&D hack and slash mantle from the classic Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance games from 20 years ago, bringing a new cast of heroes and plenty of co-op-focused fantasy brawling. As with the tabletop game it adapts, the experience is certainly enjoyable with...
