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Elden Ring Nightreign is the spinoff no one expected but instantly makes sense. FromSoftware goes full experimental, tossing out slow-burn exploration for something faster, tighter, and more frantic. It’s a roguelike remix of the Lands Between where you sprint through 30–45 minute co-op runs, grab loot on the fly, crush...
It only takes one glance at Deliver At All Costs to understand its appeal. We all remember games like GTA and LA Noire, which feature notoriously unwieldy driving systems that have you bowling over pedestrians, rear-ending other cars, and crashing into walls. Funny thing is, we love every second of...
They’re calling it the world’s first Yoyovania, and it’s here on the completely non-copyright infringing Pocket Trap Game System ™. Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo is a top-down 2D adventure game, but also a love letter to the era of Game Boy Advance portable gaming. It’s got gorgeous design and...
To a T
Imagine you looked like a T: what a crazy life you’d see! Your arms don’t bend, kids laugh at you, you’ll need some help to use the loo. But though your T-bod can be trying, twirl a bit and you’ll be flying – twisting, soaring through the air, wind billowing through...
Since the 1970s, drifting has created a subculture within the automotive culture. There’s a ton of media featuring the technique, like Initial D and Tokyo Drift. And that’s not stopping anytime soon, as JDM: Japanese Drift Master is the newest drifting game. In JDM, you’ll be stepping into the shoes...
Blades of Fire
A gorgeous fantasy setting, violent action combat, a magical forge surrounded by lava and a giant muscly man stomping around the place smashing things. Blades of Fire features lots of things I love about video games, made by Spanish developers MercurySteam, who clearly have an affinity for similar satisfying tropes....
Ever since the ’80s, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise has been one of the hottest properties to adapt into games. Across several decades, dozens (close to 50!) of games starring the lovable crime-fighting reptiles have graced our screens. Though there have been a lot of misses in that time, there have...
I’m midway through a run. My train barrels along the divine tracks, and heaven streaks past in the background. I carefully coordinate my motley assortment of dragons, angels and welps across its three levels, only for titanic enemy forces to come barging through the entrance. Spells fly, numbers flash endlessly...
It’s an exciting time to be an Onimusha fan, which is a weird sentence to write in 2025. The horror samurai series, sort of a demonic sword-fighting spin on Resident Evil, was first released in 2001, and then had several games that followed in quick succession until 2006, when the...
As someone who used to live in a third-world country that’s prone to natural disasters, the sight of roadworks tends to be very common, especially when travelling towards the province. Trucks and heavy machinery would be next to you while driving down the highway, as you constantly wonder why these...
So you’re maidenless? That’s okay, champ. Listen to this. A Scottish legend tells of a Harvest Maiden who can satisfy desires… desires that can’t be met by simple earthly means. You have lofty desires, right? Well, what a terrible time to have them because, as luck would have it, your...
In 2006, Bethesda Studios released The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, an ambitious and widely adored first-person fantasy RPG that further cemented the company as a beloved Western RPG developer. Featuring a vast open world where it felt like the sky was the limit, it captured people across the globe. 19...
