BRAWL is a title that generally gets things right. A couple of bugs and sketchy framerate now and again are easy enough to live with because the game itself is a lot of fun, especially with friends. The bigger issue is is that this is a game that benefits greatly…
Read MoreDevolver Digital’s games never cease to amaze me. From the perfectly casual (and yet, insanely difficult and hardcore) Luftrausers to the controversial Hotline Miami games to this year’s majestic The Talos Principle, I’ve been in constant awe of the publisher’s seemingly uncanny talent to pick and release only the best…
Read MoreWhen we first saw the trailer for Volume, we were enthralled. It is the second game from Thomas Was Alone creator Mike Bithell. The game was expected to hit Steam worldwide on August 18, and PlayStation 4 and Vita on August 18 in North America and August 19 in Europe.…
Read MoreWhen I was a little less than a hour into the game, I had thought of a perfect opening to the review. It encapsulated the experience in short, pretty sentences. Due to the addictive nature of the game, I held off my review and continued playing. When I had clocked…
Read MoreBetween Attack on Titan, Arslan: The Warriors of Legend, and Nobunaga’s Ambition, Koei Tecmo has been on a roll lately. The good news continues, with a new wealth of information regarding Samurai Warriors 4-II being released. First up, we have learned about four characters whose stories will be told throughout…
Read MoreLove film noir? Love being stealthy in video games? Love solving puzzles? You may want to sit down, because we’ve found the perfect game for you: Calvino Noir. Described as an “exploratory, sneaking adventure though the 1930s European criminal underworld,” the trailer is actually quite reminiscent of This War of…
Read MoreLast September, we declared Zodiac – a “humble little 2D RPG” – the winner of the 2014 Tokyo Game Show. Despite its artwork reminiscent of Child of Light and its amazing creative team (including Final Fantasy Tactics composer Hitoshi Sakimoto and Final Fantasy VII writer Kazushige Nojima), Matt did express…
Read MoreThe Bridge is a 2D logic puzzle game that draws on the work of Sir Isaac Newton and M.C. Escher to give the player something they have never experienced before. Manipulate gravity in order to find your way through Escher-esque worlds, each represented with hand-drawn art styled after black-and-white lithographs.…
Read MoreNobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence marks an interesting return for a series that has been around in Japan, but we haven’t seen in the west for many years. Like many grand strategy games that are popular on PC but rarely seen on console (this game is also coming to PlayStation…
Read MoreLondon Bridge has fallen downIt’s fallen down, fallen downLondon Bridge has fallen downMy fair lady Never before have these words been so haunting they will give you nightmares, yet here we are. At Microsoft’s Gamescom briefing, we got to see a brand-new trailer for Compulsion Games’ We Happy Few. It…
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