Spike Chunsoft knows its way to my heart. Put pretty anime girls in swimwear and, well, I can’t help but buy the thing now, can I? It’s actually a requirement that I do so. So that’s what the Spike Chunsoft team is doing to me in collaboration with MAGES with The Quintessential Quintuplets games, both of which are releasing in…
You can’t talk about ink in video games without someone bringing up Splatoon. But Realm of Ink is a very different beast. It’s coming to Early Access on PC on May 17, courtesy of dual developers, Leap Studio and Maple Leaf Studio. The publisher is 663 games. Realm of Ink…
It’s going to take some work to top Steelrising, which was one…
Odencat isn’t exactly a household name, but this Japanese studio, behind the…
Spike Chunsoft knows its way to my heart. Put pretty anime girls in swimwear and, well, I can’t help but buy the thing now, can I? It’s actually a requirement that I do so. So that’s what the Spike Chunsoft team is doing to me in collaboration with MAGES with…
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You can’t talk about ink in video games without someone bringing up Splatoon. But Realm of Ink is a very different beast. It’s coming to Early Access on PC on May 17, courtesy of dual developers, Leap Studio and Maple Leaf Studio. The publisher is 663 games. Realm of Ink…
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It’s going to take some work to top Steelrising, which was one of the big surprises of 2022 with the way it handled an alternative universe French Revolution-with-automatons, but Polish developer, Superstatic is going to give it a red-hot go with Liberté, which is leaving Early Access for full release…
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Odencat isn’t exactly a household name, but this Japanese studio, behind the likes of Fishing Paradiso and Bear’s Restaurant, has been steadily building up a reputation for interesting ideas, executed well. The team’s next game is called Meg’s Monster, and it’s got a lot of promise. The game’s concept is…
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Black Myth: Wukong is one of the more exciting upcoming releases out of China. As the name suggests it is inspired by the all-time classic novel, Journey to the West, but it’s a rare case of actual Chinese developers adapting one of the novels the nation is most proud of,…
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This one has been a long time coming, but NISA has finally given the world a release date for Ys IX: Monstrum Nox. It will land on May 9 in North America, May 12 in Europe, and will have all DLC baked into it. You have, of course, been able…
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Game Freak is more than Pokémon – something that is often forgotten given the size of its main property. It’s also not owned by Nintendo, which is something that is often forgotten given that the Pokémon series is exclusive to Nintendo consoles. Game Freak’s next game is coming to Apple…
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There are no shortage of Metroidvanias out there, but that doesn’t stop us from getting excited when a good-looking one comes along. Afterimage is a good-looking Metroidvania, in development by Aurogon Shanghai and to be published by Modus Games, and now we have a release date for it. Set in…
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Get ready for a magical and heart-warming puzzle adventure with Tin Hearts, the latest game from publisher Wired Productions and developer Rogue Sun. This is a game about a group of sentient tin soldiers as they journey through a magical toy-filled world, and it is promising a lot. Filled with…
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Of all the amazing character designs that Tsunako came up with in her time at Idea Factory, Fairy Fencer F’s Tiara might just be my favourite. Not only was she an excellent fighter in an excellent JRPG, but she’s so damn pretty and that frilly blue dress and her cute…
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