3D collectathon platformers occupy the same lane for me as comfort food or an AC/DC album. They’re reliable, and no matter how much time passes, I can always return to them and feel familiarity. Of course, the best 3D platformers that leave their mark on history end up feeling more…
Hamster Corporation has announced that the classic Namco arcade game Air Combat 22 will be heading to its Arcade Archives series for modern platforms. As the sequel to the industry defining Air Combat, Air Combat 22 expanded the gameplay by allowing players to select different aircraft to carry out their…
Limited Run Games is back with a brand-new lineup of merchandise based on a classic Sega title. To honor the 25th anniversary of Jet Set Radio, you can now get a whole slew of shirts, plushes, trading cards, and keychains to show your love for Beat and the crew. While…
It’s been a long hype cycle of character and mode announcements, but we finally have a release date for Streets of Rage 4’s Mr. X Nightmare DLC. Featuring three new fighters, character customization, a new difficulty, fresh music from Tee Lopes, and more besides, it seems like a sizeable package….
Popular goofy multiplayer game Fall Guys came out last year, right around the time that other goofy multiplayer game Among Us was starting to pick up a lot of attention and an active playerbase. Similarities between the two games (mostly in their character designs) have been noted ever since, but…
Spike Chunsoft has revealed what their cryptic Nine Eyes countdown was leading to: and as many suspected, it was a sequel to AI: The Somnium Files, the stellar 2019 vn-adventure game by madman Kotaro Uchikoshi. Dubbed nirvanA Initiative, it stars Mizuki Okiura, daughter of the last game’s protagonist and also…
Metroid Dread, the long-awaited fifth entry in the 2D Metroid series, was triumphantly announced at Nintendo’s E3 Direct earlier this month. Fans rejoiced and pre-orders were quickly placed, but there were still so many questions left unanswered by the game’s reveal trailer and subsequent Treehouse Live demonstration. The minds at…
Doki Doki Literature Club is a game that thrives on dissonance. It’s no real secret at this point either, with the game proudly boasting its psychological horror elements and renown. Of course, if you were in the habit of judging books by their covers you’d never guess it. Just look…
When you regularly experience different games and stories, becoming somewhat set in your ways is unavoidable. You know what you like, you know what you don’t; and if you’re like me you sometimes actively push back against the memetic spread of hype when something out of your usual tastes starts…
Monster Hunter Stories 2 was already going to be giving content to Monster Hunter Rise via its save data, but that won’t be the only game getting some monstie action. Along with all the Kazuya related announcements, it’s been revealed that by having Stories 2 data on your Switch you…
Make no mistake, the main attraction of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s 12.0 update is Kazuya Mishima joining as the latest DLC fighter. That doesn’t mean others on the roster can’t get a little love, though, as Nintendo has shared the latest balance adjustments for the game. It’s a decent list…
With a game like Smash there’s no way you’re not thinking about the past. With some characters and references that are over forty years old now, it’s no wonder nostalgia rides high. But hey, just because the retro backlog’s massive doesn’t mean you shouldn’t make some time for more contemporary…
Since its original release back in 2019, many Switch players have dreamed of taking flight in Thatgamecompany’s peaceful friendship adventure on their favorite gaming hybrid. That dream has finally come true, as Sky: Children of the Light will officially land on the Nintendo Switch eShop later today, and will include…
The 53rd physical release from Super Rare Games has some excellent timing! From 505 Games and Ovosonico, Last Day of June will escape its digital-only status starting on Wednesday, June 30th (a.k.a. the last day of June). What would you do to save the one you love? A…
For all the excitement of its fabulously blue protagonist and the new or updated demon designs, I’d understand if some were eager to see more of what Shin Megami Tensei V’s world has in store. Having just come off of Shin Megami Tensei III, the enhancements are much more striking…
