The beat-em-up genre tends to stay in its lane. Its tried-and-true arcade format has rarely been deviated from or added onto. There have been some recent attempts at modernizing the genre such as Xbox Game Studios’ live service brawler Towerborne or the open nature of WayForward’s River City Girls games….
If you can believe it, a second Animal Crossing-like knock-off game has appeared on the PlayStation store recently. Dubbed “Anime Village Online,” the sole screenshot available for the game looks not only heavily inspired by Animal Crossing, but almost like an HD mod for New Horizons. Spotted by Redditor YellowFlower69,…
Switch Online subscribers are in for a treat this month. As announced by Nintendo last night, the Super Nintendo App is going to receive a trio of new games for October 2025. One of those is the western debut of Mario & Wario, the 1993 puzzle game developed by Game…
While no new weapons have been announced for Monster Hunter Rise, each of the returning armaments is bringing new techniques and possibilities to Kamura Village. We previously got a look at the Bow and Dual Blades, but since then Capcom has decided to showcase a few more. You can check…
Things have a habit of coming in threes, and that goes for groups of characters too. Just ask Nintendo. Sets of starter Pokémon, everything relating to the Triforce, the entire Mother series – all of them fantastic trios! If you need some further proof though, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has…
A new entry in the ever-growing list of “animal shenanigans in a physics-based video game” was shown off in today’s Indie World Showcase. Fisti-Fluffs, from Playfellow Studios and Rogue Games, is the action cat brawler, physics-based game that you never knew you needed in your life (or any nine of…
A plethora of animals to befriend while utilizing magical girl aesthetics in a chill “day-in-the-life” community simulator where you run your own cat café – this is what awaits you in Calico. Shown in today’s Indie World Showcase, this dream-like escape from Peachy Keen Games and Whitethorn Digital is all…
Earlier this year during the Wholesome Games Direct, a Studio Ghibli inspired title simply named Hoa made its debut. While details about Skrollcat Studio’s lighthearted adventure game have been sparse for months, the visual spectacle resurfaced today at the Indie World Showcase during the roundup section of the event. …
The Winter Wonderland 2020 event has gone live in Overwatch, bringing a new game mode, new weekly challenges, and new cosmetics to the shooter. A 4v4 “Freezethaw Elimination” mode has been added to the game, which requires one team to completely freeze the opposing team to win. In…
While it’s likely the Switch release of Among Us is going to garner more attention, another deception based game set on a spaceship was also showcased. Gnosia was previously released on the Vita back in 2019 and came to the Switch in Japan earlier this year. Now set to be…
HypeTrain Digital and LEAP Game Studios announced today that their successfully Kickstarted beat ‘em up Tunche is heading to Switch (and more) in just a few months. Anyone watching the latest Indie World was able to take in the eye-catching look of the game, set in the Amazonian jungle. …
From the award-winning studios that developed Monument Valley, PiD Publishing and ustwo games announced at Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase that their latest title, Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, will be coming to Switch later next year. Help Alba save her beautiful island and all the creatures on it when @WildlifeAlba…
Following up on its PC release announcement during The Game Awards, Team Meat’s long-awaited follow-up is finally ready to bleed into the world. Per today’s Indie World stream, Super Meat Boy Forever will come to Switch later this month as a console launch exclusive. With thousands of levels to…
Today’s Indie World was full of announcements, among them the release date of Cabybara Games’ Grindstone. Critically acclaimed on Apple Arcade, it brings with it a full year’s worth of post-launch updates right out of the gate for this console launch. Also announced today is a Grindstone physical…
Cyber Shadow has caught our eyes from the beginning, with its sweet sprite work and enticing action gameplay. Today’s Indie World Showcase featured Cyber Shadow, and we saw more gameplay footage (and more of that sweet, sweet retro music), yet the real prize today is knowing when we’ll finally be…
