Faced with the weight of expectations, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth finds the perfect balance between nostalgia and bold new ideas.
Author: Matt Ryan
A unique stagecraft theme and lots of neat ideas make Princess Peach: Showtime an enjoyable night out, but with some potential left untapped.
The original dungeon crawler gets a new generation of victims when the Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord remaster hits full release.
SoulGame Studio set out to make a “Shmup Zelda”, and that’s certainly what you get with Minishoot’ Adventures: classic Zelda meets bullet hell twin-stick bullet shooter.
Amie Wolken, former Studio Director of Wētā Workshop’s Game Studio, is the new CEO of Mini Metro developer Dinosaur Polo Club.
Nonograms (aka Picross) are good. Story of Seasons is good. So it follows that Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons should be good, right?
With Rise of the Ronin, Team Ninja tackles its most ambitious project yet, in terms of both game design and historical narrative—and delivers.
There are a lot of shoot-’em-ups on Switch. Literal hundreds. A lot of all-time greats among them, too: Mushihimesama, Crimzon Clover, Darius, Aleste, Tiger Heli, Cotton … the list goes on. So the bar to being called “one of the best shoot-’em-ups on Switch” is a high one, to say the least. Dead End City is one of the best shoot-’em-ups on Switch. Imagine Mad Max as a vertically-scrolling arcade shooter. Instead of spaceships and fighter jets, you’ve got heavily-armed muscle cars—“Chariots”. Instead of space stations and warzones, you’ve got a post-apocalyptic desert wasteland ruled over by a ruthless gang…
By holding true to its vision, The Lost Crown breathes new life into the beloved but long-dormant Prince of Persia franchise.
Nepenthesys reminds us that while arcade shoot-’em-ups are often simple in design, there’s a nuance to them that’s not easy to get right.