Thirteen years after the game’s PlayStation 3 release, Shatter Remaster Deluxe improves on one of the best Breakout variants ever made. Some might argue that the shoot ‘em up or first-person shooter genres are stagnant. ...
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Pastels, punching, and pistols converge in Nitro Kid’s 80’s-influenced deck-based battler. But you might wish the game’s balancing was as effective as the catchy synthwave soundtrack. Wildboy Studios’ Nitro Kid doesn’t just flaunt the neon ...
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Help these murderous zealots free their minds (with a rusty axe) Ken Silverman’s Build Engine had a substantial impact on gaming. Across the 1990s, the engine was employed by respected first-person shooters like Duke Nukem ...
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The Phantom Thieves Are Back and Looking Elegant on PC With a slew of sequels and spin-offs across its twenty-six-year legacy, the Persona series remains remarkably relevant. Much of this vitality is rooted in the franchise’s ability ...
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When it comes to the joys of wanton destruction and acerbic humor, Terror of Hemasaurus has few rivals. I never outgrew digital demolition. As an angsty kid, Bally-Midway’s Rampage was one of my favorite arcade ...
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Wario, Where? The average life expectancy of a brand is about twenty years. Despite a succession of severe struggles, Atari remains intact a full half-century from its inception. To help commemorate this milestone, Montreal-based developer ...
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Pity the shopkeeper with the deep debt, who spends her days scrambling for resources instead of enjoying the delights of romance. It’s not uncommon for role-playing characters to guzzle entire inventories of elixirs during their ...
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Filled with a roster of batshit crazy character, feverish action, and a dubiously health obsession with Takashi Miike, No More Heroes III lands on PC. Expect all the satire of the Switch version, only without ...
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The life of a Feudal-era thief isn’t that easy in Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief. Sure, there are the semi-vigilant guards posted about. But the real struggle is not growing aggravated in a title that ...
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Prepare yourself for a double dose of top-tier storytelling where reality and delusion disturbingly intermingle. When it comes to visual novels, the Science Adventure series belongs in a league of its own. As a collaboration ...
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