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What if Castlevania relinquished its weapons and added Street Fighter II-style controls? Demoniaca: Everlasting Night blends the two titles, but the fusion isn’t as fun as hoped. Demoniaca: Everlasting Night’s introductory text crawl is mercifully ...

A lot of players might look over Isekai Succubus ~My Genderbent Saga in Another World~ given its erotic roots. But that might be a mistake if you’re a fan of dungeon crawls. After being hastily ...

While it’s great to see Idea Factory/Compile Heart’s grisly dungeon crawler makes its way onto PC monitors, the lack of graphical options and the removal of fan-service tarnishes the experience. Media industries have a tendency ...

This week, Switch owners receive a collection of ports, with Astroneer, Eschatos, Nova-111, and Shadow Man arriving on the hybrid hardware. Conversely, Hatsune Miku Logic Paint S and Mary Skelter 2 make the jump away ...

Much like his 2009 film, Summer Wars, director Mamoru Hosoda’s latest effort offers an intriguing contrast between the real and virtual worlds. Seventeen-year-old protagonist Suzu Naito and her father live in the verdant spaces of ...

This week, Dead Cells gets DLC, Demon Gaze receives an enhanced re-release, and Super Pac-Man makes his way onto PlayStations. If none of those title titles interest you, Monster Hunter Rise makes it way onto ...

The title is nearly nonsensical and the visuals are rudimentary. But this peculiar little platformer is surprisingly entertaining. Digital marketplaces are filled with meme games- unpolished titles that flaunt an ironically amateurish appearance. Like their ...

Looking for an adventure with arduous platforming and challenging combat? Aeterna Noctis offers more challenge than most of its explorational-driven peers. At first glance, Aeterna Noctis seems like another indistinctive Metroidvania.  You play as the ...

Craving twin-stick action that’s a bit more cerebral than most reflex-driven titles? Synthetik 2 builds on the engaging foundations of its 2018 predecessor, requiring a quick trigger finger and more importantly, a prudent plan of ...

Although Asia is getting Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires and the Steam version of The Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki KAI, the last nine days of 2021 aren’t bringing too many high-profile releases in the ...