Monster Truck Championship offers a realistic recreation of its inspiration. Racing, stunting, and destruction are all appealing once you’re mastered the controls. But you might wish the developers opted for a more accessible approach. Seemingly, ...
Read More »Samurai Shodown Special Edition (Xbox Series S/X)
Samurai Shodown reinvigorated the famed series’ staccato pacing and defensive play, with stylishly drawn characters and backdrops. Now, the title has been given a re-release that delivers 120 frame-per-second output on now-gen consoles and capable displays, ...
Read More »Antonball Deluxe review
Antonball Deluxe delivers a trio of retro titles inspired by arcade and home computer games. It’s charmingly familiar and most engaging, save for a few minor flaws. During the arcade era concepts habitually intermingled. Amidar ...
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Qix-like play and dozens of attractive models means you should carve some time out of your schedule for Bishoujo Battle Cyber Panic. When it comes to influential arcade games of the 1980s, Pac-Man, Galaga, and ...
Read More »New Releases: March 11-17th, 2021
With imminent arrivals like Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse, and Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning expect to see a number of familiar titles arrive on consoles across ...
Read More »Stronghold Warlords review
Gunpowder helps fuel some of Stronghold Warlords shift to East Asia. Command mortars, fire arrows, and cast-iron grenades as you defend and rupture fortifications. Too bad some of the fundamentals feel a bit creaky. Once ...
Read More »Sir Lovelot review
The pursuit of romance sends Sir Lovelot bounding over stages filled with adversity. While you might not love the lack of environmental variety across the game’s forty stage jaunt, it’s hard not to crush on ...
Read More »Gensou Skydrift (PlayStation 4/5) review
With the arrival of Gensou Skydrift on PlayStation 4 and 5, Reimu, Remilia, and the rest of the girls race through a multitude of Gensokyo locales, using their partner as a hoverboard. Unfortunately, the execution ...
Read More »Loop Hero review
With light role-playing, inventory management, deck building, and even city managerial components, many of Loop Hero’s components might feel a bit familiar. But when assembled in interlocking and occasionally ambiguous ways, the title is like ...
Read More »Fights in Tight Spaces (Early Access) preview
Deck-based, ass-kicking action that’s even better than the B-movie title might suggest. If you ever owned a Sony PSP, there’s a good chance you might have played 2005’s Metal Gear Acid or the sequel released ...
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