Second Round KO Beyond beloved franchises like Guilty Gear and BlazBlue, Arc System Works is no slouch when it comes to adapting existing properties into fighting games. From Persona 4 Arena to Dragon Ball FighterZ, the Yokohama-based studios have delivered top-tier efforts ...
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Topside city building and subterranean mining work well together- at least in the short term. Delve into SteamWorld Build, and you’ll immediately find some welcome enhancements to its interpretation of civil engineering. Sure, the simulation ...
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Adding a few curious but unessential features to Zen’s interpretation of pinball. With the debut of Pinball FX, Zen Studios suddenly found themselves being referred to as villains. The once beloved builder of digital pinball ...
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Wish deckbuilders had a more substantial storyline? Cross Blitz two modes of play deliver intersecting plots as well as an engaging roguelike mode. As titles like Baten Kaitos, SteamWorld Quest, and Slay the Spire have ...
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Although faithful to its source material, UFO Robot Grendizer grows monotonous far too soon. If you grew up in North America, there’s a narrow chance you might be familiar with UFO Robot Grendizer. Across the ...
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Reincarnated as the villain in one of your favorite visual novels! Contemporary gaming is full of curiosities. Although hardly as tedious as being forced to scroll through a massive terms and conditions document, My Next ...
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Strictly Limited isn’t just one of the publishers- it also describes the amount of enjoyment found in this rushed compilation. For many, Irem (officially, Kabushikigaisha Airemu Software Engineering) is best known for the R-Type series. ...
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Once an Apple Arcade exclusive, Air Twister soars onto PC, evoking the pleasures and simplicity of yesteryear’s coin-op classics. With a body of work that includes hits like Space Harrier, Out Run, After Burner, and ...
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Astlibra Revision took fifteen years to make. Given the RPG-like intricacy underneath the platform-based action, it feels like very little of that time was squandered. 1986’s Castlevania had a profound influence on gaming. Decades after ...
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Who knew that oceanic clean-ups could be so calming? I love a demanding gaming challenge, whether it’s unifying the warring states with the disadvantaged Nanbu clan in Nobunaga’s Ambition or attempting to slay The Nameless ...
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