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This week, Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon sashays onto Switch, WWE 2K23 grapples its way onto console and PC, while Alice Gear Aegis CS Concerto Simulatrix materializes on Sony and Nintendo’s hardware. If ...

Released 16 years ago, there’s a significant amount of Record of Agarest War that feels creaky. But beneath it, there’s a sense of ambition and unprecedented scale, that merges turn-based combat and dating sim into ...

Global Ops doesn’t radically improve on the formula of its predecessors, so expect simple, twin-stick firefights propelled by the urge to power up your pint-sized soldiers. Since the series’ 2012 debut, Tiny Troopers have trudged ...

Originally released during an era when accomplished role-playing games didn’t always it out of Japan, The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure demonstrates the durability of the genre. Twelve years on, Lloyd and the Special ...

This sassy little spellcaster will melt hearts and sear flesh (with her fire spell). Adorable, pint-sized witches make almost everything better. Sure, Success’ Cotton was a competent shooter, but it was the game’s delightful protagonist ...

This week, Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse haunts consoles and PCs, while the release of The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure (pictured) provides closure for the Crossbell story arc. Record of Agarest ...

“If she cries, the whole world dies”, Meg’s Monster warns. Likely, any tears shed will be your own. 2019’s Bear’s Restaurant helped establish Odencat’s ambitions for poignant storytelling. Players who peered past the game’s modest ...

Who knew that killing nasty creatures would make for a fun familiar affair? Founded by former Capcom staff, Inti Creates makes the type of game that most mid to large-sized publishers have long abandoned. Although ...

Don’t let the first boss battle fool you, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty isn’t as excruciating as it first appears. Instead, shifting the game’s sophisticated systems to provide an advantage proves to be the best advice ...

Tamagotchi-style care for the last member of humanity provides a stirring stimulus for Void Terrarium 2’s dungeon crawling. Released amidst a tempestuous pandemic, 2020’s void tRrLM(); //Void Terrarium envisioned a setting that embodied melancholic isolation. Catastrophically, ...