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While fault – StP – LIGHTKRAVTE is a tightly-focused novel about a person chasing their dreams, it packs an emotional payoff and provides insight into Rughzenahide’s rich history. Few visual novel franchises are as capricious as doujin ...

Drill all day and kill all night in developer Bippinbits’ shrewd amalgam of genres. After landing on an alien planet and establishing a base of operations, Dome Keeper’s tiny colonist digs downward in hopes of ...

This week, Kamiwaza: Way of the Thief slinks its way onto console and PC, offering an updated version of Aquire’s 2006 PlayStation 2 title. No More Heroes III makes the move from Switch to other ...

Moon Dancer imagines the simultaneous bullets and lock-on missiles of Taito’s Ray series and Raizing’s Terra Driver arriving on 16-bit hardware. Coupled with a Caravan mode, it’s an enjoyable STG that harks back to a ...

Don’t sleep on NeverAwake, which provides an engaging, surprisingly adaptable twin-stick shooting journey through a young girl’s psyche. NeverAwake is a twin-stick shooter set in a world of surrealistic dreams. Visually, the game is distinctive, ...

Haiku are short poems that adhere to a precise format. Artistry comes from being able to fluently express yourself in a restrained form. Similarly, Mister Morris Games’ Haiku, the Robot devotedly follows metroidvania formula, which ...

This week, Let’s Build a Zoo and F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch make their way to consoles while Valkyrie Elysium hopes to reinvigorate the Square-Enix series. Elsewhere, Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris and Sakura MMO ...

The 1990s wasn’t an especially prolific period for Kamen Rider. Although Shotaro Ishinomori’s popular tokusatsu was adapted into stage shows and a trio of films across the decade, 1988’s Kamen Rider Black RX was the ...

Entertainment tends to turn tragedy into spectacle. Habitually, the focus is on delivering vivid depictions of the catastrophic rather than exploring the inner turbulence faced by those affected. Fortunately, that’s not the case with The ...

Whether you prefer navigating the dysfunction of the original Amnesia: Memories or the lighthearted escapism that the bundling of Amnesia: Later and Amnesia: Crowd brings, Idea Factory International’s pair of Switch releases delivers. Let’s take ...