What would The Touhou Project bullet-hell shooters look like on NES? Chuhou Joutai 2: Paraided! responds to that question but you might not be completely happy with the answer. Lore habitually plays a large role ...

With appearances from Yuffie Kisaragi, Ryu Hayabusa, Travis Touchdown, Sol Badguy, and well as Ratchet and Clank, this week’s schedule of new releases has a number of familiar faces. But beyond these notables look for ...

From a trio of Atelier remasters, a remake of the original Nier, and the emergence of several notable visual novel compilations on Switch, this week has a number of remarkable new releases. For those seeking ...

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, ...

With an ever-expanding arsenal of weaponry and defensives, Natsuki Chronicles makes for some enjoyable shoot ‘em up action despite the plainness of the game’s stages. With its succession of horizontally-scrolling, simple-looking stages, Natsuki Chronicles exactly ...

While maintaining the game’s relative accessibility, Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV’s Diplomacy and Strategy Expansion Pack offers an inventory of new scenarios, strategic opens, and even a streamlined game mode. Now there’s even more ...

With the release of the Xbox Series S/X and the imminent debut of the PlayStation 5, gaming grows a bit more complicated this week. Beyond tracking cross-gen upgrades (often free, but intermittently limited to certain ...

Each of the two volumes of Namco Museum Archives offers a mix of arcade, NES-exclusive, and an original eight-bit ‘demake’. Many of the games are still great, but the museum’s interiors are a bit too ...

From the return of SpongeBob SquarePants, Burnout Paradise, and Duke Nukem, this week a few familiar titles return. But these are the only prospects for nostalgia, with two collection of Namco classic heading to consoles ...

Samurai Shodown reinvigorates the series’ staccato pacing and defensive play, with stylishly drawn characters and backdrops. It’s a bit light on single-player content, but those seeking rivalries against local and online competitors should appreciate the ...