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With plenty of gunplay and ship-to-ship conflict, Black Skylands offers plenty of gratifying open world action. But you might want to wait for a bit more progress before heading off to the cloud-based setting. Wide-open, ...

From revisiting Electric Town in Akiba’s Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed, getting reunited with a candy-obsessed witch girl in Cotton Reboot! or returning to the floating island of Skyloft in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword ...

Life is a series of small, but crucial decisions, Where the Heart Leads reminds us. It’s an ambitious examination of choice and will probably reverberate even after multiple play-throughs. Note: In the interest of keeping ...

Maddie and Tara’s journey to a remote village is filled with adventure, romance, and paranormal intrigue. With Heart of the Woods, expect one of the most heartfelt visual novels found on Switch, elevated by Rosuuri’s ...

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 ...

This week, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin stalks PC and Switch, offering another noteworthy spin-off from Capcom’s well-like series. But if catching 81 ridable Monsties isn’t your thing, there’s plenty of other offerings ...

Pleasingly, Nihon Falcom’s latest effort doesn’t tamper too much with formula. At its heart, the game maintains the franchise’s winning formula, with its charming characters and gratifying combat. Developers who chase technical innovation habitually break ...

With Secret Agent HD’s arrival on Steam, there’s no need to boot up DOSBox for a bit of Nineties-era, Apogee-published, two-dimensional platforming. Given enough time, nearly every popular game will be remastered, remade, or reiterated ...

The remake of Destroy All Humans! reminds us that being the bad guy can be a lot of fun, especially when protagonist Crypto 137 can fling people across hillsides. Pleasingly, most of the fluidity of ...

Although the build quality doesn’t exclude quality, the Xround Aero Earbuds succeed where it counts, offering the convenience of Bluetooth connectivity with lag-free audio that’s perfect for gaming. I thought I had assembled a capable ...