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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, ...

Antonball Deluxe delivers a trio of retro titles inspired by arcade and home computer games. It’s charmingly familiar and most engaging, save for a few minor flaws.  During the arcade era concepts habitually intermingled. Amidar ...

Qix-like play and dozens of attractive models means you should carve some time out of your schedule for Bishoujo Battle Cyber Panic.  When it comes to influential arcade games of the 1980s, Pac-Man, Galaga, and ...

With imminent arrivals like Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse, and Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning expect to see a number of familiar titles arrive on consoles across ...

Gunpowder helps fuel some of Stronghold Warlords shift to East Asia. Command mortars, fire arrows, and cast-iron grenades as you defend and rupture fortifications. Too bad some of the fundamentals feel a bit creaky. Once ...

The pursuit of romance sends Sir Lovelot bounding over stages filled with adversity. While you might not love the lack of environmental variety across the game’s forty stage jaunt, it’s hard not to crush on ...

With the arrival of Gensou Skydrift on PlayStation 4 and 5, Reimu, Remilia, and the rest of the girls race through a multitude of Gensokyo locales, using their partner as a hoverboard. Unfortunately, the execution ...

With light role-playing, inventory management, deck building, and even city managerial components, many of Loop Hero’s components might feel a bit familiar. But when assembled in interlocking and occasionally ambiguous ways, the title is like ...

Deck-based, ass-kicking action that’s even better than the B-movie title might suggest. If you ever owned a Sony PSP, there’s a good chance you might have played 2005’s Metal Gear Acid or the sequel released ...

From racing with Reimu in Gensou SkyDrift, hardening into stone in Mortal Shell, or even enjoying a cross-platform battle royale showdown in Apex Legends, there’s a number of notable new releases this week. But don’t ...