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Come for the skin, stay for the play. Crawlco Block Knockers bares some optional sexiness, but the real allure is the ingenuity of this recreation. This is easily one of the top ten arcade-inspired title ...

The latest entry in RideOn’s franchise continues to demonstrate improvement. Although the game doesn’t contribute much originality to the strategy role-playing genre, it’s still a worthwhile and contenting experience. After a trio of entries, released ...

Space Invaders Forever bundles three of the property’s more interesting moments. A few missteps mar an otherwise respectable effort. 42 years later, it’s all too easy to overlook Tomohiro Nishikado’s contribution to popular culture. But ...

Open wide! It’s time for a heaping helping of new releases. With many of the titles from major publishers already in digital stores and retail shelves, this week brings a number of notable indies. From ...

Slave Princess Sarah revisits the era of monochromatic Game Boy-based action role-playing titles. Although this out there’s some optional erotica to spice up the adventure. The Game Boy wasn’t the world’s first portable system with ...

Twenty-two years after the first Brigandine arrived on the PlayStation One, Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena rekindles the basic formula. The mix of vying for control of bases alongside hex-based encounters still beguiles, only a bit less than it ...

Hammerwatch: Heroic Bundle delivers two fiendishly fun twin-stick dungeon crawls for a frugal price. Hammerwatch Cooperative gaming is commonplace, thanks to games like 1985’s Gauntlet. Both the Atari arcade game and many of its home ...

If you appreciate absolutely mastery of technique, give Absolute Drift: Zen Edition a spin. While it’s not for everyone, obsessives might find themselves spending hours chasing (but never quite achieving) faultlessness. Anyone who questions drifting ...

Looking less like an indie game and more like a triple-A blockbuster, Project Wingman delivers all the hardware and heroics you’d expect from a top-class air combat title- at about half the price. Not long ...

From an anthology of the first three titles in the SaGa series, a trio of Taito titles in Space Invaders Forever, and a remake of beloved Saturn shooter, Panzer Dragoon, this week is brimming with ...