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Heart Machine and Devolver Digital teaming up for a new game is an instant attention grabber for me. Heart Machine, the studio behind Hyper Light Drifter and Solar Ash, has built a reputation for fast-paced action and striking visual design, while Devolver has long been the champion of weird, bold indie games that don’t play by anyone’s rules. Their collaboration … Read More

By the time I started up Jurassic World Evolution 3, I already had a pretty good idea of what to expect. Frontier Developments has carved out a neat little niche with its Jurassic World Evolution series, part management sim, part dinosaur sandbox, and this third entry continues that trend in true Frontier fashion. They’ve shipped it relatively quickly after the … Read More

It’s wild to think it’s been over a decade since the last new Ninja Gaiden game. Ten-plus years of silence from one of the most legendary action franchises of the mid 2000s, and then earlier this year we got the reveal that not only would more Ninja Gaiden be coming, it would also release this year. Now, I’ll be upfront, … Read More

It’s spooky season, and with so many big releases crowding the October calendar, Little Nightmares III still managed to grab some of my attention this month. Maybe it’s the series’ distinct art style, maybe it’s the promise of short, sharp horror over sprawling open-world chaos, but I was craving something eerie, something that would crawl under my skin for a … Read More

When Pokémon Legends: Z-A was announced, I felt that familiar spark of curiosity that Legends: Arceus first lit. It was clear that Game Freak wasn’t content to just rest on nostalgia anymore, they were trying to reshape what a Pokémon game could be. That’s what makes the Legends series exciting to me. After 30 years of largely sticking to the … Read More

When Obsidian Entertainment announced The Outer Worlds 2, I didn’t need much convincing. This is one of the busiest and most reliable studios around, they’ve already shipped Avowed and Grounded 2 this year alone, and if any team knows how to make a witty, choice-driven RPG set among the stars, it’s them. I had a great time with the first … Read More

When Ghost of Yotei was first announced, I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect. I loved Ghost of Tsushima, and while I wanted more of that world, I also didn’t want a sequel that just rehashed old ideas. What Sucker Punch delivered instead is something smarter, a successor that builds upon Tsushima’s core systems and design philosophy but stands completely … Read More

If you know much about my gaming tastes, you’ll know I’m a massive fan of the Persona series. Their mix of intriguing stories, the blend of intense rpg battles and systems and slice of life elements and amazing characters put it at a level that make it hard to match. In recent years, the series has been making its way … Read More

From the moment I first saw Bye Sweet Carole, it had me very intrigued. That very first trailer, with its stunning hand-drawn animation and vintage storybook look immediately caught my eye. It felt like watching a lost Disney film from the 1940s, except this one hid something darker beneath the surface. When I realised it wasn’t just a cute platformer … Read More

I’ll admit it, despite owning a Wii back in the day, I never played Super Mario Galaxy or its sequel. I watched friends rave about them, I heard the music, I saw clips of people running around tiny planets, but for one reason or another, I just never took the plunge. And that always bugged me a bit, because these … Read More