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I’m a huge fan of Critical Role, so went into The Mighty Nein with a lot of excitement. The show lives in the same world as The Legend of Vox Machina, but shifts the focus to a different corner of Exandria. Instead of tagging along with a well known crew, we travel to a new continent and meet a fresh … Read More

When I first heard that Koei Tecmo and AAA Studios were teaming up again for another Hyrule Warriors title, I expected more of the usual musou chaos. I’d dabbled in the previous Hyrule Warrior entries but always dropped off after playing  a few missions, and mowing down endless Bokoblins. What pulled me in this time was one simple detail. Hyrule Warriors: … Read More

I went into Anno 117: Pax Romana as a total newcomer to the Anno series. I have spent the last few years dipping my toes into building sims through games like Civilization, Jurassic World Evolution and Two Point Museum, so I felt ready to try something with a different flavor. When Ubisoft announced a full city builder set during the … Read More

I have played a lot of games across a lot of systems, but the Dragon Quest series has always had a special place in my heart. Growing up as a massive fan of Dragon Ball, I gravitated towards Dragon Quest because of Akira Toriyama’s distinct art and then came to fall in love with the charm and sense of adventure … Read More

Tales of Xillia was one of the earliest entries in the series that I tried back on the PS3, and it stuck with me in a way few JRPGs of that era did. When Bandai Namco announced that a remaster of the game was coming as part of the Tales Anniversary Remastered Project, I knew I had to jump back … Read More

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