Fantasy meets futurism in this twin-stick shooting dungeon crawler. The titular, ominous, mystic gate leads to a succession of increasingly difficult randomised dungeons filled with goblins, slime blobs, pigmen, floating ancient tomes, and screen-filling dragons. Rather than evening the odds with an array of magical and medieval weaponry, our daring female adventurer is armed with …
This animated point-and-click adventure cranks up surrealism to an almost incomprehensible level. At one point – and bear with me on this – a man with a lightbulb for a head booted his illuminated noggin through the open window of a house, which had a gleaming face, and then the house transformed into Aladin’s lamp. …
Step into the world of intrigue and deduction with this captivating detective sim – one that pays homage to classic mystery stories. Developed by Happymeal and Undercoders, this title combines nostalgic aesthetics with modern gameplay mechanics to deliver a unique and engaging mystery-solving visual novel that plays out like a TV show. Heavily inspired by …
If you’ve seen the 2020 Taiwanese horror flick on which this first-person adventure is based, you’ll know that it centres around a drama production gone awry. Against better judgement, a group of university students re-enact the final moments of a tragic suicide that occurred on the titular scenic bridge. Word has it a heartbroken female …
We have YouTube to thank for The Shape of Things. No, it isn’t endorsed by a channel or an online personality – it owes its existence to the popularity of ASMR videos. It’s not much of a surprise to find that the developers recommend playing with headphones. The Switch is also the ideal platform for …
In the heart of the cosmos, nestled on a remote asteroid shrouded in the velvety embrace of space, resides Fortuna, an enigmatic witch exiled for a millennium. Her transgression? A forbidden prophecy of her coven’s downfall unveiled through the mystique of divination — the timeless art of reading tarot cards. Condemned to eternal isolation, she …
Do you ever have a hankering for Fortnite but find yourself dissuaded by the thought of delinquent children screaming, burping, and farting into a mic headset? Publisher PQube has a solution – a colourful third-person shooter, mimicking the look and feel of Fortnite, only it’s single player. The only voices you’ll be hearing while playing …
Developers certainly have their work cut out when it comes to bringing complex strategic games to consoles. A PC set-up offers the luxury of a keyboard and mouse with hotkeys, shortcuts, intuitive mouse scrolling, and more. Reconfiguring a multitude of button inputs to a joypad can be a tricky, but not impossible, task. Gord’s developers …
We’ve been here before. No, not the fact that Dust & Neon is a former Switch exclusive making its way to new formats, but rather the concept of robots in the wild west. Both 1994’s Wild Guns and the popular SteamWorld series use this premise, along with the occasional episode of Futurama – all of …
This charming puzzle game, developed by Puny Astronaut, invites players into the vibrant musical world of Brinn. The premise revolves around Theo, the town’s inventor, who finds himself overwhelmed by the demands of the townspeople and in desperate need of a vacation. Instead of hiring an assistant or simply refusing requests, he takes a unique …
It has been said that Xbox Game Pass is the Netflix of gaming. That certainly rings true with Venba – also available on PC, PS4, and Switch – with this being a short narrative-driven affair with a runtime of a typical movie. It even resembles a contemporary animated Netflix film, featuring a bold and heavily …
It’s 2009 and Nintendo is about to release Pokémon Platinum on DS to critical acclaim. Seeking something similar for the PSP, Sony snaps up the publishing rights to Adore – a top-down creature capturing game with an Aztec theme and a slightly edgier tone. Whereas Pokemon’s critters are mostly cute, Adore’s beasts display large fangs …
Despite most of the population owning a smartphone with a decent camera, the idea of a photography sim still holds much appeal. This is largely due to developers choosing fun or interesting locations and themes, rather than opting for everyday settings. Flutter Away is a fine example, involving a city dweller spending five days in …
1987’s Double Dragon was such a huge hit that bespoke conversions for all manner of formats were released for many, many, years after its arcade debut. The Atari Lynx version even released as late as 1993. As such, many gamers born in the ‘80s and ‘90s had very different experiences with the franchise’s beginnings. They …
Based on the acclaimed sci-fi novel and TV series, The Expanse takes players on an immersive interstellar journey through the vast and intricate universe of James S.A. Corey’s creation. In the episodic narrative-driven format we’ve come to appreciate and expect from TTG, it seeks to captivate fans of the original show, while also enticing newcomers …