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Prior to Summer Game Fest 2023, there was one game we looked forward to more than any other. No, we aren’t talking about Final Fantasy XVI or Mortal Kombat 1. As you can tell, the game we were most excited about before Summer Game Fest was…

Exoprimal‘s second beta test is over, but this time I actually got around to playing it. The first one coincided with one of Diablo IV‘s betas, which is a pretty ballsy move by Capcom considering how this is a new IP with a pretty unique…

It’s not every day you run into a first-person puzzle game that frames things in a new way – and Viewfinder does that in the most literal sense. By challenging your perception of 2D photos in 3D spaces, it’s an engaging yet cozy way to play…

Blue Protocol just unceremoniously launched, however, there’s a catch: it’s only available for people in Japan. Anyone playing outside of the country is on a tight test window of “play as much as you can before you get banned”.Western…

At Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest, Quantic Dream’s Spotlight label revealed Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior. The second I saw it, I knew I had to check it out, and luckily, it was at Play Days, where I got to play a preview build. I’m…

RTS games are a heavily explored genre, so how do you make it fresh? Well, one option is to set it in medieval Europe, have it heavily feature human sacrifice, and fill it with disgusting eldritch gods and evil spirits that are liable to…

Cozy farming sims have had a big renaissance since Stardew Valley came along, and it’s even usurped Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons as touchpoints of the genre. Phoenix Labs, known for creating Dauntless, is joining the barnyard party…

In all of gaming, there’s a certain beauty in grinding for loot. Watching your damage numbers get higher so you can kill bigger things to get even better gear never really gets old, whether it’s the recently released Diablo IV or the…

The Souls-like genre is excessively hard to replicate; games like Mortal Shell, The Surge, and Lords of the Fallen all tried but failed to capture what makes these titles unique. It’s a massive undertaking to try and recreate something so…

This dungeon took me an age to figure out. I knew the location and how to get to it, but for some reason, it was locked behind a red wall of mist. Figuring out how to access the Dark Ravine Dungeon in Diablo 4 took me more hours than I…