Today at Gamescom Opening Night Live, Focus Entertainment announced Atlas Fallen, a new game where your weapons are made entirely out of sand. Atlas Fallen takes place in an understandably sandy world, where two warriors fight various creatures somewhat reminscent of Monster Hunter enemies, using shape-shifting weapons made of sand, …
Read More »Xbox Game Pass in August 2022: Immortals Fenyx Rising, Immortality, and More
Xbox has revealed the Game Pass lineup for August 2022, and it includes open-world adventures, indie darlings, and more. First up, Coffee Talk is available today. The game is a talking simulator about listening to the stories of an alternative Seattle's citizens. The game is available on console, cloud, and …
Read More »Obscurant’s Mesmerizing Take on Mimicry Looks Like Nothing I’ve Seen Before
In the opening moments of Obscurant, I don’t immediately understand why what seems to be a typical top-down adventure game is placed on a grid. Why every step the android-like, amnesiac protagonist takes through the desolate sand of the first desert area feels laborious and rhythmic, as if they have …
Read More »The 10 Best Fighting Games of All Time
Fighting games have a special place in both the past and present of gaming. It’s a genre that requires quick thinking, twitch reflexes, and vast amounts of knowledge of both yourself and your opponent’s options to play at a high level. It can often seem intimidating. But some of the …
Read More »GTA 6 Will Reportedly Feature a First Female Playable Character, and Add New Cities Over Time
Grand Theft Auto 6 will reportedly feature a female playable character in its campaign for the first time. Rockstar apparently plans to launch the game with a single city, but add more locations over time through updates. As part of a report on Rockstar by Bloomberg, sources close to the …
Read More »As Dusk Falls Review
At first glance, Two Rock, Arizona is merely a backwater town occupied by little more than tumbleweed and a few rows of houses. But very little is as it first appears, and all it takes to reveal As Dusk Falls’ many layers of storytelling depth is one small, decades-spanning tragedy. …
Read More »RoboCop FPS Shows Off Gameplay, Coming in June 2023
Upcoming FPS RoboCop: Rogue City has shown off its first gameplay and revealed lead character Alex Murphy, with the full likeness of original actor Peter Weller. The game is now scheduled to arrive in June 2023. Shown off at today's Nacon Connect showcase, we got a look at the game's …
Read More »Gwent: Rogue Mage Review
I never took much time out of my Witchering career to play the head-to-head card game Gwent in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but the Gwent-based single-player RPG Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales was one of my favorite games in the entire franchise. Following in its footsteps, the new standalone spin-off …
Read More »DNF Duel Review
It’s hard not to see the similarities between DNF Duel and 2020’s Granblue Fantasy Versus: they’re both 2D fighters developed by Arc System Works; they’re both based on a franchise that’s wildly popular abroad but not as well-known in North America (in this case, Dungeon Fighter Online); and most notably, …
Read More »Freshly Frosted Has Me Dreaming Colorful Donut Dreams
I first played Freshly Frosted at night, for a few hours before bed. I went to sleep, and dreamt of donuts. The next morning, I woke up and instantly went out to buy a dozen. I couldn’t get the idea of warm, neat, colorful, sweet donuts out of my mind. …
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