It’s been a firecracker year for JRPGs between the return of Trails in the Sky, the acclaimed Expedition 33, and the imminent remaster of Final Fantasy Tactics. It seems that the hype will keep flowing for genre fans of all stripes, assuming Threads of Time—which popped in with a new trailer at today’s PC Gaming…
Bad news: the world is coming to an end. Good news: you can survive this doomsday event by joining a cult. If you’ve seen the trailer for Join Us, the co-op (or singleplayer) open world survival sandbox Wolf Haus Games revealed today at the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct, you probably have a few questions….
A press release for Join Us, a multiplayer cult-shepherding game that debuted with a trailer at today’s PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct, points out that “a cult leader with no followers is just a lonely weirdo.” As a weirdo who considers himself both prolific and surrounded by my weird peers, I’m happy to put my…
There’s nothing quite like setting up a custom, intricate hell maze in a level editor, sending it to friends, and watching as they trounce it with minimal effort. Turnbound, which debuted at today’s PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct, is boxing up that unique brand of shame and delivering it to your door in the form…
Horror has always been a genre that pushes boundaries. It toys with our ideas of what a game can actually be. In Dyping Escape, rather than simply selecting conversation options from a drop down box, you have to type out predetermined responses. Sounds easy, but as the trailer in the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct…
Sherlock Holmes has his mind palace, but that’s nothing compared to the mind ocean you can explore in Mind Diver, an upcoming first-person mystery game from publisher Playsim. In it, you’ll need to piece together the fragmented memories of Lina to solve a missing persons case. Is the key to her boyfriend’s disappearance locked away…
Often, a puzzle game concept is confusing until you see it in action, so the easiest way to understand how 2D platformer MotionRec works is to watch the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct trailer above. As shown in the trailer, you can hit record and you’ll see afterimages remain behind your little guy, capturing their…
Gamescom’s Opening Night Live had a lot of action RPGs and soulslikes, and while I was as happy as a pig in slop, some may have preferred more variety. Well, today’s PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct has featured lots of exciting genres, but predictably, the game that’s just shot to the top of my Steam…
As a Magic: The Gathering enjoyer, I love a good deck building game. Add some fantasy elements and a roguelike twist and that’s pretty much all my keywords ticked off. Enter Doomspire, where you delve into an ancient ruin to fight bosses, grab as much loot as you can carry, and of course, collect cards….
If you saw the Farmbotic trailer just now during the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct and thought it looked familiar, you’re right! The farming sim was originally announced as Farmatic, but has undergone a name change and is now called Farmbotic. A much better name, in my opinion. Farmbotic is a little like a 3D…