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I’ve often dreamed of shutting down my laptop one final time and seeking the quiet, peaceful life of a wandering poet. Unfortunately, my poems aren’t good enough to get me room and board anywhere. But, in Oku, I can leave this life behind and live out that fantasy, traversing gorgeous Japanese landscapes while meeting and…
Do you ever wonder how those utopian sci-fi societies in the movies are actually managed? Sure, everyone’s needs are met and robots do all the cleaning, but what happens if a robot breaks down? Does another robot fix it? In D-topia, you play as a Facilitator who helps an AI run the perfect city. Residents…
If you watched the incredible KPop Demon Hunters and thought, “Damn, I wish there were a game of this,” then allow me to introduce you to People of Note. It’s incredibly serendipitous that this musical RPG has been announced so soon after the animated movie took over the world. As seen at the PC Gaming…
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…