Back to Route 1. Ever since Pokémon Legends: Z-A came out last year, a thought has been brewing that I haven’t been able to shake. It was amplified as I watched the EUIC battles in February, and then cropped up again as I sat, mouth agape, at the Winds and Waves trailer. After 30 years,…
Xbox Game Studios and Moon Studios released the terrific 2D platformer Ori and the Blind Forest on the Nintendo Switch late last year and many of you are possibly wondering how it fared on the platform. Speaking to USGamer the team says it did well on the sysrtem, possibly paving the way for the sequel…
Aimed at developers, apparently. As you’ll know from our KONKR Pocket Advance review, this GBA-inspired portable is an excellent piece of kit, and well worth the modest asking price. However, AYANEO has received criticism for how it has distributed the device. After the initial batch sold out, the company announced not one but two new…
This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content: Nintendo Switch Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales – Enter a world on the verge of chaos in a single-player RPG that combines narrative-driven exploration with unique puzzles and card battle mechanics, crafted by the developers responsible for some of the most iconic moments in The Witcher 3:…
Hi everyone! I’m from Milky Tea, the development studio behind HyperBrawl Tournament, a 1-4 player local and online arena-based sports-brawler where your objective is to outscore the opposing team. To help make this happen, you’ve got unique heroes, epic weapons and some legendary abilities at your disposal. Play Video Want to know more? Here are…
Sandbox space MMO Eve Online is going strong in its third decade, with developer CCP Games outlining its slate of 2025 development plans in a recent stream. It’ll feature two major expansions and the return of some much-loved fan favorite in-game events. The current Revenant arc will continue through the first quarter of the year—continuing…
At today’s SGF 2025 Xbox Games Showcase, Game Freak—the developer of acclaimed solitaire-based horseracing sim Pocket Card Jockey and, you know, Pokémon—made a surprise appearance to confirm that it’s not just the Pokémon company. (Technically, The Pokémon Company is the Pokémon company.) The studio unveiled Beast of Reincarnation, a “one-person, one-dog action RPG” coming in…
There are a lot of studios taking a crack at developing ‘the next Disco Elysium‘, but the one that’s intrigued me the most so far is Rue Valley. Emotion Spark’s narrative RPG is set during a 47-minute window in an out-of-the-way motel, featuring an enigmatic protagonist trying to forget about some unexplained trauma. At the…
We’re proud to announce that Refactor, the world’s first Tetroidvania, is coming to PS4! What is a Tetroidvania? Taking elements from classic metroidvanias such as Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Refactor blends them with the falling block puzzle genre to create an entirely unique physics-based puzzle platforming experience. The standard formula of…
All that glitters… Aspyr has released a new update for Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered on Switch, adding in a boatload of improvements and fixes, while also introducing optional golden pistols to The Last Revelation And Tomb Raider Chronicles. Unfortunately for The Angel of Darkness fans (are you out there?), the golden pistols will not be…