NEWS
We played indie games before AAA even existed
There's a strange irony in how we tell the history of videogames today. The term indie games seems almost to identify a recent revolution, a modern response to…
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Godreaper Shows Off Its First Gameplay Trailer and Opens Applications for Its Closed Playtest
Next Genium has published the first official trailer for Godreaper, its third-person action-adventure set in an East Slavic dark fantasy world, and has officially opened applications for the closed playtest…
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Phantom Blade Zero State of Play Reveals New Details on Combat, Weapons, Wulin and Difficulty
The latest State of Play finally answers the question Phantom Blade Zero has left hanging for years: what kind of game is hiding behind those spectacular blades?
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War Fantasy Is a Disturbing Psychological Horror That Turns the Familiar Language of War Games Into a Weapon
A psychological horror that turns military training, obedience, and familiar FPS conventions into tools for questioning the player’s own sense of control.
REVIEWS
Helix: Descent N Ascent Review – A Supremely Entertaining Gaming Experience
The two previous articles already made this promise: Helix: Descent N Ascent would deliver hours of pure entertainment, and even the half-hour demo hinted at this Belgian title's…
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Deaths of Peck Is a Lovable, Violent Little 2D Platformer That Really, Really Wants You Dead
What if everything we ever learned about death in video games was wrong? Think about the way we have been taught to approach death in video games. For…
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The Future of Physical Format in Video Games
For years, the debate over the disappearance of physical format has divided players, collectors, and the industry. Commentators often reduce the discussion to a contrast between disc and…
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Impermanence: Building a Shrine in the Theatre of Ghosts
The most effective horror often rations what it shows, pacing its reveals carefully and skipping jumpscares or graphic scenes that arrive before the dread has had time to…
PREVIEW
Hollow Home – Preview: The Last Normal Day
Hollow Home is a narrative survival RPG from Twigames, a studio from Kyiv, with Berlin's Crunchy Leaf Games publishing. I played the demo that landed on Steam during…
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Cinderia Early Access Preview – A Promising Roguelite Wrapped in a Dark Fairy Tale
MyACG Studio has launched Cinderia in Early Access. An action roguelite that draws inspiration from many of the genre’s defining titles while still managing to retain its own…
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The Midnight Walk Review: A Heartfelt Handcrafted Fairytale That Burns Bright in the Darkness
The Midnight Walk is a work that builds its identity at the crossroads of different languages: video games, stop-motion cinema, sculpture, Nordic fairy tale, and philosophical narrative
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A Fighter’s Nova: Mindara – Pre-Alpha Preview
A Fighter’s Nova: Mindara is an intriguing fusion of two genres that seem to be complete opposites at first glance. Fighting games and JRPGs attempt to coexist in…