AI: The Somnium Files is one of the best games of the last generation, and it has been a real snowball-down-the-mountain deal. It launched without too much fanfare, but after the first wave of people played it and absolutely loved it for its taut writing and incredible characters, word of…
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Nacon and Spiders have announced a sequel to GreedFall, GreedFall 2 – The Dying World. It’s set in the same world as the original, and features much of the same intent, because GreedFall was a most excellent game and one of the smarter RPGs that has been released in recent…
Read MoreBig Bad Wolf, the developer behind 2018’s The Council, was the right developer to tackle Vampire: The Masquerade. The execution of Swansong isn’t perfect, but the effort to recreate the pen-and-paper experience is spot-on, and so, the team at Big Bad Wolf have achieved something that’s increasingly rare in video…
Read More505 Games held a Spring Showcase today, and for me its shining star is Among the Trolls. The first-person survival action game has its roots in Finnish folklore, which is where my interest is piqued – I admit that I know very little when it comes to European folklore, and…
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I love Fairy Fencer F, and not just because one of the characters, Tiara, has a short skirt that bounces around nicely as she runs around, and some lovely blue panties underneath. I mean, that doesn’t hurt matters, but it’s not the reason I love the game. In all sincerity,…
Read MoreKoei Tecmo has a reputation for producing games that go heavy on the fan service or sex themes – be that Dead or Alive, Project Zero, Atelier, or even the character designs in Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors. Because of that, people have a particular idea of the kind of…
Read MoreSony has shared the full library of games that will be available via its upcoming, three-tier subscription service, and as terrible as subscription services are, at least there are going to be some interesting games to play. The three-tier system starts with the existing PlayStation Plus subscription, which will give…
Read MoreI’m a big fan of itch.io for the freedom and open platform that it allows for developers to be creative, experimental, and directly canvas the audience for feedback for games that are not yet ready for primetime on Steam and its ilk. In addition, itch.io allows you to be transgressive,…
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Read MoreSquare Enix is one of those companies that I tend to trust (at least, until the company starts doing NFTs) so I was beyond excited to learn it was publishing an FMV whodunnit, The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story. It combines FMV with a puzzle-like scenario required to solve every…
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