Videoverse, a love letter to video games, explores friendship, community, and the early internet. It first launched for PC in August 2023, but I didn’t discover it until 2024’s Access-Ability Showcase. After over two years as a PC exclusive, Videoverse will be launching for all major consoles in mid-November. The emotionally resonant narrative adventure game explores the bonds between identity,…
Sushi Ben, with a story by the creator of Hatoful Boyfriend, has been a VR exclusive since it first released for MetaQuest in October 2023; it has also launched for VIVE and PlayStation VR2. Today, indie developer Big Brane Studios announced that the interactive anime adventure game will be released…
Give me a musical, narrative-driven adventure game and I’ll be quite pleased.…
Publisher Annapurna Interactive and BAFTA-winning Aussie indie developer Beethoven & Dinosaur have…
Videoverse, a love letter to video games, explores friendship, community, and the early internet. It first launched for PC in August 2023, but I didn’t discover it until 2024’s Access-Ability Showcase. After over two years as a PC exclusive, Videoverse will be launching for all major consoles in mid-November. The…
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Sushi Ben, with a story by the creator of Hatoful Boyfriend, has been a VR exclusive since it first released for MetaQuest in October 2023; it has also launched for VIVE and PlayStation VR2. Today, indie developer Big Brane Studios announced that the interactive anime adventure game will be released…
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Give me a musical, narrative-driven adventure game and I’ll be quite pleased. Throw in renovating an old hotel using a weird gun, a spray-painting mechanic, and spooky ghosts, and I’ll be chomping at the bit to play… as I am when it comes to There Are No Ghosts at the…
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Publisher Annapurna Interactive and BAFTA-winning Aussie indie developer Beethoven & Dinosaur have revealed a new trailer for their upcoming game, Mixtape. It follows a group of teenage friends on their last night together, replaying their past; it promises to be a mixtape in terms of narrative, gameplay, and music. The…
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Don’t Nod is aiming for heightened emotions in Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, and considering its track record with narrative titles, I’d say it will push past the boundaries of the stories it has told in the past. The game will launch in two tapes (parts) in early 2025; Bloom…
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I’m trying to keep my excitement about Life is Strange: Double Exposure in check fearing total disappointment. (More on that later.) The direct sequel to Life is Strange – remember, Life is Strange 2 is a completely different story – was announced at June’s Xbox Games Showcase. A reveal livestream…
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It was only two weeks ago that there was an announcement made that cozy, semi-open world exploration adventure game Caravan SandWitch would be launching sometime this September, but at gamescom 2024 a specific date was announced via a new trailer (that also shows off gameplay for the first time). In…
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There aren’t enough adjectives that I could add to the word “excited” to describe my level of anticipation for Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. Lost Records is a new IP for Don’t Nod, and Bloom & Rage is the first game. It brings Don’t Nod back to its narrative adventure…
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Don’t Nod has been adamant that Max Caulfield’s story end when Life is Strange ends, but Max Caulfield is no longer in Don’t Nod’s hands. That was clear with the Life is Strange comic series, which was supposed to start as a four-part limited miniseries but soon ballooned to 23…
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Rarely am I left speechless, but the reveal trailer for Lost Records: Bloom & Rage did just that. Very little was known about the upcoming Don’t Nod game at the time (December 2023) – so little that I had to put in a catch-up – but we did learn that…
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