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…
The original Myst is an iconic narrative adventure exploration puzzle game released in 1993. Riven: The Sequel to Myst launched four years later. A remake of Myst came to us in 2020, so it only makes sense that a remake of Riven is delivered (again) four years later. Riven has…
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I kind of love when I get excited for a game, but it takes so long to launch that I kind of forget about it. It makes the actual launch a happy surprise. It’s been ten years since Harold Halibut first came into existence, with the team building real-world sets…
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Square Enix Collective has published some phenomenal indie titles, from Tokyo Dark to PowerWash Simulator. In August 2022, it announced Little Goody Two Shoes, a narrative adventure game that is 90s anime meets horror meets fairy tale. It is certainly visually inspired by PlayStation-era RPGs and 90s/00 anime. And what…
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I know, I know. the middle of 2024 is basically still two years away. But there’s something so special about Last Time I Saw You that i though it would be worth it. The game was first announced earlier this year, but today’s news is that the indie game will…
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Shoot ’em up (shmup) games are a dime a dozen. It would take a lot for me to be interested in one. But Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island is the exact opposite of that: it’s a friend ’em up! Make friends with all the Greek Gods, though they may be having a…
Read MoreSince its initial PC launch last December, news about Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo has been pretty sparse. We knew console versions would be delayed as it was announced last August, but it’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard more about it. Finally, the important news has dropped: the game…
Read MoreDescribed as “a cinematic story of love and promises” and “a gripping narrative adventure,” I’ve had my eye on South of the Circle since it was first announced earlier this year. How could I not with descriptions like those two?! It helps that the developer is award-winning and the publisher…
Read MoreI am generally all in for narrative adventure games, but there’s something extra special about South of the Circle. 11 bit studios has partnered with BAFTA-winning studio State of Play for the game, which is a cinematic story set during the Cold War in the 1960s. The graphics are stunning,…
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