Did you know that, while mazes are designed to confuse and confound you by messing with your sense of direction and location, there’s actually a very simple way to escape from any of them? Put your hand on the left side wall and don’t take it off. Eventually, you’re going to get to the exit. It might not be the…
I suppose it was inevitable that at some stage, some indie developer would look at Scrabble and think to themselves “Roguelike!” After all, that r-word seems to be perennially glued into the indie developer mindset these days. Despite my growing hesitancy to touch anything with said r-word in the feature…
I’d never heard of Rammy’s Great Adventure until its remake landed on…
LEVEL-5 has released a free update for Fantasy Life i: The Girl…
Did you know that, while mazes are designed to confuse and confound you by messing with your sense of direction and location, there’s actually a very simple way to escape from any of them? Put your hand on the left side wall and don’t take it off. Eventually, you’re going…
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I suppose it was inevitable that at some stage, some indie developer would look at Scrabble and think to themselves “Roguelike!” After all, that r-word seems to be perennially glued into the indie developer mindset these days. Despite my growing hesitancy to touch anything with said r-word in the feature…
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I’d never heard of Rammy’s Great Adventure until its remake landed on the Switch eShop. So I went and researched it, and here’s a brief history lesson. Okay, so Rammy’s Great Adventure was originally a Japan-only release, and it was released on GAMEPACK, back in 1995. Now, GAMEPACK was a…
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LEVEL-5 has released a free update for Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, titled The Sinister Broker Bazario’s Schemes. It introduces a dream realm called Snoozaland, where open-world exploration meets the thrills of a roguelike. Each run offers varying rewards in a deep and accessible experience. These rewards…
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George A Romero’s Dawn of the Dead is considered one of the finest horror films of all time for the clever way that it blends B-grade cinema tradition with some sharp themes – most notably, a criticism of consumerism and capitalism. Now I’m not going to sit here and argue…
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Co-developers Studio Folly and Toot Games have announced Dogpile, a roguelike deckbuilder about merging cute dogs into bigger dogs. Players will play dogs, get money, customize dogs their Traits, and refine their deck. In the words of the co-developers: “PLAY MORE DOGS! DOGS!”…
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Australian indie developer Mystic Road has announced that its Ancient Chinese roguelike deck-builder Zodiac Mountain will be coming to PC in 2026. The game is packed with lore and folktales dating back millennia, blending strategic gameplay with storytelling inspired by rich Asian cultural narratives. It follows a Panda on their…
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Mado Monogatari is the JPRG property that gave the world the Puyos – the cute little blobs that form the basis of the Puyo Puyo series. We don’t get many of the Mado Monogatari titles out west, though (as far as I know the only one is actually Sorcery Saga…
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Scar-Lead Salvation is very close to being a very good game. The creative energy is good, the aesthetics are appealing, and the action is tight. Unfortunately, while it was clearly inspired by Returnal, it misses the mark in several critical areas. You play as Willow, who is either a woman…
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Like its predecessors, Death end re;Quest: Code Z looks like it should be a pretty standard Idea Factory JRPG. You’ve got cute anime girls, most of them with very large assets, and magical girl-style transformation screens that make full use of those assets for maximum impact. Then you have long…
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