Sand Land, an action RPG based on the manga of the same name, was announced nearly a year ago and I admit that I haven’t given it much (okay, any) coverage. That’s entirely my bad. But better late than never? Sand Land is set in a world with extreme water shortages (AKA the near future). Beelzebub the Fiend Prince, small-town…
Visions of Mana was this close to being on my list of most anticipated games of 2024, but because it’s been 15 years since a mainline series entry I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. We got a glimpse of the game when it was announced The Game Awards, but…
Read MoreDeveloped by Introversion Software, prison architect is a management game about construction and maintaining a maximum security prison. It won a BAFTA in the Persistent Game category and sold over two million copies. In 2019, Paradox Interactive acquired the rights for the Prison Architect franchise for an undisclosed amount of…
Read MoreCults and sinning seem to go hand in hand. Sure, some of them claim to follow the bible – but they also tend to make up rules that work for them rather than actually interpret and understand what is obviously in front of them. Cult of the Lamb is freaking…
Read MoreXbox has been pushing action RPG (with social sim elements) Dungeons of Hinterberg pretty hard in the second half of 2023. First, it was featured in June’s Xbox Games Showcase. In October, the game’s social elements were shown off in an Xbox Partner Preview. Today, the developer streamed a video…
Read MoreFor the past few days, PowerWash Simulator developer FuturLab has been sharing short videos teasing the free update that dropped today. The videos had people guessing that players would be cleaning Santa’s Workshop, and that’s exactly what we got! Today’s update is rooted in its new map, but there are…
Read MoreIt seems that developer stillalive studios is on my radar lately. It’s completely accidental: I’m just interested in the games, then notice who developed them. I first wrote about Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator in the November 27th edition of the catch-up coffee; that was about its launch date being…
Read MoreWo Long: Fallen Dynasty launched earlier this year to critical success; it averages 79-81 on Metacritic (depending on platform). Matt reviewed the game for PlayStation 5 at the time, giving it five of five stars. He described it as “a really majestic epic” and followed up by writing, “it’s a…
Read MoreI am downright chuffed to be writing that Square Enix has revealed a new entry in the Mana series! Visions of Mana is the first mainline instalment in over 15 years. It promises to return to the series’ action-RPG roots while taking players on an adventure with a soul guard…
Read MoreSometimes, a game seems so deeply terrifying to me that I vow never to play it. That being said, when others get the same feeling they tend to gravitate towards the horror instead of fleeing. And those who love first-person narrative horror games should definitely keep an eye out for…
Read MoreI 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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