The measure of a great roguelike is in how much you can absolutely break it. Some of my favorite games in the genre allow me to piece together wildly overpowered builds capable of squashing fierce bosses in a few fell swoops. Based on my first hands-on…
The nominees for the 2022 Game Awards dropped November 14, creating an annual water cooler moment for gaming fans — for better or worse. Whenever the list is announced, you can be sure to hear the word “snub” reverberate across social media as fans que…
A Little to the Left
“A Little to the Left might be this year’s most plesant game thanks to its cathartic organization puzzles.”
Clever, tactile puzzles
Generous hint system
Soothing art and music
A few frustrating interactions
Goes…
Indie games have come a long way in a relatively short amount of time. It wasn’t much more than a decade ago that indie games would only ever be seen by a small community on PC, with no chance of ever getting put on a major console or storefront. Howev…
Cursed to Golf is a horribly difficult game. Not only are you faced with some of the most menacing 2D golf courses the world has ever seen, but you’ll need to clear all 18 holes while staying under par. Fail a single course, and you’ll be sent back to …
Shorter indie games have become a recent favorite of mine, and with Halloween on the horizon, I’d been on the lookout for some different horror games that I hadn’t played yet beyond the classic titles that make the rounds every year. I stumbled ac…
“We wanted to make a game like what we played in our youth,” said Ironbird Creations studio head Alex Godlewska, about its debut project Phantom Hellcat.
Described in Ironbird’s promotional materials as “Devil May Cry meets Nier: Automata, with a twi…
Whenever I watch professional golf, a few moments can make me cringe: a ball getting shot into a lake, an unsuccessful attempt to get out of a bunker, completely whiffing on a putt. As someone who had a brief golfing stint as a kid, I can’t help but pi…
If you’re someone who likes to keep up with what’s hot in the world of TV, 2022 is probably a nightmare. Between cable and streaming services, it feels like there’s 100 shows to binge at any given time, with various levels of time commitment attached t…
Cult of the Lamb
MSRP $24.99
“Cult of the Lamb excels as a darkly comedic management game, though its roguelite component commits some cardinal sins.”
Excellent camp management
Intricate, interlinking systems
Clever use of cult tropes
Fle…
If you watched today’s Annapurna Interactive Showcase, you might have left scratching your head over one of the stream’s announcements: Hohokum is available now on PC. No one could blame you if you’ve never heard of it before. The art game featuring a …
Although you can find the best indie games on nearly any platform nowadays, most of them began on PC. With platforms like itch.io allowing anyone to send their magnum opus — or tech demo — to the masses, PC games are still the go-to spot for creative a…
There are plenty of games coming out this summer that are worth getting excited about. RPG fans will have their hands full with Soul Hackers 2 and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Saints Row will look to hold Grand Theft Auto fans over as they continue to wait …
This year’ Summer Game Fest has been a bit of an odd one. As usual, it began with a long kickoff livestream packed with world-premiere game reveals. Though it featured massive AAA titles like The Last of Us Part I and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare …
As part of Summer Game Fest 2022, Devolver Digital hosted its own 30-minute showcase and delivered previews of a handful of titles to its fans. Viewers got a sneak peek at a few new games, along with more info on already-announced titles like Cult…