Received wisdom – or, at least, prevailing narrative fashion – proposes that maintaining a consistent band of fellow adventurers is the best way to create a sense of team-based camaraderie and closeness in fiction. After all, where would Frodo be wit

Developer Heart Machine Publisher Gearbox Publishing Format PC Origin US Release Summer (early access) Given that one wrong move can potentially mean having to start the whole thing again, lending tension to every enemy encounter, Roguelikes are a

Doronko Wanko PC Bandai Namco’s New Employee Training Project is a scheme wherein the publisher’s incoming staff are encouraged to work on smaller titles to hone their skills before being moved onto larger projects. Three games from this year’s progr

Developer Creative Business Unit IV, Ouka Studios Publisher Square Enix Format PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series Origin Japan Release Summer Back in its ’90s heyday, the Mana series’ realtime action set it apart from its RPG peers. But as the first mainline

The best April Fool gags aren’t the ones that merely imagine something unusual or surprising, but those that realise it. Such is the case with the latest from Swiss duo Mario von Rickenbach and Michael Frei, aka Playables. Deliberately riffing on 201

Developer/publisher Capcom Format PC, PS5 (tested), Xbox Series Release Out now The road from Vernworth to Bakbattahl is scenic but arduous. Ignore the dawdling mobs of goblins, and duck beneath the chanting harpies that circle on the currents overhe

With Hyper Light Breaker, Heart Machine finds itself doing something that is increasingly rare. When polygons first took over from sprites, it was more commonplace. But a series moving from a top-down perspective to a fully three-dimensional world do

Developer Patattie Games PublisherTBA Format PC Origin Scotland, Spain Release TBA Before your first shift behind the till at Repeater Records, you’re regaled with a tale of how fictional pop foursome Becoming Violet split up. It’s got the lot: si

At this point in time, with discussions about the value of console exclusives creating so much noise, it’s worth considering what Rise Of The Ronin represents as a game that will only appear on PS5 (at least until a PC version arrives). What does Tea

With foundations laid way back in the early 1970s, Atari has a bit of history in its locker, to say the least. The company’s story has been recounted at length in several books, but in this timeline we’re marking some key moments in its evolution, in

Developer Odd Bug Studio Publisher United Label Format PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series Origin UK Release TBA 2024 Things might be a bit parky in the aptly named Winter’s Edge, but young rat Arlo is looking on the bright side. After all,