Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne is criminally unloved. I mean, the real ones know, but as a whole, it's one of the more forgotten JRPGs, with projects like Persona 4 Golden taking the spotlight away from, well, most of Atlus' back catalog....

There is a part of my head, some reptilian section of my brain, that just loves watching numbers go up. It finds joy in methodically kiting and whittling down enemies, clearing the area of loot, and moving on to the next; like a farming si...

Nier: Automata kind of blew the doors wide open on the Nier series. Sure, back in the day I loved this little Drakengard spinoff that could. But it wasn't until Platinum Games and Yoko Taro came together that Nier really came into its own i...

I don't like to cover every Hearthstone set, because some are way more impactful than others. But when there's a full standard rotation, it's kind of a big deal. Forged in the Barrens is a pretty hefty shakeup for the entire game, most...

One of the best things I can say about Dota: Dragon's Blood, the latest animated video game adaptation to hit Netflix, is that it's completely watchable for newcomers. In just eight episodes, it manages to cover a breadth of lore and overco...

Puzzle Quest is back! After a lengthy hiatus, studio Infinity Plus Two is taking up the mantle from Infinite Interactive, with 505 Games taking over publishing duties from D3 Publisher. You'd be right to be skeptical. And while the free-to-...

Magic: The Gathering Arena has finally made its way to iOS. It took Wizards of the Coast, what some refer to as a "small indie company," nearly two years to move the game off of the exclusivity of the PC/Mac platform and onto mobile de...

This might come as a shock to you: I'm not a fan of the Crash Bandicoot series. I know this doesn't make sense, as I'm British, and we in Blighty love the mad marsupial as much as we love pie-and-mash and rewarding corruption... To be fair ...

Although Super Nintendo World in Universal Japan was going to open on February 4, a state of emergency pushed it back. That hasn't stopped people from actually entering the park though, as hundreds of YouTubers and members of the press have...

A few years ago, Amazon seemed like it was taking the correct steps to establish itself as a player in the video game industry. In 2014, it purchased Double Helix Studios, which was then riding high on the successful rebirth of the Killer I...

Balan Wonderworld made a huge splash when its debut trailer dropped in the pre-show for an Xbox Games Showcase last July. It was bright, colorful, and full of as much whimsy as its creator, Yuji Naka. I was immediately smitten with it ...

Nintendo has been very choosy when it comes to anything amiibo-related in the past few years. Just look at the stark decrease in production! But alas, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury is not only getting amiibo support for both mod...

After pouring easily hundreds of hours into Nioh 2 and its three DLC packs on PS4, it's admittedly been pretty jarring to start a fresh save on PC – even if I'm only here for preview purposes right now. I had forgotten just how lethal...

As someone who ranks Resident Evil 7 as one of their favorites in and out of the long-running series, I am full-blown excited to see Resident Evil Village continue down that path with some on-the-surface supernatural elements and more than ...

It's been great having continued reasons to revisit Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, especially as of late. I've been on a real Castlevania kick with the Game Boy Advance lineup and the perennial Symphony of the Night. The latest free con...

Starting this week, Blizzard is running a "limited technical alpha" for Diablo Immortal. Yes, the "do you guys not have phones" game. We got in. It's not bad. Don't @ me.

When I saw that trailer for Sephiroth in Smash, my first thought was "they can't kill Mario, can they?!" Well, they didn't: no, the beloved plumber was not gored by one of the biggest bads of all time. Sephiroth probably isn't murdering any...

If you've played Critter Crunch or Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes, you don't need to be convinced that Capybara is capable of making great puzzle games that'll creep into – and slowly take over – your headspace. With that in...

For a little over a month now, I've been on a diet and a fairly restrictive one at that. It's probably not the wisest thing to do during the season of gingerbread cookies and figgy pudding, but, somehow, I've stuck with it for longer than a...

It's worth stressing a few things about Temtem upfront now that it's released on PlayStation 5. If you're burned out on Pokémon in general, there's a decent chance Temtem won't do enough to differentiate itself, and that's kind of wh...

It’s a real shame the story of Telltale Games ended the way it did because, at one point in its brief history, it was one of the most exciting developers in the industry. With access to some of the top IPs, including The Walking Dead,...

Nintendo is going hard on Mario's 35th anniversary. We've already gotten Super Mario Bros. 35, Mario 3D All-Stars, and Mario Kart Live, but there's more to come. This past weekend Nintendo just released the Game & Watch Super Mario Bros...

Whether you're a first-time Tetris Effect player or you're showing up for the new timed-exclusive multiplayer modes, Tetris Effect: Connected is worth checking out – especially with Xbox Game Pass. Aside from the original Tetris Effec...

While the Xbox Series X has an out-of-the-box legacy storage option for older games, you can't run "made for Series X" titles on it. And as a reviewer, I know I'm going to be running out of space fairly soon. Storage Tetris be damned. I mea...

As Brett noted in our full review, Assassin's Creed Valhalla falls short in several respects. That's especially true when you directly compare it to its predecessor, Odyssey, which seemingly set an impossibly high bar for the series. T...