Reinventing the wheel is a tall order. So much so that we literally have a phrase warning against doing so. And even…
To loot and plunder; to fight demonic forces from beyond; to throw yourself into hair-raising scenarios with reckless abandon. This is what…
Developer Remedy Entertainment have formally announced Control 2, a sequel to their 2019 surrealist action game Control. The studio tweeted out the news…
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If there’s one thing people love, it’s a hero. A hero to take on a grand threat: perhaps even the end of…
Fist fights are ugly. Not the choreographed, clean hits of an action movie, nor the long trained-for hooks and jabs of a…
Indie innovation has brought with it increasing layers of complexity. We’ve got management sim roguelikes, dating sim dungeon crawlers, goat simulators with…
“A man who never eats pork buns is never a whoooole man.” As a practicing Muslim, I can’t quite agree with this…
We’ve had looter shooters, Soulslike Metroidvanias, and even golf-based RPGs. Now, developer Jaspel ushers in a new genre blend: Backpack Hero, an…
Gaming’s current giant genres are a curious lot. Roguelikes bring weight but excitement to every death. Looter shooters have evolved into the…