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Fatigued by all the metroidvanias games there days? B.I.O.T.A. is a Megatroid, blending elements of Mega Man and Metroid. It offers an absorbing trip back to the early Nineties, recalling an era when games taught ...

If you only enjoy the kind of technically proficient but slightly sterile experiences offered by triple-A games, you might want to steer clear of Ed-0: Zombie Uprising. Released by D3Publisher, it recalls the inelegant but ...

This week, the latest entry in the nearly thirty year-old horseracing sim series arrives in Japan. While Western players will miss out on the pretend ponies, there’s still a number of notables arriving in other ...

If you have the cash, the EGRET II mini offers four times as many Taito memories, with a tighter focus on the seminal ones. But for collectors on a budget, Taito Milestones bundles the company’s ...

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim seamlessly pivots from guarded conversation to massive, kaiju-killing rocket barrage. That’s a feat for any game, but especially when you’re hopping between thirteen different characters. Vanillaware’s latest remains an astounding achievement ...

This week, Chrono Cross, House of the Dead make reappearances, eager to rekindle the attention of a new generation of players. Back 4 Blood gets resuscitated with new DLC, while 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim receives ...

Dodge, shoot, die, and curse- now repeat this cycles dozens of times. Like any respectable shmup, Z-Warp will submerge you in screens awash with projectiles. Learning to swim through it all can be gratifying. Panda ...

Journeying through Andro Dunos 2 feels like finding an alternate reality, where Visco built on the foundations of it’s 1992 shooter and crafted a sequel that thoroughly improves on its predecessor while still adhering to the ...

Twenty-two years after its original release, Big Bang Pro Wrestling gets a Switch port. The emulation is expectedly fantastic, and the game has a remarkable heritage. But after all these years, ring rust is an ...

This week, MLB The Show 22 steps up to the plate, offering baseball across a trio of platforms. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga adapts all nine films into interactive form. But Star Wars obsessives ...