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This week, grow a cute sect in Cult of the Lamb, strap on skates and firearms to gun down opponents in Rollerdrome, or simply renovate that old laundromat into gaming retreat in Arcade Paradise. Alternatively, ...

With a variety of smart variations, Hard West 2 offers a delightful digression from turn-based strategy titles, making it more than just XCOM with revolvers and rifles. Gunslinger Gin Carter just lost his soul in ...

A trio of 16-bit series entries, a director’s cut, and a single-stage score attack await Turrican fans who didn’t already purchase Flashback. Between the duplication of titles across the previous collection, splitting the anthology across ...

Kokoro Clover’s conceit is undeniably clever: the game is presented like a serialized anime. Twelve episodes flaunt the traditional characteristics of Sunday morning animation. From recaps of previous shows, title cards, commercial breaks, eye catches, ...

There’s a depressing lack of wuxia games on consoles. Sword and Fairy: Together Forever helps alleviate that deficiency, with dazzling visuals, stirring storytelling, and action that’s engaging. If you’re able to overlook a few unpolished ...

This week, Sword and Fairy: Together Forever (pictured) delivers wuxia action, while Two Point Campus offers players the chance to build and manage a university. If neither of these pique your interests, GigaBash provides some ...

The 1987 film The Hidden centered around an alien who could shift between human bodies. Once in control of a person, the alien went absolutely wild. From robbing banks, jumping into the body of a ...

Don’t expect a full-blown role-playing experience similar to Cyber Sleuth or even a digital monster nurturing game like Re:Digitize or Next Order. Digimon Survive is an engrossing visual novel that sporadically sends you onto battlefields ...

According to psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, “flow” is the mental state a person reaches when they are fully immersed in a task. Commonly known as being ‘in the zone’, Csikszentmihalyi isolated nine elements that occur when ...

Ready for another fantasy-themed, 2D title with Soulslike combat? The Tarnishing of Juxtia is fun but overly formulaic. There are a multitude of modern games that force players to commit to every attack. The philosophy ...