The Making of Karateka Review
We live in a time of exceptional video game quality and abundance: There’s always too much to play (especially as I type this in September of 2023). So it’s all the more surprising that The Making of Karateka,...
Exclusive: Lord of the Rings Returns to Magic: The Gathering with 24 New Cards...
You may have thought Magic: The Gathering was done with The Lord of the Rings after its Tales of Middle-earth set earlier this year, but it’s back for more! We’ve got the exclusive reveal of 24 new cards...
Dragon’s Dogma 2: The First Hands-On Preview
When it was released eleven years ago, Dragon’s Dogma stood out as a bold open-world action-RPG that didn’t conform to any pre-existing mold for the genre. From its one-of-a-kind Pawn mechanic that encouraged you to frequently swap out...
Dustborn is a Story-Driven Road Trip that Turns Your Gameplay Choices into a Customised...
Dustborn appears to be many things. It’s a road tripping adventure across an alternate United States that involves maintaining relationships between the members of a rebel gang posing as a rock group, and staying off the radar of...
Sand Land's Wasteland Needs Work – TGS 2023
Announced earlier this year, Bandai Namco's Sand Land looks to translate a cult Japanese comic into an open-world adventure. Playing it on the floor of Tokyo Game Show, I came away intrigued about the characters and story, but...
Tekken 8 Tries to Balance Old and New – TGS 2023
At a special showcase for members of the press at Bandai Namco Entertainment in Tokyo, Japan, I had a chance to play an early build of Tekken 8. While renowned director Katsuhiro Harada’s latest sequel will launch...
Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior Allows You to Become an Awesome Army of One
At first glance Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior appears to be a stylish but somewhat straightforward isometric hack ‘n’ slash in the vein of Hades, but after having some hands-on time with it at Tokyo Game Show it’s...
Five Years After Launch, Sea of Thieves Is Finally Getting a Solo Mode
Sea of Thieves is set to add one of its most significant updates yet: solo play.Ever since Rare’s multiplayer-focused pirate adventure game launched in 2018, the developers have faced questions about the addition of solo play. Now, it’s...
Genshin Impact Developer’s Honkai Impact 3rd to Get Sequel-Sized Update in 2024
While HoYoverse is perhaps best-known in the west for Genshin Impact and the recently released Honkai Star Rail, but it has a third, older game it’s been running since 2016: Honkai Impact 3rd.At Tokyo Game Show 2023, HoYoverse...
Resident Evil 4: Separate Ways DLC Review
Resident Evil 4 sure knows how to set the tone: the remake’s intro sees Leon slowly advancing through creepy woods and rotting, ominous houses, culminating in the horrifying crescendo that is the infamous village attack. But with that...
