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Rally Point: Strong simulation and team building can't carry Menace forever
# Rally Point: Strong Simulation and Team Building Can't Carry Menace Forever Menace arrives with solid fundamentals. The tactical simulation runs cl…
World End Syndrome Has A Fascinating Story If You Can Get Past Its Frustrating Game Mechanics
World End Syndrome, developed by Office Blanc and published in the West by PQube, delivers a compelling mystery-driven narrative wrapped in a visual n…
Star Wars Zero Company: The Kotaku Review
# Star Wars: Hunters Review - EA's XCOM-Inspired Tactical Shooter Shows Promise But Stumbles Mechanically EA's Star Wars: Hunters arrives as the publ…
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault review – a pleasant bout of number go up that’s most remarkable for how much of an improvement it is
# Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault Delivers a Roguelike Loop That Actually Respects Your Time Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault represents a substanti…
Playing Mass Effect-inspired RPG Exodus was an uncomfortably familiar space trip, despite some brilliant zero-G fights
# Exodus Delivers Zero-G Combat Thrills But Stumbles With Familiar RPG Tropes Exodus, the Mass Effect-inspired space RPG, impresses with inventive we…
Onimusha: Way of the Sword is best when it's silly, and despite some gloomy open world slogging, sometimes even remembers it
Capcom's Onimusha: Way of the Sword rescues the dormant samurai action franchise by embracing absurdist humor and slapstick mayhem, though the overall…
"I just want to go back inside": How Creative Assembly use weather to make you crave claustrophobic interiors in Alien Isolation 2
Creative Assembly's approach to environmental design in Alien: Isolation 2 reveals a sophisticated understanding of horror pacing and player psycholog…
The Blood Of Dawnwalker Reviews Are Divided On Whether It’s A Great New RPG Or Repetitive And Janky
Blood of Dawnwalker, the vampire RPG from former The Witcher 3 developers at Dontnod Entertainment, arrives this week to a sharply divided critical re…
Jason And Lucia’s Fridge Is Full Of Little Details That Are Driving Me Crazy
# Jason and Lucia's Fridge Becomes Unhinged Symbol of Game Design Obsession Kotaku's latest deep dive into environmental storytelling surfaces an une…
Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 Is A Fun Co-op Shooter, But The Chatty NPCs And Bad Dialogue Get In The Way
Aliens Fireteam Elite 2 delivers the core co-op shooter experience players expect from the franchise, but its relentless NPC chatter undermines the ac…
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy review – a competent action game spinoff that loses what made its predecessors unique
Asobo Studio's Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy represents a deliberate departure from the franchise formula, and that gamble yields mixed results. The…
Amid accusations of a post-beta difficulty bump, Mortal Shell 2 devs patch the new soulslike to stop players riposting so hard they steal enemy weapons
Mortal Shell 2 developers have patched the soulslike after players discovered a game-breaking exploit that let them riposte so forcefully they strippe…
STALKER 2: Cost of Hope review: An expanded Zone that begs to be explored, even as its faction war fizzles
GSC Game World launches Cost of Hope, the expansion for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl, alongside the game's major 2.0 performance update. The DLC expa…
5 Games With the Longest Development Time That Still Haven’t Been Released
Five video games remain trapped in development hell, each spinning in production for over a decade with no release date in sight. Polygon's list highl…
Mortal Shell 2 review: A monumental heavy metal sequel with the spirit of a '90s PC game
Mortal Shell 2 delivers a sequel that nails the aesthetic and atmosphere of early 90s PC gaming, wrapped around a deliberate, methodical combat system…
Mortal Shell 2: The Kotaku Review
# Mortal Shell 2: The Kotaku Review Kotaku has published its review of Mortal Shell 2, Cold Symmetry's soulslike sequel. The review emphasizes the ga…
Marvel Tokon Nears 500K Sales In Its First Week Despite Fighting Games’ Niche Appeal
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has moved nearly 500,000 units in its first week across PS5 and PC, a strong debut for a fighting game in a traditionally…
Marvel Tōkon's simple but effective combo trials are an elegant tutorial solution that I wish more fighting games had
Marvel Tōkon demonstrates how fighting games can teach complex mechanics through elegant design. The title's combo trials strip away unnecessary compl…
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Wants To Have Its Cake And Splatter It Too
# Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Tackles Horror's Messy Reality Jane Schoenbrun's latest project, "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma," repre…