The metroidvania genre has had a resurgence in recent years, though it was something that was never quite gone. Developers have been trying to shake up the familiar formula with randomization, procedural […]
Hypergun is a stylish, procedurally generated first person shooter with a futuristic neon aesthetic and rogue-lite elements. You must fight aliens in an increasingly difficult simulation with the goal of building the […]
UPDATE: With no valid US entries, these competitions will close without any winners, unfortunately. Thanks for your interest! To all who entered this competition outside of the US: thank you, but […]
I have personally been anticipating Chasm for years now. Originally funded on Kickstarter in 2013, Chasm promised something that, if pulled off, would make for an amazing game: a procedurally generated metroidvania. […]
I wasn’t writing reviews for 3CR when No Man’s Sky released, and if I was, I probably would have defended it. I would have argued something about measured expectations, and how No […]
Guest Author James Brod reviews the Xbox One version of Sudden Strike: European Battlefields Real-time strategy/Real-time tactics games have been a staple of PC gaming for years now and are one of the […]
I’ve been finding myself under the sea a lot lately. It scares me, the thought of all of that water above me—a complete stranger in an inhospitable environment, surrounded by strange creatures […]
Developer Grip Digital’s follow-up to Tower of Guns came as a bit of a surprise. First person shooter rogue-lite bullet hell Mothergunship first showed off its fast-paced action and gun crafting in […]
Moonlighter by developer Digital Sun is what you get if you take the typical roleplaying game formula and flips it on its head. Instead of questing, getting loot, and selling that extra […]
Developer Bugbear’s previously titled (untitled?) Next Car Game was pretty impressive from the get-go—all the way back in 2014 when the Sneak Peak was released, which featured the impressive physics that would […]
Vampyr is a game where you play as a vampire—something that has been tried to varying success in the past. Developer Dontnod has had plenty of experience with telling a great story […]
Shape of the World by developer Hollow Tree Games is like walking through a peaceful dreamscape. It’s not really a game in the more traditional sense: there are no quests to complete, […]
