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SD Gundam Battle Alliance – Review

SD Gundam Battle Alliance is developed by ARTDINK and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment that puts players in the role of an unseen character. Plucked from a battlefield with your companion, you are both transported to a digital world where an AI system overlooks the history of the Gundam series.

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The Ascent: Cyber Heist – Review

Stepping back into the Arcology after a year off made me realise how much I missed the bloody hellscape. Created by Neon Giant, this top-down twin-stick shooter was the standout Cyber Punk-inspired world in recent memory, and its heart-thumping action has been treated to its first expansion. The Cyber Heist

7.5

Video Game Fables – Review

It’s usually the Princess who requires saving; Zelda and Princess Peach to name a few. It’s a commonly used trope where the damsel in distress needs a hero to save them. Video Game Fables, however, is a game to break the mold, where Aru is a kickass Princess who can

Batora: Lost Haven – Preview

Stormind Games have brought us their latest title, Batora: Lost Haven, an interplanetary action RPG game where you play as a young female by the name of Avril. You have the choice to harness the ancient power of the Sun & Moon, and you choose how to take the story

9.5

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – Review

If ever a games developer had a name to describe their games so thoroughly, Monolith Soft has this in spades with its latest monolith of a game. Xenoblade Chronicles 3, announced at the start of 2022, has dropped just a few short months later, and it is arguably the most

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Digimon Survive – Review

Created by Hyde and published by Bandai Namco, Digimon Survive is the newest instalment to the Digimon series. It is a visual novel story-driven game with tactics-style combat, so for those that are thinking it will be like Digimon World or the Cyber Sleuth series, be aware, that it is

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Sword and Fairy: Together Forever – Review

Sword and Fairy: Together Forever is the latest RPG release from Softstar, spanning over twenty-seven years’ experience with RPGs and the seventh installment of the Sword and Fairy titles. With such a long history in the industry, being able to cultivate their games over time has created one of their

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The Tarnishing Of Juxtia – Review

Developed by Actual Nerds, The Tarnishing of Juxtia is a challenging Souls-inspired 2D action RPG set in a dark fantasy world with a sinister narrative. As the final creation of the Goddess, Juxtia, travel through what is left of the two divine kingdoms, overrun by the Tarnishing. Battle through a

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Live A Live – Review

I would bet that every gamer has at least one blind spot in terms of influential games that they have either missed or just never got around to playing. Maybe, it’s several games you missed, multiple protagonists that you never got a chance to connect with. In the case of

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SENSEs: Midnight – Review

‘SENSEs: Midnight’ is a 3D horror game by SUZAKU Games and is inspired by some of the survival horror classics such as ‘Resident Evil’ and ‘Fatal Frame’. You play as college student, Uesugi Kaho, a member of an occult research club who is dared to investigate a supernatural occurrence. She

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Loopmancer – Review

Discover, kill, die, repeat. Like many a loop-style game before it, Loopmancer takes the core gameplay of games like Death Loop and 12 Minutes and throws them into a blender with a side-scrolling world and a few scoops of death and destruction. Developed by eBrain Studio and published by eBrain

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XEL – Review

XEL is an isometric action-adventure game by Tiny Roar, with a focus on puzzles and exploration. The game centres around Reid, who has crash-landed in an unknown location with no memory, and upon waking, is joined by a small robot that requests she finds XEL. The robot, Chap, accompanies her

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Outriders: Worldslayer – Review

‘Outriders: Worldslayer’ is finally here! Created by Square Enix and People Can Fly, players can pick right up where the core story for ‘Outriders’ ended and jump into the next chapter of events in the survival of the planet, Enoch. The Story campaign of Worldslayer has added more things to

7.5

Gamedec (Nintendo Switch) – Review

In a distant but not so unrealistic future, society lives and functions through a virtual world where games take the forefront of public interaction. ‘Gamedec’ by Anshar Studios, thrusts you into the world of a Gamedec, the name given to an online detective in this cyberpunk dystopian world. After choosing

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Citizen Sleeper – Review

“Wake up sleeper!” yes, wake up Sleeper, your time is finally now. “Citizen Sleeper” developed by Jump Over the Age is a futuristic, sci-fi RPG with so much to offer from narrative to gameplay. If you are a fan of RNG outcomes and umm well the ‘Fifth Element’ well this

7.5

The Serpent Rogue – Review

Strap on your plague mask. Corruption is spreading throughout the land and the world needs its Wardens. Published by Team17 and developed by Sengi Games, the Serpent Rogue is an adventure/rogue-like game with a flair for the Lovecraft influence and will see you master the art of alchemy with taming

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Ragnorium – Review

It’s the end of times. Humankind is all but dissipated. With the lack of resources and ability to repopulate, someone has to play God. That person is you. Ragnorium is a brand new planet recolonization simulator, where the player commands clones to do thou bidding and attempt to repopulate the

9.5

Chernobylite (Xbox Series X) – Review

Chernobylite, developed by The Farm 51, is a sci-fi horror survival set in the wastelands of Chernobyl’s exclusion zone. We reviewed this game in its early stages on PC here, but as it has just come out with its new free Xbox Series X|S upgrade, we get to revisit the

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MONARK (Playstation 5) – Review

Monark is a Japanese strategic Role-Playing Game first brought out in 2021 by the developers Lancarse, and it’s now out on Playstation 5 & Nintendo Switch. I was lucky enough to play this game on the PS5 and I have seen some other scores on this game, but for me,

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Weird West – Review

The Wild West is one of those magical places that can meld with pretty much anything. There was a film in 2011 called Cowboys & Aliens, and I’ve been spending a lot of time watching a YouTuber by the name of Boylei Hobby Time, who is creating his own magnificent

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Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands – Review

Its Bunkers and Badasses BAAAABYYYYYYYYYYY! Grab your character sheets, your d20, and let’s start lootin’ an’ shootin’! Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is FINALLY here, roughly 2.5 years after the release of Borderlands 3. Developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games, this next insane adventure, thought up by one equally

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