Tag: Action

I can see why Devolver dedicated its whole show to Ball X Pit: It’s like Atari’s Breakout meets Vampire Survivors and the demo is curing my roguelike fatigue

I can see why…

If you’re anything like me, a Gen Z caffeine addict with the attention span of a fruit fly, ancient…
After 3 years of waiting, Dying Light: The Beast will finally arrive in August

After 3 years of…

It took longer than anyone likely expected, but Dying Light: The Beast—no, no, calm down, it’s not actually here,…
The Shovel Knight dev’s new gothic action game has a demo that has awakened the GBA kid in me

The Shovel Knight dev’s…

Mina the Hollower speaks to me much louder than Shovel Knight ever did. Yacht Club Games’ newest retro action…
Surf on a magic sword and kickflip over flying dolphins in Sword of the Sea, hitting Steam in August

Surf on a magic…

More than two years after its first trailer debuted, magical surfing adventure Sword of the Sea finally has a…
Bloodstained is back after 6 years with 3D cutscenes that look like they’re from a different era of videogames

Bloodstained is back after…

I almost didn’t recognize Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement as a Bloodstained game, partly because it’s been six whole years…
‘Critical: Organ failure imminent!’: GTA 5’s newest survival mod turns an irradiated world against you with shadows of Fallout, Stalker and 28 Days Later

‘Critical: Organ failure imminent!’:…

As if Los Santos and Blaine County weren’t already hostile enough, the latest survival mod to grace the murderous…
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater: All the key details on the remake of a PS2 classic

Metal Gear Solid Delta:…

It’s been just under a decade since the last Metal Gear Solid released (no, I don’t count Survive), and…
Death Stranding 2: All the key details on the next game from Hideo Kojima

Death Stranding 2: All…

Almost six years after Norman Reedus first picked up that baby in a jar and chucked his urine at…
Singleplayer Elden Ring Nightreign is no longer hell to play, but it’s still a compromised game of 30-minute boss runbacks

Singleplayer Elden Ring Nightreign…

I am Mr. Antisocial Souls⁠—I don’t play many multiplayer games in general, and FromSoft’s offerings have always been, for…
Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag remake is such a badly kept secret it’s been leaked by a statue maker who just assumed we all knew it was coming

Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag…

In days of yore, before we had all this internet nonsense, leaks happened organically, concretely. They happened in printed…