Tag: Action

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…
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…
Elden Ring Nightreign’s Wylder can not only rocket jump with his explosive ultimate, he can grappling hook combo into it to fly around like an offstage Smash Bros

Elden Ring Nightreign’s Wylder…

In a new video about hidden or poorly explained Elden Ring Nightreign character mechanics, FromSoft LoreTuber-in-Chief VaatiVidya revealed that…
Elden Ring Nightreign artist wanted part of the game to feel ‘more cozy, more welcoming, more at home,’ so naturally she drew on Dark Souls for inspiration

Elden Ring Nightreign artist…

You might not have much time to take in the atmosphere in Elden Ring Nightreign while you’re speedrunning between…
You get a unique relic for beating Elden Ring Nightreign’s ‘supposed to lose’ tutorial boss, but don’t worry: There’s a buried menu option to fight him again

You get a unique…

In grand FromSoftware tradition, Elden Ring Nightreign begins with a fight you’re supposed to lose. As is also tradition,…