I don’t envy the developers behind Concord. The hero shooter subgenre is a difficult space to break into, and cultivating a dedicated playerbase is even tougher. After seeing Concord’s gameplay reveal last month and its lukewarm response, I would have told you Firewalk Studios’ debut title would likely fall flat …

If Frostpunk was about survival, then Frostpunk 2 is about stability–or at least the pursuit of it. Survival is still at the heart of Frostpunk 2’s gameplay and themes, but 11 Bit Studios wants its players to think bigger this time around. How do you create a thriving, expansive metropolis …

The Alters is a strange, genre-blending sci-fi survival game that’s centered around cloning its protagonist. After Jan Dolski–a spaceship engineer–crash-lands on a desolate, uncharted planet he must clone himself to survive. It’s an odd premise, but it’s one that developer 11 Bit Studios tackles earnestly. Cloning Jan is built around …

Blue Manchu’s Wild Bastards is a neon-soaked mishmash of the strategy, FPS, and roguelike genres, albeit one with cowboy hats and six shooters. Much like its predecessor, Void Bastards, it layers dozens of systems and mechanics on top of each other to create a deep and varied experience that sees …

Especially in the early part of Cyberpunk 2077, you might find yourself hard-up for cash. Everything in Night City costs money, after all, and you’re going to start the game bereft of good guns, cool clothes, or useful cyberware enhancements. That changes once you start taking on mercenary work and …

The very first thing you’ll decide when you start Cyberpunk 2077 is your character’s background, or “life path.” Your life path choice determines what happened to you before the story kicks off and determines some essential aspects of your character’s personality. There are also a few key elements of your …

Detective Pikachu Returns shows a side of Pokemon we rarely see in the games. While the mainline entries are designed around collecting, battling, and training, Detective Pikachu Returns taps into Pokemon’s infectious charm in order to tell a lighthearted mystery story. Detective Pikachu Returns is the sequel to the 2018 …

Remnant: From The Ashes was a sleeper hit. Gunfire Games blended key mechanics from the Souls-like genre with the looter-shooter gameplay loop of Destiny, and the result was a tough and engrossing third-person shooter with a ton of replay value. Based on an hour-long hands-on session, Remnant 2 is shaping …

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty feels more like a top-to-bottom overhaul of the original game than a standard expansion. Of course, it will feature a new story with new characters and a new area to explore, but what left me most excited is how this expansion could potentially shake up the …

Fire Emblem Engage for the Nintendo Switch is the first major release of 2023, and a big exclusive in a beloved franchise. The Fire Emblem series has been defining tactical RPG experiences on Nintendo platforms for decades, but the series blew up in a big way in recent years with …