What is it that makes playthroughs of some RPGs so outrageously long? Sometimes, the main story itself is quite modest in length and veteran players breeze through it. Its the sidequests and minigames that are the true time sinks. Final Fantasy 15 players probably remember having to stop to engage with another sidequest every thirty seconds along the highways of the game ..read more

Senua finally returns for the next chapter of her story in the long-awaited, AAA arthouse title, Hellblade 2. Though the premise of the story this time around is much clearer, there's still one big problem Senua still needs to confront: she still has trauma left to work through regarding both Dillion and her mother. And her psychosis isn't helping soothe her grief ..read more

As Nintendo is gearing up for the release of its next console, 2024 has been a somewhat slow year for the publisher. Buoyed mostly by nostalgic re-releases of classic titles, Nintendo has kept their Switch output relatively light for this year, presumably to save its biggest new titles for the next system. This is a common practice that Nintendo has gone through even on its strongest systems, and it seems like the Switch is just another example of Nintendos long-running ideology ..read more

Zombies have been injected into Halo Infinite matchmaking within a new Call of Duty horde mode. Titled Survive the Undead, its become the first community-made PvE mode within the official matchmaking lineup, which paves the way for other franchise events to be hosted. In the meantime, the Halo Infinite player pool is keen to start deploying headshots ..read more

Enotria: The Last Song is an upcoming indie soulslike that distinguishes itself with its unique mask system, allowing players to switch their loadouts on the fly, even in the heat of combat. Additionally, the game's combat is focused on parrying enemies as opposed to outright blocking their attacks, requiring players to study their moves to come out on top ..read more

I'm a big fan of Soulslikes. Lies of P was one of my favorite games last year, and Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC and Black Myth: Wukong are two of my most anticipated titles this year ..read more

Its been a long decade for fans of Dragon Age. After three rapid releases in Dragon Age: Origins (2009), Dragon Age 2 (2011) and Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014), theyve had to subsist on cross-media content, like the comic series from Dark Horse and Dragon Age: Absolution, a Netflix animated series ..read more

Yesterday, Ubisoft finally released its free-to-play first-person shooter, XDefiant. While fans are heaping tons of praise onto the title for its lack of skill-based matchmaking, the community is also criticising the time in which it takes to level up weapons, calling it "slow" and "a waste of time ..read more

The esteemed tower defense gacha franchise, Arknights, is gearing towards an upcoming spin-off, and the technical tests conducted earlier in the year for the open-world RPG reportedly went swimmingly. The main takeaway from these workshops targeted the games core elements, retaining the RPG mechanics players love while adding a hefty factory-like base builder ..read more

XDefiant is now officially available worldwide, and its lack of skill-based matchmaking is already receiving heavy praise from the first-person shooter community ..read more