Mario’s dinosaur pal Yoshi has been making platforming outings for more than three decades at this point. The Yoshi spinoffs have been something of a proving ground for inventive platforming ideas ever since he got his first starring gig in the mid-1990’s, with all manner of colorful and striking experiences along the way. That all […]
Konami pulled out some of their big guns in the February 12th, 2026 State of Play presentation, teasing releases for their flagship franchises Castlevania and Metal Gear Solid. In what I found to be a rather silly but endearing segue, following their MGS announcement, they showed off a new, cute-looking 2D game that began with […]
Arise and rejoice! Lumines makes its long-awaited return in 2025 with Lumines Arise. This rhythmic block stacking, tile-matching title is developed and published by Enhance along with Monstars Inc. While the studio behind the game is different, this title was conceived, produced, and worked on by Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the CEO of Enhance and the original […]
Shuten Order is a murder mystery visual novel by Neilo Inc. and Too Kyo Games in collaboration with DMM GAMES. The story is set in the fictional nation of Shuten, where members of the religious organization Shuten Order eagerly wait for the end of humanity. Similar to Too Kyo’s other titles, it was released simultaneously […]
Announced in June of 2025, Lumines Arise is the next installment of the classic puzzle game series Lumines (pronounced like “luminous”). While the series has largely been dormant since its heyday, it looks to return with a bang on Arise’s announced release date of November 11, 2025. The game is brought to you by Enhance […]
I’ve always had great fondness for tile-matching puzzle games. Whether it be playing Pokemon Puzzle League on Christmas the first morning after I got my Nintendo 64 or playing old Tetris and Columns machines at the arcades, a lot of my formative experiences involved lining up blocks and breaking them down. There’s a simple yet […]
One of the few Switch 2 launch exclusives, Survival Kids is a bit of an oddity. It was developed by Unity essentially as a test of their new technology, in collaboration with Konami, the publisher for a long running series of games also under the name “Survival Kids”. But will this installment created under unusual […]
It’s time for yet another entry in the long-running Mario Party series! Super Mario Party Jamboree adds its own twist onto the formula with the new Jamboree mechanic and takes us beyond the board game with several new modes. It’s-A Me, Mario! For newcomers to the series, the main mode in Mario Party involves four […]
Point-and-click puzzlers. A genre synonymous with early PC gaming. Brain-bending puzzles wrapped within strong narratives, carried by a gripping cast of characters. Nine Noir Lives makes an attempt in earnest to tick all of these boxes, though with an added difference – cats! Developed by Slivernode Games, Nine Noir Lives offers a “point-and-lick” puzzle adventure, in a gritty city […]
Developed by Coffee Addict Studio and published by Neon Doctrine (formerly Another Indie), Hazel Sky is a story-rich puzzle adventure game where Shane Casey would undergo the Trials in hope of becoming a full-fledged engineer of Gideon. This indie 3D game was released for PC (Windows), Xbox One, Playstation 4, and Nintendo Switch in July 2022. It […]