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Nintendo Indie World Showcase 14.04.2021 Highlights

April 14, 2021

Today’s Indie World dropped some neat indie announcements for the Nintendo Switch. Here’s the rundown – Road 96 A proceedurally generated adventure game inspired by 90s’ road films, Road 96 puts the player in the midst of a journey [...]

by Siddharth Patil

Cyberpunk 2077 Embodies The Industry’s Most Hated Practices

April 14, 2021

It is frankly quite embarrassing to see Cyberpunk 2077 go from being one of the most anticipated video games ever, to becoming the laughing stock of the industry, in the blink of an eye. Last year’s open world sci-fi RPG from Polish publisher CD [...]

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by Siddharth Patil

Biomutant: Revitalizing The Open World ARPG Scene?

February 20, 2021

Back in 2017, THQ Nordic showcased this CGI teaser about a new project called Biomutant. Pretty vague, but intriguing nonetheless, featuring a furry being on the run from baddies. Soon after, we got our first look at what we now know is a whacky RPG debut [...]

by Siddharth Patil

Monster Hunter Rise: Demo Impressions

January 14, 2021

Capcom finally released the demo for their upcoming Monster Hunter sequel, Rise, on the Switch–and after spending a decent amount of time with it, we’re happy to report that things are looking really solid. As not-hardcore fans of the series, [...]

by Karan Negi

Games of the Year 2020: DOOM Eternal

January 12, 2021

Back in 2016, ID Software’s reboot of their flagship series offered a tetanus shot to the increasing malaise of the FPS genre–and to its own franchise. Coming out of nowhere, the game managed to ‘glory-kill’ (see what I did?) the [...]

by Karan Negi

Games Of The Year 2020: Hades – To Hell And Back

January 12, 2021

I reviewed Supergiant Games’ latest masterpiece earlier in 2020. Hades is a Greek mythology-based action roguelite, placing you in the role of prince Zagreus attempting to escape the realm of his father Hades (yes THE Hades, ruler of the [...]

by Siddharth Patil

BRAVELY DEFAULT 2 :Final Demo Impressions

December 28, 2020

Full Disclosure: Prior to trying out this demo, I wasn’t familiar with the earlier build that was released–as well as Square’s first BRAVELY DEFAULT title. I’ve been told repeatedly that it was a very successful JRPG throwback to [...]

by Karan Negi

Steam Demo Derby – Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes Of An Elusive Age Definitive Ed...

December 5, 2020

Modern video games have come a long way from their relatively primitive ancestors in terms of design and complexity. Just compare the differences between the original DOOM and the latest entry, DOOM Eternal for instance; how the latter not just modernizes [...]

by Siddharth Patil

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