Strafe is a fast-paced, ‘90s throwback shooter that has you running and gunning through procedurally generated levels past hordes of deadly foes. Whether you’re nailing opponents with head shots, sniping off limbs, or turning the entire screen into a [...]
It wasn’t perfect (the characters were basically one-dimensional), but Emily is Away was effective in at least capturing a time period that seemed to disappear overnight. So what could a sequel possibly add to that? How about two potential love interests [...]
You wouldn’t think a game about sudden death and guilt would take in a frat party, a rock concert and a wedding, would you? Never mind one featuring ghosts, zombies and animated skeletons. Then again, The Wardrobe, from Italian indie developer [...]
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier: Thicker than Water (PC [reviewed], PS4, Xbox One, iOS, Android) Developer: Telltale Games Publisher: Telltale Games Released: April 25, 2017 MSRP: $4.99 / $24.99 (Season Pass) If the main characters get locked in a prison [...]
Statik (PS4 [PlayStation VR]) Developer: Tarsier Studios Publisher: Tarsier Studios Released: April 24, 2017 MSRP: $19.99 Statik is a game about discovery. Each main level shackles your hands to unnerving contraptions that function in wildly different [...]
Naysayers who stubbornly refuse to classify video games as works of art should probably spend a few hours with the unapologetically esoteric and visually striking Mr. Shadow, an experience that explores the nightmarish world of a small child tasked with [...]
Die With Glory (PC, iOS, Android [reviewed on a Galaxy Amp Prime]) Developer: Cloud Castle Publisher: Castle Digital Partners Released: April 25, 2017 (mobile), TBA (Steam) MSRP: $2.99 In the halls of the Hack and Slash Tavern, we find Sigurd the [...]
Prey begins slowly, in appropriately sedated fashion, as scientist Morgan Yu awakens in an upper-class apartment. There’s a sense of fuzziness there, an inexplicable unease that something is not right. Turns out the feeling isn’t misplaced. After a trippy [...]
