Cyber Shadow’s loving homage to Ninja Gaiden action helps me
understand why the Shovel Knight developers were so interested in
publishing it. Olija’s evocative, worldly, and elegantly pixelated seafaring
aesthetic elevates a solid side-scrolling adventure. In Gods Will Fall,
each of your eight “lives’’ is a different party member with unique
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down, action-RPG. Disjunction offers challenging and cerebral
cyberpunk strategy in an unassuming old-school form.LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK
Video games are too big to ever truly stop. Unlike the theater industry,
the games industry’s products are primarily enjoyed at home, so there’s
still incentive to develop games even in the midst of a global plague.
With new consoles on the market, publishers are especially eager to
guarantee that you make good use of them. 2021 still has plenty of
exciting games. Hitman 3 is a recent favorite. Monster Hunter Rise looks
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absurdly racist Resident Evil 5, but that doesn’t stop me from looking
forward to Resident Evil 8’s tall vampire lady.Even though there are new games coming down the pipe, don’t be
surprised when they take longer than expected to arrive. Developers
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Today’s games are already waiting for you, and tomorrow’s games will
be here soon enough.J
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