Kena: Bridge of Spirits Review | Sight for Sore Eyes
Originally released in September 2021 as a PlayStation console exclusive and an Epic Games Store exclusive on PC, Kena: Bridge of Spirits was the debut title from Ember Labs. Since then the game has expanded onto Steam and, most recently, Xbox Series…
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Creed: Rise to Glory is an Intense Workout
Having recently rolled credits on my first VR game, I decided to keep the virtual reality train going with Creed: Rise to Glory. With over 15 hours in BoxVR, I thought I was prepared for virtual boxing but Rise to Glory prove to be a step above the empty…
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Downward: Enhanced Edition Review | Down and Out
Downward is a first-person parkour adventure game that was originally released in 2017 by Caracal Games. Seven years later, the game returns in an Enhanced Edition that has improved graphics, new assets, general optimizations, a new ending, and a release…
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OutRage: Fight Fest Review | Pick Up and Rage
Outrage: Fight Fest is a $10, 16-player party brawler from Hardball Games. Players build Rage to grow and gain special abilities. Easy to pick up, it features simple combat with small, vibrant maps and randomized chaos. Customization is limited. Best…
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Magical Delicacy Review | Tad Undercooked
Magical Delicacy is a unique blend of Metroidvania gameplay and cooking sim mechanics that come together for a surprisingly stress-free experience. You play as Flora, a young witch who moves to the harbor town of Grat to find out more about herself.…
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Valley Peaks Review | Climb to the Top
Valley Peaks, developed by Tub Club and published by Those Awesome Guys, is a climbing game set in a vibrant micro open world where you play as a frog installing radio towers. While the story and side quests lack depth, the engaging climbing mechanics…
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Our New Favorite Music Rhythm Game
I don’t play music rhythm games very often so I was not expecting an action-packed intergalactic rhythm game from Super Spin Digital to completely take over my gaming diet over the last week. The gameplay of Spin Rhythm XD is straightforward…
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Echo Generation: Midnight Edition Review | It Takes Three
Echo Generation is a turn-based adventure game set in the charming Canadian suburb of Maple Town. You play as a kid on summer vacation who’s trying to make a sci-fi movie with friends when a series of bizarre events set them on a path full of…
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Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip Review | Bite-Sized Banter
At a time when massive 50-plus-hour games are soaking in the limelight, I love stepping into smaller experiences that leave me satisfied after a sub-10-hour playthrough. Of course, being an independent games media site, we cover a lot of short indie…
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INDIKA Review | Hell of a Trip
When you spend so much time covering video games, it’s rare to get a true “fresh” experience even in a new title. Press releases and trailer showcases often make it hard to stay ignorant of details entirely. However, INDIKA had such a…
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Phantom Fury Review | A Messy Firefight
Back in 2023, I decided to play a retro first-person shooter called Ion Fury. Originally released in 2018, Ion Fury is an indie shooter developed on the Build Engine, the game engine popularized primarily by Duke Nukem 3D. It was a fast-paced shooter…
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WRATH: Aeon of Ruin Review | Bugs of Ruination
The retro shooter genre is an ever-growing one. It seems like every few weeks, a new game is either entering Early Access or leaving it. WRATH: Aeon of Ruin is one such title. From publishers Fulqrum Publishing and 3D Realms and developers KillPixel…
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Botany Manor Review | Pleasantly Potent
The beauty of botany with none of the mess. Botany Manor is a botanical puzzle game from Balloon Studios, a new development studio led by Laure De Mey. In the game, you take on the role of Arabella Greene, a retired botanist in 1890 Somerset who’s…
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Fallout TV Series Review
In this episode of the Respawn Station podcast, Sri Kandula and Nick Sivak talk about the new Fallout TV series, first impressions on the post-apocalyptic Rauniot, Crime Boss: Rockay City‘s comeback, and more. FOR A CHANCE TO WIN FALLOUT 76 &…
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House Flipper 2 Review | Full House
Cleaning a room, picking up garbage, scrubbing walls, and taking out the trash. They all sound like chores but they are also key mechanics in House Flipper 2. Having not played the first game, I wasn’t sure how much fun those systems would be.…
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Pepper Grinder Review | Salt of the Earth
There have been countless games in the 2D platformer genre, but the very best share a specific commonality, that the act of movement is fun. Recently I played through Pepper Grinder, by developer Ahr Ech and published by Devolver Digital. Pepper Grinder…
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Slay the Princess Review | Damsel and Distress
Slay the Princess is a surreal horror visual novel from Black Tabby Games, the developers of Scarlet Hollow. You play as a nameless hero who is tasked with going into a cabin in the woods where a princess is trapped in the basement. And as the title…
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Headbangers: Rhythm Royale Review | Stay on Beat
Before we fully jump into the new year of games, I wanted to cover a few games that I played on break at the end of last year, starting with Headbangers: Rhythm Royale from Glee-Cheese Studio. Right around the start of Season 2, they sent us over a code…
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The Invincible Review | Jaw-Dropping and Thought-Provoking
In a year full of massive games, it’s easy to miss the smaller titles that deserve your attention. Games that, despite a lower budget, aspire to tell unique stories and offer special experiences. The Invincible is one such game. To get it out of…
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You Will Die Here Tonight Review | Bite-Size Survival Horror
While countless video games are always released throughout the year, October is naturally the month where survival-horror fans get their moment in the sun (or spooky fog-covered moon). Big-budget survival-horror games have had a pretty good year from the…
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Gods of the Twilight Early Access Review | Promising Beginning
Visual novels get a bad rap in the games industry. Often seen as the middle ground between reading a book and playing a game. And while I can understand the sentiment, I also think that the genre has some excellent stories to tell. I used to love visual…
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