Minecraft isn't for everybody (fortunately, there's a free demo that you can try), but for those who will hear its call, it's easily one of the best games available on Xbox One. And even for those who don't catch the Minecraft bug, it's hard to argue that this is one of the most significant game releases of the last few years, and something for which gamers and the game industry, as a whole, should be grateful.
As much as I'm looking forward to the conclusion of Life is Strange, I'm glad the episodic structure gives me a bit of reprieve. Days later, I'm still trying to process my thoughts and feelings on Dark Room, and I feel like this episode (and Life is Strange, as a whole, unless the final chapter completely drops the ball) is something we'll be talking about for years to come.
With so many figures . . . , it's pretty easy for the overall cost of a game like Disney Infinity 3.0 to stack up. But at the same time, if you're smart about it (and able to defuse your kids' desire to buy 'All The Things') Disney Infinity offers a much more affordable approach to gaming than just buying new games all the time.
Submerged won't be a game for everyone, in the same way that the likes of Gone Home and Dear Esther aren't for everyone, but that doesn't make it any less remarkable. But if you can hear the music that this game is playing - and I'd urge you to give it an earnest go - you'll find something that may just take your breath away.
A fresh, compelling take on the "cabin in the woods"-style teen horror.
Yet another feather in the 3DS's very well-adorned cap.
Yet another feather in the 3DS's very well-adorned cap.
Everything you loved about Bravely Default, but with more interesting characters and a more captivating story.
For best results, equip Kanji with Dangerous Briefs.
If you like JRPGs (and maybe even if you don’t), you’ll want to find time for this game, though. Falcom haven’t tried to reinvent the wheel, because they wheel doesn’t need reinventing. Instead, they’ve set out to make the most magnificent damn wheel they could, and have succeeded with flying colours.
If this is to be the Vita’s swansong, it’s a fantastic one.
The Kirby you know and love, now with suitably cute, pink mechs.
Matt received a digital copy of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone from SEGA for review.
Bound is an ugly game, but it’s the most powerful, most enchanting kind of ugly. It dares to reject videogames’ obsession with “looking good” and instead focuses on using visual design to complement the core themes and emotional hook of the game. It’s an ugly game because, by taking those ugly fragments and piecing them together, we might just be able to find something beautiful.
Not so much a sequel, as the second episode in an epic saga.
You don’t often play an 80+ hour game that earns every second of the time it demands.
Half Dragon Quest, half Minecraft, all delightful.
Everything that was good about Dragon Quest Heroes, taken to the next level.
Yet more proof that Final Fantasy XIV is the best MMORPG around.
Haunting, in both the ghostly and the emotional sense.