Author: AndresPlays

One of the most promising sci-fi titles in recent years, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn announced a slew of exciting updates, including a closed beta. The Expanse: Osiris Reborn will be in the hands of players sooner than expected. A new closed beta beginning on April 22 and available all the way to launch until its full release in Spring 2027 was announced. Open to founders who purchase the Miller’s Pack and Collector’s Edition editions, this version allows players to get a feel for the game’s combat, movement in the zero-g environment, and dealing with life and death on a remote…

The highly anticipated open-world anime RPG NTE: Neverness To Everness arrives on PC, PlayStation, and mobile on April 29, with preregistrations and preorders available now. After a bevy of betas, trailers, and previews, the upcoming stylish game once described as the “anime Grand Theft Auto” will be in the hands of players soon. The supernatural urban open-world RPG, NTE: Neverness to Everness, will finally launch next month on April 29. While the game itself will launch as a free-to-play title, players on PlayStation can preorder a $9.99 pack of goodies to get a head start when the game becomes available.…

Dungeon Bodega Simulator is a medieval shopkeeping video game that has a powerful underlying message of hope. The first ray of sunshine through the stained glass wakes me up. The package I ordered yesterday containing all sorts of produce and magical paraphernalia alike has arrived. I water my plants. I neatly organize, by color and type, every product I offer on the shelves in front of the customers. After all, if my store is a pit stop for valiant warriors to stock up before continuing their arduous battles, they should only have the best. I should know. I was one…

Homura Hime is an anime-style, bullet-hell action game where you play as an exorcist backed by solid parry-based combat. In the episode “Tsunami Ghosts” of mystery documentary Unsolved Mysteries, a small seaside Japanese town is plagued with sightings of loved ones who died in the aftermath of the devastating 2011 Tōhoku tsunami. A Buddhist priest, Reverend Taio Kaneda, tries to make sense of the event by stating, “Japanese people don’t separate the dead from the living.” In popular culture, from the unnerving Ju-On: The Grudge to the more action-based Ghostwire: Tokyo, ghosts are not coming from a far-off afterlife but…

Originally available on PlayStation VR2 since 2024, the hit boxing rhythm VR game Beat the Beats is coming to more platforms very soon. Just announced at the VR Games Showcase, Beat the Beats, a boxing rhythm VR game, is coming to most major virtual reality headsets soon. Out April 2nd for Meta Quest, SteamVR, and Pico 4, it was first released on PlayStation VR2 in 2024, delivering a healthy workout for fitness enthusiasts. A free content update for PlayStation players with 15 new tracks and two new gameplay modes is available now, so no matter the headset, all VR players…

Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime is a hilarious game with a heartfelt message that we could all benefit from. Just this past weekend, I took one more step into being less of an introvert. You see, I went to a rave. Yup, one of those thumping, obnoxious, and ear-deafening electronic music events. Why would I subject myself to it? Well, the truth is, I like to dance. Feel the music. Enjoy being with friends. The last time I went to such an outgoing situation was in 2019. I say this because I forgot that I am prone to dissociate in these…

Solateria is a fine Metroidvania that, while it does not reach the same highs as other games in the genre, certainly drips in atmosphere. There has been an ongoing surge of descriptions that I truly detest, and that is to catalogue games like popular entries in the genre. Abominable names such as “Clair Obscur-like” to refer to a JRPG or “Silksong-esque” when the Metroidvania moniker already exists. While I cannot blame the writers who write such titles for search engine optimization purposes, a fetish, or just to get a kick out of it, I find it disrespectful to the people…

Collector’s Cove is a sea-based farming sim that has you exploring pleasant archipelagos in a relaxing gameplay loop. We live in an era of riches in gaming. There is virtually so much creativity—sometimes releasing every week—that we tend to forget how good we really have it. Looking back, to have such a consistent library of verifiably great experiences with a unique twist to them is nothing short of a miracle, considering how the video game industry at large is doing. What defines a classic varies from person to person, but in a case such as Collector’s Cove, I knew that…

Minishoot’ Adventures finally made its way to consoles after it first released two years ago, proving once again its a solid twin-stick dungeon crawler. Some ideas are so inherently brilliant that it is just a matter of time until they manifest in our reality. A movie about dinosaurs. A song riffing on outer space. A twin-stick dungeon crawler. Originally released in 2024 on PC, Minishoot’ Adventures is exactly that. A no-brainer of a concept, and yet, clever in its execution from beginning to end. Fairly compared to The Legend of Zelda from the get-go, you can see the inspirations this…

Steam Next Fest is a busy time when many developers hope to find their audience. As a first-time player, it was both hectic and enriching. In today’s fractured social media landscape, independent developers must use every avenue possible to get the word out about their upcoming games. After all, what is working for 3+ years on a passionate idea if no one will be there to experience it? Marketing a game is a never-ending effort, from the reveal to pre-release trailers, the launch, and post-launch updates, interviews, and hopefully working on the next project. One thing I had not been…