Author: Zach Barbieri

Light spoilers for Lies of P below Anybody familiar with the Souls games knows that the big monstrosities you fight are only scary till you have to fight a human-like enemy. Lies of P is no exception to this rule, and the Mad Donkey, a sub-boss you will fight along the road to Krat City Hall, is no exception. While the enemy isn’t hard to read, he doesn’t really change up his combat style. He hits hard and moves fast to drain you of your health, sometimes before you can react, so here we will discuss how to take this…

Minor spoilers for Lies of P are contained Lies of P, being a souls-like, is going to have a lot of bosses that can punish you if you are not careful. Being the first true boss in the game, the Parade Master serves both as the first true challenge for Pinocchio as well as a metric to see how well you, the player, are learning the mechanics of the game. As such, while not a particularly hard boss, getting the best of him can be a little difficult. You will encounter the puppet master shortly after arriving in Krat, making…

Mario Paint, the classic SNES game, is the latest title to be added to the Nintendo Switch Online. The classic game from 1992 focused on creativity in multiple forms, beyond just art, such as music and animation. Up until this point, despite being an often fondly remembered part of Nintendo’s history, unless you own the game on the SNES with a system to play it, it was unavailable for modern audiences to enjoy. One of the more interesting components of the original title was that it allowed players to connect a mouse controller, since the game served a similar function…

Sony has filed a lawsuit against Tencent, alleging that the publisher’s upcoming game, Light of Motiram, is “a slavish clone of SIE’s…Horizon series of video games.” The complaint, which was filed in the state of California, alleges that Tencent’s upcoming adventure title bears too many striking similarities to PlayStation titles Horizon: Zero Dawn and Horizon: Forbidden West from developer Guerrilla Games. The complaint outlines several similarities, including the fact that both games feature nearly identical key art of a woman overlooking robotic creatures in a valley, with the woman featured on the leftmost side of the art. Art elements, Landscapes,…

Sony Interactive Entertainment, the buildup to EVO, has given more details for their upcoming Fightstick peripheral, known now as the FlexStrike. Previously known as Project Defiant, the wireless controller was showcased during Sony’s June State of Play, during which it was also announced that Sony was partnering with Arc System Works on a 4v4 fighting game known as Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, based on the Marvel Universe, which should be a great game to use the Flexstrike with when it releases next year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTGmg6uYXKc Now, in the lead-up to the extremely popular fighting game tournament that is owned by Sony and…

The thing that typically turns me off about games that position themselves as realistic takes on a genre is that they often take a turn into tedium that you can only find in a video game. This was the thing that initially turned me off about Ready or Not. I understand there is an audience for a game like this, and playing through the many missions you are tasked with, I could see exactly why those people might enjoy the experience. It didn’t take me long, though to realize that it wasn’t for me. Going further into the experience than…

Developer Techland has announced that Dying Light: The Beast, the upcoming standalone title continuing the narrative of the original Dying Light and its protagonist, Kyle Crane, has been delayed by an additional month. Originally planned to release on August 22, the title has been pushed back and will now release on August 22, 2025. This news was shared via a post on Pilgrim Outpost, Techland’s official hub for the Dying Light fan community. In this post, the developer stated that they “understand that this may be disappointing,” but “our experience has shown how important the first impression is.” They go on…

Frostpunk 2, the snowcapped city management sim set in a post-apocalyptic tundra, has announced the date it will finally be arriving on consoles. The 11bit Studio-developed game will be arriving on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series on September 18, 2025, 2 days prior to the one-year anniversary of the title’s release on PC. In addition, it was announced that Frostpunk 2 will be available as a day 1 title via Xbox Game Pass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gZY8fm0p1o In a press release from the studio, it was stated that the console port will draw from lessons the team learned from the port of the…

Any other year, and Nova Hearts probably would have hit me harder than it did. Don’t get me wrong, that isn’t indicative of the enjoyment one might derive from the experience, but following closely on the heels of Date Everything, jumping into Nova Heats as the palette cleanser lacked the oomph one might hope for, not that they are entirely the same experience. Even going back before this, games like Boyfriend Dungeon get conjured into mind. By no means a perfect game, there are elements between the two that feel similar, just less effective. What Nova Hearts manages to nail…

Lollipop Chainsaw, the 2012 hack-and-slash action game for PS3 and Xbox 360, is officially getting a sequel, as well as an anime Spin-off, more than a decade after the title originally released. Dragami Games, the successor studio to the original game’s developer, Kadokawa Games, will develop the new game. This is the same developer who handled the development of Lollipop Chainsaw RePop, a remaster of the first game that released on Console and PC last year. The action game received a cult audience back in 2012 for its upbeat, sparkly take on zombie slaying, which was juxtaposed with horror-oriented Zombie…