Author: Zach Barbieri

Date Everything was one of those indie games that caught my attention from the get-go. With a premise so bizarre and absurd, I was absolutely sure this was going to go one of two ways. I would love everything about it, or I would not. Thankfully, I got my answer when I asked why in a game where I am encouraged to date everything, I couldn’t date the game itself, that’s how much it sucked me in. Hours later, the feeling had only grown. This could have been your standard Visual Novel, this could have been your standard dating sim,…

Cyberpunk 2077 is, in a lot of ways, a showcase of the Nintendo Switch 2’s power over its predecessor. Here we have a big, open world game that used high-quality visuals and struggled to run at launch on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at the time, leaving the Nintendo Switch in a limbo when it came to receiving a port. In a lot of ways, Switch players are lucky, as Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, which includes the Phantom Liberty DLC, marked the end of a long road that was taken to fix the game, which took developer CD Projekt Red…

Nintendo has announced Splatoon Raiders, the first spin-off title in the Splatoon franchise, one of the few series to come out of the Wii U era of Nintendo with some longevity. This title, which was announced via the Nintendo Today app (one of the first games to get a full announcement through the app), will launch as a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, though no date for release has been revealed at this time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF0xrsrEDB8 In Splatoon Raiders, the player takes control of a Mechanic on an adventure throughout the mysterious Spirhalite Islands. This mechanic character is described by the team…

Dune: Awakening, the MMO Survival Crafting title developed by Funcom, will not be making its way to consoles until 2026, the developer has confirmed. Awakening launched on PC on June 10th, with a console version having been announced, but no definitive timeline was given for when fans could expect to start playing it until now. \Funcom wrote a press release that didn’t offer up much in the way of details, only stating that the game “will be coming” to PlayStation and Xbox platforms, stating that the date for release was “sometime in 2026.” The team confirmed that the Dune: Awakening…

The Rogue Prince of Persia was released last year on PC, in early access, to some rave reviews. Developed by Evil Empire, a studio involved with the very popular rogue-like Dead Cells, in collaboration with Ubisoft, so it was easy to expect this Rogue-like twist on the Prince of Persia franchise to be a Quality experience. After some quiet, the studio announced during the PC Games Showcase that Rogue Prince of Persia has a 1.0, official release of the game, coming later this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c1QFum8GXY Similar to Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, which was released last year, this game…

Similar to Persona 3 Reload previously, Persona 4 Revival, a remake of the fourth entry in the popular spin-off to the Shin Megami Tensei series using the franchise’s current engine and graphics, was announced during the Xbox Games Showcase by Atlus, albeit with very little of the game actually shown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8wgp9eaQRM All presented in engine, this early development showcases several locations that should be familiar to fans of the 2008 game. We see a field of tall grass with a bridge in the background, a look at the shrine players often frequent, and finally, a look at one of the…

After months of speculation and rumors, Microsoft and Asus have unveiled the ROG Xbox Ally, a handheld device with native Xbox support that will allow players to download or stream their Xbox games directly to the device from their Xbox, Xbox Game Pass, or Xbox Cloud and play them wherever they want to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIVmyOIV1MQ During the trailer, two versions of this device were announced, the ROG Xbox Ally, which features an AMD Ryzen Z2 A, 16GB of memory, and 512 GBs of storage, as well as the ROG Xbox Ally X, which features a AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme, 24gb…

During the Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday, Square Enix took to the stage to finally announce that their 2021 title, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, as well as their 2023 title, Final Fantasy XVI, will be coming to Xbox this year. Both games launched exclusively for PlayStation 5, with them later being ported to PC. Despite Square Enix taking to the stage when announcing their popular MMO Final Fantasy XIV was coming to Xbox, and making clear the company intended to work closely with Microsoft and Xbox in the future for more of their big games coming to the platform,…

Lies of P, a souls-like action game developed by South Korean-based developer Round 8 Studios, has received another trailer for Overture, its first DLC expansion. In addition, it was announced that the anticipated DLC would be available today, so players can start their endless cycle of death and rebirth as soon as they want. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkCOWLrh26s Lies of P acted as a dark retelling of the story of Pinocchio, as an android-like puppet in a Bella Époque-style city. The twist to the traditional story, in which the boy’s nose grew when he lied, instead saw his creator, Geppetto, give him the…

Closing out the Summer Game Fest, in its one more game moment, Capcom eerily set up the next installment and 9th mainline game in the Resident Evil series, entitled Resident Evil Requiem. In addition, it becomes clear in the trailer that we can expect to return to, of all places, Raccoon City. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkDNZV_2wB8 The teaser trailer slowly builds up to what feels like a return to the focus on horror, as we follow an FBI agent as he walks through rows of cubicles to reveal the person who appears to be the main character, Grace Ashcroft. Fans of the series…