Bryan Lawver

At first glance, you could mistake Bladed Fury for Vanillaware’s classic Muramasa: The Demon Blade. It’s clear that NEXT Studios took a lot of inspiration from that title for its new game’s looks and gameplay, though it scaled back in both departments. Though Bladed Fury doesn’t

We’re used to making choices in video games that decide the fate of millions, so how is it that a game about protecting a single person is one of the most affecting games ever made? Inspired by a 2015 newspaper story, Bury me, my Love tells the story of

Dragon’s Dogma got a fairly positive reception when it was released in 2012, but it’s held in much higher regard among a small but devoted — some would say obsessive — group of hardcore fans. Its fandom has grown with the help of several re-releases (including the 2013 expansion, Dark

Bury me, my Love, originally released in 2017 for Android and iOS, is headed for PC and Nintendo Switch January 10. Taking its name from an Arabic saying that means “stay safe,” or, more literally, “don’t die before I do,” the game chronicles a Syrian migrant’s journey to

What does it take to save the world? In most games, the answer is destroying some great evil, but in Ashen, it’s about protecting something good. Ashen is a Souls-like game to its core, sharing the familiar stamina-based combat, currency absorbed from fallen enemies, and death and resurrection cycle.

In its opening moments — a long, slow zoom in on a sailboat moving through stormy seas — Below comes across as either an extremely bold game, or one that’s a bit too in love with itself. Maybe both are true. Opening a game on a single minute-long shot of nothing

Children of Morta, the upcoming action game that lets you play as several members of the same family, has been delayed until 2019 — not too surprising, given that 2018 is on its last breath. An extensive post on the game’s Steam page spells out the reasons for the game’

When Omensight launched earlier this year, our review heaped praise on everything from its combat to its sound design, saying, “The more I played and learned, the more I was excited to continue.” Now, an updated version of the game, called Omensight: Definitive Edition, is available on the Nintendo Switch.