If the extremely specific fantasy of being a vampire hunter living in Japan sounds enticing, then you’re in luck. Akiba’s Trip: Hellbound and Debriefed is a ported version of the 2011 Japanese title that has made its way to the west for the first time a decade after its release.…

Azur Lane: Crosswave is an action shooter RPG joining the long line of Idea Factory and Compile Heart video games. Originally a mobile gacha game, the series revolves around personified boats battling against an alien force known as the Sirens. While there are obvious similarities shared between the mobile and…

Between 1991 and 1994, Sega released the first three Streets of Rage games. These side-scrolling beat-’em-ups followed a team of ex-vigilante cops on their mission to take down a shadowy crime syndicate and save their city. Regarded as classics of the 16-bit era, can Streets of Rage 4 replicate the…

The end of the world has been prophesized in many different ways for thousands of years. Some say it will involve meteors and tidal waves, or catastrophic earthquakes that will rip the world apart. In World’s End Club, you get to experience one version of how the Earth might meet its…

Sports RPGs are still a bit of an anomaly when it comes to gaming, even with the popularity of titles like Golf Story and Mario Golf. With the release of Dodgeball Academia by Brazilian development team Pocket Trap, a new contender has entered the ring. And this time, it’s not…

The Ace Attorney series of investigation/mystery games has a long history on Nintendo portable devices. Several of the games were released on the Nintendo DS and 3DS, and more recently the first three of those games were released as a collection on the Nintendo Switch. However, the two entries that carried…

The third and final game of the Mysterious trilogy is Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists DX. Besides the goodies that are included with each game of the trilogy (double speed battle mode, photo mode, and digital art book), this remake only adds a new painting that represents the world…

Atelier Firis is the second game in the Atelier Mysterious Trilogy. While it’s okay to start the trilogy with this game, it does expose a major spoiler behind one of the main characters from the first game. Although it may not be considered as a story-ruining spoiler, it might be…

Even though there’s already a fair share of Atelier games on the Nintendo Switch, it’s always good to see yet another trilogy entering the fray. This time, it’s the Mysterious Trilogy; three old games reborn on a modern console. Similar to previous Atelier trilogies, the discounted bundled package remains on…

Pastries have been too sweet for too long. Cake Bash, from the creative folks over at High Tea Frog and Coatsink, challenges players to become the sweetest dessert in the bakery by ‘bashing’ the cherry on top off of the competition. Does this cake reign supreme? Or is the soufflé…