Hardcore Gaming 101

The universe is full of many weird and wonderful things, such as Bubsy the Bobcat coming back for a second time. After the largely piddling pair of The Woolies Strike Back and Paws on Fire! in the late 2010s, Atari SA acquired the rights to Bubsy in 2023 and immediately sought to do something more

Have you ever played a gamebook? Perhaps a ‘Choose your own adventure’? If you have, which ones? Have you tried Fighting Fantasy, or GrailQuest perchance?  If you have, then you will be in familiar territory. Released internationally in 2026, written, illustrated and primarily developed by VanillaWare alumni Yoshio Nishimura; his take on the digital gamebook

Originally released in 2022 for the Nintendo Switch and later expanded to additional platforms, Triangle Strategy represents the culmination of producer Tomoyo Asano’s long career in RPGs, alongside co-developer Artdink under Square Enix. It is also one of the early titles of the HD-2D artstyle: a blend of pixel-art characters, dynamic lighting, and cinematic camera

Released simultaneously with Star Fox Zero (and in some territories, bundled together with it), Star Fox Guard is a unique tower defense game starring Slippy Toad and his uncle Grippy, who runs a mining business. Taking place after the defeat of Andross, your job as a security commander is to defend these bases from a

After the release of Star Fox Assault and Star Fox Command in the mid-00s, the franchise went dark for awhile, leading to an enhanced port of Star Fox 64 in 2011 for the 3DS. A brand new title, Star Fox Zero for the Wii U,  wouldn’t arrive until nearly a decade later. While the game