One of the most anticipated but mysterious showings at Summer Game Fest was Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3. What we thought would be hands-on time turned out to be hands-off, which is strange, since the Xenoverse series is hardly anything new. We’ll definitely give it credit for introducing new ideas, and for telling an untold story we’ve never seen in that universe before, but as someone that considers himself a Dragon Ball fan, I don’t understand why Bandai Namco is being so cagey about this game.

I found I was struggling with getting into a groove and finding a cool playstyle that fit me and was fun to grind with in this brutal game. No longer am I lost in that regard – the Skitarii have shown me the way.

We’ve known about Stranger Than Heaven for almost two years now. With every trailer and every announcement since its reveal at The Game Awards in 2024, we still don’t know much about the game itself. That is, up until last…

One of the defining traits of a puzzle game is the depth of thought required of players to discover solutions with their own wit. Just like every convention of thought, there is always an example of one who dares to ask, “what if?” Indeed, what if there were a puzzle game whose solutions involved mindlessly slapping everything and everyone around them?

The developers at Turbo Button aim to answer just that with Slap Out Of It!, and I got to slap my way through the first level at SGF.

As a long-time Castlevania fan, I have seen the series evolve and have its fair share of ups and downs. For me, the best eras the franchise has ever known are the early 8 and 16-bit titles. Granted, 1997’s Symphony…

With the big success of the PowerWash Simulator games, we are starting to see our first indie games take cues from what makes a power-washing game fun and take it to new places. That is where Moldwasher comes in: a 2D game about cleaning up this incredibly nasty kitchen full of mold, disgusting goo, and more bad things in various parts of the room, due to whatever happened before this game begins. To make things a bit weirder, you’re a sentient piece of sushi that has somehow been tasked with cleaning up these areas with a power washer and various other tools in a game that doesn’t try to be any bigger of a game than it has to be.

If you’ve ever done an escape room, you’ll know the fun comes from putting everyone’s heads together to brainstorm solutions using the limited environment around yourselves. In Escape Academy 2, this core component of collaborative puzzle solving gets blown wide…

It is hard to topple the legendary status built on 1999’s EverQuest. I have been playing Massively Multiplayer Online RPGs (MMOs for short) since I can remember gaming, and EverQuest was always a beast too daring to tackle. The original…

Summer Game Fest, and the Nintendo Switch 2 booth in particular, offered a lot of fun cooperative experiences, but one game stood out for its beautiful art style and lasting appeal. If you’re looking for a cooperative sidescrolling experience that…

From their distinct green headphones to their well-regarded peripherals, Razer is one of the most recognizable brands out there. At Summer Game Fest, I was invited to check out their latest hardware. Among the products shown were their flagship Razer…

The art is colorful and pristine, the gameplay and premise beckons comparisons to games like Crazy Taxi, the Katamari series, and another indie darling Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom. This is worth checking out for the absurdist anime slant alone.

Of all the Summer Game Fest announcements, hearing that we’ll be getting story-based content in the Among Us world definitely got a smirk out of me. Seeing as how the Among Us series on Paramount+ went the extra mile with…