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After years of anticipation, Team Cherry announced last week that Hollow Knight: Silksong will finally be released on September 4. This took many fans and, evidently, other studios by surprise, namely Ysbryd Games. In response to Team Cherry’s announcement, the indie publisher has delayed the upcoming tactical RPG Demonschool, which was planned to launch one day before Silksong.In a press release, Ysbryd announces it has pushed Demonschool’s planned September 3 launch to a new release date of November 19. With Silksong arriving next week on the 4th, Ysbyrd read the tea leaves, realizing that releasing a game so close to…

During Gamescom 2025 last week in Cologne, Germany, I went hands-on with No More Heroes developer Grasshopper Manufacture’s upcoming action game, Romeo Is A Dead Man, and came away with more questions than answers (but in the best way possible). Fortunately, I immediately transitioned from my hands-on preview to a couch, where I sat across from the game’s director, Goichi Suda AKA Suda51, and his interpreter, and asked him the new questions I had. But first, let me set the scene of my demo: before gameplay began, I watched a quick intro you’ve likely seen in the game’s reveal trailer that…

October 31st, 1963. The date of the most horrific night in Haddonfield, Illinois, history. The day Michael Myers escaped the asylum and became infamous with the holiday that is Halloween. I’ll never forget the first time I watched John Carpenter’s masterpiece 1978 horror film, Halloween, at far too young an age. The result? At 30 years old, Michael Myers is still the most terrifying silver-screen slasher to me – watching one of his countless appearances in media still invites nightmares of that white mask, Michael’s uncanny ability to be anywhere and everywhere at once, and his endless desire to kill. It’s…

Gamescom 2025 was officially the biggest and most diverse in show history, according to the association that organizes the annual event in Cologne, Germany. Bringing in nearly 400,000 visitors from more than 100 countries, with international participation at an all-time high and its digital reach breaking a new record, the association is calling it the most successful show yet. Having spent a week in Cologne to cover the show for Game Informer, it was both one of the most exhausting and exciting weeks of my career. I played so many amazing games, spoke to just as many interesting devs, and ultimately,…

A long-dormant franchise often faces the challenge of either appealing to existing fans or trying to capture a new audience. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance masterfully walks the revival tightrope of creating an experience that appeals to fans old and new, delivering a precision-driven action/platformer that deserves to be mentioned among the best of the last several years.Lord Ruse, a steel-willed menace who heads the militaristic organization ENE Corp, has obtained a legendary artifact that grants him the power to achieve his goal of world domination. After Ruse invades the Oboro Clan’s village, Joe Musashi embarks on a globe-trotting quest for…

The summer is slowly waning, and an autumn packed with new video games fast approaches. Join Alex, Kyle, Charles, and Eric as they take a look at some of the first big games of 2025’s latter half, from Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater to early impressions of Battlefield 6 through its open beta.There’s also some details on the strange sports game Drag x Drive from Nintendo, the gorgeous blade-skater Sword of the Sea, the charming indie puzzler Is This Seat Taken?, and our reactions to Gamescom Opening Night Live. We must stress: this was recorded before the Hollow Knight…

As someone who only admired the Onimusha series from a distance during its heyday, Onimusha: Way of the Sword is an exciting prospect. It’s a modernized entry point for newcomers like myself that takes combat cues from its contemporaries while still feeling distinctly of its era. I traveled to Capcom’s San Francisco office to check out the first playable demo of the game, and though my time was short, I’m feeling good about this demonic romp.My demo unfolds seemingly early into the adventure. Protagonist Miyamoto Musashi, a fictionalized take on the real historical swordsman (and sporting the likeness of Japanese…

There’s nothing I value more in a game than focus – a game with a clear vision that knows exactly what it aims to be – and Is This Seat Taken from Poti Poti Studio is a fantastic example of that. If a game is a meal, this game is popcorn: light, easy to eat, and a perfectly portioned snack. Is This Seat Taken takes a beautifully simple premise – sitting people in chairs – and iterates on it in consistently creative and exciting ways. Thanks to its cute aesthetics and clever puzzle design, it’s an experience I’d even recommend…

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is a PlayStation 2 classic in a way not many games from that era are. Few games from that generation continue to hold up graphically, narratively, and remain fun to play. Metal Gear Solid 3 is still impressive to look at and play, even in 2025, which is a testament to Hideo Kojima and the team that created and released it in 2004. I never thought it needed a remake, but now that it’s here, I’m not sure I will ever be able to go back to the original versions.Watch Our Metal Gear Solid Delta…

Earlier this month we visited New York for a Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater event where we got to play the game for review and meet some of the people involved with the original game and the remake, including some of the voice cast. We spoke with David Hayter, who voiced Snake in every interation of Metal Gear Solid, except for Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain, and Lori Alan, who voices The Boss. Hayter and Alan did not re-record dialogue for Delta, save for a few added tutorial lines, but they were on hand to reflect on the experience…