By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome once again to the Roundup, a series created to gather the works of members and interns alike to give them a shoutout! Back to School season is starting, and with it comes some last minute summer reviews! This time around we’ve got news on a whimsical noir point and…
By Jatin Gundara When I first saw the promotional materials for Alkimia Interactive’s Gothic 1 Remake, I had a feeling that I knew what I was getting myself into. With the poster showing a conventional group of RPG protagonists (what seem like a mage, warrior, etc) surrounded by hordes of enemies in a red hellscape,…
By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome back to the Roundup, my column focused on shining a spotlight on our many skilled Members and Interns! It’s the big, fall season, and gaming news follows us along with announcements of all kinds – and sparkling new articles! Featured here are Hades II’s excellence, publisher Acclaim’s revival thanks…
By Jatin Gundara Of every genre I expected to come from the gaming world this year, a roguelite about a space samurai fighting through hordes of the undead in the midst of a cosmic horror hellscape certainly wasn’t on my list. However, it makes sense to expect the unexpected when a publisher founded in the…
By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome once again to the Roundup! Much has happened regarding news both inside and outside of the Circle, most notably being our successful August 16th Charity Livestream. Review-wise, we have what life is like as the perfect shape in To a T, a Switch remake of a classic DS farming…
By Jatin Gundara Step by step. If you’ve been drawn to the process of creating electronic objects, you’ll find that Kaizen: A Factory Story is a properly challenging puzzle game. It’s created by the former members of Zachtronics LLC, and that small but potent indie’s Infiniminer is said to have inspired Minecraft. Zach Barth’s Kaizen…
By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome once again to the Roundup, where we gather articles written by Members and Interns alike to spread the word about their fine work! This time around we’ve got news of the first ever Second Person game, the new TMNT game from Strange Scaffold, Mario Kart World and its hollow…
By Jatin Gundara The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series has seen a handful of games meant to refresh the franchise. For instance, 2022’s Shredder’s Revenge breathed new life into the turtle’s primary crime-fighting saga, while the recently revealed The Last Ronin looks to be an action title for more mature audiences. Xalavier Nelson Jr.’s TMNT:…
By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome back to the Roundup, where we gather up stories from Members & interns alike to give them a shoutout! This time around we’ve got news about the familiar comforts of Creature Keeper, the first Fatal Fury game in over 25 years, Tony’s opinion on an outrageously customizable fight stick,…
By Jatin Gundara The old CRT monitor on my Dad’s Neo-Geo arcade machine burned to life in a flash, as bold, pixelated letters were plastered on the screen: FATAL FURY: KING OF FIGHTERS Before reviewing SNK’s most recent fighting game offering, I felt it appropriate to return to where the beloved series got its start:…