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Set in the late 19th century during Japan’s Meiji Period and England’s Victorian era, The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles follows Ryunosuke Naruhodo, and ancestor of Phoenix Wright’s, as he works to sleuth out the truth in witnesses’ testimonies and clear his clients’ names in court. Players will unravel the mysteries behind 10 thrilling cases alongside […]

Adversity inspires art. This has always been true, and the COVID-19 pandemic is no different. From topical street art to an impressive collage depicting a nurse in a mask, to full feature-length movies like Songbird, we’ve experienced a period where lockdowns happened on a global scale and affected the daily lives of everyone, including artists […]

'Enypnion' may be an unfamiliar word to you, as it was to me; it almost sounds like someone tried to create a portmanteau to describe an encrypted onion. Pronounced en-OOP-nee-on, it’s actually an ancient Biblical Greek term that means ‘dream.’ Which makes it a very apt title for Sinking Sheep’s beautiful and surreal, if brief […]

  As so many of us have experienced, a pandemic can lead to long periods of being largely confined to our homes, only occasionally venturing outside with eyes blinking blearily at the sun as though we were cave dwellers. This isolation can also be detrimental to mental health, exacerbating conditions such as depression and anxiety, […]

A sudden suicide and a new job as a ‘white hat’ hacker provide a chance to snoop through the deceased’s digital life in TriTrie Games’ Jessika, piecing together what happened leading up to the tragic event. What starts as an intriguing Her Story-style FMV mystery, however, quickly develops into a very sombre tale that’s marred […]

Why have Lovecraft’s tales of sci-fi horror so enduringly captured the fascination of creatives – filmmakers, authors and game developers alike? Perhaps it’s the allure of terrifying creatures and gods that are beyond description or comprehension for mere humans. As Lovecraft himself said, “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest […]

RPG Maker seems to have a bit of a bad reputation amongst some gaming circles – perhaps unfairly so. As well has having inbuilt mechanics designed for retro-pixel, combat-driven, turn-based RPGs, the engine is easy to pick up and comes with a lot of art assets, meaning it often attracts inexperienced developers putting out samey-looking, […]

Whether or not games can be considered “art” is a debate that has been ongoing for many years. Roger Ebert famously said that “video games can never be art” but I beg to differ, and When the Past Was Around is an excellent example of an experience with a truly artistic core, not just in […]

It’s rare that hearing about a new game release makes my heart soar and yet causes intense nervousness simultaneously. I have such fond memories of playing the first Ace Attorney trilogy; I was blown away by the cleverly woven stories, the kooky and interesting characters, the simple joy of spotting contradictions and deducing answers, whilst […]

ENCODYA’s origins are quite unusual for a point-and-click adventure. The game revolves around characters from an eleven-minute animated film called “Robot Will Protect You” by the same Estonian creators (Chaosmonger Studio). The style of the movie is described by the developers as ‘toon cyberpunk’ and is itself a spin-off of a live-action short, “Attack of […]