Putting tower defense games on console is a tough challenge. Only a few games have been able to accomplish this task. Defense Grid 2 brings the tower defense genre to console with great finesse because of its easy camera control …

In the opening moments of Child of Light the protagonist, Aurora, falls sick and dies. She then awakens without any explanation in the land of Lemuria. A fantastical world far different from her own and completely told in rhyme. Aurora …

In SteamWorld Dig you play as Rusty, a robot who has just received a deed from his uncle, who has just arrived in the mining town of Tumbleton. With his uncle nowhere to be found Rusty must dig and explore …

If you were to look at Double Helix’s track record around the time their reboot of Strider was announced I wouldn’t blame you for being worried. How could the same developer behind Battleship or G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra …

I don’t think I totally understood why I liked Super Motherload until my third or so playthrough. It isn’t the best looking game, you know something you will show your friends when they want to see what the PlayStation 4 …

What rain turned out to be is quite different from what I expected. At least it’s quite different in tone. I expected rain to be a calming and perhaps mysterious game. Maybe something similar to the feeling I get just …

I’m going to fill you in on a very personal secret of mine: I don’t trust games that tell me what to do in their title. It might have something to do with Justin Timberlake, Adam Sandberg, and that SNL …

Hopefully you’ve played Ikaruga on an older console, but it’s not entirely a prerequisite to play Mamorukun Curse! which was co-developed by G.rev, one of the developers responsible for Ikaruga. UFO Interactive has brought Mamorukun Curse! to the PlayStation Network exclusively for …

Velocity Ultra is the best given a new coat of paint.

PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale is a curiosity. For all intents and purposes, it works. The fighting is smooth and often drizzled in chaotic brilliance, the characters feel faithful to their franchises, and it all performs great online, whether you’re …