Oxenfree was a huge hit for Night School Studio, releasing on nearly every platform imaginable since the game’s initial release in early 2016. It’s now early 2019 and Night School Games is back with their highly anticipated follow up, Afterparty. So how does Afterparty live up to the big shoes that their last game left…
Days Gone is finally here and, though it was a long time coming, we’re finally starting to get an idea of what this game is shaping up to be. The demo we played showed off a lot of the game’s mechanics in a short amount of time. Though unclear at first what to do or…
Darksburg takes a lot of the things that makes a game like Diablo 3 great and simplifies them, making them more accessible to the masses. While playing a big action MMO can be daunting for many, the core mechanics can resonate with everyone. In Darksburg you and up to three friends can play through the…
Twenty five years since the last release of the Sega classic, an iconic beat em’ up from virtually everyone’s childhood is set to make its return. Streets of Rage 4 was playable for the first time at PAX East, and Handsome Phantom was given the chance to sit down with the developers for a hands…
Baron is a high flying party game about a plethora of cute critters battling in World War 1 style biplanes. The goal of this game is to simply last the longest. You and up to seven friends have the option of eight different critters. The cat, the bear, and the snake are among our favorites….
Splitgate: Arena Warfare has gone through a lot of changes since the game was initially revealed. With potentially only a few weeks left before the game is finally available it seems as though most of those changes were for the best. Try as you might not to make comparisons to other games, there are times…
Tropico 6 looks as beautiful as the Caribbean seas it is set in, and runs as smoothly as a ship on those still waters. The aesthetics of the game create a feel for the beauty of the Caribbean, all the while allowing the player to test their strategizing and multitasking abilities. Whether you decide to…
From the minds who brought us the bloody, gorey, intense, and adrenaline inducing horror thrill ride that was Until Dawn, comes an inaugural entry into a series of horror games from developer Supermassive Games. It’s a hard ask, but from what I experienced at the PAX East 2019 demo, they may be able to fulfill…
Driven by a unique premise of solely using audio to stimulate and develop a narrative, Alt-Frequencies is set to make players solve mysteries in a way never seen, or “heard” before. Handsome Phantom was given the opportunity to sit down with the developers at Accidental Queens to check out the second chapter of the game….
Emily Is Away devastated me. I drew out the choice options in a flowchart trying to piece together the perfect set of choices to make this impossible relationship work and, in the end, I realized the only way to win the game was not to play. Emily Is Away Too is about balancing two friendships…
