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Philadelphia-based indie game developer and publisher Retroware is excited to unveil its lineup for The MIX Summer Game Showcase 2025, featuring fresh looks at two of the studio’s most anticipated titles. Retroware will showcase new trailers with never-before-seen gameplay footage and additional details for the upcoming beat-’em-up Toxic Crusaders and Neon Inferno, the stylish, cyberpunk run-and-gun developed by Zenovia Interactive. The digital showcase takes place on June 3, followed by an in-person event on June 6. Neon Inferno made waves earlier this year ...

2D sidescrolling shooters is a classic genre that’s been around forever. Cycle Chaser H-5 is the newest game for Nintendo Switch that dives into that genre. Is it as fun game? Here’s our review of Cycle Chaser H-5! 400 years ago, Aliens, lead by a brainwashed soldier, invaded the Earth and occupied it. Now a pilot has decided to save the soldier and defeat the aliens. This is the story of Cycle Chaser H-5, a 2D shooter. It’s a neat…

Brok the InvestiGator is an adventure game with beat ’em up gameplay too. Is this a fun game? Will fans of the genres like it? Here is our review of Brok the InvestiGator for the Xbox Series S! Brok the InvestiGator is a mostly 2D sidescrolling adventure/beat ’em up game staring a talking animated Alligator who is an investigator. This game is set within its own world full of talking animals who live and work in cities, slums, and places…

Do you like movies like Godzilla Vs. Kong? Classic arcade games like Rampage? If you answered yes to both, then you should check out Gigapocalype. Here is our review of the game for the Xbox Series S! In Gigapocalypse, you play as Kajju, aka giant monsters, that escape from a lab and then go on to rampage through 2D, side scrolling cities. You can choose from several monsters to play as and you unlock cities as you progress in the…

If you love games like the recent TMNT Shredder’s Revenge and the classic game Contra, then Spidersaurs might be up your alley. Here is our review of Spidersaurs for the Xbox Series S! In Spidersaurs, a laboratory has decided to create a new food source: genetically altered dinosaurs. And the food source has decided to fight back! So the lab gets two agents to go fight the dinosaurs. That’s the basic story of Spidersaurs. The graphics are very Saturday morning…

We talked about Astria Ascending a little bit here and now its time for our full review of the game! Is Astria Ascending a good addition to the Nintendo Switch’s massive jrpg library? Astria Ascending has a really complicated plotline that invovles demi-gods and mysterious enemies called Noises. Basically, Astria Ascending is a game about saving the world. Its split into chapters and different missions. There are way too many main characters and the story is just too complex. The…

Last night, Square Enix had a Dragon Quest 35th Anniversary stream. I watched it on youtube and I was blown away, especially by one of the surprise announcements! I can’t stop thinking about it. And so now its time to talk about all the games that were shown off last night. It is the Dragon Quest series 35th anniversary this year and Square Enix celebrated it in style last night. They held a special stream on youtube that talked about…

One part 3D game, one part 2D game, Anodyne 2: Return to Dust for Nintendo Switch almost defies explanation. In this review, we will try to explain it and let you know if its worth checking out. Well, maybe we will. Anodyne 2: Return to Dust is a very strange game. Its story is so bizarre that no explanation could properly tell you what its about. The closest explanation is that you play as someone who shrinks down and goes…

What do you get when you create a game with one part Mega Man, one part Castlevania, and one part Shovel Knight? You might get Panzar Paladin for the Nintendo Switch. But does Panzar Paladin live up to those games or should you hop into your mech and download a different game? Panzar Paladin is a 2D action/platformer in the vain of Mega Man, Castlevania, and Shovel Knight. In fact, it does borrow some mechanics from each of those games.…

Fury Unleashed is a 2D-action-platformer-roguelike set in a comic book.  That’s a lot of different genres thrown out there, but in reality, the game is similar to others already on the market, most closely resembling games like Enter the Gungeon or Rogue Legacy.  Players explore a hand-drawn world, spanning four different procedurally-generated comic worlds, fighting off themed enemies as the titular Fury, and learning more about the comic’s author, who has grown bored with his franchise. The game plays like…