The game industry has seemingly made 2025 the "year of the ninja" with the release of Assassin's Creed: Shadows and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound earlier in the year, as well as the upcoming Ghost of Yotei ...

Onikura is a 2D platforming boss-rush action game built around lightning-fast slashes and surgically precise parry actions. Every clash is a battle for survival—attack, parry, heal, and consume souls ...

Step into the role of a lone warrior in this 2D platforming narrative that takes heavy inspiration from the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland. Fight your way through the lair to find answers that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Jagneaux is a writer and analyst, covering MMOs and retro games. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance released last week and you can ...

Chronoscript: The Endless End is a 2D exploration action/adventure where you must uncover the truth behind a cursed manuscript. In Chronoscript: The Endless End, players step into the role of an ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

If you're looking for a 2D top down action game with a hard core challenge and compelling gameplay then Sick Samurai by Solideo might be for you. Lead a nameless samurai on a quest of bloody ...

2025 was a banner year for action games. From a surprise breakout Soulslike with one of the hardest-hitting and most brutal combat systems the genre has ever seen, to the hotly anticipated follow-up ...

You may have clicked into this review thinking, “A review of Under Night In-Birth 2 Sys:Celes? In the year of our Lord 2026?!” And you know what, that’s fair. This fighting game came out at the ...