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A young boy awakens in a clearing, a disproportionally large television bathing the area an eerie cathode-ray-tube blue. This boy, Mono, will soon meet the hero from the first Little Nightmares – and also get an introduction to what he’s truly up against. In this world, you’re constantly underpowered and pursued by towering creatures who...

✖ Persona 5 Strikers, the latest Persona spinoff title in an increasingly large crowd of spinoff titles, takes all the charm and art style of Persona 5 and marries it with Dynasty Warriors gameplay. At first blush, “musou” mechanics where large-scale battles are commonplace might seem like a poor fit, but Persona 5 Strikers largely...

At the end of Persona 5, we parted ways with a terrific cast of characters we grew to love over the course of a 100-hour story. Last year’s Persona 5 Royal gave us an excuse to revisit that same adventure with additional content, but fans yearned for an all-new journey. Persona 5 Strikers reunites the...

Bravely Default II arrives this month, so let’s take a dive into the upcoming turn-based grind-heavy JRPG. Digging into the game’s opening hours reveals many similar aspects to the “modern” take on the classic template, much like other games in the franchise and Octopath Traveler. Looking for more? Our review lands later this month. Dungeon Delving...

COVID-19 caused most in-person events to be canceled last year, and with vaccines only now beginning to roll out, 2021 will continue carrying out digital alternatives to bringing communities together. According to recent reports, E3 2021 will be continuing on its all-digital front this year again as the ESA confirms to us that they’ll have more...

Click to watch embedded media The Ys series has stuck around for a reason: its stellar combat and fantastic boss design never fails to provide an exciting adrenaline rush. Now our red-headed hero, Adol, is back for a new adventure that just came out last week on PS4 entitled Ys IX: Monstrum Nox. However, this isn’t your typical...

If you checked out our starter guide for the Viking survival game Valheim, you’ve probably already beaten Eikthyrnir and started working on a happy homestead for you and your fellow Norse explorers. Your next mission tasks you with taking on the much bigger and badder boss The Elder and tackling the challenges of the Black...

Each month, Game Informer prints questions that are submitted by readers via email and standard mail. We’d like to give our website readers the chance to make the magazine as well. You’ll need to log in to your GI account, and click “okay to print” for your letter or question to go through. We’d also...

Final Fantasy XIV continues to be a noteworthy MMO experience thanks to a bevy of large-scale content drops (Shadowbringers is incredible!) and consistent patch updates. The RPG always feels fresh, offering a bunch of interesting quests and dazzling environments to unearth for newcomers as well as dedicated players. In addition to the recent announcement of...

Super Mario World has a classic soundtrack. Just listening to some of those songs sends waves of nostalgia over me, whether it’s an upbeat track from the early game or a foreboding dungeon theme. I don’t much about music composition or the challenges developers face in getting that music onto a SNES cartridge, but thankfully, some people...