11 best anime to watch if you like Frieren

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is one-of-a-kind. Madhouse’s anime adaptation of Kanehito Yamada’s manga has given us a brilliant two-season run so far, with a highly anticipated third season on the way. It’s hard to fit Frieren into a box, since it leans into shonen fantasy trappings only to subvert them in the most beautiful ways….

If you’re bored of shop sims about restocking shelves, here’s one about helping someone find the album that could change their life

A friend of mine who worked in a bookstore used to complain about customers who couldn’t remember what they wanted. They’d say unhelpful things like, “I think it had a red cover?” At first the thought of gamifying that only with music instead of books seemed off-putting to me, as someone who goes shopping with…

Mina The Hollower Spoiler Interview: Sequel Talk, Chrono Trigger Homages, And That Ending

Mina the Hollower is full of secrets to discover, and for a game based on classics like Link’s Awakening, it’s surprisingly story-rich. Yacht Club has a bona fide hit on its hands with 500,000 copies sold. Now that fans have had time to dig in–and even discover a secret ending–we’re publishing a spoiler portion of…

How Final Fantasy VII’s Tifa Arrived In Street Fighter 6

One of the most exciting announcements of Summer Game Fest’s 2026 live show arrived near the end of the stage presentation when Capcom announced its fourth year of downloadable fighters for Street Fighter 6. After showing off Yasmine, Arjun, and Bosch, we learned that the fourth character is Tifa, the extremely popular Final Fantasy VII…

Seven Summer Game Fest Indies You Might Have Missed

While Summer Game Fest is a lot more online-focused than the E3 it has replaced, it has begun to hit that scale where it’s hard to keep up with everything on display. Despite being structured around a parade of high profile live-streams, such as the indie-dedicated Day of the Devs, the event is supplemented by…

Excuse me Sir codes (June 2026)

Sit outside the White House and larp like you mean it – new Excuse me Sir codes are dropping faster than the average aura farm cooldown. Redeem the lot, and you’ll be swimming in free cash and boost potions you can use to upgrade the vital farming metrics that turn standing on the sidewalk into…

Box Art Brawl: Duel – The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3D (3DS)

North America Image: Nintendo North America adopts the classic gold presentation for its OOT box art, featuring Adult Link atop Epona as she rears onto her back legs. It’s elegant, understated, and really showcases the majesty of the game on 3DS. It’ll be a tough one to beat. Europe / Japan Image: Nintendo / LaunchBox…

Hide-and-seek game where you paint your body to blend in sells a million copies in four days

In Meccha Chameleon, you begin play as a featureless, white, blobby biped—but you don’t stay that way. Indeed, it’s a wacky hide-and-seek game where instead of morphing into a prop or smashing serial killers’ knees with a wood pallet, you paint your body on the fly using a color wheel to blend in with your…

Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School Goes Wide, But Still Scratches A Puzzling Itch

Puzzle-driven games can walk a thin line: too easy, and surmounting the challenge doesn’t feel rewarding; too difficult, and players might just look up answers or walk away. The first Escape Academy navigated this balance well, but with the follow-up, Coin Crew Games has to balance that tightrope walk in a much larger world. Escape…

Mobile Studio Hoping To End Infamous ‘EDGE’ Trademark Troll

Founded in 1979, Edge Games created numerous pieces of software for microcomputers like the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. However, it is far better known for the litigious nature of its CEO Tim Langdell, who for decades has asserted a trademark over the word “edge” whenever it crops up in the gaming space. While it’s…