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Between new Warhammer 40K, Harry Potter, and soccer simulator games, September is shaping up to be a packed month on the gaming calendar. But the best-reviewed game of the month--and the year thus far--has just launched in the form of Astro Bot, a new adventure starring Sony's adorable mechanical mascot. Astro Bot has been a critical smash-hit, as numerous reviews have praised it for being an exciting platformer that is a joy to play and uses the DualSense controller to create immersive...
When I think of developer MachineGames, I think of dual-wielding shotguns in its Wolfenstein games, sprinting down tight corridors with guns blazing as the walls get a fresh coat of Nazi blood. After all, MachineGames' entire portfolio up to this point has been built on the brazen revival of Wolfenstein--a series of five no-holds-barred, blood-soaked action thrill-rides. And damn did it do it well. It's why I was caught by surprise when seeing its next game, Indiana Jones and the Great...
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions is the first Quidditch video game in over two decades, giving the fictional sport the proper sports game treatment it's lacked for so long. Despite a noticeable lack of microtransactions available, it comes with most of the trappings of modern live-service games, including an excess of digital currencies--Gold, Moonstones and Winged Keys being the main ones. But while Gold and Moonstoones flow freely as you play, Winged Keys are a lot sparser, and it will...