Roguelikes are in vogue. Games like Descent vacated relevance long ago. Unorthodox as it may seem, Sublevel Zero makes a bold play by pushing a popular philosophy against an abandoned style.

Just over a year after its original release, the Director's Cut of Wasteland 2 adds, enhances, and alters major elements and features to the original game. It also marks the series' debut on consoles, and better yet, existing PC owners get the Director's Cut for free. Let's take a closer look.

Kickstarted and made by the guys that brought us Earthworm Jim and The Neverhood many years ago, Armikrog is a rare stop motion clay animated point and click adventure. It draws you in with its wonderfully creative visuals, but soon reveals itself to be less than stellar.

Swedish developers Frictional Games -- makers of the hit Penumbra and Amnesia series -- recently released SOMA, a near future sci-fi thriller with the engrossing first-person horror and adventure gameplay that we've come to expect from them.

There is a noticeable vacancy for surreal, exploratory horror. Albino Lullaby makes a plea to occupy this uncomfortable space.

Aboard a medical research ship above Neptune, John Marachek suddenly and violently awakens from stasis to find himself aboard a ship he does not recognize, and in a hell he would never forget.

Act of Aggression brings RTS gaming back to familiar and welcomed territory.

Only Final Fantasy could get away with the paradox of a clean slate that simultaneously references countless tropes endemic to its name.

One of the Dreamcast's best returns to commercial availability.

SomaSim's casual city builder, 1849, gets the re-release treatment with the Gold Edition. Let's have a closer look.

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Probably the coolest game I'll play all year. Not even kidding.