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Liberated offers a beautiful comic book type game set in a dystopian world where an algorithm controls the populace for money-grubbing corporations. But you can fight back with your team of Liberated agents to bring freedom back to the land.

Vigor is a free to play shooter that is a lot of fun, especially if you are stuck in quarantine and looking for something cool to do with your Xbox One or Switch consoles. It’s got good tactical elements for smart players, even if the gunplay is a touch weak.

In CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience, you are tasked with surviving on the cold streets of a nameless city filled with uncaring and indifferent people. Made by a team that was almost homeless themselves, it offers a unique and difficult gaming adventure.

Celebrate life and prepare for a dignified death and what lies beyond in the fantastic puzzle game Arrog. This indie game was a lot more than our reviewer was expecting, and will surprise you too.

There are games that never get old, and Burnout is one of them. It’s still packing a massive punch after all these years with it’s no-rules racing. Burnout Paradise: Remastered slams over to the Nintendo Switch, and brings with it tons of white-hot, fiery crashes.

Never Breakup is a game for the Nintendo Switch that is meant to be played with another person sitting right there beside you. Given the pandemic, that wasn’t possible for our reviewer, and playing this one alone is a tough challenge.

We should talk is an adventure game where the player must construct texts in order to build love or lies with their girlfriend, and other folks lurking in a neon-drenched bar. The range of good and bad choices is pretty amusing, and the game features nine possible endings.

The Last of Us Part II is a beautiful masterpiece that not only continues the story from the first game, but also offers one of the most compelling and narrative-driven stories of the entire PlayStation 4 era.

Nostalgia can be a powerful force, as our reviewer found out when he begged, borrowed and stole to get a copy of Panzer Dragoon: Remake. But that fuzzy feeling can only go so far, and sometimes, the past is best left as a memory.

Stand your ground in the beautiful shooter Towaga: Among Shadows as you defend your home and purify temples while also approaching enlightenment and saving the souls of damned. There is a lot to do, and all of it is fun!

John Wick Hex takes the strategic chess-like dance of death that the Keanu Reeves character is known for and puts it front and center in an extreme tactical strategy game that is as much about time management and counting seconds as it is about raw destruction and murderous mayhem.

The plot of The Case of the Damaged Detective, 5-Minute Sherlock Book 01 is ridiculously annoying and amusing, with a government experiment allowing a man to overclock his brain for five minutes. It’s basically a road trip buddy story, in the style of Sherlock Holmes.

Playing SpongeBob: Battle For Bikini Bottom Rehydrated got Neal remembering his love of the so-called collectathon games from yesteryear. He theorizes what happened to the former giants of Banjo-Kazooie, Spyro and other similar type titles in modern times.

Michael’s back with the second set of chapters in one of his favorite Fics for this week’s Synth Saturday. It’s Constellations Chapters 11-20 by UnwelcomeStorm!

The world situation kind of upended the Game of the Year contest this time around. But many of you were able to vote, and we appreciate everyone who did. While there will be no physical ceremony due to social distancing restrictions, we did want to celebrate the great games that made the year so special. Here are your choices for the games of the year!

This week our brave Save State Columnist dances enemies into submission with the alluring Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, then turns around and goes on an epic old-school quest with Radiant Historia. We may never see him again!

Things get, shall we say, a bit heated as the Game Over podcast crew attempt to review the new CBS All Access Star Trek Animated series Lower Decks. We better get Gary to the medical bay!

This week Chella and Drew recount their favourite experiences from this year’s AdventureX.

Yellowbrick, in collaboration with New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, today announced the launch of Gaming and Esports Industry Essentials, a program designed to explore the expansive and lucrative world of Gaming and Esports.