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The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales Review - Partners in time
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is a 2D-HD action RPG for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, developed by Square Enix and Clay Tech Works. While it features satisfying combat, a deep Magicite upgrade system, and gorgeous visuals inspired by The Legend of Zelda and Chrono Trigger, its narrative and world design fall short, with ages feeling too similar and the true ending's requirements being unclear.
Review: The Adventures Of Elliot: The Millennium Tales (Switch 2) - An Emotional Journey Through Space And Time
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is a new HD-2D action RPG from Square Enix that successfully blends real-time combat with its signature art style. The game features a time-spanning narrative where player actions in the past affect the future, leading to an emotional conclusion. Despite some performance issues on the Nintendo Switch, particularly with loading times and lag, the game offers engaging combat, rewarding exploration, and a visually stunning presentation.
Review in Progress: The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales (PS5) - A Delightful Revival of Classic Action RPGs
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is a delightful action RPG for PlayStation 5 that blends classic gameplay inspired by The Legend of Zelda and Mana series with modern conveniences. The game features a unique time-travel mechanic allowing players to explore the same map across four different eras, leading to evolving dungeons and challenges. While some backtracking can become tedious, the engaging combat, satisfying progression, and charming presentation make it a standout experience.
The Adventures of Elliot review: Adventurer of Time
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is an action-RPG that deviates from developer Team Asano's usual turn-based style, drawing inspiration from classics like The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. While the game features a captivating story with time-travel mechanics and an engaging hero, it is hampered by a complex Magicite system and an overly talkative companion character. The game is set to release on June 18 for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.
The Adventures Of Elliot: The Millennium Tales Makes A Strong Argument For Silent Protagonists
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is an action-RPG from Team Asano at Square Enix that blends classic Zelda-like gameplay with the studio's signature HD-2D visual style. While the combat and dungeon design are praised for their depth and creativity, the game suffers from a dull story and overly verbose characters, particularly regarding the silent protagonist trope and its time-travel premise. Despite these narrative shortcomings, the game offers a solid foundation with engaging mechanics and customization options.
Kwalee lays off the entire Luna Abyss development team as one of this year's overlooked bullet-hell games falls victim to an overcrowded release schedule
Kwalee has laid off the entire development team behind the bullet-hell shooter Luna Abyss, citing an overcrowded release schedule and the game's launch not meeting internal performance targets. Despite positive reviews and a 'very positive' Steam rating, the game failed to gain significant traction. CEO Hollie Emery announced the redundancies, stating the decision was outside the team's control.
World of Tanks: HEAT Review | TheXboxHub
World of Tanks: HEAT is a hero shooter that replaces traditional heroes with tanks, featuring 5v5 and 10v10 game modes focused on objectives. While the core gameplay and aiming mechanics are solid, the game is significantly held back by a slow progression system that heavily incentivizes microtransactions and an inflexible matchmaking system that can lead to unenjoyable matches.
Steam Next Fest June 2026: 25 Of The Best Demos You Can Play Right Now
Steam Next Fest June 2026 is underway, offering over 4,000 game demos to play on PC. This guide highlights 25 of the best new demos available, spanning various genres from survival horror and action RPGs to life simulators and roguelikes. The festival runs until June 22, followed by the Steam Summer Sale.
Mina the Hollower Review | TheXboxHub
Mina the Hollower is a retro-inspired 8-bit platformer that blends Zelda and Bloodborne elements with a unique burrowing mechanic. While it features a steep initial difficulty curve and some frustrating design choices like aggressive enemies and flying bosses, the game offers satisfying combat, deep mechanics, and a vibrant adventure for fans of challenging top-down games. It provides around 20 hours of playtime for a single playthrough.
Outward 2 försenas mitt under pågående beta
Nine Dots Studio has delayed the early access release of Outward 2 from July 7 to sometime next year due to feedback from its ongoing open beta. The developer aims to make significant improvements before the early access launch to regain player trust. Outward 2 is a hardcore action RPG that emphasizes player discovery and self-direction.
Outward 2 Early Access Delayed to 2027 — Nine Dots Statement — Too Much Gaming | Video Games Reviews, News, & Guides
Developer Nine Dots has announced that the early access launch of their action RPG Outward 2 has been delayed to 2027 due to ongoing technical issues and a desire to meet player expectations. The studio's CEO apologized for the delay, emphasizing that the game requires more development time to ensure a quality experience for players, especially after feedback from the recent open beta.
Mistfall Hunter Showcases Incredible Gameplay From Its Open Beta, Which is Now Live
Mistfall Hunter's open beta is now live, showcasing its Soulslike combat with versatile build potential and challenging enemies. The game, featuring parrying and dodge mechanics reminiscent of Sekiro, will launch fully on July 30th for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC.
Better Than Dead Early Access Review – Revengeance
Better Than Dead is a story-driven shooter with a unique arcade-like structure and a focus on revenge. The game features intense gunplay and a sliding mechanic that triggers slow-motion, but lacks checkpoints, leading to potential frustration. Despite its short length in Early Access, the game offers addictive core gameplay and impressive visuals, running smoothly on PC.
The most popular Soulslike in Steam Next Fest makes a very powerful argument for adding a shotgun to Dark Souls
Mortal Shell 2, the sequel to Cold Symmetry's debut Soulslike, is currently the most popular true-blue Soulslike in the Steam Next Fest open beta. The game introduces new mechanics like a gun and a petrify spell, while retaining the weighty combat and class system of the original. The developer promises over 60 dungeons for the full release.
In the middle of its Steam beta, survival sandbox Outward 2 delays planned July 7 launch to next year
Nine Dots Studio has delayed the launch of Outward 2 from July 7th to 2027, citing player feedback and a desire to deliver a more polished product. The challenging action RPG with survival elements is currently in its Steam beta, which will continue until June 22nd.
Dungeon delver Fellowship hits Season 3 next week with a new hero and theme
Fellowship is launching its third season on June 22nd, introducing a new melee DPS hero named Gunde, inspired by Scandinavian folklore. This season, themed 'Rise of the Heskyr,' will also feature significant updates to all heroes, a reworked loot system, new dungeons, seasonal challenges, improved matchmaking, community features, and a new endgame 'Pinnacle Dungeon' called Xul, the Blood Monolith.
New Honkai: Star Rail Nendoroids Are Anaxa and Phainon
Good Smile Company has announced new Nendoroid figures for Honkai: Star Rail characters Anaxa and Phainon. Anaxa, a standard Nendoroid, will launch in late 2026/early 2027, while Phainon, a Nendoroid Doll variant, will be released in early 2027. Pre-orders for both figures close on July 29, 2026. Honkai: Star Rail is available on PlayStation 5, PC, and mobile devices.
Path of Exile 2 players have earned 8 trillion gold and cheesed a spin-to-win move in Return of the Ancients
Grinding Gear Games has shared statistics from the early access period of Path of Exile 2's Return of the Ancients update, highlighting player activity. Players have accumulated over 8 trillion gold, and the Arbiter of Divinity has been defeated more than 1.2 million times. The studio is also continuing to refine the game with endgame changes and adjustments to character builds.
How Player Feedback Shaped Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Journey After Launch
Ubisoft's Associate Game Director Simon Lemay-Comtois discusses how player feedback significantly shaped the post-launch content for Assassin's Creed Shadows, including the final narrative update 'Black Tides' and the challenging 'Domains' feature. Learnings from Shadows' parkour updates have also been incorporated into the upcoming Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced.
When is the full Path of Exile 2 release date?
Grinding Gear Games is targeting a 2026 release for the full launch of Path of Exile 2, likely between November 9 and December 31, following ExileCon. While the campaign will be completed with Acts 5 and 6, not all four absent character classes may be ready for the 1.0 launch. The developers are prioritizing a complete campaign and endgame experience.
