About Kirk Hiner

I don’t know if there’s been a game that has challenged my expectations more than Decarnation. This horror puzzler from Shiro Games never stopped going to places I didn’t anticipate, in ways I didn’t expect.
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The Sonic machine keeps rolling along, and now it’s rolling in a more familiar way. SEGA today announced that Sonic Superstars—a new adventure in the popular series—will be available for PC and consoles this fall with the promise to bring “…a new standard of play to classic high-speed 2D Sonic platforming.”
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Gorgeous, hand-drawn graphics are one thing, but whether a Metroidvania works mostly depends upon the quality of exploration and combat. This is where Afterimage shines, provided you’re up for the challenges both present.
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Ready to join the Elite? The House of Black? The Blackpool Combat Club? Makes no difference, really, you just have to be All In when THQ Nordic and YUKE’s arcade wrestling sim AEW: Fight Forever releases for Nintendo Switch on June 29th.
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In what comes as no surprise to anyone who’s ever held a Nintendo Switch, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has become the fastest selling game in franchise history. In just the three days since its May 12th launch, Tears of the Kingdom sold over 10 million units worldwide.
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As with the Future Connected and Torna ~ The Golden Country series expansions, Monolith Soft has provided an absolutely essential addition with Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed. But how much do you need to know before returning to Aionios?
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Tin Hearts sets up numerous environmental puzzles in which you must safely guide a squad of tin soldiers from their box to a predetermined destination. The puzzles are fun, but they come with some annoyances.
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Bayonetta Origins: Cereza & the Lost Demon is a great game. I’ll even argue it’s better than Bayonetta 3. If that offends, I urge you to read this review (or just download the demo and try it) before asking to speak to my editor-in-chief.
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Samba de Amigo: Party Central will be arriving on Nintendo Switch this summer, giving players plenty of reasons to get up and shake their way through numerous rhythm-based challenges. But to which songs will those challenges be set?
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The adventures on Aionios will be wrapping up sooner than we thought. Nintendo announced today that the fourth and final DLC in the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Expansion Pass—Future Redeemed—will be available for download April 25th.
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Kana Quest uses match-em puzzle mechanics to teach you kana symbols and their sounds. The goal is to connect the kana tiles by their shared sounds in as few moves as possible. It makes for a good challenge, but will you actually learn anything?
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As frustrating as it is to lose something, it’s incredibly satisfying to find it again, right? Puzzle gamers will be able to experience that digitally when Hidden Through Time 2: Myths & Magic arrives on Nintendo Switch this fall.
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I was saddened by how frustrating The Library of Babel would become considering its stellar beginning. The game is set 20,000 years after the extinction of humankind, and it’ll feel like you’re waiting that long to get through some segments.
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Frozenbyte and THQ Nordic have announced our favorite wizard/thief/knight trio will soon be returning for “…the best Trine game in the series:” Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy.
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First things first, is there a game out there with a better title than Ninja JaJaMaru: The Great Yokai Battle +Hell? If there is, I haven’t said its name out loud. Second things second, this game is as much fun as its title.
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Gamers know full well that Sonic the Hedgehog has some pretty slick moves. But dance moves? We’ll find out for sure when Samba de Amigo: Party Central releases this summer.
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Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key adjusts the JRPG series’ gameplay formula in numerous ways—some subtle and some dramatic. Do the changes work? Let’s go on a summer adventure to find out!
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Like many Nintendo fans, I hadn’t played a single Legend of Heroes game until Trails of Cold Steel III hit the Switch in 2020. I’ve since played each of the Switch releases, and The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure is one of the best.
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