Jessica Conditt
Articles by Jessica Conditt
Skate Story hands-on: Kick, push, shatter
Skate Story encourages you to enter a peak state early on, only so you can chase that feeling the rest of the game.
Astro Bot is a supremely silly and incredibly smooth platformer
Astro Bot is as precise as it is ridiculous, and this is exactly what makes it so damn delightful.
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess feels as luscious as it looks
After playing for nearly an hour at Summer Game Fest, it’s clear that Kunitsu-Gami is much more than a beautiful screenshot.
Mixtape brings a killer '80s soundtrack to Xbox, PS5 and PC in 2025
Mixtape is a coming-of-age story about the reality-bending adventures of three teenage friends on their final night of high school.
Here are the cozy games from Wholesome Direct that you can play right now
Watch, read about and then play a bunch of cozy games — not a bad way to spend a Saturday. Or a summer.
Possessor(s) is an eerily beautiful action sidescroller from Heart Machine
Possessor(s) is a twitchy action sidescroller set in a sci-fi city overrun by interdimensional horror. Hot.
Phoenix Springs, possibly the prettiest detective game ever, arrives September 16
Phoenix Springs is a point-and-click detective game that looks like the cover of a mid-century sci-fi novel, and it’s due to go live on Steam on September 16.
Arranger turns a slide puzzle into an adventure game this July
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is an adventure game with a simple and disruptive conceit: The world exists on a grid of sliding tiles. It's due to hit PC, Switch, PlayStation 5 and mobile devices on July 25.
UFO 50, the latest game from the Spelunky team, will finally arrive September 18
UFO 50, the latest project from Spelunky studio Mossmouth, is due to hit Steam on September 18, about six years after it was originally expected to launch.
Battle Vision Network is Capy’s spiritual successor to Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
The next title out of Capybara Games — the studio behind Super Time Force, Below and Grindstone — is Battle Vision Network. It's a competitive, online puzzler with real-time strategy and color-matching mechanics, live updates and a seasonal narrative shaped by players.
Capcom's Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is coming out surprisingly soon
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, the stunning action and strategy RPG from Capcom, is set to come out on July 19.
Simpler Times, the coziest game of Summer Game Fest 2023, is available now
Simpler Times got a surprise launch during the Day of the Devs showcase, which is part of Summer Game Fest. We played the demo at last year’s SGF and found it to be the coziest game of the show.
Silent Hill creator's new game, Slitterhead, lands November 8
Slitterhead will land on November 8 and there's a new trailer with lots of blood.
The Game Bakers’ Cairn turns mountain climbing into a boss rush
The team behind Furi and Haven is back with a rock-climbing simulator set on the face of a lethally steep mountain.
Silent Hill 2 remake hits PS5 and PC on October 8
Bloober Team's remake of Silent Hill 2 hits PlayStation 5 on October 8, and it's looking nice and spooky.
INDIKA weaves a mature tale of absurdity, hypocrisy and sexual violence
INDIKA demonstrates how a video game can tell a strange and beautiful story that involves, but isn't overwhelmed by, themes of sexual abuse.
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II review: A series of unfortunate events
Hellblade II is more of an extended, extremely anxious and violent vibe than a traditional adventure game.
Proteus Xbox controller is an accessible gamepad made of modular cubes
The Proteus Controller is a modular gamepad created by nascent peripheral company Byowave as part of the Designed for Xbox program.