Nioh is a brutally difficult series and it’s no surprise that it’s often compared to Dark Souls. On a surface level, it shares a lot of similar traits with From Software’s cult classic trilogy. Both games are unforgiving action RPGs, built on a system of deliberately heavy combat. Both games are fundamentally different experiences, as Dark Souls is more of …

Hey there. Pull up a chair and get comfortable, because February is the month of love.While I light a candle and uncork the finest bottle of bubbly that R20 can buy at the local Spar Tops shop, maybe you’d like to take a gander at the sultry games on offer this month? Now granted, we’re still in the quiet period of the year, but there are a few games that are ready to get busy with your thumbs, if ya know what I mean.

The First Samurai doesn’t end the tale of Nioh 2 in a satisfying way but it does provide a meaningful and fun loot experience. Bbrutal new enemies and new gameplay modes makes the complete package of this game something truly special.

For better and worse, Nioh 2 feels like more of the same. Tired environmental design and rehashed gameplay elements sully what is otherwise an addictive and exhilarating loot-based hack and slash samurai adventure.

Team Ninja knows that its fans are dying to see a new Ninja Gaiden game. And you know what? So are they.

Master the lethal art of the samurai in this brutal masocore action role-playing game… for death is coming. Journey to 1555 feudal Japan, a country gripped in the misery and madness of endless warfare. A place where monsters and evil spirits infest a land of natural beauty and menacing peril, where everyone from the smallest child to the bravest warrior lives in constant fear of the spiritual beings known as yokai Play as a mute rogue living as a hired mercenary and renowned yokai hunter.

So what’s in store for November? One of the best slice ‘n dice action games of recent memory and yet another horror game that’ll having me noping so hard that I’ll be able to achieve escape velocity from this horrible planet. Nioh and Outlast 2 will be up for the low low price of nothing, provided that your subscription is up to date.

Team Ninja have announced that a closed alpha for Nioh 2 will kick off on May 24 for “some PS4 users”, running through until June 2.