Only a handful of months on from the western release of Trails Through Daybreak, Ark Vanride and his crew are back in a sequel.
Henery Stockdale previews the game and interviews Falcom's president Toshihiro Kondo.
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EXTERMINATION And Starship Troopers
We sent SKELETON an early access code for Starship Troopers: Extermination almost a year ago.
The game enters 1.0 in a few weeks. Now's probably a good time to check-in.
An Asexual Preview Of Jackbox Naughty Pack | Gamescom 2024
Jackbox is back with its most explicit Party Pack yet.
Naturally, startmenu is about REAL journalism so we sent an asexual to preview it Gamescom to test the game's limits.
Kate Robinson is our intrepid muck racker.
Preview | Pro Philosopher 2 - Ace Attorney Meets Over-The-Top Political Debates
The Ace Attorney series might have gotten a lot of releases over the last few years but it feels like it’s been an age since the last new game.
That’s why its a good thing Pro Philosopher 2 is here to OBJECT to some of the greatest thinkers in history.
Henry Stockdale previews.
Preview | Golden Lap - A Casual F1-Style Management Sim That Takes Risks
With the F1 season well and truly underway, what better time could there be to manage some speedy racecars?
Henry Stockdale takes to the track to preview Golden Lap.
Behind The Scenes Preview | Inferni: Hope & Fear
Mashing together TCG deck-building gameplay with a battle royale’s structure certainly sounds like a hellish endeavour, but Village Studio is hoping to make something devilishly replayable with with Inferni: Hope & Fear.
We sent Kate Robinson behind the scenes to descend into hell.
Preview | Planet Scanner - Planets, Please!
Just a normal indie game where you scan planets. Nothing else to see here. Just a very normal game.
It’s so normal in fact we got Ali Rees to preview Planet Scanner to ensure NOTHING ABNORMAL IS A FOOT!
Preview | Read Only Memories: Neurodiver - Making Ruthlessly Delving Into Memories Of The Past Fun Instead Of Traumatic!
Seven years on from 2064: Read Only Memories the team at Midboss is back with another queer cyberpunk tale.
Ash Schofield previews Read Only Memories: Neurodiver.
PLAYTEST IMPRESSIONS | Warden's Rising - This Industry Is A Nightmare
Wardens Rising is still in development but already, Skeleton has a sinking feeling about the game, and moreover, the state of the industry.
Best Betas, Demos, And Early Access Games From The First Half Of 2023
From Early Access to The Steam Next Fest, there are plenty of ways to catch a glimpse at upcoming new games. In fact, there are almost too many to sort through.
That’s why we’ve enlisted Alex Orona and Super GG Radio yet again to run through the best Betas, Demos and Early Access games that you might have missed so far this year.
Baldur's Gate 3 Is Finally Leaving Early Access. So What Comes Next?
After almost three years in Early Access Baldur’s Gate is almost upon us.
Matthew John McCormick has taken the time to look back at the game’s time in Early Access and look to the future.
Preview | The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails - A Long Wait With Just A Little More To Go
We were invited to preview NIS’s upcoming slate. Of course, we sent startmenu’s expert RPG historian, Henry Stockdale to check out the long-awaited The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails.
All these years after its original release in Japan, does Nayuta still hold up?
Preview | Dungeon Golf Playtest - My Cup Of Tee
Dungeon Golf offers that classic combination of mini golf and fending off monsters, but how does this party game hold up? Henry Stockdale thinks it's looking good.
Preview | startmenu EGX 2022 Roundup
There was a lot of awesome stuff at EGX.
Mainly the incredible startmenu crew that could attend… I guess the games were pretty neat too. Some of the gang rounded up our favourite games at the show!
Preview | Arkanoid: Eternal Battle - Forever A Classic
100 Battle Royale games drop onto a map [the games industry] and only a handful can survive. Will hoping on the Battle Bus breathe new life into the classic Arkanoid series or will it be quickly eliminated?
Oma Keeling reports from Gamescom.
Gamescom Preview | Dredge - Fishing, Fun... Fear
Fishing is always the most relaxing mini-game, so it is nice that a team is making a whole game dedicated to… *check notes*… indescribable horrors beyond human comprehension… oh, and mackerel.
Henry Stockdale reports from Gamescom.
Preview | I Was A Teenage Exocolonist - Time For Growing Up
Visual novel? Deck builder? Coming of age tale? Interactive Fiction?
Just what exactly is I Was A Teenage Exocolonist? Jamie Alexander interviews Sarah Northway about her and Finji’s new game and it seems like it might be something really special.
Alex Orona and Super GG Radio’s Best Betas from the first half of 2022
We welcome back Alex Orona of Super GG Radio to let guide us through games we should be adding to our wishlists before they release.
Preview | Kao the Kangaroo - Spring In Its Step
In 2005 you could not swing a cute anthropomorphic cat without hitting a 3D mascot platformer. 17 years and the genre is having a resurgence.
Marie Pritchard joins us to tell see if a Kangaroo called Kao can survive in the wild of 2022.
Hero Academia Beyond - A Plus Ultra Fan Project
A community of fans have gone above and beyond by giving My Hero Academia the open world RPG treatment - and it might just be everything anime lovers have been waiting for. We welcome Tyler Constable to the site to report.