Boss fights in Shadow Labyrinth swing between "oops, that was easy" and "send help, I haven’t blinked in an hour" and Orange G-HOST: Garbage Talos lands somewhere gloriously in the middle. In this ...

Amazon Prime’s Secret Level gave us the dark sci-fi Pac-Man riff “Circle,” a short-form experiment with Alex-Garland-meets-Pixar vibes. This was quickly confirmed as a backdoor pilot for Bandai ...

The trailer shows the playable character emerging from a pod while a Pac-Man like creature follows them around. It’s a Metroidvania in which you defeat enemies and bosses, as well as navigate in a ...

As strange as it is, I was really on board for Shadow Labyrinth. I try to maintain a why not policy when it comes to games, so when someone asks, “Why would Bandai Namco make an ultra-dark ...

In Shadow Labyrinth, you play as a mysterious swordsman named Swordsman No.8 (original, right?)—a soldier suffering from amnesia who’s landed on a planet that is a literal maze. Don’t worry, though; ...

In the farthest reaches of Thanatos Valley in Shadow Labyrinth, PUCK and Number 8 stumble across the region's apex predator - Dionechidna. This ferocious plant-based beast wields devastating poison ...

The opening moments of Shadow Labyrinth present us with a lot of information, but not a lot of definitive details behind what we’re seeing. The title screen shows a person playing a game on a device ...

It takes a specific kind of marketing mind to imagine that a dark and gritty reboot of a beloved children’s character can amount to anything good. While the Golden Age of Comic Books ultimately gave ...

Remember Secret Level, that Amazon Prime miniseries of short films inspired by popular video games? You know the episode that recast Pac-Man as a marooned warrior abducting strangers to help it fight ...

It has taken about six months to comprehend the plot of Shadow Labyrinth, but it's finally starting to sink in. It's a totally different take on Pac-Man, one that takes players into a new genre. It's ...