Carmageddon: Reincarnation

Beast of Reincarnation, the latest game from Pokémon developer Game Freak, was a lot riding on it this summer.

Beast of Reincarnation looks set to kick off a busy August when it launches early in the month, and ahead of its arrival, we've gotten a fresh look at Game Freak's upcoming action-RPG. While Game Freak is well-known for its Pokemon games--including Pokemon Winds and Waves in 2027--Beast of Reincarnation is unlike anything that the developer--and several external teams--has made before. The studio has produced fan-favorite games like Pocket Card Jockey and Tembo the Badass Elephant between Pokemon releases, but with Beast of Reincarnation, it's mixing tactical gameplay with the sharp edge of Se

With its launch around the corner, Beast of Reincarnation co-developer Fictions has dropped a new gameplay video outlining how players will hack and slash their way through a post-apocalyptic world. We already knew that the game borrows a few ideas from Sekiro for its moment-to-moment gameplay--including a parry mechanic that has one of the best "PING" deflection sounds we've heard in quite some time, and Fictions also detailed how it's blending real-time action with the tactical depth of turn-based strategy. Beast of Reincarnation's bread-and-butter gameplay keeps players on th

If the first two hours of Beast of Reincarnation’s story are anything to go by, Pokémon developer Game Freak seems to have successfully switched from catching ‘em all to violently dispatching ‘em all in this gripping new action-RPG that follows a deadly dynamic duo.

The upcoming action-RPG is much different from any game the Pokémon team has made; we played it, and it's awesome.