Saros

Many video game characters are immediately recognisable by their voices. Doug Cockle’s gravely Geralt from The Witcher series is, Chrisopher Judge’s imposing Kratos in God of War is, David Hayter’s …

Saros’ reviews are on the generally favourable side – Eurogamer awarded Saros four stars – and a smoother difficulty curve has made it more approachable than Returnal, yet its launch …

Housemarque’s Saros launched earlier this month to rave reviews, and it’s a legitimate frontrunner for Game of the Year at this early point in 2026. However, it appears sales of …

“ARCADE IS DEAD,” developer Housemarque abruptly decreed in all caps on its blog shortly after Matterfall’s release in 2017. This candid manifesto explained how the team saw no future developing …

Arjun Devraj, the protagonist in Housemarque’s latest roguelike Saros (sort of), is a man on a mission. Early on, we learn he is searching for someone called Nitya. He knows …

After beating the game, playing through its secret ending, acquiring all its text and audio logs, and dissecting every entry in its databank, I think I’ve pieced together what is …

Saros is ultimately a game about dying brutally in the face of impossible odds, so it makes sense that it includes a nod to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Sandfall Interactive’s …

The Saros secret ending is an alternate, slightly better fate for Arjun (depending on your interpretation) that can be achieved once you’ve rolled the credits once. It requires some extra …

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