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Remnants of Yore is a cosy combination of running a store and roguelite action as you build up your stock, complete quests and cruise around town helping anyone and everyone on your adventure.  Remnants of Yore was exhibited at Pocket Gamer…

Creature Companions from Rhino Rock Studios was exhibited at Pocket Gamer Connect London and I sat down and got my hands on an early build of it. It's a brand new game, freshly out of prototyping, that focuses on hatching creatures to…

Trading cards are everywhere, so I wasn't too surprised when McDonald's released McDonald's CARDS as a part of their 'McDonald's Universe'. You can now order specific meals (not Happy Meals!) to gain packs of cards that you can open and…

Disney’s relatively new Star Wars: Unlimited TCG may have flown under the radar for some, as It certainly had for me, but I was delighted to have a chance to learn and play with the new A Lawless Time cards and build a deck to play against…

Even though it’s only a small slice of the full game, Warhounds does demonstrate some promising gameplay. The turn-based tactical missions are serviceable, if a little simplistic when compared to other games. You’ll move from cover to cover…

The Valley Beyond could turn into a great example of how a first-time dev can create something interesting, varied and engaging. Not every game needs to be the best at everything, and the core vision of The Valley Beyond is solid enough to…

Trading cards have been on the rise for quite some time, so it's no surprise to see new types of cards popping up here and there. Launching at the London Card Show, McDonald's has created their own set of collectible, trading cards;…

Some game pitches sound a lot like they were conceptualised during fever dreams, and — certainly — if you'd told me that I'd be playing a point and click game about a fake psychic solving mysteries with a talking weasel mascot then I'd…

Drill down into a lot of sci-fi and you get to a handful of hero archetypes. Among the most memorable are the gung-ho marine, the loyal alien warrior and the resourceful scientist. The former solves problems with actions rather than words,…

Battlefield Commander WWII, although it’s still in early access, it is still a brain twister. Hardcore strategy, man.

Help DJ Bunny on her quest to play a set at the famous Hippity Hop Music Festival. Thanks to my line of work I get along to a lot of videogame events. However, I don't often get to take my kids along to them, in fact, we normally get along…

Club Manager, designed by Colin Webster, is a football management game that aims to capture the long arc of running a club rather than the moment‑to‑moment tactics of a single match. It’s a game about seasons (up to ten), not an individual…

Warhammer 40,000 Dark Heresy has you step into the shoes of an Acolyte of the Inquisition, a low ranking member of the order who has been sent on a mission to investigate potential heresies, as well as assist other members of the…

What is neat is the inclusion of recyclable rubbish that you take to machines which turn them into usable resources. Yes, there’s currency to upgrade your tools, but you’ll also get wood, ropes, and other such items that can build…

2025 was an incredible year for tabletop gaming, with designers pushing boundaries in creativity, storytelling, and mechanical depth. Yet, it was also a year of reprints, re-imaginings and perhaps a retraction in the crowdfunding market…

The job of a delivery worker is simple, you take the gift and deliver it through the deadly tombs, the lethal caves and the malignant crypts, all in an effort to complete your next Dungeon Dispatch. Most of us have played games where we're…

Abscond, verb, to exit a place in a wee bit of a rush. Absconder feels a lot like Hotline Miami and Super Hexagon in that it's really hard to convey how 'in the moment' it is, and that you simply need to learn through exposure. Absconder…

It's been a while since local-cooperative games have had to be split-screen at all times, but in Never/Together the separation of the two characters is essential to your journey and race to escape from a deadly prison ship. Never/Together…