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Come Sail Away! Review – A Gentle Cruise into Deep Waters
There’s a particular kind of joy that comes from discovering a game that feels both familiar and fresh — a game that invites you in with a warm smile and then quietly reveals its cleverness over time. Come Sail Away!, designed by Daryl Chow…
Gray Zone Warfare — Extracting Never Looked So Cool
Gray Zone Warfare is an open world extraction shooter that lets you step into the shoes of one of three competing PMC groups to complete missions in a massive, constantly active MMO world set on the island of Lamang. With its emphasis on…
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers – Twisted Horrors In A Beautiful World
I'm going to open with a clear message here. Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is honestly one of the best games that I have played this year. I came into it a bit apprehensive, being a massive Dark Souls fan, and was wondering how this would hold…
Alpha Response — A Police Shooter With an Identity Crisis
Alpha Response was released at the tail end of last year and has recently had its biggest update, an update working on improved ai, visual features as well as new missions and real-world locales. But, it just doesn’t seem to hit the mark…
Cable Guys Creeper Stand – ‘Hisssss’ got your phone!
The Minecraft Creeper, with its hiss basically signalling the end times for any would-be house builder at nighttime in the world, has become so well known that it could be argued that it's a household name. . What better way to get them on…
Pokémon GO Manchester Road Trip – Big Bus, Big Crowds
At time of writing, the Pokémon GO Road Trip has begun its journey, starting off with its very first stop in Manchester, UK with new Pokéstops, field research, raids and a few in person events/rewards as well as getting to see the big bus…
Enshrouded – An Early Game Review
Enshrouded has been in Early Access since the beginning of 2024 and has had a myriad of updates since, including its most recent large scale update in May: The Thralls of Twilight. The mega update added new areas, mechanics and much more…
Panzer Corps 2: War Stories — Fall of Poland brings the battle to you
There’s a large difference between being outnumbered and overwhelmed.
Skin Deep — Cats in Spaaaaaace!
You are Nina Pasadena, Insurance Commando. It’s your job to stop pirates from robbing the feline-crewed spaceships cruising the infinite, and you’ll quickly figure out that you can achieve this in some of the most absurd and drawn out ways…
B3 is here to help you live long and prosper – in 11 Bit Studios The Alters
The Alters is a narrative-driven survival and base-building game developed by 11 bit studios, the creators of This War of Mine and Frostpunk. You play as Jan Dolski, a lone astronaut stranded on a hostile planet with a deadly, radioactive…
The Alters – Me, Myself and I
Have you ever had a moment in your life that you look back on and thought about how you could have done things differently? If you were given the chance, would you want to see how much your life would change if you altered a significant…
Pauper’s Ladder: Second Edition – A charming quest crawler
Explore Brighthelm, defeat monsters and ascend to rule the land in Pauper's Ladder. There’s something quietly magical about a game that doesn’t try to be the biggest, boldest, or most complex thing on your shelf, but instead focuses on…
Atlas: Explore the World – A Global Journey in Cardboard Form
Explore the world and race to complete your jet-setting objectives in Atlas: Explore the World. There’s a quiet, enduring appeal to games that invite us to explore — not through conquest or competition, but through curiosity and connection.…
Moorhuhn Kart 2 – Crazy Chicken, Crazy Physics
Moorhuhn Kart 2 - Or Crazy Chicken Kart 2, as it’s called outside of Germany — came to me after a conversation with a friend. They mentioned that Moorhuhn was very popular in the early 2000’s, and after some digging, I found some quite…
Nico Saves The State – And My Boredom
Nico Saves The State slid into my inbox this week, and it initially made me suck air between my teeth. I'll be one of the first to admit that puzzle games, platformers and me usually don't mix. I can rarely handle anything more complicated…
Worshippers of Cthulhu — Is it an eldritch blast?
To keep things on theme, the resources you generate are sometimes a bit more unusual. Instead of money, you have faith to spend on constructions, and whilst wood is a standard building material, the only clothing you can offer is robes and…
Hidden Kittens: Kingdom of Cats – Spy the Cats!
Some hidden object cat games simply have you trying to find as many cats as possible. Hidden Kittens: Kingdom of Cats is one of those types of games, where you are presented with a large, primarily devoid of color picture and need to just…
Occlude – Dark heart of the cards
Each stage begins with a short story about someone who has done something terrible and has come across this very deck of cards. The deck will allow them to change what they did, but only if they complete a ritual correctly. There are hints…
Black Metro is a Cyberpunk-style area control game with a few twists
There’s a certain kind of game that doesn’t just ask you to play — it asks you to scheme. Black Metro, the debut title from Emesh De Zoysa and Absolute Ascendency, is one of those games. It’s a modern, asymmetric area control experience…
Total War: ROME – The Board Game is good, but is it a Pyrrhic victory?
Total War is one of my favourite video game series. You can imagine my excitement when I saw that Total War: ROME - The Board Game was in development and immediately began to imagine how they might have captured some of the best mechanics…