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Generation Zero — Robot end wars
If you’ve had your fill of zombie-based, post-apocalyptic survival games, but still have room in your heart for the genre then perhaps Generation Zero’s robot based carnage will appeal. Generation Zero is a cooperative online shooter from…
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! — It’s a challenge on Nintendo Switch
When Cook, Serve, Delicious! came out on PC, I was all over it. I played a bunch of the game, getting perfect days, designing a menu that met my taste and generally enjoying creating my own restaurant. When Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! came…
The Infinite Hotel is an entertaining and clever VR solution to traversal
Between the folds of space there exists a hotel with infinite rooms and a hell of an elevator. As an elevator operator at The Infinite Hotel you'll be spending a lot of time using it. The Infinite Hotel, by Italic Pig, is an interesting…
Forum Trajanum — Forum the Emperor!
2018 was a year in which there was not one, but two Stefan Feld games themed around ancient Rome. The first, Carpe Diem, is a relatively straightforward tile drafting and placement game where players act as wealthy Patricians. The second,…
Fishing Cactus on Shift Quantum and working with second-hand IPs
We caught up with developer Fishing Cactus following their Shift Quantum release back in 2018 to discuss the difficulties and benefits of working with existing IP, as well as taking the opportunity to discuss the studio and its future…
Art and Soul — Vignettes
Vignettes takes what you see and turns it into something more.
All the Delicate Duplicates — A cerebral trip down memory lane
The reality-bending premise of All the Delicate Duplicates is strong, and even with some errors, it was deeply satisfying to uncover clues in the small but ever-changing environment.
Horizons — To boldly go
Have you ever dreamed of travelling through the stars, exploring new worlds and exploiting their resources to fuel the expansion of your species? Horizons is certainly not the first board game to help this dream materialise, but it is one…
Ignis: Duels of Wizards is a 1vs1 duel of steerable spells
Sling spells, hurl hexes and curve curses in Ignis: Duels of Wizards, a distillation of the MOBA formula, which allows players to steer their spells in tight 1vs1 duels. Ignis: Duels of Wizards, from Moonlit, is a magic dueling game where…
TumbleSeed — Patience is rewarding
The fate of the word is left to a seed, the only seed that can move across the land guided by a platform below them. TumbleSeed has you controlling a seed which sets out to explore a world full of holes, desperately trying to not tumble…
Warparty — Jurassic lark
Leading a stone age tribe, training dinosaurs, using your own magical power — all this and more can be found in Warparty. Since the days of the Super Nintendo and Megadrive, dedicated console fans have repeatedly shown their appreciation…
Kanagawa — Paint your masterpiece
In Kanagawa, players take on the role of art students in 19th Century Japan. In a time-honoured tradition, the students will compete to improve their skills, expand their own studio and compete to make the best impression on their master.…
Keg Wars is an explosive, RPG twist on Tic-Tac-Toe
Tic-Tac-Toe meets RPG in Keg Wars, a browser-based, multiplayer strategy game which will also launch for PS4. Keg Wars, from Flying Pan Studio, is a strategy game based around classic RPG classes. Each of the classes have different actions…
Foundation — The picturesque, village-building beta
Like your cities all higgledy-piggledy? It’s time to sink your teeth into Foundation, a non-grid-based city-building game based around mediaeval villages.
Pixel Soldier is fast and challenging fun on a Game Boy scale
A frantic, explosive action game where you must defend the inner space of a rotatable shape, Pixel Soldier is fast, hard fun. Pixel Soldier, from Accidentally Awesome, challenges you to move around within an object, defeating enemies and…
Sushi Bar — Keeping a conveyor belt full
I am not a huge fan of idle games, but sometimes they get me hooked. In my challenge of finding all of the mobile, food-based games, I ended up with Sushi Bar on my phone. I knew it was an idle game, but in fairness, I needed to give it a…
The Fantasy Trip: Legacy Edition — Dungeon master and commander
It’s not every day that you’ll see a re-release like The Fantasy Trip: Legacy Edition. In fact, it’s a game — or rather a system — that I think will surprise a lot of people with both its accessibility and it’s flexibility. As the…
Art and Soul — FAR: Lone Sails
FAR: Lone Sails tells a wordless story of a lonely journey taken by a red-hooded protagonist and their odd, yet somehow personified mechanical vehicle.
Force of Habit is making games which make me rage
Games come in many genres, styles and forms. Some are more experimental, others focus on story, some provide quick gameplay, and some, some make you rage. Force of Habit have released two games so far on the Nintendo Switch; Toast Time:…
In Chernobylite, radiation isn’t all you need to worry about
As if there weren’t already enough problems in Chernobyl, you now have horrors from an alternate reality to deal with in your quest to solve a mysterious disappearance.