Latest

Just as I think that there are enough arena fighting games, then someone brings a style I just can’t say no to, a theme that I just want to try, and Boomerang Fu was suddenly downloading, waiting to be played. The first thing I love about…

Sometimes, the simplest ideas are the best — especially when you take the most basic concept and layer in just a few new ideas to keep things interesting. With Twin It!, players will feel immediately familiar thanks to similarities with…

Whilst Little Battle is a title that might suggest a fair bit of conflict, this small box kids game from Loki is actually something very different. Yes, you’ll be competing directly with each other, but the anamorphic-pirate theme and the…

Even if the combat were fully functional, there would be little narrative incentive to pick this game up again after setting it down.

The importance of a great looking watch cannot be understated. You could easily take your look from casual to professional with a blazer and a beautiful watch. However, if you have an Apple Watch, it can be difficult to find the right strap…

With some really stellar tactical action games already out on Nintendo’s Switch console, 1971 Project Helios was always going to need to find some way to differentiate itself. At face value it might appear to do just that, with an…

Now I’ve played quite a few roguelikes/roguelites at this point, and it’s fair to say that I’m a bit worn out on the whole genre. With so many vying for attention and little done to stand out, it can often feel like I’m playing the same…

Rigid Force Redux plays like a traditional horizontal side-scrolling shmup and may seem like a game that you’ve already played, but it also offers a unique pod-placement system that gives a fresh face to the classic genre.

My idea of a good horror game is one that paralyses me with fear. It’s a game that is so terrifying I can’t get out of my chair to perform basic functions like visiting the toilet, or getting a drink. These are games so frightening that you…

There’s a fine line between imitation as flattery and outright copying the work of a person or group that you admire. In the case of Mortal Shell, the line is so blurred that I could hardly see it, and if you put screenshots from Mortal…

Modern board and card games encompass all kinds of things, from directly confrontational head to head games, to abstract puzzles and party games that can accommodate four or more players. Through this creative diversity, we also have access…

Karuba: The Card Game is a, well, card game all about exploring in the jungle, looking to lead specific adventurers to the temples they have been tracking, while grabbing as much gold and gems as you can along the way. Karuba is a really…

At first, things seem quiet but it doesn’t take long for you to overhear people being assaulted, murdered, and sacrificed by the family and staff. From this point, you’ll be finding keys and solving puzzles to unlock more of the hotel…

Sand beasts, gladiatorial duels, alchemical weaponry and much, much more are added into the already expansive Battle Brothers world by its new Blazing Deserts expansion. Six years is a very long time in video games, almost a whole console…

The city walls were breached five days prior and now the survival of the citizens is entirely down to small squads of soldiers, fighting against the odds to recover resources and save survivors. Shardpunk: Verminfall is a modern,…

When we got a Nintendo Switch Lite, one of the main trade-offs for the console was that it could not be projected onto a TV. This meant that the device was completely handheld as a console, not one to be played in the front room or while…

Goosebumps: Dead of Night is broken into three stages. The first has you sneaking around Stine’s home, avoiding monsters and collecting the lost pages, followed by a jaunt through a conservatory to collect potion ingredients, culminating in…

Look, I have been playing demos of Radical Rabbit Stew for absolute ages. I can get through the entire first world in so little time, beating the first boss and moving into the greater campaign in my sleep. However, now that the game is…

Where recently reviewed Red Star, tackled the pre- and early years ('38-'41) of WWII from the Soviet perspective, Order of Battle: Red Steel takes the conflict through '42 through to the critical battles of early '43. As I noted in the Red…

As a board gamer with young kids, I’m always on the lookout for new ways to hook my family into enjoying the hobby with me. The trouble with most kids games is that they offer little in the way of interest for adult players. Splash Party,…