Video Game Previews

Using modern technology and retro shooter gameplay, Prodeus hopes to keep the spirit of 90s shooters alive, and from what I played in its Early Access version, it does. It certainly does. Aside from DOOM (2016) and its sequel’s…

Get up close and personal in this medieval city builder, where you can stack bricks, argue with priests and command armies.

It’s time to tiptoe through the exclusion zone as we return to Chernobylite, where physics gets weird, green and radioactive.

As Lady Love Dies, find out the truth and discover the facts in your quest to find out who killed Paradise.

I’m the first to admit that I’ve sunk way too many hours into MMO’s such as World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy 14. Whether it was raids, dungeons, or crafting, I often spend the early hours of the morning justifying to myself why I needed…

With its power-punk rock duo setup, No Straight Roads comes out of left field with an amazing blend of action, music, and platforming to create a stunning game that will keep your toes tapping along to the violence of bashing robots to the…

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…

When it comes to exploration in games, it needs to accomplish one simple, yet lofty task for me to stay interested: Feed my curiosity. Let me explore a world that feels alive, teeming with possibilities and with so much character that I…

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to run your very own gas station in space, then look no further than Cosmo’s Quickstop.

Normally rogue-lite games become very boring, very quickly for me. I often find that I’ve seen most of the game in the first hour of playing, and so have little drive to keep playing the same areas, or enemies over and over again. Whilst…

I’ve been known to take quite a few food pictures and post them on Instagram in my time, and that’s sort of what MasterChef: Dream Plate reminds me of. It’s a pretty simple concept: instead of cooking up the food you’ll be purchasing it and…

Getting into space is hard. Very hard. Getting to space requires planning, research and a big rocket. Mars Horizon puts you at the head of a fresh, up and coming space agency, hell-bent on becoming the greatest space agency the earth and…

The latest expansion for Paradox’s Cities: Skylines city builder brings new mass transit options, huge transport interchanges and an entirely new fishing industry to the game, amongst other things.

Cartridge Defense could keep it as simple as having a cartridge for a machine gun and another for a flamethrower, but the different cartridges have a variety of benefits. Some allow you to place multiple towers, or towers of different types…

Welcome to New London, a solarpunk Utopia of the 2060s. Take on the mantle of Detective Grosvenor — a jaded, middle-aged detective — and track down a radicalised serial killer in a dark underworld. An accessible, interesting detective game,…

This week I took part in the open beta for Ninjala, an upcoming free to play game by GungHo coming exclusively to Nintendo switch. With its colourful visuals and close-quarters, playfully chaotic gameplay, I was pleasantly surprised from…

If there is one thing I can take away from my time playing Totally Reliable Delivery Service it’s this: If this is how deliveries are made, it would explain why my packages turn up half-destroyed and late. Developed by We’re Five Games and…

In recent times surreal humor has gained a place in society’s conscience. The mere mortals have finally tasted the pure gibberish that younger generations have been carefully hatching for months if not years. Between nuked memes and…

You pursue it and find yourself at an old farmhouse surrounded by ghostly figures standing in the shadows just outside. Go into the dark and you’ll find yourself horribly murdered by these denizens of darkness, but if you can find a light…

Speed Limit is quick, clear and incredibly addictive. After just a few short attempts I found myself getting hooked onto the nonstop arcade action gameplay, Even if it’s rather short-lived. Speed limit, Developed by Gameschuck, see’s…