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Active Matter – Getting Vertical With A New Extraction Shooter
A healthy blend between Stalker and Escape From Tarkov, Active Matter encompasses the grit and fear that both games instil into you as a player, but pushes you to explore deeper with a more distorted and warped world that begs to be…
Kingdoms and Castles is cozy – but there’s nothing but crunch beneath the surface
Kingdoms and Castles lulls you into a false sense of security. You start with a single keep, a handful of peasants, and a patch of fertile land. The music is gentle, the visuals are bright, retro and deliberately blocky, and the early game…
Nature is the supreme being of the evolution genre
Nature is a modular, ecosystem-building strategy game from North Star Games and Dominic Crapuchettes that follows on from the popular Evolution and Oceans games which use remarkably similar mechanics. This latest effort offers the most…
Kiwi Ears Aventus – Great Sound and Great Comfort
The Kiwi Ears Aventus headphones boast impressive features at an accessible price. With a comfortable fit, due to its vegan leather ear covers, to its impressive battery life and — most interestingly — the inclusion of an AUX cable jack to…
Amanda the Adventurer 3 – Tape player
If you’ve played the previous games, then you likely know what to expect, and if you haven’t then starting on the third game seems a bit silly. For the uninitiated, you’ll need to watch the video tape and pause it at certain points to go…
Tokaido Duo is smaller and more complex than the original, but it’s also better
Tokaido Duo is a serene but surprisingly crunchy, two-player-only reimagining of the original Tokaido — offering a layered, asymmetric experience that captures the spirit of travel and reflection while introducing previously unexpected…
Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol.1 and Vol.2 feature some of the best shooters in history
If you’re a fan of classic arcade shooters — the kind that throw you into a cockpit, flood the screen with bullets and dare you to survive — then the twin release of Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol.1 and Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol.2 is a…
It Takes A War – An Experience To Remember
It Takes A War is the second game from Thomas Mackinnon after the hugely popular The Corridor. It’s marketed as a Co-op tactical shooter but if you’re familiar with The Corridor — and watch the trailer — then you should know you’re sure to…
Marc Andre’s Middle Ages perfectly enhances the Majesty of KingDomino
Middle Ages, designed by Marc André and published by Studio H, is a masterful blend of familiar mechanics and fresh presentation. Supplied to us by Hachette UK, Middle Ages is the clear spiritual successor to Majesty: For the Realm, but…
D*Fuzed – A New Game For A Nostalgic Handheld
It’s not everyday you get your hands on a new Gameboy game, but D*Fuzed is just that. From Incube8 Games, your journey with your new bomb defusing buddy, Deef, begins as you control him and help rescue his friends while a big bad boss tries…
Edifier W800BT Pro – A Good Quality Headset With Clear Sound
Edifier offers a wide range of products at a wide range of price points and the modest W800BT Pro fits neatly in the middle of that range offering active noise cancellation, good quality sound packaged neatly into a slick headset that is…
Karma: The Dark World – Deep dive
The purpose of ROAM agents is to investigate people for anything that might be opposed to this regime by diving into their memories to find any evidence of wrongdoing. Daniel’s initial investigation into someone seemingly stealing from work…
Leviathan Wilds deserves its high praise
Leviathan Wilds is a game that doesn’t ask you to fight bosses. Instead, it asks you to climb, to heal and to cling on for dear life. It’s an inversion of the recently popular boss battle genre, and it’s all the more compelling for it.…
Vault Boy Gets A Thumbs Up
I'm sure you've noticed, but we've become Cable Guys fiends of late, and after covering the Target exclusive Nuka Cola Power Armor Cable Guy, it makes sense that we next go to The Vault Boy phone and controller holder from them. That's…
Radiolight – What’s the frequency?
Exploring the park itself is quite nice. Whilst you do have a map that includes your exact location on it, it feels as though you can get lost due to how wide each area is. Gamers have an instinct to follow the path that is least obvious…
Who’d have thought Medusa Games Oranges and Lemons would be even sweeter than the nursery…
Oranges and Lemons is a game that invites players to walk through London’s past — and it’s brisk, bustling, and full of character. Designed by Richard Denning and published by Medusa Games, Oranges and Lemons is a medium-weight strategy…
Hotel Barcelona – The Eagles aren’t here
Fairly by the numbers so far, but the issue is that the combat is so utterly lacklustre. It doesn’t matter which weapon you use, nothing feels like it has any impact at all thanks to the outrageously floaty feeling controls and impossible…
Panzer Corps 2: Frontlines — Westwall takes you to the Seigfried Line with a surprising start
The campaign spans from the summer of 1944, after the liberation of Paris, to December of the same year.
Neverwinter Nights 2 is a creaking but nonetheless classic CRPG experience for the ages
Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition marks the first time Obsidian’s 2006 CRPG has made its way to Xbox consoles, and for many fans of classic Dungeons & Dragons games, that’s a big deal. Its built on the dense and often unforgiving…
Faraway: People from Below adds depth to an already fantastic journey
Faraway's recent People from Below expansion adds a welcome layer of asymmetry and thematic depth. It introduces a new biome — the Underlands — along with a fresh set of region cards and denizens that interact with the core mechanics in…