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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…
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…
Old Skies – Time’s arrow
Wadjet Eye, a developer that any fan of pointing and clicking should keep close to their hearts and wallets, has returned with another gracefully told story about flawed humans. Old Skies is, it seems, a less flexible game than previous…
Blades of Fire is an addictive blacksmithing and fighting adventure that I couldn’t put down
From the outset, Blades of Fire feels unashamedly old-school. It opens with a cutscene that makes little to no sense, and the game takes an awfully long time to bring its memorable, interesting storyline to bear. That’s not really what…
Panzer Corps 2: Frontlines – Cyrenaica
You have the option of playing either Great Britain OR Italy. M'kay?
Even after 13 years, Tokaido still tells a sweet tale for gateway gamers
When we first reviewed Tokaido back in 2018, it was already 6 years old and board gaming was entering a Golden Age with innovative new games being released weekly and entirely new mechanics emerging all the time. Somehow, even then, Tokaido…
Dead by Daylight – Five Nights at Freddy’s Chapter — Jumpscaringly Good
Dead By Daylight is entering its ninth year, a surprisingly long time for a live service game in today's day and age. It offers something special to the video game market that means it has, essentially, no competition. Texas Chainsaw…
Edifier Neobuds Planar — Noise Cancelling on the Go
The Neobuds Planar from Edifier are a comfortable earbud that sports similar accessories to the larger, over-ear headphones (such as the WN950NB) with a small carry bag, charger and a varied bunch of different sized eartips.
Sunderfolk – Sundertale?
Control works very nicely too, with everything being done on your phone screen. When moving, you drag your finger across your screen and you can see the path your character will take, following your finger around the hexes. It’s a little…