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Press Play: Robocop, The Victor Initiative and the games we’re playing
We're back with another Press Play, our little regular feature where the team at B3 get to step away from their day jobs and whatever we're reviewing to share our thoughts on what we've been playing and what we're hoping to play. This week…
Gunsen: The Battle for Toshi Ranbo is a superbly streamlined take on Scythe
Gunsen: The Battle for Toshi Ranbo is a streamlined and beautifully elegant engine‑building wargame that blends area control, tactical movement and escalating action power into a tense, highly interactive contest across the Legends of the…
Vicious Gardens: Chaos Critters & Fancy Plants adds secret goals and even more modifiers
It's been just over a year since we reviewed the absolutely fantastic Vicious Gardens from Pops & Bejou Games, and after the absolutely abhorrent drought period we've had, it seems fitting that we're now back to discuss the Chaos…
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Eradication pack sprinkles heavy hitters across every faction
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Eradication pack's additions make an already great game even better.
Thousand Hells’ fantastic writing and conflict system have made it my favourite game of 2026
Whether you're a fan of choice-driven narrative games, curious about heisting from a large quantity of hells, or have a deep love of A Sharp's Glorantha-set King of Dragon Pass and Six Ages games, Thousand Hells definitely has you covered.…
Tom the Postgirl involves a lot of peeping
It’s often much more fun to watch what people are doing in their homes when they think no one’s looking. Tom the Postgirl is a really rather quirky game, so expect to see all sorts of oddities, from church raves to corpse-driven plant…
Sin: Reloaded delivers a pleasant update to Original Sin
The levels are fun enough, but Sin is very much frontloaded, with the best levels being early on. The bank that you start with has some real promise, with you being able to affect the next level by blowing up parts of the scenery from your…
The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410 is trying to claw its way from pauper to patrician
The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410 is a life simulator set during the early renaissance, where you can lead your dynasty to fame and fortune through shrewd management. The Guild is one of those long running series that, given my penchant for…
Big Walk is a perfectly timed re-education in basic communication.
Big Walk is the third game from House House. the Australian based game developer known for a certain game involving a certain goose. Seeming to be a combination of their first two games (however minimal): The multiplayer aspect of Push me…
Nioh 3’s Hell Rising DLC continues Team Ninja’s incredible journey
Hell Rising, the new DLC for Nioh 3, is exactly the kind of expansion that I wanted — it’s vicious, uncompromising and rich with the kind of mechanical depth that rewards players who already know how to dance with (almost certain) death. It…
The Fertile Crescent 2 is an RTS that rewards thinking outside the base
When it comes to RTS games, most variations of base-building and unit generation techniques have been thoroughly done to death. The Fertile Crescent 2 builds on the systems established in the first with UI tweaks, a new faction and an…
Lord of the Rings: War in the North reminds of what games have lost
Lord of the Rings: War in the North – Legacy Edition on Xbox One gave me a stark reminder that some games simply arrive at the wrong moment. Once dismissed as a clumsy, uneven action‑RPG in an era overflowing with genre‑defining…
Fangtopia’s puzzles gives ghouls and ghosts a home
Fangtopia, from developer Absolutely Games and publisher Secret Mode, is a spooktacular puzzle game recently showcased at Brilliant Indie Treasures on the Golden Hinde. Fangtopia challenges you to build your ideal tile-based, spooky…
Snap Spooky Screenshots in Cronos: The New Dawn Photo Mode Update
Chronos: The New Dawn has received a free photo mode update for players across consoles and PC. The new feature is available right now, complete with filters, editing and new cosmetics to show of your spectacularly spooky side. Cronos: The…
Sosig is a perfect, portable introduction to sabotage
Where Hoddog walked, Sosig runs, with fun modifiers and an order system that replaces the set building mechanics, making the sausage-assembling game feel like a strategic upgrade and perfect travel partner to Scrungo Games' other compact,…
Press Play: Deadlock, Dark Souls and the games we’re playing
Now, here's a thing. The team here at B3 are always playing through games - old and new - be that because we're working on reviews or previews, or because we've been gaming for most of our lives and it's what we do to relax. We've created…
The Australia expansion for Endangered adds more to an already great sandbox
The original Endangered was perfect for this, offering a superb framework that led to great stories. The second big box expansion is now with us, and I can safely say that Endangered: Australia is a generous, imaginative expansion that…
Yotei is Essen 2026’s Hottest Potato
Yotei is a charming, tightly engineered bidding‑and‑building game that blends worker placement, hidden‑information auctions, and escalating card synergies into a warm and yet surprisingly competitive contest at the foot of Mt. Yotei. The…
The OneOdio Studio Max 2 are High-Performing Headphones
The OneOdio Studio Max 2 Wireless DJ headphones have been my go to for the last month or so. On the train, chilling out at home, anywhere… you name it and I've been using these while doing it and it has been a pleasant and comfortable…
Effulgence_RPG is entirely ASCII and almost defies explanation
It’s not often that a party-based RPG sparks the level of curiosity and wonder that Effulgence_RPG manages to espouse. It’s not the hardest game in the world, it’s not the deepest or longest either, but I have never (and potentially will…