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Ninjala Beta Impressions — Bubblegum Pop
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…
CCCU Isojam: Creativity in lockdown
Times are rough at the moment. But that hasn’t stopped the creativity of some students at Canterbury Christ Chruch University. CCCU Isojam saw students, lecturers and friends alike, come together for a 10-day game jam. Any engine could be…
Creator Interview — Dávid Turczi — Excavation Earth
Dig deep with an interview with Dávid Turczi, a prominent solo game designer — on his methods and his upcoming Kickstarter Game, Excavation Earth!
Technotopia — Six Months On
The previously linear levels seem to have a little more scale now. Before it would pretty much be a case of move in a straight line and avoid the cameras, whilst now there are various side paths you need to take to unlock routes or…
Dreamscaper lets you fight your nightmares
Dreamscaper tells the story of Cassidy, a girl whose dreams and nightmares come to life in a vivid, alternative reality every time that her head hits the pillow.
A Monster’s Expedition sees you discovering humanity
A Monster’s Expedition is a very cute puzzle game where you play as a monster, slowly discovering the human world through small exhibitions left around from a museum. You see, monsters want to learn a bunch of information about humans for…
Those Who Remain is a truly spine-chilling experience
Indie Studio Camel 101 walks you down a dark road of atmospheric horror with Those Who Remain, a first-person psychological exploration bound to give you the heebie-jeebies. Those Who Remain entirely focuses on the first-person perspective…
The 10 best games to foster team spirit when working remotely
Looking for more ways to bond while your whole team’s working remotely? We’ve put together a few suggestions.
Totally Reliable Delivery Service just about delivers
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…
Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim — I’m laying eggs at a fairground while a phone-headed guy watches, I…
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…
Those Who Remain wants you to stay in the light.
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…
Is Imperator: Rome fixed by its 1.4 Archimedes update?
Imperator: Rome's 1.4 Archimedes update is out now, as well as the Magna Graecia content pack. With it comes a bunch of fixes, tweaks and improvements to the core game. Let's have a little dive into them. The 1.4 Archimedes update, was…
To Spare a Rabbit is about rekindling your relationship with an estranged sibling
One day John Vanderhoef is going to quit making games and move into writing scripts for movie shorts which walk the line of moody and reflective, regardless of their setting. Over the last while I've stumbled across most of his online…
Audysseys — Prescription for Sleep: Shovel Knight
Prescription for Sleep: Shovel Knight takes the iconic soundtrack from the most successful action platformer in the last decade and gives it a jazzy makeover, transforming it into a great album to fall asleep or chill out to.
Save the Perfect Princess in Tower Princess
There are many different variations on the classic dungeon crawler goal of saving the princess. What makes Tower Princess different is the fact that at the end of the rescue mission, you’ll bank yourself a date with the prince or princess…
Redlander is a post-apocalyptic prologue to a grand adventure
A track-wheeled vehicle, The Redlander, trundles across the wastes, its only crew an anxious gremlin and the machine's AI, CORE. So many Bitsy games go down the route of interactive poetry or trying to capture a moment in time, or memory,…
Hive time — getting beezy
Busy bees be building, but beloved bee boss be breezing by botanical branches, breaking beetles blockade. - By B3
Board Games to play in self-isolation; Coronavirus, and how I learned to love the meeple
As I write this, humanity is entering uncharted territory. I say this not just because we stand on the precipice of an unprecedented global health crisis as the direct result of the Coronavirus, but also because the knock-on effects it will…
Speed Limit — Road Rage Personified
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…
Audysseys — Parallelus (Chrono Cross Tribute Album)
Parallelus offers a new rendition of one of the most eclectic video game albums ever created — Yasunori Mitsuda’s soundtrack for Chrono Cross.