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Top 5 Not so Scary Halloween Games
I love Halloween just as much as the next person! I like dressing up, getting candy, decorating the house, and, well everything pumpkin themed. What I don’t enjoy is the horror aspect of Halloween. Each year I am presented with many, many…
The best retro games for Halloween
There are plenty of horror games out there now, thanks in part to the likes of the Resident Evil and Silent Hill series, but what about before the dawn of the survival horror genre? Back when pixels and sprites ruled our TV screens? I’m…
Have a wild time in the Planet Zoo beta
We’ve spent the last couple of weeks trying out the Planet Zoo beta – it’s time to gather our thoughts while we wait for the full release.
The 5 best spooky PC games to play for Halloween
The spooky season is finally upon us! Scary movies, trick or treating and of course horror games. So if you’re feeling brave this Halloween, here are some spooky PC games to play during spooktober. System Shock 2…
Jack Axe — Axe throwing adventure
After all of the men have left the village, Jack has found an axe. Axes are only meant for men, but this axe is special and has given Jack unique abilities. She’s now trying to leave this town and figure out what has happened in the world…
Sabotage is a two-button game of ‘procure on site’, against the odds infiltration
If you've been hurting to play as a French Colonel who is so hardcore that he overthrows entire castles of Nazis with almost no effort, despite parachuting in completely naked, look no further than Sabotage. A Ludum Dare 45 entry (Theme:…
Checkpoint: The Hearth, Osaka
The Hearth Board Game Bar and Cafe is a small but rich community. We wrote about the experience there in this article.
Pathways/022 — The final ramble
Have you played Dark Souls? I sure have! It’s definitely a video game. It isn’t that the fanbase is toxic (it isn’t) nor that the game is too hard (it isn’t) nor that the game is obtuse (maybe), but people are often quick to ignore the…
Pack Master — cute and colorful suitcases
Often, the most simple ideas are ones that make for the most fun gameplay. Pack Master, a simplistic yet juicy mobile puzzle game is one such game. In Pack Master, you are tasked with packing various items into a suitcase… and that's…
Flotsam — Whatever floats your town
In the city management genre we have the giant that is Cities: Skylines, and a few other interesting takes such as Frostpunk or Banished. But now Pajama Llama Games found a new way to make the genre work — the question is whether Flotsam…
Not for Broadcast is a promising dystopian news simulator
Amidst the acid washed jeans, side ponytails and shoulder pad trends of the 1980s, many gamers forget (or just weren’t even there yet) that full motion video games were actually a trend. Live action video narration in games eventually went…
Ord.’s new update is anything but ordinary
There has never been a better time to purchase Ord.
Food Truck Pup — Cook crepes with a Shiba Inu chef
Manage your own food truck selling crepes in Food Truck Pup by Game Start — a cute and addictive pixelated mobile game, featuring a Shiba Inu chef.
Mob Sitters — Dangerous jobs for side money
Babysitting doesn't ever pay enough. As a babysitter for the mob, however, there are far more chances to earn money. Mob Sitters gives those opportunities to you, but with those hopes of earning more cash comes a fear of getting caught by…
Pathways/021 — Grab the Bottle
Grab the Bottle is a Rube Goldberg puzzler, somehow oh-so familiar. There are games that exist in a different format in our memories to their actual format, things seen through a filter that was never there. The graphics looked sharper, fog…
Colt Canyon is an explosive Western-themed shooter with stealth and AI-Partner options
Fight back against the odds to save your partner in Western-themed 2D shooter Colt Canyon. Colt Canyon is all about moving fast and shooting faster. It's a simple-looking 2D shooter in which the danger of the enemies is only matched by the…
RTS-Typing fusion Touch Type Tale is a master of both genres
If there was one game which blew me away at the recent Develop: Brighton conference it was Touch Type Tale, a fantastic fusion of RTS and typing-game which excels in both genres. The typing genre is, in my opinion, at its best when it…
Time of Legends: Destinies — Arc de Triomphe?
Hot on the heels of recent Kickstarter blockbuster Time of Legends: Joan of Arc reaching its fulfilment date, Time of Legends: Destinies is a brand new, joint venture between veteran publishers Mythic Realms and augmented reality experts,…
Man Of Medan — Fear, fun?
A horror game on a ghost ship meant to be played with a gaggle of pals, and a few buckets of popcorn. Sounds like a great night in, right? Enter Man Of Medan.
Zen Gaming — What is zen?
People play games for a variety of reasons. Some play them to fulfill fantasies of grandeur, others to blow off steam through some headshots. The reason that I play games nowadays is to relax, to achieve some zen in my chaotic head.