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NuloNiku: Bowl Up! – Lots of Cooking Gameplay!
Over the years I've come across so many, varied cooking games. Many of these feature foods that I love dearly, such as hot pot. I've got, as you can likely tell, a soft sport for cooking games, as I love cooking so much and quite enjoy…
Vampire Crawlers – A Dungeon Crawling, Combo Busting Twist
Vampire Crawlers recently showcased its 'Turbo Wildcard Dungeon Explorer' twist at London Games Festival and I managed to get my hands on it to see what's in store for this new spin on the trend setting monolith. Vampire Crawlers takes the…
Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime – A Comedy Oddity for the Discerning Toad
Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime is an odd proposition. The game is witty, charming, and is clearly well-crafted. So why am I finding myself bouncing off it? Bonnie Bear is one of those genre-bending games that will end up being given a generic…
Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss – Mad fer it!
Finding the solutions to a puzzle will involve you finding and reading a great deal of those logs, as well as esoteric objects, and human or otherwise remains. As you find these, they’ll be added to your vault, with some of them posing…
Ancient Knowledge Review: Strategy, Decay, and Engine Building Done Right
Time might be the fire in which we burn, but with Ancient Knowledge, how much of that knowledge can you save? Ancient Knowledge is the kind of board game that doesn’t shout for attention with flashy miniatures or overproduced theatrics.…
Screamer – Drives like a scream
Screamer is absolutely gorgeous to look at. The environments fly by at a hundred miles per hour and still manage to look great, but it’s the cars that steal the show. They’re all absurdly proportioned, with every colour in existence on them…
High On Life 2 – Fun, Sun and Space Guns!
High on Life 2 is a direct continuation from the events of the first game, with you taking on the role of a bounty hunter, making space civilisation better one kill at a time. In the sequel you’re back to do it all again, with your freedom…
Boss Fighters QR is a satisfying boss battler with fantastic app integration
Boss Fighters QR, designed by Michael Palm and Lukas Zach and published by Pegasus Spiele, is a cooperative boss‑battler that blends traditional card‑driven gameplay with a clever and straightforward digital layer. Boss Fighters QR has a…
Reactor Rescue is an ambitious STEM game Kickstarting on April 21st
Reactor Rescue is coming to Kickstarter on 21st April. You can see the holding page (or back the game) by clicking going to the Kickstarter preview page. Here at B3, we love to support upcoming Kickstarter projects — especially when they do…
News Tower is a thematically perfect puzzle game wrapped in an engine builder
It's probably no surprise that we've been living in 'interesting times' since time immemorial, however, the way that news travels — and the news that does travel — is largely defined by the fourth estate. In News Tower you take charge of a…
Hive Blight has jpegs of real bugs and I love it
Hive Blight is the latest in a growingly established subgenre of roguelikes – that is auto-battler ones. Rather than turn-based tactics or deckbuilding, Hive Blight instead opts for a hands-off autobattler where placing your units and…
Fjordar is now on Kickstarter – here’s why you should pay attention
Anyone who has read my reviews will already know that I love games with medieval settings, and with the recent arrival of Fjordar on Kickstarter, I can't help but show my excitement. Fjordar is a game that immediately stands out to me - not…
Rewilding game, Grow Wild has a limited-time demo coming soon
Grow Wild is a stunning, nature-inspired game about rewilding a field, then exploring and enjoying the ecosystem that you build up - from shrubs and bugs to beyond. Previously, the only way you could have given it a go was through physical…
Spokes is a fast-paced, clever abstract game with a unique visual appeal
Spokes, designed by Bert Hardeman and published by Radical 8 Games, is a smallish-box title that immediately grabs your attention with bright, neon artwork and the promise of fast, tight decisions, an elegant structure and a puzzle that…
Cronos- The New Dawn – A point in history
With good horror, the kind that sticks in the mind, it's always about something. That can be deeply personal; grieving a relative, trauma that changes you, a desire to instill a fear of clowns in anyone who reads your work. Cronos: The New…
Tiny Bookshop now available on console, alongside physical release
Last year's Tiny Book Shop, from neoludic games, is the latest game to get a physical release, this one coinciding with the console release. Tiny Bookshop is a cozy, slice of life style game where you play as the owner of a traveling…
Outright Games launches ‘Big Smiles This Spring’ discount campaign on their…
Outright Games is known for creating a bunch of family friendly games with popular children's licenses. Most of these launch across both PC and consoles, and sometimes accompany TV series and movie releases. We've previously had a look at a…
Keys to the Castle is a path-making, tile-flipping challenge for all ages
Carve a path through a locked castle using the Keys To The Castle, but be careful as the other players will be trying to do the same. If you're looking for a simple to set up family board game that calls on both recall and strategy then you…
Graveyard Keeper 2 announced, will feature automation, tower-defense elements
Tiny Build Games has announced Graveyard Keeper 2, a sequel to 2018's Graveyard Keeper. If you've not heard of the first game, it's essentially a creepier version of Stardew Valley, where you are actually becoming a caretaker of a…
Galactic Vault – Lock in
It reminded me of Mothergunship and Vampire Hunters with their gun stacking and modding mechanics, and that’s kind of the biggest problem I had with Galactic Vault. Every time I sat down — and genuinely did enjoy playing a run — I found…