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An Early Look at Warhammer 40,000 Dark Heresy
Warhammer 40,000 Dark Heresy has you step into the shoes of an Acolyte of the Inquisition, a low ranking member of the order who has been sent on a mission to investigate potential heresies, as well as assist other members of the…
Gunnar Monterey – California Sun
These glasses are specifically designed to reduce eye strain thanks to tints that block out blue light and minimise glare that can be damaging to eyes. They also purport to trap more moist air around your eyes, decreasing the likelihood of…
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition brings pink-haired caveboy energy to the modern…
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition gives players a chance to time-travel back 25 years and play one of the most visually memorable platformers of the generation. For those of us lucky enough to grow up in the age of…
Scope: Panzer is a tactical, two-player battle in a tiny box
SCOPE: Panzer is a fast-playing, two-player World War II tank combat game from Draco Ideas and designer Juan A. Nácher that distills the tension of battlefield ambushes into a tight, 10–15 minute card game of memory, deduction, and…
Clean Up Earth Demo – Rubbish?
What is neat is the inclusion of recyclable rubbish that you take to machines which turn them into usable resources. Yes, there’s currency to upgrade your tools, but you’ll also get wood, ropes, and other such items that can build…
Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch – A Potential Gem Buried in Mechanics
Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch is an interesting beast. Part deck builder, part tower defense and part dungeon management, this is a game of so many gears I'm unsure if they all make the machine run smoother or jam up the mechanisms. The basic…
Marvel Cosmic Invasion is a triumphant piece of 80’s nostalgia
Marvel Cosmic Invasion on Xbox is a vibrant, retro-inspired beat ’em up that combines the chaotic fun of classic arcade brawlers with a fresh tag-team mechanic, delivering a short, challenging and highly entertaining romp through the Marvel…
Mount & Blade II Bannerlord: War Sails – Calradia From The Waves
Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord was an amazing addition to the series but now with the War Sails DLC released you can get stuck into naval combat and explore Calradia from a whole new perspective. I’ve been playing the Mount and Blade…
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Stonemeier Games newest release: Origin Story!
From Stonemeier Games, the company that brought us familiar game shelf favourites such as Wingspan, Scythe and Tapestry; Origin Story is the newest member of their gaming pantheon. Designed by Jamey Stegmaier, one of the world's most easily…
Tozo PE1 – Soaking sounds
Available in three colours and coming in at under £35, the Tozo PE1 is a very small speaker that isn’t designed with booming sound in mind. Its reduced size is designed to make it portable, and the attached clip allows you to set it up…
Zoo Vadis rightly negotiates its way to the top spot for games of this kind
Zoo Vadis by Reiner Knizia and Bitewing Games is a sharp, negotiation-driven strategy game that reimagines Knizia’s classic Quo Vadis with a rather nice animal theme, streamlined rules, and incredible modern production values. We’re…
Jurassic World Evolution 3 is the torchbearer for Spielberg’s JP legacy
Jurassic World Evolution 3 is the most ambitious and feature-rich entry in Frontier’s dinosaur park management series to date — it’s a visually stunning, mechanically deep sandbox that finally delivers on the fantasy of building your own…
Axis Football 2026 is a massive step forward for the series
This is, by far, the best football game they’ve ever produced. Period.
Humble Haunted House – An un-amusing tower defense flop
Whenever I read reviews, I always try to get an idea of how long the reviewer has played the game for. Have they really given the game a chance? Did they persevere to see if there was any gold past a bumpy start? So believe me when I say I…
Hollow Knight: Silksong Threads A Needle Through My Heart
Unlike a lot of games I play or review, it almost feels like Hollow Knight: Silksong requires no introduction. Its massively successful prequel, Hollow Knight, came out over seven years ago, and immediately impressed with its world…
Knight with Tactics – A Medieval Sliding “Puzzle”
Knight with Tactics is listed as a “puzzle & trivia” game. If the trivia question is “how fast can you get 1000 gamerscore?” then I can advise the answer is approximately three minutes. Gameplay in Knight with Tactics takes the form of…
What’s The Best Thing? is a ranking game where the ranks are hidden
Rating things is incredibly easy, in fact, we often do it automatically as we think about things. However, What's The Best Thing? challenges you, as a group, to rank five, then eight, then ten, random things in the correct order, and that's…
The Puzzle – Octopolis by Hungry Minds
From the creative minds at Hungry Minds — the studio behind The Book and The Last Book — comes their latest creation. It’s simply called The Puzzle — Octopolis. I am starting to see a pattern in how they name things. Not the most…
The Edifier ES850NB Headphones are good for the price, but not the class-leader
As someone who uses the Sony WH-1000XM5 daily, I approached the Edifier ES850NB with a healthy dose of scepticism. Sony’s flagship headphones are widely regarded as the gold standard for wireless ANC over-ear headphones, and I’ve grown used…
Bomb Busters is one of the best cooperative games in recent years
Bomb Busters from Pegasus Spiele is a fast-paced cooperative deduction game where players work together as a bomb squad, racing against time to cut the right wires and defuse explosives before disaster strikes. It’s a clever and highly…