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There was a moment in Flashpoint: Legacy of Flame — I think around the third or fourth mission — when I realised that I wasn't playing a rehash of the original Flashpoint: Fire Rescue, but something more akin to the culmination of 15 years…

There was a time when buying a third-party controller felt like a massive gamble. You’d pick up something half the price of a first-party pad, only to discover it had the ergonomics of a brick, the responsiveness of a sponge, and the…

I don’t always use a controller for PC gaming, but sometimes — when you just want a bit more precise movement to one of your Souls-likes or have a bit more control over vehicles in GTA and feel the rumble through your hands — then…

If you normally sit there, shouting answers at the TV during quiz shows or happen to be a master of memory, then Junior Tension, and its non-kids version Tension, is a great game for you and your younger children. Specifically aimed at 6+…

When you strike gold, you often find more nearby. That's the hope for PlayStack, it would seem, who are back with their next publishing attempt after Balatro. In an attempt to hold onto the bottled lightning of 'hypnotic twist on a classic'…

Boot up your computer, power up your dial-up modem and get ready to become a Faceminer in an alternative-history's dotcom boom. Ah, 1999. Existentialism flooding the cinemas, the UK introducing a minimum wage, a fear of the millennium bug…

The original Frostpunk was a masterclass in moral compromise. It asked players not just how they would survive, but what they were willing to sacrifice to do so. Now, Frostpunk 2 arrives with a colder heart and a broader scope, trading the…

Making things trickier are the mannequins that at first simply stand around. Some of them are active, whilst others are aggressive but it won’t be clear which are which until they actually become active. Your objectives will funnel you in…

Kevin Wilson has designed a lot of games over the years, but few feel as immediately confident and mechanically rich as Kinfire Council. This is a game that knows exactly what it is trying to be — an asymmetric, competitive worker placement…

Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel doesn’t waste time with subtlety. From the moment you drop into Niflheim, the game throws you into a Norse-flavoured bullet hell where survival is measured in seconds and progression is earned through grit,…

The PXN P5 is the slightly cheaper counterpart to the PXN P5 8K, but is still a highly versatile neat little package compatible with PC, Xbox, Playstation and the Nintendo Switch.  From its sleek and comfortable design to its highly…

When it comes to discussing games that can be played with the family, there's normally a hard-line between games for younger children and older children. Sandcastles of Burgundy, like many classics, cleverly bridges that gap with a fun,…

Sometimes, you need to spice things up in your office, and how better than by hiding dozens of cat statues around it? Yes, Secret Paws - Cozy Offices is another hidden cat object game, this time with a 3D rendering of an office, that you…

You start WAY behind the eight-ball here, and pray you can survive to make it out alive.

Here at B3, we love a narrative adventure game with cute, anamorphic creatures and a divergent narrative. Foretales, developed by Alkemi and published by Dear Villagers, is one of those rare titles that manages to feel both narratively rich…

Everyone loves a game that stops passer-bys in their tracks, and Catch the Moon XXL is exactly that kind of game — a towering, whimsical spectacle that draws gasps from children and adults in equal measure. With oversized ladders, a giant…

When it comes to games about running businesses, there are a few that come to mind... and some of them end in big arguments and disappointment. I'm not saying that Big Boss fixes all of the issues of games about exponential, capitalist…

There’s a certain atmosphere that only games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. can conjure — a blend of dread, decay, and desperate survival that’s as much about mood as it is mechanics. With the recently “enhanced” S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Legends of the Zone…

Who doesn’t love a cozy citybuilder? These are the kind of games that let you zoom out, take a breath, and slowly shape a world of your own. On Xbox Series X, three recent entries into the genre — The Wandering Village, Kingdoms and…

You manage an entire team of workers who head down into an ever more expansive mineshaft to gather resources that you’ll use to upgrade your mine platform. Once you’ve gained enough, your platform will take your team deeper to gather ever…