Video Games

A healthy blend between Stalker and Escape From Tarkov, Active Matter encompasses the grit and fear that both games instil into you as a player, but pushes you to explore deeper with a more distorted and warped world that begs to be…

Kingdoms and Castles lulls you into a false sense of security. You start with a single keep, a handful of peasants, and a patch of fertile land. The music is gentle, the visuals are bright, retro and deliberately blocky, and the early game…

Abscond, verb, to exit a place in a wee bit of a rush. Absconder feels a lot like Hotline Miami and Super Hexagon in that it's really hard to convey how 'in the moment' it is, and that you simply need to learn through exposure. Absconder…

If you’ve played the previous games, then you likely know what to expect, and if you haven’t then starting on the third game seems a bit silly. For the uninitiated, you’ll need to watch the video tape and pause it at certain points to go…

If you’re a fan of classic arcade shooters — the kind that throw you into a cockpit, flood the screen with bullets and dare you to survive — then the twin release of Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol.1 and Toaplan Arcade Collection Vol.2 is a…

It's been a while since local-cooperative games have had to be split-screen at all times, but in Never/Together the separation of the two characters is essential to your journey and race to escape from a deadly prison ship. Never/Together…

It Takes A War is the second game from Thomas Mackinnon after the hugely popular The Corridor. It’s marketed as a Co-op tactical shooter but if you’re familiar with The Corridor — and watch the trailer — then you should know you’re sure to…

Normally, with games that have isometric viewpoints, the floor is the most boring part of the whole thing, a beige backdrop that exists solely to stop you falling off into the aether. Not in the case of The Edge of Water where it's a…

It’s not everyday you get your hands on a new Gameboy game, but D*Fuzed is just that. From Incube8 Games, your journey with your new bomb defusing buddy, Deef, begins as you control him and help rescue his friends while a big bad boss tries…

Bloodgrounds is an exceptional foundation for what will hopefully become a haven for gladiatorial masochists and power-fantasy demi-gods alike. New difficulty options, crafting, audience interactions, gladiator expeditions and more are set…

The purpose of ROAM agents is to investigate people for anything that might be opposed to this regime by diving into their memories to find any evidence of wrongdoing. Daniel’s initial investigation into someone seemingly stealing from work…

The world is ending and most of the humans have simply given up hope and accepted their fate. In Purr-suit of Happiness you play a courier cat, delivering parcels and delivering hope. I, personally, am pretty convinced that it's humanity…

Mr Coo is back in Unboxing Mr. Coo, but this time the point and click series has a classic, puzzle-box twist. Iconic might be a bit strong, but there's a familiar, old-timey nostalgic 'thing' about Mr. Coo, and I think it's entirely down to…

Exploring the park itself is quite nice. Whilst you do have a map that includes your exact location on it, it feels as though you can get lost due to how wide each area is. Gamers have an instinct to follow the path that is least obvious…

The first guardian is dead, and the emotions have scattered. In Monowave you're the newly-born second guardian, and you must use the emotions' own powers to reunite them and bring peace back to the land. Monowave is a platform puzzle game…

Fairly by the numbers so far, but the issue is that the combat is so utterly lacklustre. It doesn’t matter which weapon you use, nothing feels like it has any impact at all thanks to the outrageously floaty feeling controls and impossible…

The campaign spans from the summer of 1944, after the liberation of Paris, to December of the same year.

Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition marks the first time Obsidian’s 2006 CRPG has made its way to Xbox consoles, and for many fans of classic Dungeons & Dragons games, that’s a big deal. Its built on the dense and often unforgiving…

BALL x PIT is the newest offering from publisher Devolver and developer Kenny Sun. As you journey into the ruins of the town of Ballbylon (Which is basically a big ol’ hole in the ground) and dredge through the hordes of undead and monsters…

When it comes to picking apart an enemy, or defending the indefensible, sometimes you have to change the battlefield in order to win. All Will Rise is a narrative courtroom deckbuilder that puts you at the helm of a team of idealists who…