Video Game Previews

Film Noir has never looked quite so bright. To Hell With The Ugly is a 1950s set point & click adventure game that also features turn-based combat and... a little bit of detective work. I don't know anything about Boris Vian, his pen…

Family recipes are very important things, often passed down through the family and frequently wrapped up in memories. Sopa follows Miha, a young boy who is suddenly whisked away to a magical world while helping his grandmother with…

Shipwrecked on a strange island by a terrible storm, you'll need to trade with the strange, humanoid frog locals in order to fix up your vessel and get back to see. However, there's quite a lot to see, and a LOT to do, during your Time on…

The world is flooding, rising tides have started to claim large parts of the world and the oceans remain far from calm. In Diluvian Winds, you must build and manage an everchanging colony of travellers who pass by your lighthouse while…

Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure is a cooperative adventure game all about exploring, crafting on and customising a beautiful island and returning it to splendour. Do you ever rummage through your game library and stumble across a game…

You're outgunned and outnumbered in Swordship, a stunning, moreish Dodge'Em Up.  The classic shooter, or shoot'em up (or even shmup, if you're really big into smashing words into the smallest possible form), is possibly one of the…

Explore and populate the surface of Mars with experiments and projects in Terraformers a single-player, combat-free strategy take on space-colonisation. We've been to Mars in games more than a few times over the years, it has an incredible…

Plenty of games threaten you with death, but few make walking into the light your first action. Souldiers does, and you'd best become familiar with death quick, because it's a key part of its learning curve. I've been slashing and dashing…

Uppercut Games’ standalone sequel to Submerged — Submerged: Hidden Depths tells the story of the protagonist Miku alongside her younger brother, now a teenager in this third-person "relaxploration" game.

I've learned to temper my expectations when it comes to new releases with Games Workshop IPs. Having now played and reviewed multiple Warhammer titles, I often find their releases to range from slightly underwhelming to buggy and near…