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Beyond Blue — Relaxing and Educational
Underwater experiences in games can either leave you feeling completely on edge, unaware of the dangers that surround you or utterly relaxed, embracing the life around you. Luckily, Beyond Blue takes the latter approach and was one of the…
Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty is a remake done right
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is just as charming and weird as the original — Only now it feels fully realised. It was the 90s. Britpop was on the uprise and Friends dominated the airwaves. It was also when the original PlayStation first graced…
Ghostrunner — A dark, dystopian Slice ‘n’ Dice
Getting into the groove is essential; Ghostrunner expects you to be all ninja, all the time and when you adjust to its pacing it flows like a hot knife through butter or a sharp blade through soft flesh
Back to The Future Board Game — Biff is messing up time again
It is well known that my movie knowledge isn’t the best, but I have seen Back to the Future, so I am totally qualified to review the Back to The Future Board Game. This is a two to four player co-op game for ages ten and up which lasts…
Cake Bash — Cute Cakes fighting it out!
It’s no secret that I love food games, I love cute games, and I love playing local co-op with my family. I really enjoy sitting on the couch and playing cute games. Back when I saw Cake Bash for the first time at EGX, I was excited! Guess…
Inertial Drift is a challenging game begging you to master it
When I was growing up racing games were like bread and butter for me. As I've aged I find myself leaning more towards the arcade type racers. Inertial Drift counter steers those expectations. It challenges you to use all five of your…
Serious Sam 4 brings a refreshing take to FPS
Serious Sam 4 is more that you will love if you loved the previous entries, especially the first and second encounters, and also has enough for newcomers to the series, for those peeps that what something more than Battlefield of Duty XIII,…
Rollercoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition — This new release of the classic brings nothing but…
In Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 the player has to design, run and manage a theme park with a huge range of rides, ‘coasters and attractions to choose from. Design your dream park in sandbox mode or try to meet the challenges set in career mode.…
Rez Infinite — Polygonal Bliss
Rez Infinite distills the original game into a timeless masterpiece with upgraded graphics, audio, and most importantly: it brings the digital world of Rez into virtual reality.
The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: the Amulet of Chaos — “Tis but a flesh wound”
The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: the Amulet of Chaos takes the humour and silliness of Monty Python and mashes it with a tactical RPG, all while parodying fantasy tabletop games like Dungeons and Dungeons. I imagine some of you are sold on that…
Nexomon: Extinction — Challenge Your Fate
Enter Nexomon: Extinction as a budding young Guild Tamer — explore the vast lands and meet colourful characters on your quest.
P For Pizza is a quick and easy word game
Food games, food games, we are back to playing food games! This is so much fun! P For Pizza is a game that looks like a slice of pizza, but also has nothing to do with pizza beyond its concept. It’s literally just the theme of the game, but…
What’s Missing is a fun, if slightly unbalanced party game
Even though we cover a wide variety of different games here at Big Boss Battle, I’d say we cover fewer party games than we do other, heavier genres and thematic games. This is likely because my kids are too young for them, and the presence…
Port Royale 4 is no Caribbean dream, but it sure kills a lot of time
Heavy economic simulators are common on PC, but much fewer and further between on console. This is a genre that requires time and focus from players in order to penetrate complex systems and mechanics, and few examples of this kind of game…
7 Wonders (Second Edition) is an old treasure, brought back to life with spit and polish
Antoine Bauza’s 7 Wonders is — apparently — one of the most awarded and best selling modern board games in circulation. Its city-building gameplay is evocative of the Civilization series of video games, yet its light mechanics and support…
Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition — Changes from 8th to 9th edition
Games Workshop are back, once again, with the ninth edition of Warhammer 40k, the world’s most popular tabletop miniatures game. What has changed between editions and are those changes for the better?
The EPOS | SENNHEISER GSP 602 Gaming Headset is perfect for console gaming
When it comes to working from home — or indeed gaming from home — you’ll want a headset that stripes away all of the other noise around you. Our console sits in the living room, meaning that if you want to play Xbox or Playstation games,…
Against the Moon — Literally fight the moon
The story is bonkers if you leave it at that point. The moon is evil and sends monsters to destroy humanity who have a god that lives in a box, isn’t the most common plot, but as the campaign progresses, new secrets as to the history of…
Order of Battle: Red Storm wraps up the USSR trilogy with a series of carefully orchestrated bangs
Sometimes when a trilogy wraps up there's a feeling of wanting left afterwards. However, unlike in fiction, history tends to wrap up at the highest point of escalation; Wars rarely end with a whisper. Order of Battle's Red Storm expansion…
Hotshot Racing is a pretty radical game dude.
In an attempt to keep the spirit of arcades alive, Developers Sumo Digital and Lucky Mountain games have taken a step back in time with their new arcade racer, Hotshot Racing. Today, it’s near impossible to find a good arcade anymore. I…