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Join the revolution in the action-packed pages of Liberated!
Fight, use stealth and solve puzzles in the struggle between masked freedom fighters and an oppressive surveillance regime as you flip through the politically-charged pages of Liberated - a game taking place inside a Noir comic book!
Carrion is a short, visceral metroidvania that turns the tables
Over the course of about six hours, Carrion will desensitize you to all normal human emotions and actions. This is a game that makes it so easy to slip into the squelching tentacles of its otherworldly protagonist that when you put the…
The Last Campfire — Fleeting embers
The Last Campfire is a game about rescuing lost souls on their pilgrimage, finding your own purpose and finding your way home.
Cardaclysm — card-based deck building fun
Cardaclysm starts when the local Sorcerer meddles with a summoning book and tries to enslave four magical beings to his will, he underestimates their power and releases them onto an unsuspecting world
Cooperative Trick Taking and Lots of Empathy Make The Crew a Stellar Experience
When I think of trick-taking games, I almost never think of cooperation. Teamwork (in games like Whist) yes, but cooperation, no. The need to win — or take — tricks, is inherently focused on winning, and the idea of throwing a trick away…
Best Friend Forever takes you into a world of dogs
Best Friend Forever by Starcolt is a visual novel that combines a dating simulator with a dog owner simulator.
Deep Vents is a small box game that delivers a big bite of value
I’ve said on many occasions that what I love most about board games (and video games, to be fair) is that they transport me to distant realms, far away worlds and, in the case of Deep Vents, deep, deep under the sea. This latest title from…
She Sees Red — Better dead than red
As the story goes on, you’ll find that your choices make both small and large differences to the subsequent scene. Whilst you’ll still reach the finale regardless of your decisions, there are four different endings. You’re encouraged from…
Hellpoint — Imitation Game
There’s enough differentiation in the formula to keep genre fans occupied but quality issues may put players off repeat playthroughs despite the customisation options available to them
Customise your phone with Skinzilla
Skinzilla has a variety of different skins for all sorts of things, from phones to various console controllers, that can make your items feel a bit more customised and more like your own. I got the chance to check out a sparkling iPhone…
Little Town Hero — System Overload
Little Town Hero has one of the (if not the most) complex battle systems around today. It’s not a pick up and play sort of game and many Pokemon players drawn to Game Freak’s new RPG will likely walk away due to both difficulty and…
Crusader Kings III — A worthy successor to the grand-strategy throne?
Paradox Interactive's long-awaited, medieval grand-strategy sequel is upon us. With Crusader Kings III the developer's face a challenge; how do they successfully build on a game which ran for 8 years and featured over a dozen expansion…
Defend Humanity in Colony Siege, A Tower Defence-RTS Hybrid
Colony Siege mixes tower defence with bits of other genres such as real-time strategy. We have been playing it.
Zoo Run is a competitive and cooperative game about escaping the zoo
In Zoo Run, children of all ages will work cooperatively and competitively to help a group of animals escape from the zoo. The cute visuals will draw in younger players whilst their older family members laugh and joke alongside them.…
Drake Hollow — Great on the outside, hollow in the centre
The titular Drakes are less dragon in appearance and more vegetable (being based on Mandrake roots) and have a Tamagotchi-like dynamic to them. That's what Drake Hollow is built around.
Court of the Dead: Mourners Call weaves incredible lore into solid Ameritrash
Court of the Dead: Mourners Call is quite a mouthful — and at first glance, the box appears to be as large as the title. This is one of those huge box thematic games that results from a large Kickstarter, and even though the review copy…
Keep your dinosaurs calm in Parkasaurus
Have you ever felt like you could have done a better job than the people who made Jurassic Park but don’t have the serious dedication to clone dinosaurs from DNA? Well, now you can prove it to all your friends in Parkasaurs!
Beyond a Steel Sky — Different Body, Same Soul
The bright, utopian veneer presented by Union City quickly fades as you dig deeper into some of the narrative. Underneath it, the Council starts to come off as a big brother, almost totalitarian threat hiding beneath the surface dispensing…
Faeria is a huge CCG and strategy hybrid that goes as deep as it does wide
As (just about) the main tabletop reviewer here, my attention is often more on paper and card than it is on digital games. When a video game chooses to root itself firmly in board game mechanics however, my interest is always piqued. Faeria…
Boomerang Fu — a cute and frantic local multiplayer
Just as I think that there are enough arena fighting games, then someone brings a style I just can’t say no to, a theme that I just want to try, and Boomerang Fu was suddenly downloading, waiting to be played. The first thing I love about…