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AVICII Invector — Musical spaceships
At its most basic AVICII Invector is like a cross between Guitar Hero and Amplitude, with you moving your ship left and right on a track to line up with a button that you then press in time to the music. Then there are sections that are…
Jackbox Party Pack 6 — Bringing the party pack back
Once again, a Jackbox Party Pack has a couple of outstanding games and a couple of weaker ones. The handful of great games kept us entertained quite nicely, and the more disappointing ones were simply ignored after a couple of rounds.
Warhammer Quest II — The End Times works on mobile, but ported?
Warhammer Quest II — The End Times is the provocatively named sequel to, erm, Warhammer Quest and much like the board game it is based upon, it presents a combat-focused dungeon crawling experience with light RPG elements. Sounds good…
Effie — Old Fashioned Tales
An old school 3D Platformer adventure, told by an old guy chatting to his kid. How delightfully meta!
Crimson Company might be the small box card game that you’ll want to spend the night with!
Crimson Company is a small box card game that centres around wagering cash and recruiting troops in order to secure control of two out of three central castles. The version you see in these pictures is the Deluxe Edition which features…
Dawn of Man takes Xbox One back to pre-history
Dawn of Man is an ambitious and relatively serious simulation about the earliest stages of the development of humankind that is an unusual fit for consoles. Despite its muddy colours and slow gameplay, however, there’s an addictiveness to…
EarthNight — An Okay Night In
The hand painted auto runner which isn't quite a masterwork.
Don’t Die, Minerva! — Too Cute to Spook
The New Year may be a blurry memory, and Halloween is just a vague shadow in the distant future, but that doesn’t stop the spookiness from flowing and a good ghost story from being told. Although far from spine chilling, this cutesy, spooky…
Fry Thief — Who would want a salad anyway?
When it comes to a choice between a salad or a pile of fries I know exactly what I am going to order. In Fry Thief, a two player game, one of you has made the silly choice of purchasing a salad but now wants to steal some fries from the…
Paranormal Detectives — party guests from the other side
Whilst I don’t play tons of party games, I tend to favour those which rank as at least “mid-tier” in terms of the complexity. I’d much rather invest a bit more time and effort into a crunchier game, and I suppose in general that’s why I…
Shovel Knight: King of Cards — My kingdom for a good Joustus deck
Shovel Knight: King of Cards tells the story of King Knight and his quest to win a tournament against three other kings in order to be the greatest king of them all.
Shovel Knight: Showdown — Fight Knight
Shovel Knight: Showdown is a fighting game featuring over sixteen characters from the series in an all-out brawl.
Mad Games Tycoon is like having a proper job, but without a payday!
Mad Games Tycoon is like Game Dev Story but for grown-ups, so how well will it live up to the more immediate demands of a targeted console audience? Personally, I love an economic management simulator, and to be honest, the more depth the…
Slamwich — intense sandwich making
Slamwich is an intense version of slam/snap, where everything looks like not so tasty sandwiches. The game itself is pretty simple, you divide out the Slamwich deck between all players. Without looking at their card, each player puts down…
Wildlands — Wallace does it again!
Once upon a time a designer called Martin Wallace decided that every game should be card driven, and once he had made war games, area control games and deception games thus, he rested. After pondering for a while, he thought “miniatures…
Satanimals — naughty nippers
Sometimes it seems that games of a similar theme come in runs. I assume this is because of a particular theme across popular culture, but I’ve never been able to put my finger on it. One theme that we’ve seen a lot of in board gaming…
Narcos: Rise of the Cartels — Netflix tie-in has good ideas but struggles for depth
Narcos: Rise of the Cartels comes at the turn-based tactical squad shooter genre with a few interesting ideas and a disappointing lack of depth and polish.
Close to the Sun is an electrifying journey into the mind of Nikola Tesla!
From a literal walk in the park to delivering some of the most frightening experiences in video games, the humble walking simulator has demonstrated its longevity to become much more than a niche genre. Close to the Sun, from Italian…
Nemo’s War: Second Edition — Leagues ahead
Whilst it’s a bit of a niche area, Victory Point Games have become known as the almost undisputed champions of solo specific board game experiences, having created a number of systems specifically designed for lone play. Nemo’s War is one…
Ghost Parade — More Tricks than Treats
Quoth the video game critic: Nevermore. Ghost Parade is an undoubtedly beautiful game with compelling characters, story, and setting. Unfortunately, this game about spirits is haunted by some pretty underwhelming controls. Something is…