Travel Across The Grooves
Music can conjure up far more than memories, as Across the Grooves' protagonist Alice learns when she listens to an old gift from a long lost lover.
Kingdomino Duel is a surprising roll-and-write that is quite different to its namesake
When I opened the sturdy, magnetised box of KingDomino Duel, I was expecting something that at least vaguely resembled the original game. What I got, however, was something that looked entirely different to me, to the extent that aside from…
Pax Nova takes 4X from settlement beyond interstellar colonisation
In the biggest 4X games your scale never shifts — in Civilization you conquer the planet, in Stellaris you conquer the stars. Pax Nova allows you to go from conquering a single planet's surface to controlling the whole system. A few years…
Iron Danger is a fantastic puzzle game dressed as an RPG
Rewinding time is a complete game-changer in tight, tactical RPGs — it's also the core mechanic in Action Squad Studios' recently released Iron Danger. I remember staring at Iron Danger while at Gamescom a few years back. Every time that I…
Shantae & The Seven Sirens — Whip your hair back & forth
As with many games of its ilk, and in the vein of its predecessors, Shantae & the Seven Sirens has players advance through areas toward their goal but more often than not return several times across the story as new abilities unlock new…
In Chicory: A Colorful Tale you get to paint the town red
There exists a world where a single artist wields the power to define what everything looks like through the use of a giant paintbrush. But, what happens when they go away, taking the color with them? Chicory: A Colorful Tale is a brilliant…
Pick Up The Pieces Of Evan’s Remains
Evan's Remains is a gorgeous pixel puzzle-platformer that boasts an intriguing storyline.
Europa Universalis IV: Emperor brings the focus back to Europe
Alongside the long-awaited 1.30 Austria Update, Europa Universalis IV has received its next expansion pack in the form as Emperor, a DLC focusing on revolution, The Holy Roman Empire and reinvigorating the Catholic Church. For me, Europa…
WHAT THE GOLF? — Tee time
Golf is great in theory, but awful in practice — you get obscenely rich people playing on giant waste of space, discussing who knows what in between swings. This is why golf games are great — the same idea with no space used and no rich…
Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated is a blast from the past
When I saw Spongebob Square Pants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated, I instantly recognised the game. I was suddenly thrown back to memories of my younger brother, gliding around on Patrick or Spongebob’s tongue, hitting tikis and…