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Armored Brigade II: Great Cold War Strategy
What they’ve done with Armored Brigade II is introduce some major improvements. Way too many to list here in this tiny slot.
Stock the shelves and roll the dice as Tabletop Game Shop Simulator opens for business
Time to open the doors, dust the shelves, and make sure you’ve stocked up for the day, because Tabletop Game Shop Simulator hands you the keys to your very own wargaming store. May the dice forever be in your favour. Developed by newcomer…
Storage Hunter Simulator – Making The Most of Literally Everything
Storage Hunter Simulator is a single player — or co-operative — game in which you attend various auctions out in the world to find valuables. You then sell these to make as much money as possible. The tutorial has you slowly attending these…
Beneath – Cthulhu’s Chaotic Corridors
Beneath puts you in the shoes (Or rather the suit) of a deep sea diver on an expedition to find a lost German submarine, only to have his crew — including his daughter — attacked by waterborne creatures while he is under the waves. You…
Grindstone – Gems, Guts, and yes, plenty of Grinding
Grindstone originally began life as an Apple Arcade exclusive back in 2019, then an Epic Games Store exclusive in 2022. It eventually landed on Xbox and PlayStation consoles in 2023, and by god I'm glad it did. I technically slept on this…
Hungry Horrors – Fright bite!
Being a princess, you’re obviously far too important to bother yourself with this nonsense, but unfortunately you find yourself in possession of a magical cauldron that will cook the food needed to sate these beasts. Who bestowed this…
I loved throwing anything at everything in tactical roguelike Blightstone
In a sea of roguelike turn-based adventures, how can something like Blightstone stand out? How can it make itself one of the memorable “few” rather than the saturated “many”? Many are the games that let us use martial weapons to harm foes.…
DJ Bunny adds a rhythm twist to path-building puzzles
Help DJ Bunny on her quest to play a set at the famous Hippity Hop Music Festival. Thanks to my line of work I get along to a lot of videogame events. However, I don't often get to take my kids along to them, in fact, we normally get along…
Sonic Racing: Crossworlds Shows Us Kart Racing Isn’t Dead Yet
Sonic Racing: Crossworlds tracks a major step forward in the series. The blue blur is back with another Kart racer, and as a long time Sonic fan, I’ve been eagerly awaiting this. In my opinion, Sonic has been on an absolute tear of good…
Roots Devour – Lovecraftian Horror, or Eldritch Bother?
Roots Devour is a stylish game, there’s no denying that. How much fruit this tree bears will be very dependent on how well you gel with that style though. Starting at the basics, Rewinding Games describe Roots Devour as a “strategic…
Death Howl successfully reimagines deckbuilding from Roguelike into Soulslike
If you’re going to be off-put by a single failure, then the experience will be short-lived. However, Death Howl provides so many ways to not fail by rewarding exploration, minor combat repetition, deck experimentation and completing quests.
Don’t Scream Together – Muffle Your Screams!
Don’t Scream Together is a co-operative horror experience based in a forest, with you and several friends investigating a woodland as you either attempt to escape together or rise up against the survivors as a hunter. Most of Don’t Scream…
The Spirit Lift – High Spirits
The bulk of The Spirit Lift plays like most rogue-lites, but I really did like how you would set up for your runs. Because you’re a group of students, before each run you choose your group of three that act as your starting deck and items.…
In Bladesong being a smith is more than just hammering steel
In a world where TCG Card Shop Simulator and a deluge of other “simulator” games exist, perhaps it isn’t surprising that we have a few about smithing. For the appeal that a hot smelter and hard anvil might have, though, none have really…
Combat Mission: Cold War — An extremely long and drawn-out war with multiple countries involved.
Although you know I prefer WW II, this is the first of three Cold War games I'm reviewing. And, this one's damn good.
Into the Grid makes roguelike deckbuilding feel fresh
From card effects slicing across the screen to enemies being able to grapple and grab you, the first-person camera of Into the Grid brings the genre to a mostly unexplored place. Being thrust face-first into some of these Sentinels forces a…
Crime Simulator – It’s Crime Time
Crime Simulator has you don your balaclava and attempt to basically steal anything and everything that isn’t nailed down. Whether it’s in someone's home, business or a gigantic warehouse in the middle of Arizona the world is rife with…
Demonschool – Occult studies
The trick rapidly becomes powering up your team, manoeuvring enemies into place, and then striking them all at once. It’s immensely satisfying when you manage to get things right.
An Early Look at Warhammer 40,000 Dark Heresy
Warhammer 40,000 Dark Heresy has you step into the shoes of an Acolyte of the Inquisition, a low ranking member of the order who has been sent on a mission to investigate potential heresies, as well as assist other members of the…
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition brings pink-haired caveboy energy to the modern…
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition gives players a chance to time-travel back 25 years and play one of the most visually memorable platformers of the generation. For those of us lucky enough to grow up in the age of…