Richard Banks
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If there's something I've learned about Age of Empire fans over the last few years, they're happiest when playing the classics. Despite a decent reception to
If anyone is going to milk 30+-year-old games it's Nintendo. Maybe though, that says less about the red-hatted plumber's ever-deepening pockets and more about
It feels like forever since a decent XCOM-like has made turn-based fans sit up and take notice. Crown Wars: The Black Knight’s promise of a tough, turn-based
You'd be surprised at how much time I've spent checking the fertility of beetles in Planet Zoo. After all, ensuring a healthy lineage of profitable babies is
Black Flag is often considered the best pirate game of all time, so creating a follow-up should have been a breeze for Ubisoft, and there are times when
The days of picking up overpriced guitar-shaped peripherals and rocking out to your favourite hits are a thing of the past, but there's still a market for
It feels pretty weird writing about a multiplayer-only game in 2023 that isn't an isometric horror or a Fortnite clone, but KarmaZoo couldn't be more
Switch-playing turn-based fans have been truly blessed this year. As if Advance Wars marching onto Ninty's handheld hybrid wasn't enough, 2023 also saw the
Over the last few years, cosy games have almost become a genre of their own. In part, we have the staggering success of Covid-era Animal Crossing to thank for
Despite over twenty years behind the franchise, Pikmin has never quite managed to reach the dizzying success of some of Ninty's more illustrious series, but
Company of Heroes 3 is a strange beast. In some respects, Relic's latest World War 2 RTS feels like an extension of its predecessors, but thanks to some
If Stranded: Alien Dawn has taught me anything, it's that there's no sci-fi universe safe from space bugs. After finally finding their feet on the strange,
