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Wylde Flowers
Arriving from Melbourne developer Studio Drydock, Wylde Flowers is a farm/lifestyle management sim that started its life earlier this year exclusively on iOS as part of Apple Arcade. Now venturing onto the PC and Switch, this pleasantly cosy experience is ready to bewitch many a new player, bringing with it...
Temtem
We took an early look at Temtem about two years ago. The monster-capturing adventure developed by Crema showed promise and offers Pokémon fans the online persistent multiplayer they’ve always dreamed of. Temtem built a strong following and the final product may be a joy to play but it needs work...
Foretales is a card-based experience all about adventure. With involved mechanics and inspirations from a balanced mix of tabletop and digital video games, a tantalising and twist-filled journey is all within your reach. It’s a genre foray worth experiencing. Just expect a few roadblocks and an at times confusing design...
I’m a big fan of metal. I’m a big fan of video games. I’m also a big fan of shooting demons and ripping them apart. Metal: Hellsinger combines all these qualities into one tight package I never knew I needed. Clearly, people like me were on the minds of developers...
Splatoon 3
When the Splatoon series was first announced, it was a baffling reveal. A third person shooter by Nintendo seemed utterly unbelievable at the time, and one with such a strong paint-soaked aesthetic was surprising. I’m sure a lot of folks expected it to be a one-off, a game that didn’t...
Sunday Gold is a unique experience from developer BKOM Studios and publisher Team 17 (known for the Worms series). Players control a party of three hooligans, exploring a rich, dystopian, Cyberpunk London in the 2070s as they work to untangle corporate conspiracies. This is particularly interesting because it is a creative blend of...
Tinykin
Our world is simply massive. Huge cities filled with millions of people; vast, sprawling deserts teeming with life; endless oceans stretching away under infinite skies. Caught up in the minutiae of our little lives, it can be easy to forget just how small we are. It follows, then, that the...
Steelrising
Steelrising comes from the talented development team at Spiders, who have been honing their craft in making video games over the last several years. I’ve long championed the studio for making steady improvements, with The Technomancer an underrated action RPG gem of theirs in 2016, and Greedfall in 2019 taking...
Cowabunga it is. Hot off the heels of Shredder’s Revenge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection has leapt from the shadows to give us turtle fans a chance to relive some of our greatest childhood classics, all with some spicy new upgrades that would make pepperoni jealous. Shall we...
Gerda: A flame in Winter, published by DON’T NOD and developed by PortaPlay, is ‘a tale of compassion, community, and courage, inspired by real life experiences and events.’ This narrative driven RPG-lite is a choices matter game set in WW2 that will have you reeling with its all its tricky...
PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC brings the cult classic 1999 platformer to modern platforms, complete with a substantial graphical overhaul and fine-tuned mechanics. Although the experience holds up well enough today next to modern platformers, the somewhat barebones nature of the remake may not make it worth returning to for nostalgic fans.
Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us left an impactful impression when it first released back in 2013. The adventure pushed the gaming medium forward with mature and evocative storytelling backed up by some of the highest quality production values that could be found at the time. It’s a game that...
