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GreedFall
French developer Spiders’ output can be compared to a chef trying to make a delicious five course meal with fast food ingredients; their ambition has always eclipsed their resources. Their desire to make AAA titles has been held back by the studio’s AA budgets. Their latest endeavour, Greedfall, is an...
Oninaki
Oninaki has a pretty intriguing premise: the people of Szaka believe in the Cycle of Reincarnation, in which the dead move on to ‘the Beyond’ where they are reincarnated into their next life. However, souls who still have regrets about life may remain trapped in the Beyond, turning into monsters...
Gears 5
If you’re looking for large, insane action set-pieces, focused cover-to-cover shooting combat and the satisfying explosion of body parts and flesh, Gears of War has long proven to be one of the top tier experiences in video games. Previously funneling through a relatively linear story, Gears 5 sheds the “of...
One of the reasons I joined Checkpoint is my pure love of games. I’ve played through hundreds of games over the years. Naturally this allowed for me to learn what does and doesn’t work for me in titles. Take a bit from this game and a little from that, oh...
Catherine: Full Body
When it originally released in 2011, I loved Catherine. A strange blend of visual novel, puzzler, romance and horror, it combined some very adult and strange themes, making it one of the more memorable titles I can think of in recent video game history. To my pleasant surprise, the mish-mash...
Grab a close friend or three and sit down for a good hour or more with this wacky puzzle co-op published by Devolver Digital and developed by Le Cartel Studio . Heave Ho pits the lovable long-limbed ‘Grabbers’ in unfortunate challenges. The colourful creatures must jump from platform to platform,...
After the surprise success of campy teen horror Until Dawn in 2015, Supermassive Games have smartly, if not quite ambitiously, engaged in creating more horror stories with the same choice-based mechanics and concept of “anyone can die at any time”. Not only that, but they have planned an anthology series...
Astral Chain
Astral Chain is the latest release from PlatinumGames and it is safe to say that this title continues Nintendo’s massive success streak with first-party titles for the Switch. I have spent many hours with Astral Chain and it has captivated me at every point, the story and characters kept me...
Control
It takes just a beat. I stop in my tracks and I look around the room. I know I’ve been here moments ago but the hallway I just walked through can’t have looped back like that. Wait, didn’t I exit through the door I just entered? Who was that janitor,...
Rad
Double Fine, creators of Grim Fandango and Psychonauts, have come out with their newest title, RAD. A suitably stylish roguelike set in the nuclear post-apocalypse, RAD certainly presents itself well. Players will have to venture out into the wastelands again and again, making incremental progress.
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
My first thought when booting up Rebel Galaxy Outlaw was “Whoa”. It opens with a gorgeous 2D animated cutscene, introducing you to the characters and the universe you’re going to be exploring. The animation was punchy and the music was great. I was hooked immediately. The art style was clean...
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is a 4X turn-based strategy game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Paradox Interactive. The game is the latest entry in the Age of Wonders series and is the first Age of Wonders game set in a sci-fi setting. For a strategy game Age of...
