Opinion | How Don't Buy This monetised some terrible games
by Kim Justice | Oct 19, 2022 | Gaming, Opinions
Surely nobody would set out to purposely make and sell a bad game. Surely.
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Gord preview | Survival strategy serves up horrors beyond your comprehension
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 17, 2022 | Feature, Gaming, Previews
From the producer of The Witcher 3 comes a new strategy city-building hybrid. We get a guided tour of Gord
The Devil In Me: the Dark Pictures finale could be the scariest episode yet
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 14, 2022 | Gaming, Interviews, Previews
Director Tom Heaton talks exclusively about The Devil in Me, the final episode in The Dark Pictures Anthology’s first season
From Isolation to Observation: The No Code story
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 13, 2022 | Feature, Gaming, Interviews
Writer-director Jon McKellan tells the fascinating story of his path into the games industry, and how Alien: Isolation led to co-founding his own indie studio
Saints Row review | Open-world reboot has little guile or personality
by Jon Bailes | Oct 12, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews
Unoriginal sin
Ripout preview | A different strain of co-op shooter
by Aaron Potter | Oct 11, 2022 | Gaming, Previews
Inside this co-op FPS with plenty of genetically engineered horrors for you (and your pet gun) to sink teeth into
Opinion | why video games are so obsessed with body horror
by Clarisse Loughrey | Oct 10, 2022 | Gaming, Opinions
Do grotesque video games help us work out our every day anxieties?
The story of the Ghostbusters videogame that never was
by John Abbitt | Oct 10, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
In 2007, a company called Zootfly attempted to make a Ghostbusters video game - but when it released demos, things went wrong quickly....
Immortality review | An unforgettable, thought-provoking edit-'em-up
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 07, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews
Be kind, rewind
Twin Tiger Shark | A modern take on classic Toaplan shoot-'em-ups
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 05, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Developer Mikael Tillander made his own take on a Toaplan shooter – then set about turning it into a arcade machine…
The Knight Witch preview | Metroidvania meets bullet hell shooter
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 03, 2022 | Gaming, Previews
This combination of bullet hell, Metroidvania, and tactics game will have you bewitched
Endling: Extinction Is Forever review | An awkward environmental tail
by Jon Bailes | Sep 30, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews
For fox sake
How I became... a Level Designer at Crystal Dynamics
by Aaron Potter | Sep 29, 2022 | Feature, Gaming, Interviews
Kolbe Payne talks shipping Halo as his first game and the key to great level design
How modern FMV games are escaping the night trap
by Jon Bailes | Sep 28, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
The British studios and filmmakers using homegrown tech and talent to reinvent full-motion video games
Gary Penn | A British games industry legend reflects on his career
by Aaron Potter | Sep 27, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Denki’s Gary Penn reflects on his varied career path, from journalism to game development and potentially beyond
Howard Scott Warshaw | Remembering E.T.'s debut
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Sep 26, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
What significance does the number 2000 have for Atari and E.T.? Howard Scott Warshaw explains all...
Rollerdrome review | Rewarding retro-futurist sports action
by Aaron Potter | Sep 23, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews
Roll7 serve up a truly satisfying game in the shape of the retro-futurist Rollerdrome. Here's Aaron's review...
Cuphead's Delicious Last Course DLC is truly scrumptious
by Aaron Potter | Sep 22, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Aaron tucks into the delicious last course of Studio MDHR’s animated run-and-gun platformer
Bear and Breakfast review | Witty, cosy, cute
by Damiano Gerli | Sep 21, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews
A woodland retreat that offers more than the bear necessities
WipEout | The modern racers continuing its anti-grav legacy
by Aaron Potter | Sep 20, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Where these games are going, they don’t need wheels…
Narrative Design | Exploring Stray's immersively feline storytelling
by Antony de Fault | Sep 16, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
As a character, and especially as a protagonist, Stray’s cat is a weird and thought-provoking case, well worth a deeper look
Fabular: Once Upon a Spacetime preview | Step inside a medieval future
by Aaron Potter | Sep 15, 2022 | Gaming, Previews
The futuristic and fantastical collide in this new roguelike action-RPG, which aims to be a fairytale set in space.
Mario Kart | Why the controversial Blue Shell is also a necessary evil
by Aaron Potter | Sep 14, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Exploring the iconic power-up's long legacy, from Mario Kart 64 to now
Lord Winklebottom Investigates review | The game's afoot
by Shaun Hughes | Sep 13, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews
Lord Winklebottom Investigates is an anthropomorphic detective game that's anything but elementary. Here's our review......
You Suck at Parking preview | Micro Machines meets crazy golf?
by Ryan Lambie | Sep 12, 2022 | Gaming, Previews
We get the crash course on what it takes to make in-game parking a blast with friends
Mr Biffo's Game History: Driving games are older than you think
by Paul Rose | Sep 08, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
When was the first driving game released? You may be surprised!
Marvel's Midnight Suns preview | Burning bright
by Aaron Potter | Sep 07, 2022 | Gaming, Previews
Creative director Jake Solomon explains Firaxis’ ambitious attempt to craft a new kind of superhero experience in Marvel’s Midnight Suns
The Sojourn | The statue is not awakened in ethereal puzzler
by Ryan Lambie | Sep 06, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
This month, Ryan scratches his head over Shifting Tides’ ethereal puzzler, The Sojourn
The Last of Us Part I is an odd case of new dog, same tricks
by Aaron Potter | Sep 05, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Despite what PlayStation and Naughty Dog might have you believe, there’s more to The Last of Us than pretty graphics...
Two Point Campus review | Passes with flying colours
by Andrew J Dickinson | Sep 01, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews
Two Point's latest is a scholarly addition to the management sim genre
A guide to designing puzzles and problems
by Stuart Maine | Aug 31, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Puzzles and problems are a gaming staple, but how do they work, and how can you design them to challenge, but not frustrate, your players?
Sweet Charity: When video games support worthy causes
by Andrew Fisher | Aug 30, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Gaming can seem a selfish and isolated hobby. But the industry has a long history of raising money for charity, right up to the present day.
