Gaming Archives

Balancing your game: why, when, and how

by Stuart Maine | May 27, 2022 | Feature, Gaming

Balancing games can be a challenge, particularly because the goal isn’t to achieve perfect balance in the first place…

Video gaming's warm embrace

by Kim Justice | May 26, 2022 | Gaming, Opinions

Our resident retrogaming expert Kim Justice revisits some old favourites

Beyond Synthwave: avoiding clichés in 1980s-set games

by Dan Cooper | May 25, 2022 | Feature, Gaming

We talk to the developers who’ve looked beyond the obvious clichés for their 1980s-set games

Getting hooked by Fish Cymophis, a PSone-like underwater horror

by Aaron Potter | May 24, 2022 | Feature, Gaming

One developer’s mission to make the underwater world even more terrifying in a fishy brand of retro horror

Tunic review | More than just a foxy Zelda bootleg

by Alan Wen | May 23, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews

Manual Transmission

Stardew Valley meets Spirited away in Spirittea

by Ryan Lambie | May 20, 2022 | Gaming, Previews

Developer Dan Beckerton tells us about the origins and creation of his upcoming bath house management sim

Back to the SNES era with Pompom

by Ryan Lambie | May 20, 2022 | Gaming, Previews

Solo developer Willem Rosenthal tells us all about his zany love letter to a bygone age of 16-bit platformers

How I became a... QA Analyst

by Aaron Potter | May 19, 2022 | Feature, Gaming, Interviews

Pieces Interactive’s Helena Hansen tells us about the important art of Quality Assurance

SCATHE preview: what fresh hell is this?

by Ryan Lambie | May 18, 2022 | Gaming, Previews

Scottish developer Damage State introduces its hectic FPS

Tracking down the obscure mind behind Castlevania

by Jack Yarwood | May 17, 2022 | Feature, Gaming

Castlevania director Hitoshi Akamatsu changed gaming, and then vanished without a trace

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga finds the light side of fandom

by Clarisse Loughrey | May 16, 2022 | Gaming, Opinions

The video game's loving treatment of the franchise brings a smile to Clarisse Loughrey's face

NORCO review | Point-and-click with haunting pixel art

by Alan Wen | May 13, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews

NORCO is a point-and-click adventure with haunting pixel art and some of the best writing of 2022

Designing the City of Glass

by Konstantinos Dimopoulos | May 12, 2022 | Feature, Gaming

A detailed look back at the making of Mirror’s Edge Catalyst’s urban heart

Soundfall preview: Music to our ears

by Aaron Potter | May 11, 2022 | Gaming, Previews

Turning everything up to 11 as we blast to the beat in rhythm-driven dungeon crawler, Soundfall

Telling stories and communicating vision within a creative team

by Antony de Fault | May 10, 2022 | Feature, Gaming

Video game storyteller Anthony de Fault dives into inspiring teams and promoting cohesion - through story time

Orbital Bullet review | This rogue-lite has us going around in circles

by Jon Bailes | May 09, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews

What goes around comes around

Eternal Threads preview | Saving lives one decision at a time

by Aaron Potter | May 06, 2022 | Gaming, Previews

Exploring the boundaries of cause and effect in Cosmonaut Studios’ tightly-knit time travel story

How I became a... Senior Character Artist

by Aaron Potter | May 04, 2022 | Feature, Gaming, Interviews

Nele Steenput from nDreams talks indie meetups, self-confidence, and VR challenges

Killer Feature: Shadow of Mordor's nemesis system reinvented NPC rivalries for the better

by Aaron Potter | May 03, 2022 | Feature, Gaming

How Monolith’s imaginative mechanic helped changed the open-world game, and then went away.

Sifu review: Aged kung fu action

by Alan Wen | Apr 29, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews

Getting repeatedly beaten up soon gets old

XEL preview: It’s dangerous to go alone

by Ryan Lambie | Apr 27, 2022 | Gaming, Previews

Zelda on an alien planet? Introducing the new 3D action adventure from Tiny Roar

Strange Horticulture review: Sowing the seeds of love

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Apr 26, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews

Delve into an unhurried life of tranquil tasks and plant-based pleasures in the botanist simulator, Strange Horticulture. Here's our review...

Happy Indie-versary to the Nintendo Switch

by Aaron Potter | Apr 25, 2022 | Feature, Gaming

With Nintendo’s hybrid console recently turning five, the indie devs who were there from day one recall their excitement and experience in the lead-up to launch

The essential techniques for great multiplayer level design

by Stuart Maine | Apr 22, 2022 | Feature, Gaming

How to keep players coming back to your multiplayer maps

Elden Ring review: Towering achievement

by Andrew Fisher | Apr 21, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews

An open world opus that deserves to conquer the world

NFTs & video games: no flippin' thanks?

by Dan Cooper | Apr 20, 2022 | Feature, Gaming

They’re either the future of gaming or its death knell, depending on who you speak to. Here, several industry figures give their take on this divisive tech