The Collage Atlas review - artistic beauty, average game
by Harry Slater | Mar 19, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
A beautiful collage forms an inconsistent picture
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Ultrakill - improvisational and impulsive
by Ian Dransfield | Mar 17, 2021 | Gaming, Previews
With a name like that, what do you expect?
The Riftbreaker preview: base building, strategy, and giant stompy robots collide
by Ian Dransfield | Mar 16, 2021 | Gaming, Previews
Multi-genres and giant stompy robots combine well in EXOR’s upcoming strategy-blaster
Hitman 3 review - Karma Chameleon
by Nic Reuben | Mar 15, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Never has Agent 47’s bar-coded dome shined so angelically
Life after permadeath - the brutal, beloved mechanic
by Ryan McAdam | Mar 12, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
An examination of the fear – and allure – of gaming’s ultimate penalty
Backbone: looking ahead to a gorgeous raccoon noir
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 11, 2021 | Gaming, Previews
Narrative designer Aleksandra Korabelnikova tells us how personal experience drives this dystopian noir adventure
South of the Circle review - almost nothing to dislike here
by Harry Slater | Mar 10, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
A snowed-in afternoon that you’re unlikely to ever forget
Paradise Killer, and designing a gripping courtroom drama
by Antony de Fault | Mar 09, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Paradise Killer has some of the best-feeling detective work yet seen in a video game, and teaches vital narrative design lessons
Little Nightmares II review - theatrically unsettling
by Alexander Chatziioannou | Mar 08, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Exquisite squalor
Now playing - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
by Ian Dransfield | Mar 03, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Ian’s questioning his memory with a return to a true great
How we made… Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 02, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
ustwo games’ David Fernández Huerta chats to us about making a charming island paradise
GG Aleste 3 review - galvanising
by Ryan Lambie | Mar 01, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
It’s a mega blast
Haven review - lovers of loving love
by Alan Wen | Feb 26, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
A chilled co-op RPG with a French touch
Paint and click: inside the unique adventures of Amanita Design
by David Crookes | Feb 25, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Amanita Design makes whimsical adventures set in organic, handmade worlds. Founder Jakub Dvorský tells us all about the studio’s 17-year history and artist-led approach
What The Red Strings Club can tell us about writing good exposition
by Antony de Fault | Feb 23, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Games are often bad at exposition, but a little indie title contains the key to doing it well – by mixing cocktails
The death and rebirth of video game genres
by Molly Somerscales | Feb 22, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Major studios may have turned their backs on 2D platformers and point-and-click adventures, but for indie devs, they’re a playground of creativity
El Hijo review - childlike
by Joe Parlock | Feb 19, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
A delightful western with disappointingly wonky stealth
There's no space like home - the allure of the video game spaceship hub
by Chris Farnell | Feb 18, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
From the Ebon Hawk to the Unreliable, we take a look at the evolution of the spaceship as a game hub and RPG refuge
Ghostrunner review - superb platformer; mediocre elsewhere
by Joe Parlock | Feb 17, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
High-tech, low society, stratospheric frustration
Okinawa Rush preview: full contact
by Ryan Lambie | Feb 16, 2021 | Gaming, Previews
Steven Miller tells us about the long process of making a throwback to nineties combat games
A Monster’s Expedition (Through Puzzling Exhibitions) - reviewing the exhibits
by Harry Slater | Feb 15, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
A museum piece that’s full of wit, whimsy, and wonder
Terror Squid review - hard as hell, and it doesn't care
by Alan Wen | Feb 12, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
A survival shooter where you are your own worst enemy
Epic unveils Metahuman Creator, a create-your-own-eerily-real character construction kit
by Ryan Lambie | Feb 11, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Making (almost) photo-real human characters for your games is about to get a whole lot easier
Super Animal Royale preview: critter crunch
by Ian Dransfield | Feb 10, 2021 | Gaming, Previews
Heading back to the woods for an update on the woodland violence
The Last Campfire review: life-affirming
by Harry Slater | Feb 09, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
A heartwarming yarn from the developers of No Man’s Sky
Roguebook preview: "we want players to break the game"
by Ian Dransfield | Feb 08, 2021 | Gaming, Previews
Build a deck, battle a deck, do the decking
Super Meat Boy Forever review - meaty
by Alexander Chatziioannou | Feb 05, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Procedurally degenerated
Gaming stuff to look forward to in 2021
by Ian Dransfield | Feb 03, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
The big games, yes, but also plucky indies, hardware, and a couple of movie adaptations…
Dark Souls: Examining the video game death instinct
by Daniel Lipscombe | Feb 02, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
What do a 20th-century psychoanalyst and video games have in common? Death. Repeated death
Decline’s Drops: Kirby meets Smash Bros
by Ryan Lambie | Feb 01, 2021 | Feature, Gaming, Previews
We chat to French developer Drazglb. about his hard-hitting action platformer
Killer Feature: The Elder Scrolls' learning by doing
by Ian Dransfield | Jan 29, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Punching immortal enemies forever
Viticulture review - let's get (the) physical (version of the game)
by Harry Slater | Jan 28, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
A dry and flavourless tipple that’s lacking in body
