**Edit – The ‘mystery game’ which is avaliable to download for FREE today (providing you’ve been grabbing the games every day) is the really fun Space Pioneer which I reviewed HERE. Space Pioneer only came out a few weeks ago and offers hours upon hours…
Technology has come a long way since when I was a child, almost everyone has some form of a digital toy or device these days, items such as mobile phones, games consoles, or ‘WowWee Pinkfong Baby Shark Official Song Puppet‘. So, what became of the…
Being an astronaut would be amazing, travelling to space, seeing the unseen, and visiting distant planets – it all sounds so exciting and exhilarating. However, what if you were in space, only instead of travelling at the speed of sound you were the sole occupant…
Before this week I’d not heard of Bury me, my Love, a text messaging adventure game which has a dynamically changing story based upon meaningful choices you make throughout the experience with your wife. However, after playing through the entire experience twice and coming out…
Back in September 2018, I reviewed Jurassic Park Evolution on the PS4 over on my friend’s website, DemonVideoGame.com, which you can read HERE. Ultimately I loved the gameplay mechanics including incubating and breeding your own dinosaurs, riding around as a ranger to shoot darts or…
Apple Arcade launched a short time ago over on iOS devices, bringing with it a bunch of brand new games – some of which were timed exclusives to the mobile platform. One such game, which I’ve been waiting to eagerly get my hands on, is…
Star Wars is a franchise everyone knows, it’s been around for over forty years and expanded into comics, cartoons, spin-offs, TV shows, merchandise and of course, Video Games. I wouldn’t say that I’m the biggest fan of the franchise, having skipped the last few movies,…
If you’ve read any of my Mobile to Switch port reviews before (such as Into the Dead 2) you’ll know how addicted I tend to get with the simplest of games. Rather than try to create an immersive and stretched-out narrative, games that were originally…
**Update** Spike Chunsoft has officially announced the game! Launching TODAY (10th December) on the Nintendo Switch is Steins;Gate 0 – digitally. Also launching TODAY is Steins;Gate: My Darling’s Embrace on the PS4, Nintendo Switch and Steam – also digitally. Here is the trailer: Back in…
A few months ago I played and reviewed Edna & Harvey: Harvey’s New Eyes on the PlayStation 4, the second game in the Edna & Harvey franchise from Daedalic Entertainment. Whilst writing the review I noticed that a full remaster of the first game in…
After writing an article a few days ago about mental health and the charities and foundations out there trying to remove the stigma surrounding it, allowing us to freely talk about our issues, I read that Hello There and Wired Productions were re-releasing AVICII: Invector…
As I looked through the games I’ve played over the last few months, I realised that not only did I play CRYSTAR a few weeks before launch, I was (and still am) the first person to platinum the game – yet where is my review?…
As a departure from our usual format of reviewing games, I’d like to introduce you to a new charity, the first project released as part of the awareness program, and another game which I feel also touches upon subjects which need to be heard, despite…
With a concept that wouldn’t go amiss in a Black Mirrors episode, SIMULACRA is a game in which you must dig through a missing persons mobile phone in order to try and track her down and ‘hopefully’ find her before something bad happens. Combining simulation…
Headspun has had a rocky launch, to say the least. The game came out a few months ago but, as with all of the games I personally review on the site, I wait until the game is in a decent state until I write my…
Super Lucky’s Tale was released back in 2017 as an Xbox console exclusive alongside the launch of the Xbox One X – it was also a ‘Play Anywhere’ title allowing you to play the game on both the Xbox One and Windows 10 Store with…
Have you ever found yourself praying to God, asking for someone to save you from the mess your life has ended up in? Maybe you don’t believe in God, yet when you’re so down with nothing obvious to live for, you ask for guidance and…
Early last year I took a look at a game that stood up against Artifex Mundi as a horror-based adult version of their ever-popular Hidden Object Games, True Fear: Forsaken Souls ~ Part 1. Its dark tones, spooky story, difficult platinum, and abundance of puzzles,…
I have a confession to make, I’ve never played Bubble Bobble before I loaded up Bubble Bobble 4 Friends a few days ago. I’ve seen videos of it, and I’ve played similar retro games, but I’ve never had the desire to actually try it out…
I’ll be honest here – I’ve not seen any episodes from the Netflix series which this game is based on, Narcos. However, for newcomers to the franchise, like me, the game does a great job of introducing you to characters and the story. It mixes…
I love simulators, casually working my way through the addictive and slightly monotonous tasks helps me relax as time passes by without even realising. However, Bee Simulator isn’t really a ‘simulator’ in my eyes, it comes with a narrative, tasks, mini-games, and a plot, something…
As an avid puzzle fan, one who likes puzzles which really makes you think about the solution rather than breezing through some simplistic designs, Last Labyrinth stood out as a game I needed to get my hands on. From the outside the game looks great…
These days, the majority of games that come out tend to hold your hand, practically giving you the solution to puzzles and the location of secrets by pointing to them and making them obvious. The whole feeling you get from finding something new and discovering…
I love roguelike games, something I can pick up and play for an hour or two at a time as I grind until I die so I can buy new enhancements and try it all over again. The problem is, they’re one of the most…
Root Letter (Or √Letter if I’m being accurate at the expense of not being SEO friendly) was one of the first ‘real’ Visual Novels I played back in 2016. Unlike Visual Novels such as Song of Memories, Root Letter is much more linear in its…
To tie over Whovians between the last series of Doctor Who and the next, Developer Maze Theory and publisher Playstack have released Doctor Who: The Edge of Time, a Virtual Reality game which puts you alongside the female Doctor in an all-new adventure. Combining new…
Gioteck are a creator of third-party peripherals for the PS4, Switch and PC. We’ve been set two of their premium wireless controllers to take a look at, the VX4 for the PS4 and the WX4 for the Nintendo Switch. In this review, we’ll be focusing…
Gioteck are a creator of third-party peripherals for the PS4, Switch and PC. We’ve been set two of their premium wireless controllers to take a look at, the VX4 for the PS4 and the WX4 for the Nintendo Switch. In this review, we’ll be focusing…
Mango Protocol recently released Psychotic’s Agatha Knife, a point-and-click game in which you help young Agatha create a new religion so that animals would willfully sacrifice themselves to be slaughtered – she’s a young girl who loves animals and lives in a butcher’s shop. Today,…
Welcome to part two of my article about the games I played at the premier games event, EGX 2019, that I attended a couple of weeks ago. If you missed part one you can find it HERE. Let’s jump right in, starting with a huge…
A few weeks before SEGA announced that Super Monkey Ball was being remastered, I was sent a copy of The Perplexing Orb from Treefall Studios, the indie developer behind Pitterpot. Funnily enough, this is also a remaster, only this game was originally on the Wii…
The 7th Guest is a cult classic puzzle game amongst older gamers like myself. It was one of the first CD-Rom games I owned for my PC back in 1993 and absolutely scared me to the point in which I couldn’t play it with the…
When I heard that Super Monkey Ball was being remastered for modern consoles, I was so happy. I have fond memories of playing the original two games on the Nintendo Gamecube many years ago, so I was hoping they would be the chosen ones that…
There have been a number of re-releases over the years, porting older games to modern consoles in an attempt to trigger nostalgia at the chance to replay a childhood gaming experience without remastering or altering the core game – a direct 1:1 port. SEGA do…
Have you ever visited a Sea Life centre and thought to yourself “if I was in charge, I’d make this place more exciting by bringing in more sharks and exotic animals to increase the flow of customers and make the place more appealing”? Well, thanks…
This weekend I’ve been taking a look at an interesting puzzle game, a game which is built for two people to play in co-op yet also allows you to play it on your own as you control each character independently at the same time. Just…
Back in June 2018, Dontnod Entertainment and Focus Home Interactive released Vampyr upon the world, a dark action-RPG game in which you take the role of a newly-reborn Vampire. Now, thanks to Saber Interactive, you can also experience this unforgiving and blood-thirsty choice-based adventure game…
Image & Form are well known for their brilliant ‘Steamworld’ franchise, but did you know they also dabbled in a mobile device-only title? Anthill was released on both android and iOS back in 2011, a game that was so perfectly suited to touchscreen devices, it…
Do you enjoy playing games that gradually become more challenging, but you only want to use a single finger? If so, Tap Skaters could be your next addictive Nintendo Switch title, a game which you can easily jump into whenever you have a few minutes…
When I was younger I had a guilty pleasure, that pleasure was the 1970’s poorly dubbed TV show simply known as ‘Monkey’. This was a loose adaptation of ‘Journey to the West’, a 16th-century Chinese novel about four unlikely beings who set out on a…
I’ve always loved a good murder mystery, whether in a book, film, TV show, or video game; seeing a crime and then using various clues to deduce who did it, what weapon/method they used, and why, really intrigues me. We’ve had a few games which…
Obsidian Entertainment, for most people, is most well known for Fallout: New Vegas, the follow up to Bethesda’s Fallout 3 on PC and the last generation of consoles. Although they’ve developed other hits, such as South Park and the Stick of Truth and the critically acclaimed…
At last, the third instalment of the popular ‘Trails of Cold Steel’ series is here, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III. After working my way through the remasters of the first two games a few months ago (Here and Here), thanks to…
Whenever I need a break from playing a 120-hour JRPG or a 40-hour Western RPG, I like to load up a simple game which I can mindlessly play to keep myself active, whilst not distracting me from the immersive story I’m mid-way through. I was…
Mobile ports on the Nintendo Switch is a common practice at the moment, many developers make the transition and bump up the resolution, add a few additional features, or simply keep them as a 1:1 copy for use with the Joycons or touchscreen. Developer Pik…
KEMCO are well known for their top-down retro-style RPG games, releasing numerous games every year on all platforms. So, when I saw that they were localising their Visual Novel, Raging Loop, on the PlayStation 4, I had to try it out and see how it…
A few months back I took a look at the NACON Revolution Unlimited Pro controller, a customisable elite controller for the PS4 and PC which allowed you to remap on the fly, invert your axis’ on a hardware level, change the weight, and swap out…
Despite my dislike of Kickstarter and Crowdfunding in general, the system has brought us a number of great games in the last few years, projects which actually met their goal and produced a game which resembled what was promised within the campaign. Deliver Us The…
Back in October 2018, I played and reviewed one of the best adventure visual novels I’d played this entire generation, Death Mark. I ended my review with a wish, a request that Experience Inc. and Aksys Games worked together once more and brought the next…
Codemaster’s long-running TOCA video game series is back with a reboot of one if it’s most popular titles, Grid. Despite being the fourth title within the ‘Grid‘ sub-series, it’s technically the tenth game in the TOCA franchise, following in the ‘tire-marks’ of Race Driver: Grid,…
At long last, Spotlightor Interactive‘s hidden gem, Candleman, has finally surfaced on Nintendo’s hybrid system with help from publisher indienova. I actually reviewed the game last year when it launched on the PlayStation 4 (HERE) but I couldn’t turn down the chance to take another…
The Nintendo Switch and games designed for mobile devices and casual PC gamers go hand in hand, the touch screen coupled with the portability and family-friendly reputation is one which many developers have used to their advantage. A game which I’ve been playing over the…
It’s been five long years since the release of Tropico 5 on the PlayStation 4, a game which I can’t even imagine how many hours I’ve spent building up my empire, only to watch it fall because I forgot to build a fire station before…
Daedalic Entertainment are among my favourite publishers (and sometimes developers) for classic point-and-click style games. From the brilliant, and often overlooked, Deponia series (which is now available in its entirety on modern consoles), to the deep and captivating Pillars of the Earth adaptation, I’ve thoroughly…
Time and time again, simulation games have come into my life and stolen hours upon hours of my time before I even realised it. Games such as Train Sim World, Car Mechanic Simulator, and Construction Simulator 2 have all fully immersed me and captivated me…
I’m not a shallow person, I rarely go off looks when I’m out looking for something new, be it a game, some food, or a new girlfriend… However, as soon as I saw The Sojourn I knew I had to play it as I was…
A few months ago I took a look at The Sinking City on the PlayStation 4 – a mysterious action-adventure game from Frogwares, the developers mainly known for their investigative Sherlock Holmes games. So, when given the opportunity to check out the same game over…
Not too long ago we reviewed This is the Police 2 on both the PlayStation 4 and Steam, a game which we thought was a great sequel with one of the most challenging tactical gameplay modes we’ve ever played. Weappy Studio followed what Ubisoft did…
A few years ago I came across a series of games that blew my mind, a series that took branching stories and multiple timelines to a whole new level, the Zero Escape games. Kotaro Uchikoshi had created some of the best mystery puzzle games I’d…
Over the last few years, Psychotic’s Agatha Knife has been released on the PC, Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch, however, I’d not heard of it until the PS4 version was dropped into my inbox a few days ago. After spending a good eight hours…
This weekend I had the pleasure of playing the latest game from our friends at PQube Games and Compile Heart, Gun Gun Pixies. Words cannot describe the experience I had, from the first moment I shot ‘happy bullets’ at a young girl and pretty much…
Arguably, the franchise which pushed Telltale Games into the limelight was The Walking Dead, an interactive narrative adventure game based around the comic series of the same name. Using a similar formula to their previous games (the revival of Sam and Max, Monkey Island and…
Step aside 007, there’s a new agent in town, Agent A. Instead of an FPS or action-heavy experience, Yak & Co have delivered a suave secret agent puzzle adventure game in which you must thwart the evil villain’s plans and save the day before it’s…
Remedy Entertainment, the developers behind the renowned Alan Wake and Max Payne series’, are back with a brand new title which is, in my opinion, one of the best games they’ve ever created. Combining sci-fi with the supernatural, Control is a game which absorbs you…
I recently reviewed the rather therapeutic and relaxing FIA European Truck Racing Championship game, a game which plays by the rules and punishes you for bumping into other vehicles, going offroad for a few seconds or even getting rear-ended by another car (as it was…
There’s nothing quite like a quirky, interesting, and mechanically unique indie game, an adventure that places you within a recognisable world which has been altered by the events of a catastrophic genocide. Caligari Games and Daedalic Entertainment have presented us with such a situation, combined…
Ancestors Legacy was launched on PC back in May 2018, a Real-Time-Strategy game from Destructive Creations which focuses on its narrative-driven campaigns spanning four different civilisations. Originally, the game was planned to come to PC and then only the Xbox One this year – thankfully…
Within this current generation of gaming we’ve seen a rise in the number of episodic releases, developers releasing their games one chapter at a time throughout the year to both prolong the experience/story and so they can deliver a product much quicker (as it’s incomplete…
As a celebration of International Cat Day, I thought it would be fun to take a look at all the games I can think of which either allows you to play as a feline or features one in a prominent way. I’ll split the game…
Everyone knows that I love a good puzzle game, especially when it a ‘good’ puzzle game that creates unique puzzles to solve, ones that make you think and look at things differently. One genre I’ve really started to enjoy is the narrative-puzzle genre, games that…
Does anyone remember Super Meat Boy? If so, do you recall how frustrating it was trying to make it through a level full of traps and hazards without losing your train of thought and becoming mincemeat as you fall into a circular saw or get…
I’ve always been a fan of arcade racing games, squeezing the Right Trigger as hard as I can as I drift around corners and barge into the opponents like it’s a giant game of bumper cars. As such, games which lean more towards the simulation…
I do love resource management games, having the ability to micro-manage everything in order to ensure all components involved are working as efficiently and in harmony with one another as they can. I also have a strange fascination with automated production lines, setting up a…
I love the Wolfenstein franchise as there’s no thinking required, just run and shoot with a massive gun in each hand as you mercilessly slaughter a bunch of Nazis and their blood-thirsty machines. Wolfenstein: Youngblood takes the parts we love about the series (mindlessly gunning…
Launching alongside the new Wolfenstein game, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, we have a Virtual Reality experience that sees you take down those terrible Nazis by using their own technology against them, all whilst walking the same streets we see in the main adventure. Become a virtual pilot…
Have you ever played a game that made you instantly bond with the lead character? One which made you want to reach out and give them a massive hug when they felt depressed, cheer along when they’re happy, encourage them when they lose hope, and…
Over the years we’ve had a number of rhythm-based games, each with their own unique gameplay elements. We’ve had titles such as Guitar Hero and Rockband, which both utilised their own custom controllers to build immersion; the Final Fantasy Theatrhythm series, which gives you full…
I need to pay more attention to Fig, an alternative crowdfunding site to Kickstarter which was founded by Justin Bailey (the former COO of Double Fine Productions). Just like Kickstarter, it allows developers to pitch their games and receive funding and support from the fans…
As soon as I spot the word ‘Simulator’ within the title of a game, I know it’ll be a game I end up loving and/or losing hours to, as I learn the ropes of performing a real job. I know this as it’s happened previously…
EA is well-known for releasing big blockbuster titles such as Anthem and Battlefront, which are AAA despite the ‘issues’ they have, but they’ve also begun to dabble with smaller indie titles too. To help manage these titles, EA set up the ‘EA Originals‘ division, a…
I’m a sucker for addictive progression-based games; as soon as a game introduces a roguelike/lite mechanic where you’re deemed to fail so that you can improve your stats and try again, I’m hooked. As such, I’ve recently found myself addicted to Hero Express from Fantastico…
The Nintendo Switch has an impressively large library of games, considering it’s only been on sale for two years. However, as you dive into the e-Shop and poke around, you’ll notice that there are easily over a thousand direct ports of mobile phone and tablet…
‘Walking Simulator’ is a term which I don’t like using as it doesn’t paint the right kind of picture for what you’re about to experience. However, despite my dislike of the derogatory ‘genre’, it’s one which most people understand when describing games such as Everybody’s…
A few weeks ago I finally got around to completing my second playthrough, and review, for The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel on the PS4 – one of the best JRPGs I’ve played in a while on the system. Eager to continue the…
There are a few games that I’ve followed for a number of years now, hoping they satisfy all of my hype and anticipation I’ve gained throughout the years of following their development. As a massive fan of Frogwares and their Sherlock Holmes collection (seriously, those…
THQ Nordic announced a few months back that their remastered ‘smash-em-up’, Red Faction Guerrilla: ReMARStered, was coming to the Nintendo Switch after the successful release over on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. With a release date set for tomorrow (July 2nd 2019), it’s…
Sometimes I don’t want to start a new narrative-based game, learn the mechanics of resource management or simulation games, or brutally murder NPCs out of necessity or pleasure; I sometimes just want a game I can play casually. Ascendance is a simple game about making…
As I walked through the streets of Kamurocho, I was hit with a strong sense of nostalgia and deja vu; I was home. It’s been too long since I’ve visited the batting centre, grabbed a drink at Bantam, or cleaned up the streets of thugs…
Ever since I played, loved, and reviewed Tokyo Xanadu eX+ back in 2017, I’ve received numerous suggestions to play The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel and its sequel. However, as I knew an enhanced PS4 version was on its way, I thought I…
Justin Roiland is no stranger when it comes to comedy, being the co-creator and main vocal star of the popular Adult Swim TV show, Rick and Morty. So, when we all discovered he was creating a new VR-enabled adventure game, starring a new character (yet…
Angry Birds is a series of games that needs no introduction at all. Starting life as a 69p application on the iPhone AppStore, it quickly grew in popularity as hundreds of levels were freely added before the developers moved on to spin-offs, different genres, and…
I’ve had the privilege of using the new NACON Revolution Unlimited Pro Controller (the third controller in the series) for the last three weeks thanks to BIGBEN Interactive. I previously owned the original model and loved the comfort and customisation on offer, so I was…
Visual Novels are my guilty pleasure. When I can’t be bothered to read a book and I can’t think of what game I want to play, I put on a Visual Novel; two birds, one stone! I’ve covered a number of them so far, with…
Does anyone remember the original Grand Theft Auto? The top-down classic where you go around the city fulfilling missions given to you via a public payphone as you mow down pedestrians and avoid the cops? It seems Fallen Tree Games remember it fondly as they’ve…
I’m a massive fan of indie games which have been aided by the fabulous team over at PlayStation Talents in Spain. I’ve reviewed a number of them on this website, each one is a product of love from the developers who needed a little helping…
Last gen, there was a kart-based series which I played constantly, two games which ate hours of my life every week as I became absorbed by their replayability and wide array of characters and tracks. No, I’m not talking about Mario Kart, it was the…
Journey to the West is a classic Chinese story that has been retold and adapted in many cultures over the years. Two such adaptations always spring to mind, both Enslaved: Odyssey to the West – the 2010 game from Ninja Theory, and Monkey – the…
I’m probably one of the few people in the world who grew up around the era of the PlayStation that has never played a Resident Evil game all the way through. As such, we were offered all three of the games which recently came to…
There’s a certain genre I’m not the biggest fan of, the horror genre. I don’t get any thrills or sense of enjoyment out of running away from things I can’t fight whilst hiding under the table until they casually walk on by. However, a few…
Back in October 2018, we were treated to a teaser trailer for the new space-based narrative immersive mystery, Observation. As a fan of similarly themed games, such as Tacoma, Alien: Isolation, and The Station, I could only imagine what the game would be; Would we…
