Everyone’s seen Groundhog Day, the classic RomCom from 1993 about a guy who relives the same day over and over again, changing things each time in order to try and break the loop so that tomorrow will finally arrive. Although the film was a massive…
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VR allows you to do things you can’t in real life, such as become a wizard or fly through the sky, and also things you don’t want to do, such as die via suffocation in outer space (thanks Detached). One of my biggest fears is…
The time is finally here guys, it’s the release of an open-world action-adventure game that involves you enhancing your superpowers, collecting orbs, playing both solo or in co-op, and generally causing havoc for the enemies and civilians alike! No, silly… I’m not talking about Crackdown,…
The SNES was a great era for gaming – sure, a lot of garbage was put onto the system, but it’s where a lot of us started our gaming journey. These days, we love replaying the games we grew up with, games that were simple…
Back in April 2019, the world was introduced to Paper Beast, a PSVR exclusive title that looked very unique – a silent, non-narrative experience with gigantic creatures made out of paper. I purposely decided to keep away from any videos or articles previewing the game…
The Nintendo Switch has received a number of ports, some based upon the previous generation of consoles (the PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360) and some modified and optimised versions of PS4 and Xbox One titles. Due to its weaker hardware, compromises are usually required…
Puzzle games come in many variations, especially digital ones. There are digital representations of classics such as word searches, Picross, and crosswords, and there are games which invent their own puzzles through the use of a narrative adventure or immersive action game. Jump, Step, Step…
Our friends over at Melbot Studios have just launched their Kickstarter campaign for their intuitive and unique Tamagotchi-like toy, the Melbits POD. This fascinating new physical and digital hybrid device is the result of two years R&D over in their offices which are based in…
When DOOM was set to be rebooted back in 2016, nobody knew what to expect. Would it be a simple remake of the original game with some cinematics thrown in, would it be a 30fps narrative FPS, or would it tone down the violence in…
Simplistic platformers with roguelike and/or Metroidvania gameplay aspects are quite common at the moment, especially among the indie scene. So, for one to stand out it has to have its own ‘thing’, something which is unique or special to draw in new players. King Lucas…
Time management games are my guilty pleasure, I’ve loved playing them ever since I first played Diner Dash many, many years ago on my mother’s iPad. However, I tend not to play too many PC games these days and there isn’t a lot of titles…
Zombies are a very prevalent trope in today’s society, they have featured in movies, shows, and books for almost a century, filling us with an irrational fear of the dead coming alive to eat our brains. However, despite the love these ghoulish creatures get from…
I love simulation games, they let you jump into the shoes of another person and become someone else for a few hours. However, there are two types of ‘simulations’, there are the ones which get really in-depth and detailed, such as Train Sim World and…
Have you ever thought of multiple random games or sports and wondered what it would be like to combine them? Imagine, if you will, Zombie Army/Sniper Elite combined with Clay Pigeon Shooting and Ski Jumping Pro VR… The Frankenstein creation you’ll end up with is…
Ski Jumping looks incredibly terrifying, it’s not something I’d want to even attempt in real life due to fear of breaking my leg or neck as I come crashing to the ground. However, thanks to Virtual Reality, I can give the adrenaline-pumping sport a go…
I’ve played games with CGI environments and real actors via FMV, such as The 7th Guest, and I’ve played full-on FMV games, such as The Shapeshifting Detective, but I think this is the first time I’ve actually ‘played’ an FMV game in VR. Afterlife is…
VR is a great platform for you to get all creative and express yourself in a way not possible in real life. A while back I played and reviewed CoolPaintr VR, a game in which I recreated a 3D statue of Spyro the Dragon despite…
I was a Nintendo kid growing up, owning every one of their consoles from the SNES all the way up to the Switch, each one being my main console up until the Wii which is when I bought an Xbox 360. So, I missed out…
*Incoming reference only British people will probably get* Have you ever sat there on your day off, or every day if you’re unemployed, wearing nothing but your pants as you binge on daytime TV, flicking through the endless shows about antiques, car boot sales, decorating,…
Rabi-Ribi is a Bullet-hell platformer developed by both CreSpirit and GemaYue and published by Circle Entertainment, a company most known for its localisations of various smaller titles around the world. Originally launching back in 2016 on PC followed by the Vita and PS4 in 2017…
Short narrative adventures are hit or miss with most people. Some like the fact that they can sit down and absorb the entire experience within a single afternoon and others feel they are too short for the price they’re asking for. Personally, if a game…
Retro and Classic games are still all the rage today, even as much as they were when I was growing up. So, the 16-bit aesthetics of Goblin Sword will easily please those looking for some nostalgic action. Originally an iOS game from 2014, by Lefteris…
After having previously played The Coma: Recut, I was already impressed at the premise and setting the developers had created. There’s nothing creepier than walking through the dark halls of your once familiar school without being able to exit. To make matters worse, the protagonist…
I’ve been waiting for a particular game to make its jump to the Nintendo Switch, a game which I’ve spent hours playing on my NDS and 3DS previously – that game is none other than Picross 3D. However, despite the popularity of puzzle games on…
Bullfrog Productions were one of my favourite developers when I was a kid, they turned me onto simulation and management games, genres which I’m a massive fan of to this day. Whether I was a Dungeon Keeper setting traps for the pesky ‘heroes’, Managing my…
One of my favourite casual games of 2019 was Hero Express, a Trials-like game in which you drive various vehicles across a bumpy landscape as you try to reach the finish line in one piece. That game was both developed and published by Fantastico Studio,…
Ciel Fledge: A Daughter Raising Simulator is a unique simulation game published by PQube Games and developed by Studio Namaapa. Ciel Fledge is the developer’s second game, the first being Nusakana which was a JRPG about dating fish girls and solving the mystery of the…
Not too long ago I reviewed Draugen on Steam (HERE), an interactive narrative-heavy adventure game which perfectly sucks you into the beautiful visuals and relaxing atmosphere of the isolated town of Graavik in Norway. However, due to the age of my hardware, the experience wasn’t…
Up until getting my hands on Arc of Alchemist, I had no idea what the game was about or going to play like. Idea Factory and Compile Hearts don’t tend to stick to a single genre or gameplay style, they like to experiment and try…
Does anyone remember the 1979 arcade classic, Asteroids? It’s a simple game in which you move a spaceship around and shoot various blobs (asteroids) as they come flying in from all sides, splitting into smaller pieces as you blast them with your projectiles – creating…
39 Days to Mars is a game that I’d not heard of until a few weeks ago, despite originally launching back in April 2018 on the PC after a successful Kickstarter in 2014. It’s a co-operative enforced game that lets you both play with another…
Amber’s Airline – High Hopes is the first game in the Amber’s Airline series and this time, GameHouse tries out a new setting within the time-management gameplay: Flying. Well, the player doesn’t actually fly around but there are some chapters based within a plane as…
Nurse Love Addiction was developed by Kogado Studio, known for their bishōjo titles, and published by Degica Games, who are known for their extensive niche and Japanese game library. After originally launching on the PS Vita over in Japan, it was soon released on the…
It’s finally here, the sequel to one of my favourite, most relaxing puzzles games of 2019, Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions. It was almost exactly a year ago (6th Feb 2019) which I reviewed the original Glass Masquerade, a game which had me hooked as soon…
Back in March 2019 I played and reviewed The Braveland Trilogy on the Nintendo Switch, a simplified Heroes of Might and Magic-like game from developer Tortuga Team. Later that year the developers released Spaceland, their simplified Xcom-like game on Apple Arcade, Steam and the Nintendo…
There are two things in life which people love to shoot the hell out of (in video games), Zombies and the Nazis. Rebellion has provided an answer to this strangely satisfying urge for a while now through their Zombie Army games, games which borrow a…
There have been a number of games which revolve around constructing bridges that have released over the years, with my favourite to date being Bridge Constructor Portal – a construction game merged with the mechanics of Valve’s hit puzzle game. Due to the success of…
Does anyone remember No Man’s Sky? The overly ambitious game which launched to negative reviews due to under-delivering on almost every promise it made during development (until it was revamped around 2-3 years later)? Well, imagine that game, only with working co-op from day one,…
I’ve backed three games so far via the popular crowd-funding website, Kickstarter; Yogventures, Summer in Mara and Shenmue III. The first game never came out, with speculation that the Yogscast kept a large sum of the money and the lead ‘developer’ ran away with the…
Selma and the Wisp is a 2D platformer published by Ultimate Games and developed by Toucan Studio. The game had previously released on Steam back in 2016 but today I’m taking a look at the Nintendo Switch version which was released in May 2019. I’ve…
When I was younger, pretty much every successful film and TV show had its own video game based on the franchise. We saw this a lot last generation, with all of the Disney tie-ins and the beginning of Telltale Games’ many licencing deals – making…
I’ve previously played and reviewed the Epic Games Store version of Close to the Sun upon launch, a review you can find HERE. However, due to my PC not being the greatest, resulting in a few technical issues on my side, I managed to get…
Frogwares are well known for their fun and immersive Sherlock Holmes games and most recently their brilliant new IP, The Sinking City. As a fan of both Sherlock Holmes in general and interactive adventure games, I’ve bought, played and completed every single adventure game the…
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…
I’ve always been a big fan of GameHouse’s time-management games and thus, I was very excited to start Detective Jackie – Mystic Case, a game which seemed to be quite different than their usual style. You see, most of the time the player manages a…
I’m really fond of casual time-management games, games I can simply play in long or short sessions whenever I have a free moment. As such, GameHouse surprised us once again with a new series entry in the genre called Hotel Ever After – Ella’s Wish.…
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…
Developer Piccolo Studio’s debut game, Arise: A Simple Story, really hit me with a hard gut-wrenching punch. From its opening moments of witnessing the protagonist’s funeral, to his journey through limbo accessing his old memories, I couldn’t shake the feeling of finality and loss. It…
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…
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…
JRPG`s are one of my most loved genres! So when コンセプション 俺の子供を産んでくれ！or Conception: Ore no Kodomo o Undekure! from 2012 (JP release only) was making its way to the PS4 in English, I couldn’t be more excited. Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars was…
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,…
Just when I thought games couldn’t get any crazier, I got my hands on Gun Gun Pixies. It’s an anime-stylised game where you’re playing as two super small aliens, who look like normal girls in pretty outfits, shooting “Happy Bullets” at giant human females. Surprisingly,…
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,…
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…
For those that have played Cat Quest, you will be fully aware of the multitude of hilarious cat puns throughout the game. Cat Quest II, from developer The Gentlebros, delivers way more entertaining puns, not only in regards to cats but now dogs too. Cat…
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…
BoxVR is exactly what you’d expect it to be – it’s a VR boxing game – only the twist is, you box along to songs and on-screen prompts. Developed by FitXR, it stands out against other boxing games, such as Creed, as not only is…
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…
Dauntless is finally here as a full game! The game has been in early access for months but now it has reached version 1.0 coming as part of the game’s biggest update yet. If you don’t already know, Dauntless is a free to play action…
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…
Before I talk about Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, let me first briefly talk about my experience with Destiny in general… Back in the early days of the PS4, there hadn’t been a great number of games released to keep me occupied. Destiny looked interesting even though…
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…
It’s always cool to watch as an idea that starts small is able to grow an become a grander thing than what was originally conceived. Indivisible is a game that has been anticipated for quite a while now, especially for the folks that helped by…
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,…
