SteamWorld Quest: The Hand of Gilgamech (Switch) Review – Know when to hold um
Image & Form have spent the last several years not only trying but mastering their hand at producing outstanding video games from a variety of genres. Dungeon crawler, RPG, strategy. Game after game they’ve defied the odds to deliver unique…
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Mechstermination Force (Switch) Review – Chicks Dig Giant Robots
If like me, you have fond memories of spending all your pocket money in a dingy seaside arcade trying to get to the end of Metal Slug and Contra – you should check out Mechstermination Force. The latest shooter from…
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Grip: Combat Racing receives huge post-launch update
Gravity-defying arcade racer Grip: Combat Evolved has received a huge helping of post-launch content. Developer, Caged Element’s promised to support the game post-launch, and it looks like they aren’t doing it by halves, adding four new tracks, as well as…
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She Remembered Caterpillars (Switch) Review: Making my brain squirm
There are many games with great puzzles on the Switch but not quite so many with the great art direction and animation style of She remembered caterpillars. You’re unlikely to know the developer (Jumpsuit entertainment) or even the publishers (Ysbryd…
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Outward (PC) Preview: To Be An Adventurer…
It is an adage often repeated by a friend of mine, that in order to qualify as a true adventurer, you must have: Run for your life. Slept in a ditch. Eaten something that was going to eat you. You…
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Toejam and Earl Back in the Groove (Switch) Review – Groovy
Growing up as a genesis kid, ToeJam and Earl was one of my favorite games. While other kids were spinning tales about Mario and Zelda, I was inking crude cartoons of some odd hip-hop loving aliens from space. I remained…
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Anthem (PC) Review: Actually Not Bad, Whatever They Tell You
I will lead this with a statement, in the interest of fairness – I AM biased in favour of this title. Ever since I saw the first video of the gameplay, I saw the mechanical design, and couldn’t wait to…
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Wargroove (PC) Review: What Is It Good Forgroove?
If you ever had a Nintendo GBA or DS and didn’t play Advance Wars, then you seriously missed out – turn-based strategy with a slightly cutesy aesthetic, pleasing mechanics and half-decent enemy AI. It was a great game, reminiscent of…
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Just Cause 4 (PC) Review: More And Less Of The Same
So it’s outing number 4 for Rico Rodriguez, is it? Another dictator, another large map, another unbreakable shoulder joint – alright, let’s do this. Do you need the plot? Okay, here we go – there’s a dictator on this island…
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City of Brass (Switch Review): Needs a good polish
City of Brass follows a similar pattern to many independent games released these days; developers on a hit game break off and form their own studio to start an ambitious project with great ideas behind it. Unfortunately for the team…
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Bowling For Soup, 02 Academy, Bristol, 28/11/2018
Christmas came early as Texan pop punks Bowling For Soup brought their ‘Almost Christmas’ tour to the O2 Academy Bristol, on Wednesday night. The festive fun kicked off with Dallas power pop prodigies Not Ur Girlfrenz, wowing the crowd by…
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A, SWX, Bristol, 17/11/18
The collected 30 somethings were partying like it was 2002 at SWX as post-punk rockers A returned to Bristol to play the whole of their seminal album Hi-Fi Serious. An evening of early 00’s rock appreciation kicked off with Essex…
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Aven Colony (PS4) Review: I Don’t Want to Live on This Planet Anymore
If, like me, you feel that building management sims peaked during the halcyon days of Bullfrog’s Theme- series (Theme Park, Theme Hospital, Dungeon Keeper etc) and the many Sim- games released by Maxis (Sim City, Sim Tower and the mighty Sim Ant etc), Aven Colony may well be right up your…
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The Flame in the Flood: Complete Edition review – Nomad by Fate
When The Molasses Flood first released The Flame in the Flood last year on Xbox One and PC, chances are they never thought that the post-apocalyptic survival sim depicting a US in which global warming has made rivers burst their…
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Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 Review: Turtle Destruction Wave
The heart of a good Dragon Ball game is its combat. I can safely say that fighting in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 ticks all the right boxes; it’s flashy, fluid (running at a consistent 60fps) and unleashing flurries of strikes right…
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Seasons After Fall Review: Fantastic Mr Fox
Do you ever wish you had the power to change the seasons instantly? What about possessing the body of a fox? Even if you’ve never had either of those two (admittedly quite niche) power fantasies, Seasons After Fall might be…
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