Jeff Bezos recently declared his intention to move all industry onto corporate-owned off-world colonies. Neon Giant’s The Ascent is pretty much a treaty on what a terrible idea that is. A stunning isometric cyberpunk action RPG, The Ascent was created by a team…
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Martha is Dead review – Well that took a turn
It’s been hours since the Credits rolled on Martha is Dead, and I still can’t stop thinking about it. It feels like I’ve been hit by a truck. Martha is Dead is undoubtedly one of the best games of the year, but it’s…
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Powerslave Exhumed review – ‘Aliens’
Nightdive studios have an uncanny gift for Exhuming classic games and breathing new life into them. Clearly on a roll after bringing back Shadowman last month, Nightdive is back with a remaster of arguably one of the best console FPS…
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Beyond a Steel Sky Review – All about that…
Did you know, popular singer, Meghan Trainor is a huge fan of point and click adventure games? Ever since she bought her Amiga 500 off Britney Spears at a car boot sale in Cleckheaton, she was hooked. Her hit song,…
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Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town Review – City Slicker
When I first started Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town, I thought to myself that this looks like a Harvest Moon knock off. (I mean more than your typical farming sim) After a little digging, it turns out it is a remake of a Harvest Moon game…
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Tormented Souls out now on PS5, PC – Launch Trailer
Dual Effect and Abstract Digital Works’ Tormented Souls is out today on PS5 and Steam. To celebrate the launch of the old-school survival-horror romp,the game’s publisher PQube has released a new trailer that gives players a taste of the abominations…
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes revealed with gameplay trailer
Bandai Namco has released a new gameplay trailer for the next entry in Supermassive games Dark Pictures Anthology series: House of Ashes. The latest horrific multiplayer mash-up from Supermassive Games, House of Ashes sees players transported to the Zagros mountains during…
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New Horizon: Forbidden West gameplay headlines State of Play tomorrow
Sony has announced Horizon: Forbidden West will headline a new State of Play presentation tomorrow First revealed back last June as part of the PS5 showcase, Forbidden West once again sees series protagonist Aloy battle a host of giant robotic…
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FrostPunk (PS4) review: A Warm Welcome
Frostpunk is in gameplay and systems a city-building RTS in the vein of civilization, Tropico, and SimCity. It borrows from all of these in different ways and adds its own spin to gameplay and narrative that add value for the…
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The Surge 2 (PS4) Review: Elysium Meets Deadspace
When The Surge first came out in early 2017, I took one look at it and decided I really needed a piece of it. It looked fantastic. Powered armour melee combat versus hordes of evil sci-fi bad guys? Brilliant. Sign…
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Home Sweet Home (PS4/VR) review: P.T disorder
Yggdrazil Group’s Home Sweet Home offers gamers a mix of P.T inspired scares and Thai mythology, that hits just as much as it misses. In proper P.T fashion, the game opens with the protagonist waking up in an unknown place,…
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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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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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Overcooked! (PS4) Review: Are you cookin’ at me?
Cooking has never been so fashionable. “Clean eating” is everywhere. Masterchef is on at least four channels simultaneously 24/7. Instagram is a hive of heavily filtered pictures of artisanal quinoa in handcrafted bowls. With Overcooked!, have we finally reached peak cooking?…
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