Reviews

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The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation – Review

Developed and published by Supercube, The Pioneers Surviving Desolation offers a simple-to-understand, yet challenging survival base-building game. Survival games, in general, are one of my favorite genres. This game is no exception, and even with it still in development and early access, there are some bugs here and there, yet

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Breakers Collection (Xbox Series X) – Review

The 90s was an era that helped define the arcade scene and fighting game genre. Amongst all the Street Fighters, Mortal Kombats, Tekkens, King of Fighters, and more, were also a handful of lesser-known, obscure fighters that often imitated, or took inspiration from the more successful and established titles. One

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Children Of Silentown (PC) – Review

A quiet little village with a sinister curse looming over it. This is where Elf Games Works and Luna2s’ newest title, Children of Silentown begins. A point-and-click game that twists the typical notions of a traditionally casual gameplay style and turns it creepy. The game borrows a storytelling style like

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Gatewalkers (PC) – Review

A2 Softworks is back again with their third title on Steam, Gatewalkers, a cooperative RPG where you travel to different worlds to save your own; a group called the Gatewalkers. The chosen few can go through the gate and come out on the other side to face what lies ahead.

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M3GAN – Review

Blumhouse Productions have been on a bit of a tear lately; a dedicated bunch of people that wish to make us uncomfortable in our seats, screaming or cowering behind the nearest person. Their latest film, M3GAN, follows the evolution of a robotic Artificial Intelligence, and I would say it was

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HEROish (Nintendo Switch) – Review

When I first started playing HEROish, I immediately thought ‘this is a single-player MOBA game’, but it is much more than that. HEROish also has aspects of tower defense and deckbuilding. This is the debut title for developers and publishers Sunblink and it’s a great game to debut with. Starting

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Sail Forth (Nintendo Switch) – Review

Published by The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild and developed by Festive Vector, Sail Forth is a nautical adventure game, where players can raise their sails to explore the open seas, upgrade their ships, recruit new crew members and engage in naval battles. This unique indie game is now available on PC,

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X-Plane 12 – Review

Have you ever dreamed of being a pilot? Then this is the review for you, and we can all thank Laminar Research, the team who brought the next level of flight simulation to our screens with their latest installment into the X-Plane series. X-Plane 12. The updates in this title

Knight Crawlers – Preview

“Knight Crawlers” is a ragdoll physics-based dungeon crawler by freshly formed Good Morning Games and published by The Iterative Collective. A rouge-lite crawler that brings fun energy through awkward flailing movements both during combat and while running around exploring. Playing as a Crawler, you’re tasked with making your way through

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Mummies (2023) – Review

Mummies, the brand-new animated film from Warner Brothers, brings the afterlife back into modern-day London for a zany adventure. This family-friendly film launches right in time for the post-Christmas rush when the kids are looking for a day out of the house. Beginning our adventure in the depth of Egypt,

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Broken Lines – Review

Tactical strategy game ‘Broken Lines’ has made the leap to the consoles for a broader audience to get their hands on this Indie title. Developed by PortaPlay and published by Blowfish Studios, players will be treated to an equal parts narrative-driven and strategic experience with the threat of perma-death looming

6.5

Hubris – Review

VR games are always so much fun to dive into, even if some make me nauseous, but that’s something I will get used to with time. Hubris is the latest VR game I’ve checked out and was excited to jump into. Developed by Cyborn B.V., Hubris is a large-scale VR

Homeseek – Preview

Homeseek is a post-apocalyptic survival strategy game created by Traptics and published by The Iterative Collective. I first saw this game in action at PAXAUS 22, but now, it has a demo available on Steam for everyone to try out. In Homeseek, the world has been destroyed by overpopulation, exploitation

9.5

GRIS (Playstation 5) – Review

2018’s GRIS, by Nomada, is a beautifully made and well-received indie title. Fortunately, for the masses, it has been rereleased for Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X as a 4th-year anniversary celebration of its success. This upgraded edition boasts new console-specific upgrades such as; Xbox Series S: 2K 120FPS Xbox

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High On Life – Review

Squanch Games has brought us their first title. From the glorious mind of Justin Roiland, one of the co-creators of the award-winning TV series, Rick & Morty, comes High On Life, which is available from day one on Xbox Game Pass, or, if you don’t have Game Pass, you can

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New Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja – Review

Arcade games were likely the first introduction to video games for people up until the mid-1990s, and this includes me. The cabinets would attract all sorts of groups of kids, teens, and adults, furiously dishing out coins for deep runs into notoriously difficult games. Mr. Nutz Studio is bringing that

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