Something I like to do before starting a book, movie or TV series is come in cold. I don’t want to be watching trailers before I see a movie, and I’d rather not read a synopsis before starting a book. I trust the creators, and want to be surprised at precisely the moment they intend
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New Year’s Eve, 1999. All of London is preparing to ring in the new millennium — or possibly cleaning out the contents of their bank accounts in fear of Y2K — but the Metropolitan Police has other things on its plate. In the East End of London, a local gang has been quietly amassing a
As E3 approaches (or whatever you call the sequence of livestreams that are replacing it), the gaming landscape tends to become a little flat. And so it is with May 2022, which hasn’t got a single new game that you could confidently call AAA. But hold your horses, because May just looks downright fun. There
Always fancied yourself as one of the Ravenous Devils? In Troglobytes Games’ latest, you’ll get to do just that. Ravenous Devils may not be the game you were expecting, with this playing out as a horror-styled cooking simulator in which crime plays a major role – in fact, it’s that which is the main ingredient.
Get moving this weekend in Free Play Days. Session: Skate Sim (Game Preview), Moving Out and Embr are available this weekend for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to play from Thursday, April 28 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Sunday, May 1 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. How to Start Playing Find and
Back in 2013, the original Rogue Legacy added a revolutionary twist to the standard roguelike formula: Instead of losing everything upon death, you’re able to spend your currency on permanent upgrades that make each successive run just a little bit easier. This kickstarted an entire subgenre called roguelites, which now includes such incredible games as
We love the start of any new Festival Playlist in Forza Horizon 5 and with Series 7, that excitement fails to diminish. Series 7 – Summer kicks things off, with all new events, championships and challenges for players to complete – with each of those having some kind of reward attached to them. If you’re
You’ve probably heard of The Stanley Parable. A game that was originally Steam Greenlit back in 2012, the experimental, interactive ideas that it contained soon wowed the PC crowds. Now though it’s time for the game to expand, as The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe edition comes to PC and console. Available today on Xbox One
He may not be as prolific in front of goal as City fans would like, but when you rock up and score four goals in one match, there’s little to stop you from dominating the world. That’s the case for Gabriel Jesus as he stars in FIFA 22’s Team of the Week (TOTW) #32. It’s Man
Plenty has already been said about why 2013’s The Stanley Parable is so phenomenal – so much, in fact, that one section of 2022’s The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is a literal shrine to all of the praise and accolades that have been deservedly heaped upon it. To prattle on further about how it cleverly
Thompson Trophy-winning classic racing planes of the Golden Age of Air Racing, now available in the Microsoft Flight Simulator marketplace. The Microsoft Flight Simulator team is excited to announce their latest release in the Famous Flyers series of aircraft, the Gee Bee Model Z and Model R-2 Super Sportster, single-engine, single-seat racing monoplanes designed and
It’s the alchemic adventure from Team 17 and Sengi Games that we’ve been waiting for, and today The Serpent Rogue has found itself slithering onto PC and console, giving players the chance to take in the experimental exploration that is found within. Available today on Xbox Series X|S, PS5, Nintendo Switch and PC is Ukrainian
The Sniper Ghost Warrior series of games have certainly made a name and reputation for themselves. That reputation being, sadly, “that bunch of games that aren’t as good as the Sniper Elite ones”. By and large, this is very true. However, this doesn’t stop CI Games from continuing to try and in recent years, their
I have done a Paratopic. I hope never to do a Paratopic again. Back in 2018, a game released on the PC and Switch, and it was talked about in hushed tones as if it were a banned video nasty or the tape from Ring. I had plenty of game-loving friends who asked me if
Just after wrapping all sorts of certification tests and getting excited for the release of NeonLore, the usual sense of anxiety wave hit me: What if gamers don’t understand what we are trying to achieve here? I would classify ourselves as real indie developers. Allow and excuse me to make a bit of pun here
Like Monster Couch and Nomad Games, Acram Digital have taken it upon themselves to bring popular board games to the digital space. Having tackled classics like Catan and Concordia, their next stop has taken them to Istanbul. As a board game fan, Istanbul has been in my blind spot. I’d heard about it and even