Outer Wilds review | Death and translation in the final frontier
by Malindy Hetfeld | Jul 09, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
Frustration and beauty awaits in Mobius Digital's space-faring adventure
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Mable And The Wood preview: the Chrono Trigger feel
by Maggie Tan | Jul 05, 2019 | Gaming, Previews
How do you save the world if you can’t even lift your sword? Developer Andrew Stewart gives us the lowdown
Road to Guangdong preview: Keep rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
by Ian Dransfield | Jul 03, 2019 | Gaming, Previews
Road trippin' restaurateurs: assemble.
Polygon Treehouse and making the jump to indie
by Gareth Dutton | Jul 03, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
Polygon Treehouse tell us what it’s like to go from a major triple-A studio to making games as a two-man indie team
Out of the Box: The return of the escape room
by Steven T Wright | Jul 01, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
A new generation of games prove there’s still life hiding in an oft-overlooked genre.
Total War: Three Kingdoms review | A masterful reinvigoration
by Nic Reuben | Jun 28, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
The Total War series gets a new lease of life, though with fewer pirate vampires.
Void Bastards review | Shut that door
by Ian Dransfield | Jun 26, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
Door management in space? The genre's never been so much fun
The Godfather, Battlefield Vietnam, and the power of focus
by Reid Schneider | Jun 25, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
Game development is as much about what you don’t put in as what you do put in, writes producer Reid Schneider
Observation review | Gripping space admin
by Nic Reuben | Jun 24, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
Ground control to Major SAM.
LUNA The Shadow Dust preview: absolutely gorgeous
by Jack Yarwood | Jun 21, 2019 | Gaming, Previews
Lantern Studio talks Ursula K. Le Guin, Ghibli love, and hand-animating LUNA
Forager review | Childlike Zelda-like
by Olly Smith | Jun 19, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
May the Forest be with you
Tales of the Neon Sea review
by Ian Dransfield | Jun 18, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
A cyberpunk-infused adventure that looks superb, but features a bit too much traipsing around for its own good
Puyo Puyo Champions review | A good match
by Joe Parlock | Jun 14, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
Maybe not 'barebones', considering most of these squishy things don't have skeletons...
To The Rescue! preview - best friends, inc.
by Ian Dransfield | Jun 12, 2019 | Gaming, Previews
Hammering it home: adopt, don't shop
Rage 2 review | Searing combat in a bland open world
by Richard Wakeling | Jun 11, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
Avalanche serves up an apocalyptic wasteland full of stops and starts
News from the virtual front - 10th June
by Ian Dransfield | Jun 10, 2019 | Gaming, News
Keeping track of the news, so you don't have to
Tamarin preview: a 3D platformer with a Rare spring in its step
by Tom Power | Jun 07, 2019 | Gaming, Previews
Chameleon Games’ platformer could be a return to a Rare-like golden age
The physical and digital state of video game preservation
by Kim Justice | Jun 05, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
Preserving gaming history has mostly been a fan thing; as it builds momentum we talk to those who’ve taken the mantle
Whispers of a Machine review | High-stakes sci-fi
by Nic Reuben | Jun 04, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
A smart and engaging adventure game set against a sci-fi backdrop
Hack and slash: looking ahead to Recompile
by Ryan Lambie | Jun 03, 2019 | Gaming, Previews
We catch up with Phigames and their 3D Metroidvania set in a virtual world: Recompile
Beyond Machina: Mel Croucher’s Duracell Bunny years
by Mel Croucher | May 30, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
Game pioneer Mel Croucher revisits his viral marketing years, from Duracell Bunny games to promises of free beer
Cyber Shadow: looking ahead to a NES-inspired ninja game
by Alan Wen | May 29, 2019 | Gaming, Previews
Not just another NES-style ninja platformer – developer Aarne Hunziker talks to us about Cyber Shadow
A Plague Tale: Innocence review | Ratty
by Jon Bailes | May 24, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
The walls are alive with the sound of rodents
Katana Zero review - from zero to anti-hero
by Alan Wen | May 21, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
Time-bending ninja action channels cool cuts and cooler slices.
How detective games are evolving
by Steven T Wright | May 20, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
Games of deduction are nothing new, but a new generation of developers are pushing the detective genre forward.
American Fugitive: escaping prison in classic GTA style
by Alan Wen | May 16, 2019 | Gaming, Previews
How Fallen Tree Games’ prison escape sandbox accidentally became an homage to classic GTA
We Are The Caretakers: looking ahead to an Afrofuturist XCOM
by Jeremy Peel | May 14, 2019 | Gaming, Previews
Is this rhino-centric XCOM-alike the first rumble in a coming stampede of Afrofuturist games?
Looking at life as a solo game developer
by Ian Dransfield | May 10, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
We speak to three indie developers about the highs and lows involved in single-handedly producing a game
Outward review
by Ed Nightingale | May 08, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
Escape to a magical world of hunger and debt
Generation Zero review | Robotic
by Joe Parlock | May 07, 2019 | Gaming, Reviews
Avalanche’s open-world robot uprising starts out strong, but soon runs out of energy
Embr preview: a job sim full of burning ambition
by Ryan Lambie | May 03, 2019 | Gaming, Previews
Muse Games tell us about their gig economy firefighting sim, Embr
There’s no such thing as an apolitical game
by Holly Nielsen | May 02, 2019 | Gaming, Opinions
Whether developers or players like it or not, all games are political, Holly writes
