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Drop everything and play Sektori

Drop everything and play…

Sometimes you just know. A few seconds into Sektori, through an alluringly vague tutorial and out the other side…
Rusty Lake is back with another belter, so I get to shout about the overlooked puzzle series all over again

Rusty Lake is back…

I wiggle a cloud and the lake goes dark, revealing patterns among the stars. I poke a cat and…
The King is Watching revels in magic, menace and distraction

The King is Watching…

The first thing I need to tell you about The King is Watching is that, due to an unusual…
Brilliantly cinematic supernatural thrill ride Ghost Town is finally on PSVR 2 and it’s easily one of my favourite games this year

Brilliantly cinematic supernatural thrill…

It took about five seconds to figure out Ghost Town might be something a bit special when I first…
Brilliantly cinematic supernatural thrill ride Ghost Town is finally on PSVR 2 and it’s easily one of my favourite games this year

Brilliantly cinematic supernatural thrill…

It took about five seconds to figure out Ghost Town might be something a bit special when I first…
Club Soko is cartoonishly dark and splattered with beer – and it’s a wonderful puzzler, too

Club Soko is cartoonishly…

Sokoban games are those puzzlers that are all about pushing blocks around. They’re spatial challenges at their most fiendish.…
Marvel Cosmic Invasion has me convinced: cartoons and comics trumps the blockbuster movie style any day

Marvel Cosmic Invasion has…

Marvel Cosmic Invasion is a joyous game to play, that much I’ll tell you up front. Made by Tribute…
Cracking sci-fi horror Routine escapes a decade of development hell as a great reminder that patronising game design can do one

Cracking sci-fi horror Routine…

There’s a bit early on in Routine where your progress is blocked by a blinking computer terminal demanding your…
Let it Die: Inferno is maybe the weirdest extraction game I’ve ever played, both endlessly intriguing and disappointing

Let it Die: Inferno…

Every part of Let it Die: Inferno is bizarre. Visually striking, narratively eccentric, ambitious within the genre it’s inhabiting.…
Octopath Traveler 0 is an interesting experiment in trying to make a traditional game out of gacha elements, it’s just not a very successful one

Octopath Traveler 0 is…

I’ve got an issue with people saying ‘turn-based games are back, baby’. For those with the eyes to see,…