Tag: Now Playing

Absolum, from the publisher of Eurogamer Essential Streets of Rage 4, is a brawler that lets you cash-out a combo – and it’s brilliant

Absolum, from the publisher…

Having spent night after night throwing myself into Absolum, I remain hopelessly charmed by it. A spirited fantasy that…
The Sims 4’s Adventure Awaits expansion is exactly the kind of getaway I’ve been looking for

The Sims 4’s Adventure…

In this, the year of unmitigated bullshit, a bit of a jolly holiday away from it all’s probably what…
Consume Me review

Consume Me review

“Just think of it like a video game”, Consume Me’s increasingly put-upon protagonist Jenny tells herself early on as…
Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2’s ports bring two all-timers to the Switch 2, but I wish Nintendo made that just a little easier to celebrate

Super Mario Galaxy 1…

While Super Mario Galaxy has appeared on Nintendo Switch before, via 2020’s Super Mario 3D All-Stars, this week’s re-release…
Tiny Bookshop is making me want to run away to the seaside, and judging by its popularity, everybody else is coming too

Tiny Bookshop is making…

If the recent unstoppable wave of cosy sims has taught me anything, it’s that my life would be infinitely…
Dune Awakening is the perfect blend of survival, MMORPG, and house envy

Dune Awakening is the…

Dune Awakening is out at last, and it’s a strange, wonderful blend of an MMORPG and an open world…
Fragpunk could be brilliant, if it wasn’t so obsessed with being a hyper-rewarding slot machine

Fragpunk could be brilliant,…

In a lot of ways, Fragpunk is much better than I expected it to be. One round the other…
The next surreal dice-rolling RPG from Cosmo D is a terrific follow-up to Betrayal at Club Low

The next surreal dice-rolling…

Rejoice, dear readers, for today heralds the arrival of a new Cosmo D game. Technically, it’s episode 1 of…
Keep Driving: what’s a roguelike if not a junky old car with a decent FM radio?

Keep Driving: what’s a…

When I was younger, platformers were the dominant genre, so whenever an idea came along that needed turning into…
A mysterious language, secret powers… you don’t get that in Wordle

A mysterious language, secret…

Real talk: as a deeply lazy human being, there are some games that I kind of secretly hope aren’t…