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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,…
I’ve returned to last year’s brilliant Silent Hill 2 now it’s finally on Xbox Series X/S, and it’s exactly what a remake should be

I’ve returned to last…

I realise I’m probably in the minority here, but I don’t love Bluepoint’s approach to remakes. Sure, they’re pretty,…
Hotel Infinity from the studio behind one of 2019’s best puzzlers is already melting my brain – and proves VR still has the power to amaze

Hotel Infinity from the…

Not to toot my own trumpet or anything, but I’ve got a 2x2m square in my house that might…
Forbidden Solitaire is a wonderful reminder games are powerful cultural artefacts that demand to be preserved

Forbidden Solitaire is a…

Not so long ago, I found a stash of my old ZX Spectrum games in the attic. And rummaging…
Netflix’s games strategy might be a mess, but Oxenfree studio’s ingenious new chiller-thriller shows it has a secret weapon

Netflix’s games strategy might…

I still vividly recall the moment in No More Heroes when my Wii Remote rang for the first time.…
Fortnite’s Disneyland Game Rush is a slick celebration with great fan service, but I wish it didn’t come with the usual brain rot chaos

Fortnite’s Disneyland Game Rush…

Yes, I’m a Disney nerd. Or at least a Disney theme park nerd – ever since I was a…