Tag: indie

Golden Lap is a wonderful reminder that motor racing’s about the perfect blend of terrifying thrills and mind-numbing math

Golden Lap is a…

Motor racing is just like any other sport. Its heart beats to the dorky drum of things scribbled across…
Beyond FromSoftware: the Soulslike mechanics that turned a series into a genre

Beyond FromSoftware: the Soulslike…

From Demon’s Souls to Elden Ring, FromSoftware’s games have had a singular impact on the last 15 years of…
Disco Elysium’s remaining devs were working on a spin-off that would’ve been the “most hardcore Disco since Disco” before ZA/UM layoffs

Disco Elysium’s remaining devs…

Following layoffs at ZA/UM earlier this year, some of the developers affected have provided some details about the Disco…
Battle Aces feels like a brilliant competitive RTS for the TikTok generation – and also the old, somehow

Battle Aces feels like…

The whole thing now, I’m told, is that everybody has a short attention span. Are you still reading? Are…
Jackbox finally adding Megapicker for seamless minigame swapping across packs

Jackbox finally adding Megapicker…

With over 50 games spread over multiple individual packs, it can be a pain to play Jackbox Games with…
What we’ve been playing – caverns, knowledge and doors

What we’ve been playing…

Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve…
Game of the Week: Steam Next Fest tells you that summer is here

Game of the Week:…

I did not expect to be walking through a forest at eight this morning. Trees rising out of the…
Amber Isle is exactly the Animal Crossing-like you think it is, and that’s not a bad thing

Amber Isle is exactly…

One of the current Next Fest‘s most pleasant and colorful games – out of the many that are offering…
Ark: Survival Ascended is the worst optimised Unreal Engine 5 game we’ve seen on console

Ark: Survival Ascended is…

We’ve seen some poorly optimised Unreal Engine games over the last few years, especially on console as developers try…
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector “is a response to Mass Effect 2”, but with one major twist – it’s nothing like Mass Effect 2, and that’s the point

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward…

How much have you changed over the past couple of years? The passage of time continues, constantly, unremittingly. We’re…