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If your favourite character to play in Super Smash Bros is Kirby, well, do I have some good news for you. Kirby Fighters 2 is going to scratch that very specific itch, because while it plays like Smash, pretty much every player character is Kirby wearing a different hat. It’s...
Partisans 1941 is a real-time tactical strategy game developed by Alter Games and published by Daedalic Entertainment. Set in 1940’s Russia during World War II, the story of Partisans 1941 follows the game’s main character Alexey Zoran, as he rallies together people to form the partisans, a resistance group operating...
Some few weeks after it was announced, the next game from Bithell Games, The Solitaire Conspiracy is here. The people who made hit gems such as Thomas Was Alone and John Wick Hex have gone and done it. They’ve made their own spin on Solitaire. Promising gorgeous espionage aesthetics, a full campaign with...
The Survivalists is a sandbox survival game developed and published by Team17. The game comes with a single-player mode and an online co-op mode that lets you play together with up to three friends. As the title indicates, The Survivalists’ premise is all about exploring, gathering resources, and crafting tools...
Crash Bandicoot is back with a new adventure, promising to be the true successor to Naughty Dog’s original platformer trilogy. Crash’s new developers, Toys for Bob, had some big shoes to fill to not just recapture the old Crash Bandicoot spirit, but to bring a new dimension to the spinning...
Ride 4
RIDE 4 claims to be the ultimate racing experience for 2-wheel lovers, featuring hundreds of bikes across decades of racing, loads of tracks and customisation options, all replicated to the finest detail with the most advanced technologies. “Sounds good! Sign me up!” I thought to myself. I’ve played motorbike games...
Between the good (The Mandalorian), the okay (Jedi: Fallen Order) and the straight-up poor (Episode IX: Rise of Skywalker) all coming to us in the past year, Star Wars has quite the franchise fatigue going for it. So with Star Wars: Squadrons, a game following crews of starfighter pilots, I was sceptical...
Port Royale 4 is a trading simulation game developed by Gaming Minds and published by Kalypso Media. It’s the latest entry in the Port Royale franchise and, similar to previous entries, takes place in the Caribbean. Port Royale 4 comes with a campaign mode and a free mode.
Let me start with a big, sweeping statement: art of rally is one of the prettiest racing games I’ve ever seen. Considering racing games in general tend to go with a more realistic art-style like Gran Turismo or Forza, it’s always refreshing to see a different take on what a...
Projection: First Light is the kind of game the world needs more of. It’s a puzzle platformer with a handcrafted shadow puppet aesthetic. Shadows are platforms, so you need to cast shadows in specific directions in order to solve puzzles and get through each level. The game is a visual...
The original Tennis World Tour was unimpressive to say the least. Developed by Breakpoint, it simply didn’t feel like a great reflection of the sport, and so publisher Nacon changed to a different developer earlier this year, in the Aussie team Big Ant, to help steady the ship. This is...
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven originally released in 2002, and was groundbreaking in its cinematic narrative and approach to its open-world environment. However, a lot has changed in the past 18 years, and the original Mafia hasn’t aged all that well. Fortunately, Hanger 13, developer of Mafia III, knew...
