As the release date draws closer for Atomic Heart, naturally we are going to get more and more reveals. However, I don’t think no amount of reveals will help unravel what is really going on in Atomic Heart. Even now, after poring over many of the trailers and gameplay reveals, it still looks bizarre. But that all adds to the intrigue, after all.
The original Bioshock is 15 years old, let that sink in for a minute. System Shock 2 is even older at 23 years old, having released in 1999. Both were helmed by Ken Levine who, after the release of Bioshock Infinite (itself turning ten years old in 2023) has been quietly beavering away on something. That something was announced at The Game Awards 2022. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Judas.
One of the biggest surprises in 2019 was undoubtedly Remnant: From the Ashes. Its mixture of Soulslike mechanics and The Division-esque shooting was a fantastic match. In co-op this game shone as one of the best examples of the genre, outside of From Software. Two DLCs arrived in the form of Swamps of Corsus and Subject 2923 to give players plenty more to do. There was even a lesser-known prequel Chronos: Before the Ashes that had an interesting aging mechanic each time you died.
Admit it, we’ve all done it; slowed down whilst driving past an accident to get a better look at the carnage. It is only human nature. This analogy was recently used to describe why The Callisto Protocol doesn’t hide any of the gruesome deaths you will encounter, and we can kind of understand why. But if you saw something you could help out with, would you? It is time to tune in those altruistic tendencies with Accident, out today on Xbox and PlayStation.
We’ve all played those video games where your protagonist goes into a bar and to simulate drunkenness, the edges of the screen blur and controls get a little looser. This next game feels like this lengthened out into a full experience, only it isn’t alcohol that has affected you this time. It is space dust, or whatever else is inhaled out beyond our atmosphere. Take a journey with Afterglitch today on Xbox and PC.
I will say it until I am blue in the face, but cats are the inferior pet when it comes to them or dogs. Want proof? Well, here it is. Find out what cats are willing to do to their owners in She Wants Me Dead, out today on Xbox.
I have given – and received – my fair share of dodgy presents over the years. But this one takes the biscuit for bad presents. Find out what it is in Broken Universe – Tower Defense, out today on Xbox.
Get ready for some videogame buzzword bingo with this next title. Part bullet hell, part metroidvania and part deck builder is how The Knight Witch describes itself. Whilst our review is still on the way, we do know one thing for certain. The Knight Witch is out today on Xbox and PlayStation.
Hard to believe but there was a game that released for the Dreamcast in 2021, and it was rather well received too. Intrepid Izzy was the name, but it has just jumped over to *ahem* more modern consoles too, thanks to the port kings at Ratalaika Games. Intrepid Izzy is out today on Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch.
There are many “simulators” out there already, but 2022 has seen the arrival of some pretty obscure ones. The likes of PowerWash Simulator, Pro Gymnast Simulator and Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator are joined by another unusual entry. Ship Graveyard Simulator is out today on Xbox.
If you’ve already managed to get your hands on the Pup Cup, you are probably wondering what the next challenge is. Well, here it is in the form of the Barkingburg Cup! New DLC for PAW Patrol: Grand Prix is out now as the Race in Barkingburg enters the starting grid on Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and PC.
Years of the brilliant Marvel Cinematic Universe has painted the superhero franchise in a much more happy-go-lucky light than the comic readers would have expected. Well, that all changes now. It is time to unleash the darker side of Marvel in Marvel’s Midnight Suns, out today on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC.
By my count, this is the first standalone version of The Game of Life available on consoles in Europe. There have been plenty of other versions, but the board game simply isn’t as well known on these shores as others. For those intrigued to know more, you are in luck. The Game of Life 2 launches today on Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch.
It always felt like a bit of a race between The Callisto Protocol and the remake of Dead Space as to which one would appear first. Surely, their fan bases are almost identical, being the games are very similar. But one is out of the gates first, and we can find out how that fares as The Callisto Protocol releases today on Xbox, PlayStation and PC.
Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue isn’t a bad game, it’s just that others of a similar ilk, like Danganronpa, do the social thriller visual novel concept much better.
