Summertime usually brings with it beer gardens, (the occasional day of) sunshine and music festivals. The latter being the chance to forget troubles of the real-world and just exist in a several day long party. But what if you annual pilgrimage to your festival of choice turns sour when say, the uninvited undead come and crash the party? Find out how you would cope in Dead Island 2: SoLA DLC, out now for Xbox, PlayStation and PC.
We all know by now what Ratalaika Games are really famous for: easy Gamerscore. They port and publish tiny indie games for developers to consoles that likely would not have been able to do so. Take their latest offering for example, it is actually the seventh title from lightUP to appear on Xbox consoles. The developers of the likes of Mina & Michi, Milo’s Quest and Super Wiloo Demake are back. Mages and Treasures releases today on Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and Steam.
Kids these days will never know how easy they’ve got it. The hardest choice they will ever have to make is whether to swipe left or right. In our days it was whether to place the bread or the jewel encrusted skull into your knapsack, or whether to run from the goblin and turn to page 42 or fight him and roll for a critical hit. If it isn’t immediately obvious, I’m referring to those choose your own adventure books that peppered bookshelves in the ‘80s and ‘90s. And Choice of Life: Middle Ages, available today on Xbox and PlayStation, represents a modern-day interpretation of those classic books.
The OlliOlli games had already created a firm foundation for whatever came next in the series but OlliOlli World has helped elevate the series to must-play levels. Under this cartoonish look is one of the best skateboarding games of all time.
“Hand-drawn” evokes memories of cute cartoon characters with big wide eyes that wouldn’t harm anyone. Soli, the protagonist, is certainly cute. But the gameplay will challenge you deeply and make you rethink how cute anything hand-drawn can be. Find out just how challenging today as Unbound: Worlds Apart is out now on Xbox.
It should come as no surprise to anyone that The Anacrusis is adopting seasonal Challenge Tracks to keep players playing. What is a surprise though is that they are allowing early players to unlock the Premium content for every single Challenge Track when it is available.
Death used to be permanent. But now, your death can be forgotten about if you agree to a little manual labour and signing this contract. The work is insignificant, only requiring you to enter this creepy manor and killing everyone inside it. Find out how long this job takes in Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity on Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch.
The original Ziggurat game took a lot of what was good about dungeon crawling and roguelites and applied them to a first-person shooter. It worked surprisingly well, so much so that a sequel has now arrived. Can seven years of polish make this an improvement? Find out as Ziggurat 2 launches on Xbox today.
Here is a visual novel about a maid who has been made to work long hours with other maids who have made her feel uncomfortable. Who has made the bed wrong? The maid. Who has made tea wrong? The maid. Blackberry Honey is available today on Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch.
Many of us long to return to our childhoods. The innocence of youth and the lack of responsibilities is a feeling that many of us wish to relive but with our adult brains intact. But given the opportunity, what would you actually do? In ‘Know by heart…’ that past they’ve longed for is about to catch up with someone. How they react forms the basis of ‘Know by heart…’ releasing today on Xbox, PlayStation, PC and Nintendo Switch.
Does anyone here remember Hogs of War? Slightly showing your age if you do, but what a game. When I first saw the title for Ammo Pigs, that was where my mind went, wondering if it was a spiritual successor. Sadly, it isn’t. Instead, though is a run ‘n’ gun game but you still play as a pig. That sounds arguably more fun. Find out how fun as Ammo Pigs: Cocked and Loaded arrives on Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch.
When watching the trailer for Spirit Roots, I noticed the main character held a sword very much like the classic Buster Sword from Final Fantasy VII. Why was that? Either way, it has worked and has me intrigued at this easter egg. Will the rest of the game nod to other classic franchises? Find out in Spirit Roots on Xbox.
With a back catalogue as iconic as Atari, there will be no shortages of candidates for their Recharged series. So far, we have had Centipede, Black Widow and Asteroids. This fourth instalment rounds off the first load of announcements, but we know that will not be the end. To round out this first batch, Breakout: Recharged is now available on Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo Swith, PC and Atari VCS.
At times, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition shows its age. Initially it may be in the choice of art style but then also in the voicework and gameplay itself later on. But it’s not all bad; being the first in the series to arrive on Xbox I am intrigued by the concept of what comes next.
The gods of skateboarding are looking for a new member to join their pantheon and are holding auditions. As the new kid on the block, you quickly find new friends with which to help you on your quest. Can you ascend to Gnarvana? Find out in OlliOlli World on Xbox, PlayStation, PC and Nintendo Switch.
The final week of the Horizon Race Off dawns in Forza Horizon 5, yet as we prepare to bid farewell, there is a last hoorah in the shape of the Festival Playlist Weekly Challenges for Series 32 Spring.
For those of you who have been living under a rock or deep in the jungle for the last ten years, the Devil May Cry games feature a protagonist called Dante. And this is Dante when he was just effortlessly cool...
