Neil Watton

Looking to combine your love for exploration with the joy found in platforming? JackQuest is coming!

Are you ready for the invasion ahead? Heavy Fire: Red Shadow is coming and the United States needs YOU!

At any games show, there are standout titles that wow you from the get-go. Usually these have been hyped for eternity, come with big budgets behind them and deliver experiences that will last gamers hours and hours and hours. Of course, there are always the odd indie titles that pop up too, but on the whole, the showstoppers come from the biggest of big names. But just below that select group stand another type of game; those which may have gone under the radar just a little more than they should, those which are exciting enough to warrant more than a second glance, those that really do get the crowds excited! Here are 4 of the games found at EGX 2018 that wowed the crowds - you really should be keeping a beady eye on them.

Free-to-play is great and the word on the street is that since the release of Dungeon Defenders II back in 2017, that freeness has been fully embraced. But what if you need a little helping hand in the world of the action tower defense game? Well that is where the host of new bundles come in handy. 

If you thought the constant releases of the FIFA series, run of Call of Duty titles or any other annual franchise drop was a modern gaming problem then think again, for the King of Fighters series saw game after game churned out on a yearly basis. And now, after seeing every single King of Fighters games from 1994 until the end of the millennium make their way over to Xbox One, things still show no sign of giving up with the launch of King of Fighters 2001.

Back in 2015 the entire world went mad for the narrative surrounding photography student, Max, and her friend Chloe. It was such a success in fact that it won awards galore and spawned the arrival of Life is Strange: Before the Storm. Now though Square Enix and Dontnod Entertainment are ditching the girls for an all new tale - one of brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz in Life is Strange 2.

By utilising different aspects of heat and cold, Degrees of Separation will see you trying to make your way thorough its atmospheric 2D puzzles, either alone, or with a cooperative friend. Today we find out exactly when we'll be able to get hands on with it all too, as Modus Games partner up with Moondrop Studios. 

The world of The Crew 2 is already a huge one, but today Ubisoft have dropped the first free update for the game - Gator Rush. 

Still sitting patiently for that Autumn release of Jagged Alliance: Rage!? Well, take a deep breath because a brand new launch date has been confirmed... and you're going to have to wait until December 2018 for it to arrive.

Can you remember back to late 2015/early 2016? If you can, then you will no doubt remember that the racing kings at Codemasters delivered a rather brilliant rally racer in the form of DiRT Rally. Well good news, because some 3 or so years later, Codies are back... this time with DiRT Rally 2.0.

The indie scene on Xbox One is very much alive and kicking - the latest little game to arrive on the store is that of Pillar. 

If your wallet can't stretch to paying out for the numerous blockbusting games that are releasing over the next few weeks, but you still want to get a gaming itch scratched, then the Xbox Games With Gold scheme is the way to go. After all, there isn't much free in this world so when the opportunity for freebies arises, it should be snapped up! But what new games will Xbox One and Xbox 360 players get free access to this month?

The legendary Jeff Minter of Llamasoft fame has previously been confirmed as a Yorkshire Games Festival 2019 showing, but today we have news surrounding a few other big stars. 

Ditch those shooters and put the steering wheel down - Think of the Children is here and it wants to test your parenting skills!

EGX - the time the UK finally gets to witness some of the greatest upcoming games in the industry. With a huge showing from Playstation, an equally large arena dedicated to Nintendo, and a serious lack of Xbox branding, there were games for just about everyone. Whilst we'll cover the 'ones to watch' in a separate piece, for now, these are the 6 most incredible games that we got time with at EGX 2018.