Blades & Battles review

Whenever a large publisher fails to spot a gap in the market, an indie publisher will be there ready to pick up the slack. In this case, it’s SEGA, who’ve peculiarly chosen not to capitalise on the new Golden Axe cartoon series with either a retro collection or a new entry in the franchise.  QUByte …

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Minecraft Dungeons II review

It isn’t hard to imagine Minecraft Dungeons II having a bigger mandate than most projects based on an existing franchise. In addition to the need to adhere to Minecraft lore while implementing enemies and biomes fans will recognise, along with a fresh and suitably heroic world-saving storyline, the developers were clearly tasked with keeping things …

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The Royal Writ review

The Royal Writ is so called due to King Mikolt II, the ineffective ruler of the kingdom of Aranfold, who rather than act directly against those who his ruling council advise are causing trouble, is more minded to send a letter decreeing the course of action. This is secondary to the matter at hand, which …

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Boardwalk Builders review

History has a habit of repeating itself. As the humble Amiga entered its twilight years in 1995, British studio Vulcan released Hilsea Lido – a business sim in which you managed a quintessentially British beachside promenade, placing shops and stalls to keep sunburnt punters happy. Now, as the Switch approaches its tenth birthday, Boardwalk Builders …

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Garfield: Escape from Monday review

For a character with no discernible skills other than a passion for eating and sleeping, Garfield has a surprisingly long lineage of video games, traceable to the Atari 2600. Recent tie-ins have simply plonked Garfield and company into generic kart racers and party mini-game collections. Setting sights far higher, Escape from Monday is a 3D …

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Sniper Dan review

Remember that episode of The Simpsons where Homer acquires a pistol and uses it recklessly for everything, from changing the TV channel to opening a can of beer? Sniper Dan takes that concept and runs with it, swapping the pistol for a high-powered sniper rifle. From the top of his tower, Dan looks down on …

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Out this week: CONTROL Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, EA Sports FC 27, Dune: Awakening, Samson, Alien Breed, more

Konami allegedly wishes to turn Silent Hill into an annual franchise. This week’s Silent Hill: Townfall may very well give us a glimpse into that future, developed by Glasgow based Screen Burn with support from Annapurna Interactive. This full-length horror takes place in Scotland during 1996, and stars Simon Ordell – who awakens in St. Amelia’s …

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The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival review

After tackling The Karate Kid trilogy in 2024’s The Karate Kid: Street Rumble, developer Odaclick Game Studio has turned its attention to The Walking Dead. Rather than hastily condensing all 11 seasons into a single video game, the studio has wisely chosen to focus on the show’s “All-Out War” storyline from season 8, which sees …

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The Alighieri Circle: Dante’s Bloodline review

The mouthful that is The Alighieri Circle: Dante’s Bloodline is quite the descriptive title, all told. Hailing from Rome-based One O One Games, it riffs on Dante Alighieri’s fourteenth-century narrative poem Inferno, itself the first part of the Divine Comedy. Nothing to do with that bloke Neil Hannon in this case. You play in first …

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