PC gamers have been accustomed to the presence of physics in games since first launching a toilet at a Combine soldier’s head with Half-Life 2’s gravity gun. Yet while there are countless games that play with simulations of Newton’s laws of motion, few games engage with physics as a subject or theme. This is what…
Besiege, the physics puzzler about building rickety siege contraptions, has officially been pummelling castle walls for ten long years. To celebrate, developer Spiderling Studios has an “exciting year” planned for the decade-old construction sim with “community events & future updates” coming throughout the next twelve months. The first of these updates is already here, making…
If you want to get me invested in a dialogue-heavy game, there’s worse ways to do it than invoking Monkey Island’s insult battles. Techno Banter, freshly launched on Steam and GOG from Berlin-based indie outfit Dexai Arts does all that and a bag of chips, riffing off the man-about-town adventuring of the Yakuza series, and…
Out of the frying pan into the friar. If you ever thought monasteries were just devoted to worship, feasting abbots, and choral chants of Ave Maria, The Stone of Madness is set on proving you dead wrong. This is The Game Kitchen’s first foray into the stealth-tactics genre (a distinctly Spanish obsession we discussed with…
Palworld developer Pocketpair launched a new publishing business last week, following the gargantuan success of its Pokémon-inspired survival game. The response was, shall we say, enthusiastic, with Pocketpair’s comms director and publishing manager John Buckley stating he received 1,500 LinkedIn requests within 24 hours. Now, one week after getting into the publishing business, Pocketpair has…
The first thought that popped into my head upon dipping my toes into Defender’s Quest 2: Mists of Ruin is that they don’t make tower defense games like this anymore. The second thought was that my tea was suddenly stone cold and that the past four hours had mysteriously disappeared. This is pure videogame comfort…
As Civilization 7 rumbles ever closer toward launch, publisher 2k has begun detailing plans for after the strategy sequel arrives on February 11. In a special livestream earlier this week, the publisher unveiled Civ 7’s roadmap for the rest of 2025, revealing two paid DLCs and two free updates landing between now and September, with…
Slim Pippins. My dear Bagginses and Boffins, Tooks and Brandybucks, Grubbs, Chubbs, Hornblowers, Bolgers, Bracegirdles and Proudfoots (Proudfeet!), welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we get all Middle Earthy, let’s quickly recap what went down last time, eh? Two covers from the NSO newbie Super Ninja Boy went head-to-head in last week’s…
Win the February 2 (1324) Wordle in a single row if that’s your style, just click or scroll straight to Sunday’s answer and soak up the satisfaction that only comes with an easy victory. But, if you want to settle in for a longer session, our tips will help keep your daily game safe, and…
Here’s what you can expect… The dark fantasy Metroidvania Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist arrived on the Switch eShop towards the end of last month and it’s now received an update. This bumps the title up to Version 1.0.3 and includes some adjustments as well as a bunch of bug fixes. Here’s the full…