This whimsical adventure game sees you play as a retired Sherlock Holmes whose beekeeping hobby keeps getting interrupted by pesky crimes

Sherlock Holmes never struck me as the retiring sort, more the ‘dying in his armchair mid-deduction’ sort. Nonetheless, this is the premise of The Beekeeper’s Picnic—A Sherlockian Adventure, a charming little adventure game that’s just released on Steam. Finally fed up with the detective lark, Holmes retires to the village of Fulworth to start a…

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‘Game changing’ ArmA Reforger update adds attack helicopters, mortars, and destructible buildings: ‘nowhere on the battlefield is safe anymore’

ArmA Reforger has come a long way since its rather thin launch in 2022. A multiplayer-centric military roleplaying toolset, Reforger is part ArmA 3’s Zeus dressed in Bohemia’s snazzy new engine, and part testbed for ArmA 4. It wasn’t vastly well liked when it was released out of Steam Early Access, with the community accusing…

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Mini Review: Rendering Ranger: R2 [Rewind] (Switch) – A Novel Run ‘N’ Gun/Shooter Hybrid That’s Finally Affordable

Now rendering. Rendering Ranger R2‘s original release is a layered story of mystique and intrigue. Developed by Manfred Trenz of Turrican fame, it was only ever released in Japan after its American and European incarnation, Targa, was cancelled. With only 10,000 copies produced, it’s one of the rarest Super Famicom games and by far the…

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After 16 years, The Dark Mod finally has guards as perceptive as in Thief: ‘The days of seeing knocked-out AI in the middle of a bright spotlight get ignored are over’

Over the years, The Dark Mod has done a fine job at providing a Thief-like experience in the absence of a proper new entry in the series (there was the 2014 reboot, yet while I like it more than most, ultimately it didn’t live up to the series’ reputation). Originally launched in 2009 as a…

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Quell your fears, Ultramarines! Just because Space Marine 3 is happening doesn’t mean the end of support for Space Marine 2: ‘There are surprises even dataminers haven’t found out about’

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 is officially happening, which isn’t massively surprising since Space Marine 2 sold more copies than there are Tyranids on Kadaku. You’d think this would be exciting news for Space Marine fans, but apparently some members of the community have treated the announcement with apprehension rather than joy. Specifically, their concern…

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