2025

Imagine how awkward it would be to end up trapped in a lift with Starship Troopers: Extermination and Helldivers 2, what with the latter taking the themes and ideas behind the former’s licence and implementing them in a way that massively stole Extermination’s thunder. Sure, Helldivers 2 deserves its success, but Extermination’s developer, Offworld, must…

Every game is a roguelike now. And if it isn’t a roguelike, then it’s a roguelite. The beat ’em up is a roguelike. The FPS is a roguelike. Poker is a roguelike. Breakout is a roguelike. Even the flippin’ city-builder is a roguelike. It’s overwhelming. They’re all around us, man. They’re coming out of the…

Originally released in 2020, The Falconeer is an aerial combat RPG about piloting enormous predatory birds through the skies of a crumbling oceanic empire. It was warmly received on release, nominated for a BAFTA and earning a respectable score of 78 in our The Falconeer Review. But developer Tomas Sala wasn’t satisfied with the end…

The “let’s sue Roblox” bandwagon has grown a little bit bigger as Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has announced that he’s filed suit against the company “for flagrantly ignoring state and federal online safety laws while deceiving parents about the dangers of its platform.” Roblox has denied the claim, saying the Texas lawsuit is “based…

As much as I’d like to keep up the charade that I’m not a very competitive player in most games, the degree to which I’ve been lying to myself has become painfully evident as I get back into Rust. It’s been a while, but now I remember why I quit—this game brings the devil out…