Even in a year with two main course Obsidian joints in Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, as well as the Oblivion Remaster, one of the RPGs we’re most excited about is Rue Valley, a time loop mystery set in a surreal motel in the American southwest. And now we know…
X and why? Most of the time, I’m pretty oblivious to game name trends. It’s normally only when someone points out to me that all AAA games have names like ‘Chronicle of Shadows: Rebirth’, that I start to see that formula used everywhere — like when you find a trendy new pair of shoes that…
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn has given off palpable Mass Effect vibes since developer Owlcat Games announced it earlier this year. Creative director Alexander Mishulin recently tried to put some distance (though admittedly not much) between Owlcat’s latest and BioWare’s most popular RPG series. But having just watched Owlcat’s recent environmental showcase for its upcoming sci-fi…
“It’s a homage to my mum and my childhood”. Everyone remembers the first animated movie that scared them. For me, it was The Fox and the Hound — probably not the first movie in Disney’s canon that anyone remembers, but it was one of my brother’s favourites, so it was on regular rotation. Which means…
Put down your trowel, stop smelling the roses, and listen to me for a second. Strange Horticulture, a narrative puzzler about running a plant shop that also happens to be one of the best detective games around, is free to keep on Epic this week. Originally released in 2022, Strange Horticulture puts players in the…
While I wouldn’t say I was surprised by Two Point Museum on launch—I expected it to be another great management sim from Two Point Studios and it proved to be exactly that—I have been surprised by the vigor of its post-launch life. Since releasing in February, Two Point Studios has been doling out freebies like…
Just the other day I was thinking “I could really go for a survival game in the style of the original Far Cry”. You know, one that has the lush tropical islands and open-world mercenary blasting of Crytek’s 2004 trailblazer, but where you plan and execute your missions from a base you build yourself. I’m…
Power corDS. It’s time to plug into another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, we matched up a trio of covers for the SNES classic, Super Adventure Island, with the three regions opting for vastly different designs. The disparity wasn’t enough to drastically split the vote, mind you, as the golden Japanese variant walked…
The ‘Definitive Edition’ launched earlier this year. Before the arrival of the Switch 2, Xenoblade Chronicles X got a ‘Definitive Edition’ release on the Switch in March. Although there have been no major updates for the game on this new platform (at least yet), it seems Nintendo has now identified an issue with the game…
Get your Sunday off to a rewarding and relaxing start with our Wordle help. Hey, it’s the weekend—you can even click straight through to the August 24 (1527) answer if you want to. Or if you’ve got the time and an itch to get stuck in, our hints and tips for your daily Wordle are…