I liked Starship Troopers: Extermination when I reviewed it back in 2024, even though it was technically uneven and added a truly awful single player experience that it did not need. Regardless, there’s something about Extermination’s take on tower defence that felt distinct from anything else I’ve played. The way you had 16 players constructing…
Two and half years since Baldur’s Gate 3 released, and players are still finding new ways to bend & break Larian’s preposterously flexible RPG. Indeed, far from running out of bizarre exploits to discover, the glitches and hacks are if anything becoming weird and more impressive. Take this wild exploit discovered by BG3 YouTuber ProxyGateTactician,…
We’ve been spoiled for city-builders and institutional managements sims in recent years, but successors to the Peter Molyneux-style god game have been considerably thinner on the ground. Molyneux himself has whipped out his giant, disembodied hand for one last grab at glory in Masters of Albion, but PCG writer Joshua Wolen’s wasn’t convinced by it…
James Bentley, hardware writer (Image credit: Future) This week I’ve been: Trying to enjoy the sprinkling of sun in the UK’s otherwise cloudy weather, and attempting to wrap my head around Crimson Desert. It’s important to get out of the way early on that there’s still a lot we don’t know about Microsoft’s Project Helix—…
Recovering the Past: “Caleb Adventure” Brings Retro Heroism to the MSX! Retro gaming fans have a new mission: infiltrate the castle of Baron Buuu-hahaha and reclaim a stolen legacy. In the newly released title Caleb Adventure, players step into the shoes of a hero on a deeply personal quest. The villainous Baron Buuu-hahaha has absconded…
Where are they, huh? Last weekend, Resident Evil turned 30 years old – can you believe it? The original game launched on the PS1 all the way back on 22nd March 1996, kickstarting an enduring franchise that’s arguably more popular now than it’s ever been. I still vividly remember borrowing the PS1 trilogy from my…
Classic boomer shooters Heretic + Hexen received a lavish overhaul courtesy of Nightdive Studios last year, making these classics of the 2.5D FPS era much more accessible on PC. Playing the sequels to Raven Software’s early shooters is not so straightforward, however. Hexen 2 is available to buy on Steam in its original, unvarnished form,…
I can’t stop staring at the grass in Lawn Mowing Simulator 2. Maybe it’s because it’s been a long week and I’m tired to the point of practically being in a trance. Maybe it’s because the sun came in the UK for the first time all year this week, and my desire to go outside…
Ready? Fight! You’ve done it, folks. You’ve got through another week, so well done! It’s been a relatively quite week, but we’ve certainly had a few things to talk about. First up, Nintendo confirmed that its digital Switch 2 games will be cheaper than their physical equivalents in North America, following the example set by…
“Oh hi, Switch 2!”. We heard last month how the Switch 2 was “the frontrunner” for smash-hit turn-based tactical roguelike Mewgenics, and we’ve now got the first glimpse at this particular version of the game. Read the full article on nintendolife.com