After its disastrous launch last year, I’m here to tell you that 2025’s most promising auto-battler finally lives up to its potential

What was the worst PC launch of last year? There’s no shortage of possible answers, everything from Monster Hunter Wilds’ no good, very bad PC performance, to whatever the hell happened with MindsEye. But allow me to nominate another contender for 2025’s most infamous award. The Bazaar is a charming, colourful auto-battler that, when it…

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Desert Strike spiritual successor Cleared Hot’s next update brings better Steam Deck support and arcade missions, but I’m more excited about using my winch to slingshot missiles back at enemies: ‘I’ve been waiting months to work on this again’

Sometimes in life, you just need to climb in a big helicopter and blow stuff up from an isometric perspective. Some people (me) might even say it’s an essential part of the human experience. Yet this foundational tier on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs has been cruelly denied humanity for decades. Fortunately, thousands of players are…

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Tactical Breach Wizards sold ‘twice as well’ as Suspicious Developments’ previous games, but more importantly, it failed catastrophically to lose an IGF award: ‘All we can say is we’re sorry, and we’ll try to do worse’

Tactical Breach Wizards, the fantasy turn-based tactical strategy about busting down doors with a team of Navy Seers and Necro Medics, is an excellent game. But did you know it is also an award losing game? Since its launch in 2024, Tactical Breach Wizards has not only enjoyed commercial success and near-universal critical acclaim, but…

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Finally, you can play Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes inside Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain thanks to this mod

Metal Gear Solid 5 famously released in two highly disproportionate parts, with its short (but highly replayable) prologue Ground Zeroes releasing roughly a year before the full-fat Phantom Pain. This has always struck me as an odd decision. Prior to Ground Zeroes’ release, Hideo Kojima claimed he split off the prologue because he wanted to…

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Occult deckbuilder The Killing Stone is introducing a ‘dynamic’ scare system originally considered for BioShock 2: ‘It’s very fun as a gamedev to be surprised by something in your own game’

BioShock 2 was a bold follow-up to Irrational Games’ 2007 FPS, putting you in the lead-weighted shoes of a Big Daddy and flipping its objectivist critique on its head. But 2K Marin’s sequel may have been bolder still if some of its developers had their way on the project. Early plans for the sequel included…

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Guide: Evercade Games And Hardware – All Evercade Cartridges And Systems Released So Far (2026 Edition)

Gotta get physical. Released in 2020, Blaze’s Evercade platform is a totally unique proposition in modern-day retro gaming. The Evercade line – which currently consists of the original handheld, the Evercade VS and the Evercade EXP – offers access to decades of vintage gaming history via a series of officially-licensed and curated cartridges covering the…

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