Flipping great. I had a moment of realisation while flipping my Switch 2 around in my hand and tapping at the screen in an effort to solve yet another clever-but-abstract puzzle. I realised that the Simogo Legacy Collection was one of the most unabashedly original sets of experiences I had encountered in a long time….
Facepunch’s survival sim Rust has had a busy 2025, adding its medieval-themed primitive mode at the start of the year, introducing a massive jungle biome in March, and experimenting with radical changes to its progression systems and meta through the summer and autumn. But the biggest planned patch of 2025 was the naval update, which…
Facepunch’s survival sim Rust has had a busy 2025, adding its medieval-themed primitive mode at the start of the year, introducing a massive jungle biome in March, and experimenting with radical changes to its progression systems and meta through the summer and autumn. But the biggest planned patch of 2025 was the naval update, which…
Tempest Rising developer Slipgate Ironworks has officially introduced superweapons into its action-packed RTS, adding massively powerful instruments of destruction for each of its factions. But when Slipgate revealed its digital WMD’s last week, it also hinted there was more big news on the horizon for its Command & Conquer tribute. At the time, I speculated…
A wild GOTY appears! We’re into December now, and while there are still late-coming games showing up, it’s time to start looking back at the goodies the last 12 months have brought us. Yes, it’s GOTY time. 2025 has been a bumper one across the board, with brilliant games big and small — indie, are-they-indie?,…
Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert isn’t interested in making another 2D adventure game, despite having brought the series back in precisely that form only a few years ago. Speaking to Ars Technica, Gilbert compared “use verb or noun”- style adventure games to black and white silent movies, expressing that making games like that now would…
It’s been a rough ride for Cities: Skylines 2 over the last two years, with the sequel’s premature launch in 2023 leading to severe technical issues and lengthy delays to planned future updates. But the troubled city-builder has received some significant TLC lately. November’s bike patch brought bicycles, scooters and associated infrastructure to player-created metropolises,…
It’s been a rough ride for Cities: Skylines 2 over the last two years, with the sequel’s premature launch in 2023 leading to severe technical issues and lengthy delays to planned future updates. But the troubled city-builder has received some significant TLC lately. November’s bike patch brought bicycles, scooters and associated infrastructure to player-created metropolises,…
She’s finally here! We are one week into December, and how many games have already been released? *Checks notes* All of them. All of the games have been released. Welcome, folks, to a busy edition of What Are You Playing. Let’s try our best to recap the last seven days, shall we? Naturally, there was…