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I don’t always play surrealistic metroidvanias about escaping the clutches of ancient demonic beings, but when I do, I prefer for them to be set in giant cosmic uteruses. A difficult scratch to itch, but that’s the setting for Ultros, developed by Swedish studio Hadoque, and due for release in 2024. Above is a new…
“In essence, Homeworld 3 was our original dream for Homeworld 2,” said Rob Cunningham, co-founder of Homeworld 3 developer Blackbird Interactive—and once-upon-a-time co-founder of Relic Entertainment, the developer of the original Homeworld games. Back in 1999 Cunningham was the art director for Homeworld, a fully 3D space RTS that felt unlike anything else in the…
Puzzle games usually aren’t chillout games. They’re challenges, brainteasers, mindbenders, and frustrations. Islands of Insight is not that kind of puzzle game. There’s no linear path forcing you to tackle every puzzle in a set order, banging your head against whatever you’re stuck on until you break through. Heck, there isn’t even fall damage, so…
Bigger isn’t always better, and that’s especially true when it comes to game sequels: just look at the reviews for Skyrim versus Starfield or Cities: Skylines versus Skylines 2. At the same time I just can’t help but get excited at how big the city looks in the teaser trailer for Frostpunk 2 that debuted…
The PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted is here to spotlight our most anticipated games of 2024 and beyond, but not everything in the show today is far off. A new multiplayer shooter promising to be “the most accessible extraction shooter” to date, Hawked, launches today in early access. It’s free-to-play, sports a massive map out…
Not many games have a story like Indika, a game about a 19th century Russian Orthodox nun journeying to the centre of her soul with an “unusual, horn-headed companion.” Drawing inspiration from Dostoevsky and Bulgakov and dripping with dark humour, Indika tells a tale of religion and authority, madness and belief. But also, not many…
In a genre as oversatured as city builders, it’s sometimes hard to find original concepts, but Ironhive is attempting to reinvent the tried-and-tested formula through deck-building. In this colony survival game, you’re tasked with overseeing the Iron Hive; a rusting bastion where the last remnants of humanity huddle together against the end of the world. …
Tropical archipelago adventure Tchia is soul jumping to Steam in March next year, and will be bringing with it a bunch of new features and cosmetics in a free update. As revealed during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, the Steam version of Tchia will launch with a new perks system for outfits, adding various…
Battle Brothers developer Overhype Studios has taken its love of tricky tactical scraps into the far-flung future. Menace, unveiled earlier this year, gives players control over a strike force of Republic Marines as they attempt to unify a star system to fight off an alien threat. In its PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted trailer, we…
One of my favourite games as a kid was the SNES version of Shadowrun, an isometric action-RPG all about that hacker life. Ever since I’ve longed for games to scratch a similar itch, and DataJack 2020 certainly fits the bill, a cyberpunk hacktivist action-adventure with light RPG elements. Tonight’s PC Gaming Show saw the first…